Blue and Orange Make Beautiful!

When I think blue and orange, I usually think of Boise State University's colors. I taught there for a year in the late 1990s. I did not like the school colors. Yes, they are complimentary colors, but, well, ick. When you change the blue to baja breeze and the orange to pumpkin, however, the whole atmosphere of the colors changes. And something beautiful happens.

First up, a white base with pumpkin grass (a new stamp I picked up at Michael's from Hero Arts). I rocked and rolled a bit of brown on the edges of the grass, and used the brown to add the sentiment (Papertrey). The strip and bling anchor the whole image. I cut the card down because there was just too much white space on the right and left, so it's now about 3.75" x 5.5". It looks much better balanced now.



Then I used a square baja breeze base (4.25") and a smaller central focal point. This sentiment is also from Papertrey...just another fall set.

The new wheat/grass stamp is pretty big, but the second card shows how even big stamps can be cut down to smaller, really useful sizes.

What do you think of these colors together?

Supplies
stamps: Hero Arts (grass), Papertrey (sentiments)
ink: VersaMagic pumpkin and java
paper: SU baja breeze, chocolate chip; PTI white
accessories: dimensionals, rhinestones