Bamboo Spring

I received an e-mail this week from our Marketing Director at work letting me know that he was going to recycle an entire box of paper samples.  He guessed I could probably use them in my creative endeavors, so he wanted to give me the opportunity to take them home.  I love when people think of me when they have cool things.

One of the samples was this cool Japanese paper that reminded me of the texture in the  great bamboo rattan wing chair from Pier One that is this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. 

I knew I wanted to incorporate the contrast of the rattan against the dark brown, as well as the great color combination from the pillow.  I often struggle with color combinations that involve more than three shades, but I am really happy with how this design turned out.

Hero Arts Dandelion Frame was inked with Pealed Paint Distress ink and stamped lightly on textured lime cardstock to provide an abstract fabric-like feel.  I combined strips of the various colors from the pillow on a strip of white cardstock and then trimmed them to fit the paper sample focal piece.  I added celery organdy ribbon and a tiny sentiment from Hero Arts Bird Greetings.  The final element is a Martha Stewart punched butterfly decorated with two celery pearls.

I realized as I was working on my color combination that this card also works for this week's challenge at the Cards Blog to make a card that incorporates at least eight different colors.