Welcome to the March Colour Suite. Every so often I take a step back and examine my past colour suites, looking for trends and favorites. This month I noticed it’s been awhile since I have used green so this is my starting point for the March Colour Suite. In honor of spring I chose a bright sunny green and then paired it with orange and red. I then rounded out my colour picks with a light blue, which I find to be almost neutral and a gray.
This month I asked my friend Vicki Boutin to take the Colour Suite challenge with me. It’s such a treat for me to see how someone else translates my vision. Vicki told me the March colours made her happy and ready for hot weather. I adore how she immediately picked up on the vibe I was going for this month and took it where I couldn’t.
My initial thoughts about this Colour Suite were "it’s so very fresh and bright." But somehow when I pulled all my pieces together I gravitated to the cobblestone coloured cardstock which as of late has become one of my favorite go to colours. And thus my layout was born. Lots of neutrals with just a few bits and pieces of the freshness that I was so craving when I started this project. I think the current state of my relationship with my son may have influenced my colour choices. He very much the brutish grumpy teenager like these days. This just goes to show you how much colour effects the mood of your layout.
Each month I strive to spark your creativity with colour, be it grumpy or sunny your message and feelings are not always conveyed with words but colour as well. I hope I inspired your next colour adventure and don’t forget to let colour speak for you on your next layout!
~ Summer Fullerton
See more of Summer's amazing work on her blog here. You can also see Summer's past Colour Suite challenges here!
It's also Friday so you know there is a fun giveaway for you! This week we featured Paper Smooches and owner Kim Hughes has a great surprise for you...
A $50 gift certicate! Which you may just want to spend on their brand new April release. Kim even offered a little sneak peek...
If you would like to win this $50 gift certificate to choose just the right stamps for YOU, just leave a comment below by next Thursday, March 21st! Super easy! We would also love for you to send a sweet "thank you" to Kim by leaving a comment (or "liking" them) on the Paper Smooches facebook page!
We also have a winner of last week's Gossamer Blue March Kit. With all the wonderful comments, we wish we had 20 to give away! It is an amazing kit club and we hope you took a moment to check it out! Now, let's get to the winner...drumroll...
Oh, this kit would make gorgeous layouts and cards!! Thank you for the chance to win. Posted by: Sandi Pressley | March 10, 2013 at 09:52 PM
Congratulations Sandi! Please send us your mailing information to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and put "Gossamer Blue winner" in your reference line! Just think of all the fun you'll have with this beautiful kit!
Have a wonderful weekend friends! Crop & Create: Delivered kits are shipping, the spring issue is shipping and CardMaps 3 is shipping too! Exciting days!
~ Catherine
Love the colour combinations and their uses. I will use these ideas.
Posted by: Donna Rawbone | March 16, 2013 at 08:49 AM
What a great give-away!Ican't wait to see the new release!!!
Posted by: janet | March 16, 2013 at 09:17 AM
Beautiful LO's Vicki and Catherine! Love the colour scheme... gonna try it out this w.end! Great giveaway Kim - Thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Joan | March 16, 2013 at 09:25 AM
Gorgeous colors!! Such wonderful layouts! Thanks for the inspiration! Would love to win some Paper Smooches! Thank you for the chance!
Posted by: Jean A Marmo | March 16, 2013 at 09:28 AM
a $50.00 Gift Certificate for Paper Smooches, Woot! Woot! Would love this to beef up my craft room supplies. Thanks Kim for this generous giveaway.
Posted by: Bevb | March 16, 2013 at 09:30 AM
Love the layouts - always hard to find a good title for teenagers, this one is spot on. Also, would love to win.
Posted by: Kay | March 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Smooches-what a fun name;)
Posted by: Tara k | March 16, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Those colors are so beautiful
Posted by: Carole RB | March 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM
OHHH! These are lovely pages--love that stamping and layering on the patterned paper for the first page! And that title/journaling for the second is FAB!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Paper Smooches! Kim is amazing! Her designs and images are super cute! And her creations and DT are superb!! LOVE LOVE LOVE <3
Posted by: Savannah O'Gwynn | March 16, 2013 at 12:03 PM
Awesome giveaway!! :)
Posted by: Marie Bingaman | March 16, 2013 at 12:54 PM
wow... thanks for the chance to win!!
Posted by: Kimberly Clark | March 16, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Paper Smooches has such fun and cute images and I love their fonts/sentiments too. What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Kerry A | March 16, 2013 at 02:59 PM
Thanks for the chance to win some Paper Smooches goodies! ;-)
Posted by: diana | March 16, 2013 at 04:11 PM
LOVE the new color suite!!! Thanks for the chance to win the GC to Paper Smooches! I don't have any of these stamps yet and would LOOOOVE to get some!!!
~Ashley
Posted by: Ashley W. | March 16, 2013 at 04:39 PM
Eeekkk.... I love, love, love Paper Smooches! Their stamps and dies are fabulous.
Posted by: Vera W. Yates | March 16, 2013 at 05:07 PM
Love this giveaway! There seems to be two of exactly the same post, so I hope you look at all the comments from both to choose the winner.
Posted by: Wendy Orme | March 16, 2013 at 06:22 PM
Checked out all the Paper Smooches stamps after seeing them featured here....how easily I could spend the gift certificate!! Thanks bunches!!
Posted by: Yvonne W. | March 16, 2013 at 07:40 PM
I love how your stamps leave such a crisp impression when you use them. Thanks for an awesome giveaway.
Posted by: Judy B | March 16, 2013 at 07:54 PM
That is fabulous!
Posted by: Terri E. | March 16, 2013 at 09:54 PM
A great giveaway!!!
Posted by: Sharon | March 16, 2013 at 09:56 PM
I'm so loving the colours and style of all of it looks amazing! I think that is super sweet to put on a giveaway such a caring person to do so. Love the chance to win and have some papersmooches in my stamping collection!!! I'm trying to get my local scrapbooking store here in Australia to carry as they are so super cute so im going to do some cards up to show and hopfully fingures crossed they will order in!!! :) Anyways thanks and they look amazing!
P.S love the sneak peecks!!!
Posted by: Jacinta Hipwell | March 16, 2013 at 10:00 PM
Gotta love smooches!
Posted by: Kay Hall | March 16, 2013 at 10:03 PM
Love the stamping on the first lay-out, and the title-sized journaling on the second. I'm a huge Paper SMooches fan! Thanks for the chance to win a gift-certificate.
Posted by: Caroline B. | March 16, 2013 at 10:06 PM
What a fab prize. Could really make a dent in my wishlist with that. :)
Posted by: Vicki | March 16, 2013 at 10:08 PM
The colors are gorgeous! I love Paper Smooches! What a generous giveaway!
Posted by: CraftinSus | March 16, 2013 at 10:18 PM