Welcome back to the final day of Complementary Colors.  For the most part Red and Green are considered Holiday or Christmas colors. They look fantastic together and are very eye catching. This combination also reminds me of fresh picked strawberries, apple and cherry trees as well as picnics with red checkered table cloths sitting on green grass.

I’ve invited a few more friends to come play with today’s colors. First up is the wonderful Nichol Magouirk with an adorable layout of her daughter.  Nichol was able to pull out all the stops by using a variety of everyday stamps in a fun way.

Layout by Nichol Magouirk
Supplies:

• DesignBlock Raindrop Background
  
• DesignBlock Scattered Flowers
• Clear Design: Birds & Branches
• Clear Design: All Occasion Messages
• Designer Woodgrain
• Clear Design: Friends
• Dot Flourish Border
• Bird Greetings
• Rose Petals Chalk Queue
• Chocolates and Blueberries Chalk Queue
• Tim Holtz: Walnut Stain Distress Dye Ink
• VersaMark Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Clear Circle Tags
• Accent Pearls
• Other: Patterned Papers (Jillybean Soup), Cardstock (American Crafts) Large Butterflies, Title Die Cuts (Silhouette for Quickutz), Small Butterflies (Martha Stewart Punch), Punchout (Little Yellow Bicycle), Photo Turns (7Gypsies), Rouge & Leaf Embossing Powders (American Crafts), Other (Brads, Metal Rim, Staples, String, Paper Clip, Circle Punches)

Next Tami Hartley made this wonderful summer card with a great technique.  The apple looks good enough to eat!

Tami said, “I gave the apple some shine with three layers of UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) like Jennifer McGuire demonstrated in her ‘Thinking Inking’ class at Two Peas. For a twist, I used Versamark Dazzle ink instead of regular embossing ink, so the apple has a bit of subtle sparkle.”

Card by Tami Hartley
Supplies:

• Designer Fruit
• Grid Pattern
• Smooth Clear Gemstones
• Clear Circle Tags
• Crimson & Kraft Notecards
• Primary Elements Chalk Ink Queue
• Memories White Ink
• Memories Ruby Ink
• Versamark Dazzle - Frost
• Other: Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), green patterned paper (Colorbok), flat scalloped notecard (Target), UTEE, embossing gun, corner rounder, white string, pop dots

I decided to pull out a stamp that I have never used before, it fit in so well with today’s color scheme.

Card by Shari Carroll
Supplies:

• Clear Design: Big Circle
• Everyday Sayings
• Crimson Notecards
• Memories Black Ink
• Memories Ruby Ink
• Card Buttons Spring
• Other: Color pencils, ribbon, Ranger Glossy Accents, sewing supplies

I did a little search on the Hero Arts website and found some more inspiration for you, especially this card as well as this one and an adorable tag all by Jennifer McGuire.

I couldn’t leave you this week without doing another give-away!  I’ve got more inspiration books for you.  This Time, I’ll randomly pick TWO lucky winners from the comments made on today’s post.  Just leave a comment by 11:59pm PST to be chosen. I’ll announce the winners on Saturday morning at 10:00am PST.  Edited to say:  Thanks for your comments, this give way is now closed.

I’ve had a few of you tell me that some of the Complementary Colors for the week were their school colors.  I graduated from Laguna Beach High school where ours were Maroon and White, and then Saddleback College which were Burgundy and White… not complementary at all…were yours?

Thanks for playing along this week.  You still have time to enter the challenge.  You can read all about it in Monday’s post.

Enjoy the week-end!

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