The Pantone colour of the year is Magenta, and it inspired this trio of cards. The closest coloured cardstock I had in my stash is Hero Hues Azalea, which is more of a fuchsia pink than magenta, but I went with it and love how these three cards turned out. When creating with bold colours I like to choose a colour to soften and contrast against it and I think the colours paired beautifully with it. So let’s get started!
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Start with die-cutting the foliage to go onto the front of the card. I used 3 die-sets to create added variation, but you can use just one set if you prefer. Here die-cut Sealed Blooms, Sealed Flowers and Sealed Leaf Sprigs from Spellbinders out of Azalea, Nautical and Peony Hero Hues cardstock.
Add the flower die-cuts to the leaf springs with contrasting colours to make them pop. To create the backgrounds, you can use glimmer plates to dry emboss without foil do subtle tone-on-tone texture.
Dry emboss using the correct sandwich on your die-cutting machine the PinkFresh Studio Geo Arch Hot Foil plate with Nautical Hero Hues cardstock. Trim this down and to a card base out of the same colour.
Do the same with the Pagonia Crafty Meraki Hot Foil plate onto Peony Hero Hues and PinkFresh Art Deco Hot Foil plate onto Azalea Hero Hues.
Using Altenew Metallic 14 Pan watercolour set, add gold paint splatters to the cardbase. With a piece of black twine, create a bouquet of die-cuts in a mix of colours, making sure the colour of cardbase is less frequent in each bouquet. Adhere each bouquet onto the cardbase with liquid glue.
Heat emboss 3 sentiments from the Versatile Vases 2 stamp set onto strips of contrasting coloured cardstock and foam mount onto the front of the cards. Lastly, embellish with gold sequin discs to finish the card.
Supplies
Inspired by the colour of the year
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP)
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 Versatile Vases 2 stamp set – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Pagonia Mania Hot Foil Plate – Crafty Meraki Shop at: CM | BP |  Geo Arch Hot Foil Plate – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP | SBP |
 Art Deco Hot Foil Plate – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP | SBP |  Sealed Flowers etched dies – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | SP (US) | BP | SBP |  Sealed Leaf Sprigs etched dies – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | SP (US) | BP | SBP |
 Sealed Blooms etched dies – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | SP (US) | BP | SBP |  Metallic 14 Pan Watercolour Set – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | BP |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Peony Hero Hues- Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |
 Azalea Hero Hues Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Nautical Hero Hues Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Mirror Gold Cardstock – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (US) |
 Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: SP (UK) | CPD | SB | SP (US) | BP |  Precision Glue XL – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
