Happy Friday, friends!
It's time for a brand new color combo to help get your creative juices flowing! Use all five or just a few...whatever you do, have fun with them!
Enjoy a little creativity today!
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Happy Friday, friends!
You love new color combos and I love putting them together for you. I've not yet had a chance to create with this one, however, I am excited to do so. This combo feels so sleek and sophisticated to me. What about you?
Stay tuned for a creation in the next few days!
And, hope you enjoy a little creative time today!
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Happy Friday, friends!
Stampin' Up! really does color so well! Today's combo to get you creating is a mix of rich bold, bold colors! Use all five colors or a mix of two or three...it is up to you!
I can't wait to get creating with it...how about you?
Have a creative day!
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Happy Friday friends!
After sharing last week's Pals Paper Arts project, I went on an unplanned, unannounced mini blog break and now I'm back! It means that I missed sharing last week's Five on Friday color combo so today you get double the color!
First up, in honor of Valentine's Day, I've got a fun twist on the traditional V-day hues for last minutes cards or treats you may choose (or need) to make...
And, a combo with a mix of neutral tones and cool winter hues...
Which combo has you fired up to get creating today? I'd love to know! Be sure to leave a comment and let me know which you'll be putting use!
I've got a really special post for you Sunday...see you then!
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Happy Friday, friends! Today is the 5th Friday of 2015 and I'm sharing the fifth Stampin' Up! five color combo with you. We're off to a good start!
Now before I share the latest color inspiration with you, I wanted to share a little about some emails I received lately. I've had a few loyal blog readers (thank you!) reach out and ask if I'll be sharing any three color combos or if the combos will work if only 3 of the colors are used.
To the first question, the answer is no and the reason is two-fold...
1. Five color combos push us stretch our creative muscles - two and three color combos may get us trying new colors together, but five sometimes makes us really work for it (me included).
2. I love the alliterative quality of "Five on Friday" -- "Three on Friday" is just not the same. As I sit here typing this I realize I can get the same alliterative quality with "Four on Friday", however I am thinking I will still stick to "Five on Friday". When I first launched the Five on Friday series a year and half or so ago, I missed things up...five was to use ribbon, my five favorite Stampin' Up! tools, five mini card sketches. It was the color combos though that resonated most with people and that's why I chose to simply focus on those.
Wow...that was long-winded!
And the answer to the second question is "yes, absolutely"...pick any three colors from the combo and they should work together!
By now you must really want to get to the new combo! Here goes...
Honestly as I sit here looking at this now, it has such a summery feel to me! Frankly, that is kind of nice given that we got 33" of snow earlier this week! Here's an image of my sweet boy Brinkley (a Brittany) out in the path we had to clear!
Hope this week's color combo (or the photo) inspire you to get creating this weekend!
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Happy Friday, friends! Hope you are ready to get creating this weekend and I hope that this brand new five color Stampin' Up! combo will get your creative juices flowing...
Make a card
Wrap up a package
Put together a pretty display for your home
I'd love to see what you've created with this combo over on my Peonies and Paper Chains Facebook page.
Now for those who want to see what I created, here's my card featuring the Celebrate Today stamp set:
Stamping, embossing, fussy cutting...oh my!
The fussy cutting definitely works for this big "tassel" hanging from the ballon, but certainly not a paper crafting technique that I have patience for everyday!
I'll be sharing some of the other secrets behind this card over the weekend!
Happy Friday! Enjoy a little creative today!
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Happy Friday, friends! I'm thrilled to be sharing the first Five on Friday color combo of 2015 with you today! Let's get right to it:
I'm loving this combo and hope that you will too! As always, my goal with these combos is to inspire you to get creating...
Maybe a card.
Perhaps a display for your mantle.
Possibly a piece of wall decor.
Or even a floral arrangement.
To create something tangible that incorporates the colors and allows you to enjoy them.
