Curtain Call Colour Challenge Act 20

This is my first attempt at my first official Curtain Call Crew Design Team card.  I love the colours Stacey came up with week and decided to pair them up with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

Quite often when I see green in a colour combination I immediately think of flowers, my favorite thing to stamp.  Plus, I have no shortage of options since almost half my stamps involve flowers  LOL!  That being said, I pulled out my Verve Petals and Stems set and went to work. 

Since the red really "pops" against the other colours I used it for the flower colour and accented the middle with blue. Of course, where there are polka dots, a Swiss Dots embossing folder will be sure to follow LOL!  I used sheer red ribbon to tie in with the flowers and added a small, red, half pearl in each corner of the scalloped square to balance things off.  My final addition was a little happy birthday tag to fill in some of the space on that side.

The longer I looked at this card the less I liked it so I decided to make a second sample card as a back up (think I have some first time DT jitters here LOL!).  This time I used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I tend towards a lot of white space on my cards but this time red won out :D  I used a Marvy punch to make the daisies, embossed the centers of the flowers for some texture and finished things off with some blue satin ribbon.  I like this one better than the first one.  So, you get a twofer on my first Curtain Call Crew  DT colour challenge sample!  Just don't be expecting two cards every week, okay LOL!
 

The rest of the Curtain Call Crew have some wonderful samples for your inspiration.

• Amy White - Delvinwhite Designs
• Andrea Roose - Andrea's Scrap -und Stampel Blog
• Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - Random Acts of Creativity
• Julie Smith - Paper and Such
• Lea Lawson - Cupcakes and Sunshine 
• Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession 
• Shelley Germann - Stampin' Garden 
• Sue Kohler - My Inner Reflection 
• Stacey Sohafer - Stacey's Stamping Stage (Our Director) 

We'd love it if you joined us too!!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to Mr. Linky on Stacey's blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword Curtain Call.  Every week, Stacey will select a person to receive her "Curtain Call Show Stopper Award" which you can post on your blog, so come on over and join the fun :D

Just to let you know, things may be a little quieter than normal for the next two weeks.  My kids have had their Spring Break extended to two weeks this year because the district had a large budget deficit and are saving money by closing the schools for an additional week.  That means mommy gets to do lots of activities with the kids and most likely not spend as much time in my stamping room. 

Hope to post a card sooner versus later.  Until then, thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Petals and Stems
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery
Ink:  Bashful Blue, Real  Red, Certainly Celery
Accessories:  Oval Nesties, SU Border Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Marvy Daisy Punch, 5/8" Sheer Red Ribbon, 5 /8" Blue Satin Ribbon, Tag Punch, Red Half Pearls, Dimensionals