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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Lovely spring card. Cool idea to put your colour recipes into a book.
Oh, I am so ready for Spring.
Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing.
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.
Beautiful colors!
Lovely project and the color swatches book idea is a good one! I hope to make one, it would be so useful!
I all so excited about this PDF
Thank you
Just love the “airy-ness” of this card!
LOVE the Color Coordinates! Thank you!
Beautiful card, your swatch book is such a good idea :)
Pretty color combination and some good ideas. I already follow by email.
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!!
Thank you so much for doing this, Shari. I will definitely be making my own Color Coordinates Swatch Book.
Gorgeous color combo and card! So pretty!
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!
These colours are so pretty.
Like the colors, dimension & texture in this creation.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Your color swatches are such a great resource, thank you! Love the swatch book you put together.
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!
The swatch book is a genius idea! LOVE it!
Love the card! Gorgeous colors!
What a super idea! Love your color co-ordinates & having a book at hand is so efficient. Thanks for sharing & for the PDF!
Beautiful card – I love the layers and soft colours!
Loviing these spring colors. Such pretty flowers.
I really like today’s colour scheme and your card! The recipe book is a great idea and looks lovely.
Love the card. Pretty spring flowers and that hashtag does look like a trellis!
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!
thank you! the swatch book is perfect!
Great swatch Book, Shari. Thanks for putting it together and sharing it with all of us.
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.
This is awesome!
Gorgeous colours used on a gorgeous card and using the # as a trellis frame is genius. Thankyou for sharing. ? xxx
Thanks for sharing the lovely card. I just bought the stamp set you used so thanks for inspiring me.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put together the PDF! Love it! And great card too!
WONDERFUL combo!
… I’m INSPIRED :)
Love this color palette.
the hashtag is perfect for a trellies and great work on that swatchbook
Wonderful and cute, love the colors.
Really pretty!!! I think swatches are art!
Such a beautiful card! I love the idea of having all the color coordinates together in one place. Thanks for doing that.
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
Your card is fantastic and I love your swatch book !!
Thanks for all the helpful swatch book advice and suggestions!
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Thank you for sharing your wonderful swatch book.
Beautiful card. The colors are so happy. I like this swatch book idea. Makes color combos so easy.
Such a beautiful spring combination :) Love it!
I just love those colour combo’s. You have a talent for picking colours that go together!
Very pretty card. And what a great idea to make a swatch book! Thanks Shari!
Lovely idea
What a gorgeous card! And I really love your swatch book :)