Apricot Appeal

It's been several months now, but I can remember blurfing one day and coming across a post where the writer mentioned her strong dislike of Apricot Appeal. I was so surprised, because I love this color! When it first came out, I even bought paint to match, thinking I'd paint my craft room. (My craft room is open to the rest of my basement, so to paint it, you almost have to paint the whole basement. Not so appealing on that scale ;) What do you think of Apricot Appeal??

This first card is a makeover of a card I CASED several years ago (I forgot to take the "before" picture), and only took 10-15 minutes to make. (That's lightning fast for me!) You don't see the torn edges much anymore, but I still like the look. I tried to update it by adding the scallop border, but honestly I'm not sure I like the scallops and tearing together. They just kinda don't go together. I stamped Stitched in white for the background, then stamped the flower from Baroque Motifs in Apricot Appeal. The apricot flowers on the sentiment panel are dotted with Stardust Stickles. Everything else is pretty straightforward.

While I had these colors out, I went ahead and made a card for this week's Featured Stamper challenge. I had printed out three of nutsymuhl's cards for a possible CASE, and ended up choosing this one to modify. And this is what I came up with:



If you haven't played along yet, be sure and take a look at Kim's fabulous gallery. She's got some fun stuff in there and lots of eye candy!

The flower on this one is from Doodle Flowers by Inkadinkado. I stamped in Onyx Black Versafine on watercolor paper, then colored with reinkers and an aqua painter. I went back over and added some white dots with a white gel pen. The black center is a 1/2" circle of Basic Black dotted with a white pigment pen. All the black pieces are cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots, and the white scalloped square is done with nestabilities. Lotsa dimensionals to add some depth.

Thanks for visiting today!



Mother's Day Card:
Stamps: All Holidays, Baroque Motifs, Stitched
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Whisper White craft, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: corner rounder, black gingham ribbon, paper piercer, Stardust Stickles
All supplies by Stampin' Up except the Stickles.

Doodle Flower Card:
Stamps: Doodle Flower (Inkadinkado); Stitched (SU!)
Paper: Papertrey White (for card base, it's sturdier than most whites); Basic Black, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Whisper White craft and Apricot Appeal (SU)
Accessories: aqua painter, white pigment pen, 1/2" circle punch, Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder, classic and scalloped square nestabilities, black gingham ribbon, dimensionals, photo corner punch, Apricot Appeal brads