{"id":2984,"date":"2015-08-31T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2015-08-20T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:25:25","slug":"challenge-trio-of-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"Challenge: Trio of Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The challenge this week is to use three colors of ink, paint, or another color medium of the same kind. From distress ink to gelatos, acrylic paint to watercolor pencils – you can pick the medium and the trio! I have no doubt some great color combinations will be shared, and new inspiration found.<\/p>\n

Cheiron <\/a>experimented with some new Distress colors to make a bunch of papers she cut into tags.<\/p>\n

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I love trying out new color combos, and was inspired by a dress I was wearing the other day to combine Blueprint Sketch<\/a>, Fossilized Amber<\/a> and Cracked Pistachio<\/a> Distress Paints. When I play around with new Distress Paint combos, I like to cut a bunch of panels of Distress Watercolor cardstock<\/a> and play with the colors to see how they work together. I loved this combo and decided to cut out a bunch of tags out of my painted cardstock using my Tim Holtz Framelits tag dies<\/a> to use on future projects or in my art journal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a> was inspired by some of her favorite inks.<\/p>\n

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Catkin Green<\/a>, Red Geranium<\/a>, and Sky Blue<\/a> are my current favorite ink colors. These colors inspired my mixed media mail folio filled with fun elements from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera<\/a> pack as well as some other fun surprises.<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrea<\/a> made some muse jars that could certainly come in handy.<\/p>\n

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As my eyelids drooped and my head started bobbing forward even as I tried to do some crafting, I realized that I could use a little more sleep; and if not that, at least a little more pep or oomph or inspiration! And so these little shaker jars were born. One holds pep, another holds oomph and the last one holds some muse. I made them by blending three of my most-loved inks: Worn Lipstick<\/a>, Mustard Seed<\/a> and Peacock Feathers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> went for a monochrome look this week.<\/p>\n

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Minutes before starting on this project, I got a parcel with the new Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink<\/a>, and I decided to make my page with three shades of blue Distress Ink. I used Simon Says Stamp lovely Sail Away stamp set<\/a>, and built a wavy<\/a> sea scene. The word dies<\/a> are also by Simon Says Stamp.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sandra<\/a> made a color explosion with the three primary colors.<\/p>\n

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I was in the mood of some color and why not use the primary colors, make some splatters and lots of new colors along the way. By tapping Peacock Feathers<\/a>, Picked Raspberry<\/a> and Mustard Seed<\/a> Distress Stain kinda hard onto the paper color explosions were happening. The sentiment is from the KaiserCraft Chace Rainbows<\/a> stamp set.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maura\u2019s<\/a> heading to the ocean for inspiration.<\/p>\n

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My go to color trio is green, purple and blue. I reach for these colors over and over. As summer draws to an end, my thoughts head to the ocean and the possibility of one more beach day. I had fun altering an Altoids tin with distress paints in Twisted Citron<\/a>, Seedless Preserves<\/a> , and Mermaid Lagoon<\/a>. Of course, I had to use the Nautical Blueprint stamps<\/a> with this tin!<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma’s<\/a> fun journal pages are an explosion of colour!<\/p>\n

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Like so many other people, I love Tim Holtz’s Bird Crazy stamp set<\/a> and used one of the adorable images together with the matching die set<\/a> to create my journal pages. I surrounded my artistic bird with a trio of colours using Ripe Persimmon<\/a> and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink<\/a> and gold sequins<\/a>, which for me are three colours that are a match made in heaven.<\/em><\/p>\n

Barbara<\/a> was inspired by the sea and the soft colors of sand and shells, thinking about the holidays that are running out!<\/p>\n

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This week I have taken literally the theme of our challenge and I used three colors of the same type for each part of my canvas! Three Alcohol inks<\/a> for the background, three Distress paints<\/a> to color Letterpress<\/a>, three Distress markers<\/a> to color the shell<\/a> and three embossing powders to decorate the corners. <\/em><\/p>\n

Nicole<\/a> is ready to fly.<\/p>\n

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Who can resist Sizzix Bird Silhouette<\/a> die. The creative possibilities are endless with this bird. I wanted to add my own twist for the trio of color using my Custom Blend DIY Ink Pad<\/a>. I love how the trio of colors blend. I continued my elements of green trio with the tiny tatter floral flowers and even with the tags background.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> picked her favorite colors from her Distress Ink collection for the project this week.<\/p>\n

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Picked Raspberry<\/a>, Faded Jeans<\/a> and Evergreen Bough<\/a> are the most beautiful colors in Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad collection to me. After stamping and heat embossing the tag with Tim Holtz Cling Stamp<\/a> and Clearsnap Clear Embossing Powder<\/a>, I applied these three colors on the tag using ColorBox Art Daubers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ashli<\/a> decided to put her trio of color to use on some custom embellishments this week!<\/p>\n

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I love the rich color that Gelatos<\/a> provide. Using my Dear Lizzy Flower die<\/a>, I turned my Gelato painted paper into some custom leaves and such to embellish my page with. The Wood Hoop<\/a> adds some dynamic dimension along with the flower while the Simple Stories Brads<\/a> finish off this page about my dear friend.<\/em><\/p>\n

Suzz<\/a> has been watching Project Runway and getting inspired by the designers.<\/p>\n

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I love Project Runway and seeing what the designers do on a weekly basis with the crazy challenges that are thrown at them. I used one of the techniques that different designers use on their outfits which is color blocking. It took me a few tries with different results and a decision to just mix up my colors on one of my cards, but I was pleased with my results. I used the Heidi Swapp Color Shines to lay down my trio of colors: Salmon<\/a>, Patina<\/a> and Mustard<\/a>. The rest was playing with different stencils and additional colors to add patterns to form my chic & stylish background. I am glad our timelines for the challenge aren’t as short as the designers on the show.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more inspiration click on our design team’s blog links so you can see more photos (and full supply lists) for their projects. Leave them a little comment love while you’re there so they know how they’ve inspired you too, if you’re so inclined.<\/p>\n

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As always, Simon Says Stamp<\/a> is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by random generator. To qualify all you need to do is create a new project that ties in (in any way!) with our theme and post it, along with a link back to this challenge, and add a link here. This challenge will end at 11:59pm on Sunday\u00a0September 6th Eastern time. We will also be choosing some of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.<\/p>\n

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