COLOR CHALLENGE WEEK ON THE PAPER PLAYERS

This week on The Paper Players, Claire is challenging our followers to the "happy" colors Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Highland Heather, and Whisper White. My response to that is a Happy Birthday bouquet to a dear friend (and my previous business partner - she doesn't like it when I say "old" business partner!). 

This was actually a fairly complicated card to make because of all of the "moving parts". I started out by making a small lavender envelope from a template I created some years ago. I die cut a bunch of flowers and leaves from various Alexandra Renke, Tim Holtz, Impression Obsession, and Penny Black dies on miscellaneous scraps, and gathered them into the envelope, tying it with a narrow satin ribbon through a punch and around the envelope. I attached a printed blue/orchid rectangle to the face of a white side-folded card base and overlaid that with a stitched rectangular panel with an oval opening and some dimensional foam. The envelope and bouquet were then slipped in behind the oval. A Tiny Tag from PTI was stamped with the small sentiment from Hero Arts and attached under the satin bow. Finally, I lined a white envelope with the same printed lavender paper as the small envelope on the card.

I'm looking forward to seeing what our followers come up with for this color challenge! Check out the Design Team's inspirations and create your own version!