Wrapping Up July Analogous Color Card Series

Stampin UP! analogous card featuring Everyday Details stamp set, by Patty Bennett

Wrapping up our July Analogous Color Combo ideas and Color Theory series, I hope you like this card idea using the Stampin’ Up! Everyday Details set and some aqua blue greens. My color combo is: Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Summer Splash, and Pool Party. This is a 3-1/2″ x 5″ Stampin’ Up! Basic White Note …

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Pretty Purple Color Combo!

Stampin' UP! pretty purple color combo using analogous colors from the color wheel. Card by Patty Bennett

As we are nearing the end of July and our Analogous Color Combo card inspiration this month, I thought I’d share the color combo I came up with for purples.  I used Berry Burst, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath on this pretty floral birthday card! Remember, Analogous colors are found next to or …

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Wood Textured paper colored with Blending Brushes

Stampin Up! Wood Textured paper colored with Blending Brushes and blue / green analogous colors. Sketched butterfly stamp set. by Patty Bennett

After this card today, we have ONE more Analogous card for the July Color Theory series.  Today I hope you enjoy the Green/Yellow Green color combo today of: Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce and Shy Shamrock.  I used my Blending Brushes and those ink pad colors to blend color onto …

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Pretty Pink Paper Butterfly Card

Stampin' Up! paper butterflies colored with blending brushes and ink. Analogous pink color combo card by Patty Bennett

Ready for a really soft, beautiful Pink butterfly card!?  I loved how this one turned out.  It was easy to create these colored paper butterflies by applying Stampin’ UP! ink with Blending Brushes to the butterflies.  They come already die cut, but be sure to watch THIS PART of my previous video for great tips …

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Easy Card with Analogous Colors and DSP

Color Theory with Analogous colors and Stampin' Up! patterned paper by Patty Bennett

Last month we chatted about Color Theory and Monochromatic cards and color combos.  This month we are reviewing Analogous color combos.  I think of Analogous color combos as Monochromatic cards on steroids.  Instead of 1 or 2 colors, try out 3, 4 or 5 colors within the Analogous range of colors. Today I created the …

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Analogous Color Combo Changing Leaves Cards

Color Theory: Analogous color combo with green and blue featuring Stampin' Up! Changing Leaves bundle by Patty Bennett

Looking for some simple stamping and easy Stampin’ Up! color combo ideas?  I’ve got you covered today!  Today we are continuing the color theory posts and talking about Analogous colors.  If you missed it, you can see that part of my video here.   Thank you, so many of you LOVED the green/blue analogous card …

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Final Monochromatic Monday Card: Green!

Monochromatic Monday card featuring GREEN: Stampin' Up! Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green with Leaf background and punch by Patty Bennett

  Well friends, we’ve come to the end of our Monochromatic Monday series!! This is the 4th card in our series that I’m sharing with you.  I hope I’ve inspired you to try out monochromatic stamping.  It’s easy, quick and uses fewer supplies than most of the cards I share, so great for beginners, or …

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Mediterranean Blooms Strip Card

Mediterranean Blooms Stampin' UP! strip cards by Patty Bennett

  Do you remember these fun strip cards I shared over a year ago? I loved them and was reminded of this technique recently at our Summer Stampin’ Soiree!  I wanted to give them a try with the beautiful blue patterns in the Stampin’ Up! Mediterranean Blooms designer paper!   How to Make the Strip …

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Easiest Monochromatic Card Ever!

Monochromatic Monday Mediterranean Blooms blue card by Patty Bennett

Our next to the last Monochromatic Monday post…. and it’s the Easiest ever monochromatic card, for my fellow blue lovers!   Each Monday in June we’ve been chatting about Monochromatic Cards.  Today is the easiest one you will ever make… simply use 2 or 3 of the blue patterns from the Mediterranean Blooms designer paper …

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