Color Coordinates and Swatch Book with Shari Carroll
Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to the blog!!! I have a nice classic Springtime Color Coordinates recipe for you today.
I used the Simon Says Stamp Bold Flowers and coordinating dies with Velvet Orchid, Teeny Bikini, Clementine, Duckling and Beanstalk Green inks. Once I had my flowers and greens stamped and die cut, I placed them onto the Wonky Hashtag die which I used as a trellis.
I arranged the flowers by stacking and overlapping them then placed the arrangement onto a panel of Fog cardstock with a twine bow. I finished it up by placing the panel onto a square card made from Neenah white cardstock.
SWATCH BOOK!
I’ve had a lot of requests to have our Color Coordinates all in one place so I created a PDF that you can download and print. I have two, this first one HERE is a lower resolution and this HERE is a higher resolution suitable for printing. I’ve included circles that you can stamp into using your own ink since there can be variables in color printing. Below is a sample of one of the pages.
I created the cover using Jane Davenports Brights Mixed Media Rub-Ons. They are so pretty and easy to use. I also used my Brother Label Maker to title my book. It’s great for tiny custom words. I bond my pages using some old brads, you could also use twine or ribbon to dress it up a bit.
Before binding, be sure to put your recipes in the order that you like. You can section them off by season, brights or favorites. My final book measures 4.75″x 7″ which is a good viewing size. There are 15 pages total with 29 recipes.
I’ve filmed a video with both the card and the book together. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!!
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I love the pretty pastel colors! Very Spring!!The floral arrangement is beautiful!
sigh, always LOVE Shari’s projects!
Love this book with “recipes”!
Beautiful palette of colours!!!
Great projects from Shari!
Hi Shari!! I just loved watching the video for this today! This color coordinates book idea is brilliant and seems like so much fun to make I’m going to have to try it <3 Thank you so much for sharing!!
Beautiful card. Love that color palette! Thank you for the links to the swatches. Will come in so super handy. ♥
Awesome color swatch book, thanks for sharing!
What a great idea. When i’m not sure which colors to put together I use Shari’s colors that I have pinned!
Love the color pallet as well as the dimensional additions.
Love that wonky hashtag trellis!
Thanks for doing all the work to create a swatch book that we can easily print!
Thanks so much for this book. It’ll sure come in handy since I have a difficult time coordinating colors. This is a must have for me!
I’ve made swatch books of threads, never
thought of one for my inks. Great idea.
thanks for sharing.
Love the lattice with the flowers.
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That’s a wonderful card and a lovely swatch book!
Great swatch “recipe” book!
I save every color coordinate in Pinterest, but I love the idea of a swatch book! Thank you! Your card is beautiful, as always! :)
The color coordinates are always so pretty! Love the one for today and the swatch book is a great tool to have on hand. Thanks, Shari!
Hello Shari :-) This is one of my favourite series! Beautiful card and lovely colour combination. Thank you so much for the book PDF – brilliant. Also, I had no idea about the adjustment on the croc-o-dile punch. Another big thank you for that particular tip – lol!
The booklet is a fabulous idea. Thanks for the free downloads and the inspiration!
Love your sweet card and for sharing your color book.
The twine really adds to the florals!
The colors are very springlike, especially the one with the pinkish-orange color included, that being my favorite color!
thanks for sharing your expertise on color coordination:)
Love the color coordinates!
The Swatch Book is a great aide to have in your stash. Thanks so much, Shari!
I love all your videos Shari! You come up with the best ideas!
I simply adore Shari’s color coordinates. Beautiful creations too.
Love the search book idea.
What a great idea! Thanks for the inspiration. I can’t wsitcyo start my swatch book.
These are wonderful! I love how they help with the guesswork of which colours would go well together – I often struggle with this! That’s why I love colour challenges :-)
Lovely card! The hashtag die makes a perfect trellis to ground your floral arrangement. What a great color swatch book, inspiration at your fingertips.
I love this swatch book, its a fantastic idea. The colours of your flowers are so pretty against the trellis on your card, its really lovely.
Thanks for doing the swatch book download, that must have been a lot of work for you Shari. Much appreciated.
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The stamp & die set was already on my wishlist & now I love it even more! Wonderful card & thank you for the PDFs! I was just looking through my notebook of color combos yesterday–use it all the time. Now I can add these. Happy Easter!
How sweet, great idea and beautiful….
Spring is in the air! Bringing lovely colors and sweet smells.
Thank you so much for the swatch book and your tips!!
Great card.
Beautifully designed card. Love the colors!
Love the concept of the swatch book!
The color combos are all so pretty. Swatch book is a brilliant idea.
Thanks for putting that color swatch book together.
Wonderful card I love that wonky hash tag. Great layout of the flowers. The swatch book is a great idea. I love the idea and how it’s compact. Thanks
Such beautiful spring colors. We need that in our area right now. Awesome idea of the swatch book. So inspiring!
Very pretty card and color combo.
Such a great colour combo!
This is such a beautiful pastel card project. Love how it reminds me so much of spring!
This card is so
colorful and lovely.
Carla from Utah
Such a pretty card with gorgeous design.
These are gorgeous colors! Shari’s combinations are always beautiful together. I had to laugh when I saw the trellis because my old trellis has that shape! :)
Gorgeous soft colour card, thank you Shari and also a big thanks for the Color Coordinates Swatches and how to make a book of them! Have a nice Easter weekend.
Fabulous ink swatch tutorial. I really loved watching you in action! Fab to see your process. I’m inspired to make my own now ? Thank you! ? Wends xoxo