Friday, July 4, 2025

CD 659 - Celebrate Leaves

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 659!

Every year, I dread the challenge for this design team that comes up for the first week of July. July 4 is Independence Day in the US so it is always a red and blue colour scheme. It's so difficult to make something with those colours that doesn't look US patriotic, especially for those of us who live in a different country. 

This time, I added gold to my design. I stencilled the leaves and used a gold paste for the veins. I also splattered gold paint on the card front. The sentiment was die cut and stacked three times before being added to a vellum shadow. The card front was adhered to a dark blue card base. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

7 comments:

  1. I love you embossed leaves!! Very pretty card!

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  2. This is so beautiful! Love the blue leaves with the yummy gold veins.

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  3. I love the gold on the leaves. The pop of red in your sentiment is perfect.

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  4. The gold in your leaves are so pretty and the leaves on the white background really make the leaves pop... beautiful card.

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  5. Hello Alyson, this is a gorgeous card! Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.

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  6. I love the gold embossing on the blue leaves! Your red really pops against the background.

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  7. Lovely card, I really like the gold embossing on the leaves.

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