COLOR COORDINATES: Shari Carroll’s Purple
Happy Friday everyone!! It’s Shari here with a Color Coordinates set that I think you’ll enjoy.
One of my favorite two colors together is purple and green, a combination I don’t use it often, but it’s always been a favorite. For this Color Coordinates I started with those two and added in a few more to complete the look.
I totally experimented with inks to create this background. At first, I wasn’t sure if it would work… but it did! I used Yupo with the inks and blended them together with a blending tool and my finger, then added spritzes of rubbing alcohol. Yupo is an interesting synthetic paper that let’s the ink sit on top of the surface. Alcohol breaks down the ink so it can flow… resulting in this amazing marble effect.
Once I had my background, I die cut the Tim Holtz Wildflowers from white cardstock and added them to the background. Then I die cut “Love” from a Tim Holtz silver Deco sheet which is set onto a strip of black cardstock with the white embossed “You”.
I’m so glad I filmed this technique as I was experimenting so I could share it with you. You can watch the full process video below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Beautiful colors!
Shari, Totally Love this!
Such a beautiful combination of colors. Thanks for the lovely card.
Oh my! That is utterly stunning. I love the die cut as a silhouette on the coloured background. Cheers.
So very lovely!
I like that I learn so much new stuff from your posts. It’s the best part…yupo!
I love the color palate you have chosen it makes such a beautiful background for the die cut flowers. I forget about using Yupo with traditional inks-thank you so much for reminding me how beautiful it can be!
What a fun technique, beautiful colors and a gorgeous card! Thanks for the video. :-)
Wow, what a great color palette. Who’d have thought to put green with purple – brilliant combo. Thanks for sharing:)
WOWZERS! This is Awesome! I lovehow your “experiment” turned out, I will definitely give this a try!
so so beautiful
Oh wow!!! Amazing combination of colors!!! Stunning card!!!
i really need to start experimenting with backgrounds. this is lovely!
What fun the Yupo paper looks like to work with! You have such inspiring posts Shari! I hope I get a wonderfully creative weekend also. Seems something always needs my attention instead. And I do try to lock myself away in my craft room! Really!
How pretty!
Gorgeous card, Shari! Love that BG and color combo.
I love the contrast between the white and the rich purples and greens! Gorgeous idea!
Love this color combo!! Off to watch the video now – can’t wait to see how you achieved this amazing background. TFS!!
Love these colours! Beautiful card! :-)
Beautiful colors, and gorgeous card!
That background is just gorgeous, Shari. Cannot wait to try this technique with my Yupo paper.
Love this combo…It’s not used often enough
Fabulous colors, fabulous card. Your background is amazing. So perfect behind the white silhouette flower.
Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Love the colors and I just got the Wildflowers die. Gonna have to try the Yupo. Thanks for sharing!
Love the color combo, great card! will have to try Yupo
THIS CARD IS AWESOME! Gorgeous colors and a really cool design!
stunning!! I love the color combo and the silver!
Beautiful!
So beautiful. Purple and Green are two of my favorite colors and I use them all the time and throw in some blue also. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely card! :)
What a gorgeous background Shari. And you added just beautiful touches to the card to make it shine. I love it!
Very pretty colors!!Enjoy your weekend!
Beautiful! I love the purples. TFS!
Just fabulous card!! Love very much this palette and your inking on yupo paper really pop out! Amazing design!
Once again, Shari, you have inspired me! Absolutely gorgeous design!
Your “experiment” certainly paid off, Shari! This is gorgeous.
Love those colors together! I would love to win some blog candy!
so pretty!!
Great ideas. I think I’ll try it with my alcohol inks and blending solution and a background stamp.
Beautiful card, I love that color combination.
I love all your colors It is just a beautiful card thanks for the share
The colors are beautiful! I need to learn not to mush them up too much!
Beautiful color combination. Thank you for sharing another new technique.
AWESOME! Love the purple and green, plus the other shades blended in. The flowers finish it off!
I just love this color combination! It’s just stunning!
What a FAB idea! I love the marbling effect and how the pattern from the stamp shows up here and there, such a gorgeous result! Thanks for sharing your experiments with us! ^_^
What a pretty card!
Shari, Thanks for the great inspiration! I am a fan! And I love how you taught use something new regarding the great SSS inks. Love to stretch my products, and learn new ways to create. Happy New Year!
Great inspiration piece. Beautiful color combination!
Very fancy beautiful background. Thanks for the technique video, Shari.