During the time that I've been posting these Stampin' Up! five color combos, I've been encouraged to start a color challenge with them. This isn't something that I'm ready to commit to (at least not yet), however, as we start 2015, I'm encouraging you to share what you create over on the Peonies and Paper Chains Facebook page. Simply visit the page and post a photo of what you've created!
Yesterday, I promised you a sneak peek and I've got it for you!
You've just said hello to the brand new Simply Wonderful stamp set (and hello again to Gorgeous Grunge). Simply Wonderful is a Sale-a-bration exclusive stamp set and contains several fabulous sentiments including the "you're wonderful" that is shown above.
Here's a list of what I used to create this sneak peek (be sure to scroll on through):
Oh, and this is truly a sneak peek. What you just saw is NOT a full card -- it is the sweet and simple (and very CASE-able) front to a blingy card that I'll be sharing next week. Stay tuned!
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Halloween has come and gone, however my stock of Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper has yet to be depleted. As I thought about a color combo for the week and what I could do with that paper, I came up with a little something fun for Thanksgiving! You'll see it in just a moment!
Knowing that I wanted to use the Motley Monsters paper, I decided to stick with colors only from the pack for this weeks combo and those colors are:
And, given that we've got to set the table for Thanksgiving in a couple weeks, I decided to create something sweet and simple to mark our places at dinner...
To make both of these, I used a single sheet of card stock plus some scraps of the Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper and cardstock in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango.
I found a way to score and assemble to cardstock so that it has a gentle arc and it is easy to insert the napkin and utensils! That was a true bonus!
Would you like to know the trick behind the sleeve? I'd be happy to share it with you! Be sure to leave a comment today if you'd like me to pass it along! I'd even be willing to take step-by-step photos of the process this weekend!
Interested in more color combos? Be sure to follow my Five on Friday color combo board on Pinterest!
Enjoy a little creativity today!
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Happy Friday, friends!
Today I have a special treat for you.
It is something a number of you have asked me about.
Something that should make it easy to gather color inspiration.
What is it?
Today's treat is the announcement of Pinterest board dedicated solely to the Five on Friday color combos that I create. This is a board you will surely want to follow!
Follow kerry willard bray's board Five on Friday Color Combos on Pinterest.
While I do not yet have every past color combo loaded, I will be continuing to add them! In working on the board, I've been fascinated by looking at the patterns emerge from the combos that I create.
What are your thoughts on this board?
Will it be helpful to you?
I value all your feedback and read each comment that you leave. And, I most definitely want to know what you think of this board!
Hope you have an amazing weekend!
Enjoy a little creativity today!
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Hello friends...Happy Friday!
I'm happy Friday is here and hope you are too! It really has become my favorite day of the week and that is due in part because I get to share a new five color combo! I'm delighted to be sharing it with you and thrilled to have a reason to get creative! Things have been busy here and my time for making things has been limited. These weekly color combos always get my creative juices flowing -- what about you?
Let's get to the combo:
I'm not quite sure how to describe this combo. It reminds me a bit of sherbet perhaps scooped with a pwetwer spoon. How would you describe it?
For those who are wanting inspiration to get crafting, here's a full look at my latest card:
This card features one of my favorite sentiment stamps -- "hip hip hooray...today's your day" -- and I love this because you could use it for absolutely anyone's birthday! This stamp is exclsuive to the Hip Hip Hooray card kit. At $19.95, this kit is an incredible deal -- it contains enough supplies to make 20 cards, and, if you are like me, you'll use this one stamp from the kit again and again and again! The other stamps in the kit say "thanks" and "just for you" which make them just as versatile!
The card front is only 3-1/4" wide versus the 4-1/4" of the back which allows the Pistachio Pudding that I applied to the inside edge to show. I thought that was hard to tell from the image above and wanted to share this view.
This card is for one of Britt's friends who is celebrating her birthday this weekend. In hindsight the little paper clip is probably not the best embellishment for a preschooler, so perhaps I will slide it off...easy to do!
Enjoy a little creativity today!
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