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.

Color Coordinates recipe, Shari carroll

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.

Color Coordinates, Shari Carroll

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.

Color Coordinates, Shari Carroll

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.

sample page, Color Coordinates, Shari CarrollI 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.

Shari Carroll, Color Coordinates, swatch book

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.

Shari Carroll, Color Coordinates

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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  1. Wonderful card Shari. Great combination. I am thrilled about this idea for a color book. Thanks so much. I am a huge fan of this series and now I can print it out.

  2. Lovely project and the color swatches book idea is a good one! I hope to make one, it would be so useful!

  3. A: Love the card and B: Love the book! And I love the fact that we can make our own swatch books, that’s awesome!! Thanks for walking us thru how you did yours and linking the PDF!! Thanks for sharing!! I love I can now have my own book at my desk with me!!

  4. Thank you so much for doing this, Shari. I will definitely be making my own Color Coordinates Swatch Book.

  5. What a fantastic idea to have all the color coordinates available in one place! I suspect that took a while to put together, so thank you for putting in the time for that. Also, great idea to leave some blank space in which to stamp. Thank you so much for making these and for sharing how one can make their own book out of them!

  6. Love this swatch book. I use one for all of my paints and markers. Comes in so handy!! Love these beautiful spring colors!! Beautiful colors make me feel so calm and creative!

  7. What a super idea! Love your color co-ordinates & having a book at hand is so efficient. Thanks for sharing & for the PDF!

  8. Thank you so much for the PDF Shari! I’m your number one fan of your color coordinates and having them all together in one place is a dream come true. Thanks again! Lovely card!

  9. Wow! Such a gorgeous Springtime card.I love your color coordinates cards and I have been trying to collect them, now with your pdf file I have them all. Thanks for the recipe book and for the inspiration.

  10. Gorgeous colours used on a gorgeous card and using the # as a trellis frame is genius. Thankyou for sharing. ? xxx

  11. Thanks for sharing the lovely card. I just bought the stamp set you used so thanks for inspiring me.

  12. I love the Color Coordinates series, and am super excited to print out the PDF, so I can have the inspiration at my fingertips. Thank you so much.
    Take care
    Tracy

  13. SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

  14. I just love those colour combo’s. You have a talent for picking colours that go together!

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