The Maui Stamper

I love these animal friends from the Barnyard Babies set.  I’ve tried watercoloring them, but I like the results best when I use Stampin’ Write markers to highlight their features.  Pool Party and Island Indigo are one of my favorite color combinations.

We made this card at my #ImBringingBirthdaysBack class earlier this month, and I made a few extra for my personal use when everyone was finished.  I think the Silver Glimmer paper balloons are the perfect amount of bling.

The Stampin’ Up!  color range includes a number of tonal combinations. I kept the base colors Whisper White and Basic Gray, and experimented with the accent colors.  This is Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride (oh, I miss Crisp Cantaloupe!  Do you think we’ll have a color refresh this year?)

The diagonal stripe comes from the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper stacks.  There’s a lot of bang for the buck in these fat pads of 12 x 12 patterned paper!

Yellow and grey are a very trendy color combination.  I paired So Saffron with Crushed Curry for this Buttercup version of my card.

If you look closely, you’ll see that I used both colors of  marker in this example.  Making a batch of one style of cards leaves lots of room for experimenting!

For this last sample, I used the same Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride combination but used the softer, more subtle Blushing Bride stripe for the DSP background.  This one seems more like a baby card to me as a result.

Seriously.  Have you ever seen such a contented cow?

What’s your favorite Stampin’ Up! color combination?  Which of these do you like the best?