Hello lovely crafters. I’m back today with some happy news. A little while back I was a winner at Colorful Options for this card for their pastels challenge. I was so excited to win as there were so many amazing entries. As a result of my win, I was invited to be their guest designer for June for their Peach Challenge.
Now peach isn’t exactly a go-to colour for me and I thought I would struggle but to be honest I even surprised myself at how quickly my card came together so much so that I made two!
The bear is from the Colorize series by Tim Holtz for Sizzix I used shades of Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide to ink up the pieces and background and added a couple of splashes of water. The bow tie is from another Tim Holtz set as I felt my bear was looking a little underdressed for the occasion.
For my second card, I used the Stylish Ovals Hello You Floral dies from spellbinders to cut the flowers and oval frame which I layered up to give dimension. I watercoloured the flowers using a combination of Saltwater Taffy and Carved pumpkin Distress Oxides. The florals were attached to an Altenew cover die Starburst Florals. I really enjoyed making this card watercolouring is not something I do very often but I found it rather therapeutic and I will definitely be doing a lot more in the future.
Do pop over to Colorful Options as the design team has created some amazing cards to inspire and delight and there are so many ways you can go using their mood board.
Take care
Marie
baileyrosy 
The peach flowers are so beautiful against the black background – love it!
Thank you so much Deborah
Both cards are fabulous, love the super cute and fun bear and the floral card is lovely, the black really makes the peachy color pop! Thanks for joining us at Colorful Options as our guest designer!!
Thank so much Diane for the warm welcome
Marie, I LOve your big ol’ peachy keen bear! He has such a fun personality! Pretty posies, too!
Congratulations on your win and GD gig!
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Thank you so much Michele
What very different subjects for your card Marie, I love your bear, so many wonderful layers to bring him to life. The beautifully shown off flowers with the darker background are so lovely on the darker background, and I love your water colouring. Gorgeous work.
Thank you so much Faith
I am loving the ‘peach’ Marie! Especially a Peach Bear, and Oh my, look at those eyebrows! LOVE!
I know !the eyebrows are make my bear look really cheeky
Oh my gosh I have that bear and would never have thought to do it in Pink, I love it! Gorgeous flower die too.
I know right who would do a peach bear !!! Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Peach is not a colour I go to either and you did beautifully. Congrats on GD! 👏 I noticed they created a GD watermark for you to use, too.
Trina, you are so observant…..all shall be revealed. thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Your cards are fabulous, Marie! The bear is too adorable and I love that you gave him a bowtie. The Saltwater Taffy color is perfect. The flowers look amazing against the black backdrop. Congratulations on your guest spot at CO.
I thought he looked a little underdressed with out it ! Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Absolutely stunning what gorgeous creations Marie, too cute and I love that you shared in my facebook group xx
Wow, not a fan of peach myself but your cards are beautiful. The flowers are so pretty and fiddly I bet but the bear is the star if the show,and I agree the bow was definitely a fantastic addition. I have this set myself and could never achieve such wonderful colour blending. Not surprised you won the challenge with this card x
I didn’t win with this card haha but thank you for your Lovely comment
So pretty, love the colour combination and the way that you coloured the flowers – beautiful! Hugs, Jo x