Welcome to the June Colour Suite. This month rather than picking a set of colours at random I started with an inspiration photo.
The inspiration photo is full of lots of bright vibrant colours that I couldn’t narrow down. I chose 5 bold colours from the photo: orange, sage green, pomegranate, lavender and teal. Friends of the Colour might notice this suite is lacking my “go to” neutrals I usually include.
This month I invited my friend and fellow Scrapbook & Cards Today designer Nicole Nowosad to join me and take the Colour Suite challenge. I have had the pleasure of working with Nicole for several years now, I simply love her style and I am excited to have her with me this month. While my style is very different from Nicole’s we took a very similar approach to using the colour suite. She was drawn to the bright bold colours I selected this month and found herself picking several favorite patterned papers she had been hoarding.
Supplies: Patterned paper: Dear Lizzy, Basic Grey. Crate Paper; Glitter Paper: American Crafts; Vellum: Elle’s Studio; Tags: Elle’s Studio; Stickers: Basic Grey, Kelly Purkey; Buttons: October Afternoon; Stamps: Dear Lizzy
Supplies Used: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Lily Bee Designs, Bella Blvd., My Minds Eye; Decorative Brads: My Minds Eye; Clothes Pins: Pebbles; Wood Veneer: Studio Calico; Washi Tape: Bella Blvd; Punches: Martha Stewart/Ek Success/Fiskars; Stickers: Simple Stories, Silhouette Cutting System/Image; Veteran Typewriter font (internet)
When I originally selected these colours I figured I would add a lot neutrals like black or white to balance out all the wild colour but somehow I let the colour take over. Nicole took this same approach. She didn’t shy away from the colour but embraced it.
I know colour can be intimidating if you find yourself in this boat select one or two of your favorites from this colour suite and pair them with a neutral like black or white. While Nicole and I jumped right in it’s okay to test the waters and use only a couple of the suggested colours each month.
Thanks for joining me this month and happy scrapping. To all the past Colour Suite challenges click here!
~ Summer
Registration opens on Monday, June 17th! Details here!
LOVE these colours and both your layouts are beautiful as always !!! Think I might play along with this one ❤
Posted by: jennifer edwardson | June 15, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Beautiful colours and design.
Love it.
Posted by: Donna Rawbone | June 15, 2013 at 01:02 PM
Gorgeous layouts! Thank you so much for the inspiration. Take care. :)
Posted by: Kim Thomas | June 17, 2013 at 12:22 PM