Saturday 14 July 2012

Orange, Green And Purple. . . . . . . . . .

The challenge at Make My Monday continues with the colour wheel theme. This week we are asked to create a project using secondary colours: orange, green and purple.

What a challenge this has proved to be! I couldn't quite get my head round the thought of these three colours together. I could imagine them in various combinations of two but not all together.

Eventually I decided to use mainly green and orange with a purple accent. I made a green background as my starting point and then went from there. Here's what I made:

The finished card.

The flower was die cut then inked with dylusion sprays and distress ink. Floral images were stamped in distress inks using two toning shades. The flower is only attached to the background in the centre which provides a three dimensionality to the card.

The background was created by embossing card with a texture fade folder and  colouring with distress ink,  picket fence stain and gold shimmer spray. The ribbon is wired and can be easily structured to make a reasonably neat bow - I have great trouble with ordinary ribbon so find this type works much better for me! The green ribbon has gold tones and works well with the background - the colour looks a little darker here than it really is.

The centre of the flower was constructed using card sprayed with dylusion ink - it looks slightly blue here but I promise that it really is purple! The gems were added and in real life they have both green and purple tones but that also seems to have been lost in the photographic process! Dots were added with a distress marker to add detail. The stamping is seen in close up here.

Hope you like this piece. I must admit it filled me with dread at the start but I really enjoyed the challenge - in the end! - and I'm quite pleased with this final outcome.

Can I also say a big hello and thank you to my latest followers. I feel very honoured to know that you drop by because you appreciate my work. I will always try to return the favour.

17 comments:

  1. A really lovely card,like the colors too!
    Hugs

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  2. ...tis a little beauty, gorgeous textured background topped with a yummy flower...a loVely make...Mel :)

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  3. This is AMAZINGLY gorgeous!!! LOVE the textured background and your flower is beautiful--this is a perfect example of secondary colors!!! Thanks for joining us at MMM--I hope to see you at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown and Technique Tuesday as well!!! :)

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  4. What an exciting use of colors Julia! The flower is great...

    greetings, Alie :-)

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  5. Another really gorgeous creation, love the floral images on that big flower. M x

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  6. Good job hun!!! Love that you used the purple to make your flower pop. So much beautiful texture and attention to detail as usual. You're a crafting genius. Hugs, Buttons x

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  7. Works beautifully with one colour as a small accent(I would have done the same with purple - it's a colour I can never get to grips with).

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  8. Gorgeous work Julia :)
    Von ♥

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  9. fabulous work - thanks for joining in this week at MMM - Jacquline xx

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  10. Beautiful card Julia, you always have such depth of colour and texture in your art. xx

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  11. Ooh Wow what a stunning flower! thank you for joining us at MMM
    suzi b :)

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  12. What a interesting choice of colors Julia, it worked out great!!! Love the purple heart of the flower.

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  13. Wow - this is fabulous - love the vibrant colours and the simplicity of this. Stunning! Thanks so much for joining us at MMM.
    Hugs
    Valxx

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  14. Hi Julia...in answer to your question, I use a washer as an overlay on my eye-let...I don't have a Crop-o-dile which is supposed to be all singing and dancing gadget and my eye-let thingy just eats them and makes a mess of the end piece, so I decided to use washers instead and you can colour them with the alcohol inks to match your colour theme...Mel :)

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  15. So fantastic, LOVE the color combination.

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  16. A really striking card Julia and love the inky background and gorgeous stamped flower.
    Thanks for joining in at MMM.
    Fliss xx

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  17. Three colors i love to use and just love your use of techniques and layers

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Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Juliax