Color Coordinates: Bold and Beautiful!

Welcome everyone to another edition of my Color Coordinates series. I’m in the mood for Bold and Beautiful color!!

I was inspired by a display I saw at one of my favorite stores, it had gift wrap, bags, and cards with very similar colors to this set. When I see inspiration like this, I snap a photo with my phone so I can refer to it later. Do you get inspired by ads and displays? I’d love to hear about it.

I chose to use the Bold Flowers stamps because they are solid type images that can really show off my colors. I’ve created 2 tags really quickly by using a Misti.  

The first tag has the message letters die cut from it and placed over a slate die cut tags. The second tag uses the letters cut from the first tag layered onto Slate die cut letters which are a bit offset to look dimensional.

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  1. I find inspiration for colors, and sometimes layouts, looking at pretty paper napkins (the scale is usually perfect for cards)

  2. Love these pretty colors! I do get inspired by color combos I see in magazines or other places!

  3. I love to make bookmarks for myself and others. I always read several books at a time, so I need several. Your are so pretty, and I love the colors. Nice job!!

  4. Yes, I get inspired when seeing different color combos in displays. I like this color grouping, never would have come up with it on my own!

  5. Happy Millennial Birthday to you, happy Millennial Birthday to you, …….that’s what this makes me think of. I like how the whole sentiment fits on a tag, and is BIG. The pop up letters are great. They make a statement.

  6. These are so pretty and I love your color coordinates! I love color but sometimes choosing the right colors to go together can be a challenge for me. Thanks and I glad this is an ongoing series.

  7. To take a photo of something you see for color inspiration is a great idea. My inspiration comes from looking at all these great ideas on line! Thanks for sharing yours.

  8. Beautiful Spring color combo! I have all of these colors in flowers blooming right now. :-) Pretty tags.

  9. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just downloaded your color files. These will be a huge help to me! Thank you!

  10. I LOVE this! I never would have thought to do anything like this. I just purchased a Misti from Simon Says Stamp. I’ve used it for very simple things but these ideas will help me to step up my game!

  11. So cute! The colors are great together. I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees cards in everything. One year I received a pink bottle of lotion with metallic trees on it as a Christmas gift. I liked it so much, I hunted for metallic ink and made that my Christmas cards the following year. Back then it was a hunt for the metallic ink. Boy how times have changed. Thank for sharing this tag idea. I think I’ll do that when I have a bunch of birthdays right in a row.

  12. Love these colours! Especially how the hydrangea colour pops out. Also liking stamping the leaves in grey!

  13. Love this color combo but especially the tip about taking snapshots of displays and color combos when we are shopping. I never thought of that!

  14. Beautiful tags. These are not colors I would usu put together, but they look fab!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

  15. So cool to know where you get your inspiration for your famous color combinations! I will have to pay more attention, but I can certainly say that I’m always inspired by you Shari! TFS!

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