Mint Green Herringbone with Bright Green and Yellow Stars

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Mint Green Herringbone with Bright Green and Yellow Stars

I love to play with colors, and at times I'm adventurous with my color combinations. But without this example (2nd photo in link) by Nichole Heady, posted on her Capture the Moment blog, I would likely not have tried this color scheme with mint green, bright green, yellow, and grays all together. From Nichole's example, I also used the general layout of the card and the herringbone mat. Thank you, Nichole, for your inspiration!

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stormy sea (medium gray), mint julep (light mint green), green parakeet (bright green), harvest gold (yellow), and soft stone (light gray).
Dies are PTI mix & mat: herringbone, photo finish strips, seeing stars, and super star borders (small gray star was trimmed from border).
The sentiment "thank you" is from PTI keep it simple: thank you II, and the stamped stars are from Paper Smooches seeing stars, stamped with PTI green parakeet ink cube.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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1 comment:

Vicki Finger said...: This is so fun and I can see it a million different ways and different color combinations! I think this would be great for some of the boys in my life like my Grandsons and my Son-in-Law. I love the clean graphic feel of it.; November 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM

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Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

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Thursday, November 9, 2017