Mix and match with blue and yellow paper and flowers

Welcome back to Renee’s corner with my latest project – a mix and match of colour and papers….

 

Type of project:  Greeting Card

Occasion: Long lost friends

Style: CAS

Techniques used: Colouring, layering, mixing paper palettes

Decoration: Glitter paper

Main colours: Blue and yellow

Medium used: Colour pencils

Equipment used: Paper trimmer

 

Mix and Match Styled Cards

 

Mix and match styles are a great way of creating interest as well as using your extra papers. Some of the pieces I used in this project were bits and pieces that I saved for a card such as this. I bounced off the shades in each piece to help the pieces coordinate.

A Blue and Yellow mix of paper

I first chose a lovely background of blue with yellow  and white floral paper and a floral image similar to the ones on the paper. Next I looked for scrap pieces that coordinated with the yellow in the background of the patterned paper and with each other. This lead to a mix of patterns …. floral, dots, glittery and plain yellow paper.

Mixing and matching the colours of our florals

The floral image  is an aster flower from Kit and Clowder , coloured using prismacolor pencils in shades of yellow, blue and white to match the florals of the background paper.

Assembling all the pieces

After the colouring process, I begun assembling the pieces. First I created the card front with white card stock. Next I glued the floral background onto the card front. The yellow floral piece was next, followed by the strip of yellow and white dotted paper. Lastly, I glued the coloured image onto the plain yellow background and adhered it with double sided tape. I added the word “hello” for the greeting. This is a great card for a friend you haven’t seen in a while. It will help you to ease into a conversation.

Hope you enjoyed this mix and match of papers and colours.