Paradise Palms Sunrise (CCMC764)

This is color challenge week at Create With Connie & Mary! Our colors to work with are Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, and Gold. My mind went to a sunrise at the beach. So I pulled out Paradise Palms to create a scene. Here is our color palette:

And here is my Paradise Palms sunrise at the beach:

I love how the sky turned out! It totally captures the morning sky at pre-dawn. I began by brushing Petal Pink to the bottom portion of the 4-5/8″x 3-1/2″ piece of Basic White Cardstock. Then I started at the top and brushed Balmy Blue, bringing it down to blend with the pink. I used Blending Brushes for this technique.

Stamping Details:

• I started in the lower left corner with the hill stamp from Paradise Palms with Memento Tuxedo Black.
• Next I stamped the grass over the hill also with black.
• Then I stamped the palms, again with black.
• For the sentiment, I stamped it with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Layering Details:

• First I mounted the art piece to a panel of Gold Foil, approx. 4-7/8″x 3-5/8″.
• I glued that to a panel of Basic Black, 5″x 3-3/4″.
• Using Dimensionals, I adhered the black to the card base, Balmy Blue Cardstock, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″.

The final detail is three gold Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins.

This is a very simple, minimalist card, but I feel like I’m sitting on the beach in Hawaii at dawn, looking up at the morning sky. What a lovely feeling! ☀️🌴☺️

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Aloha,

Note: Some of these products are on the Last Chance List, and may be sold out before this is published. If that’s the case, my apologies, but hopefully you are inspired by the card techniques to use with other similar products.

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