I'd like to begin by thanking my son and nephews for sharing their cold with me.  The fact that I haven't been able to breathe or sleep lately has hampered my efforts to be creative and has forced me to abandon all things crafty until I could start to function again.  I am slowly returning to normalcy - whatever that is.

To aid me in my effort to be creative, I reached for my Color Coach.  I haven't had any formal training in color principles or understanding the color wheel, but fortunately for me, I don't have to.  Stampin' Up! has created a Color Coach that does all the work for you.  This is such a great tool, especially when you are color challenged like me.  All you do is start by picking a color, turn the card over and voila! you have a color combination that makes you look like you know what you're doing.

Really!  It's that simple!

For my project today, I wanted to use a color that I don't use very often.  It was time to show it some love.  So, I picked Poppy Parade.  I simply found Poppy Parade on my color swatch, turned it over and it told me a "creative combination" would be to use Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze and So Saffron.  So here is the result:

I could have mixed the color combination in any number of ways, but I already had a card base of So Saffron available. A card base of Poppy would have been equally pretty.  The image on this card is from a set called Friends Never Fade.  It, too, hasn't seen much ink lately so I brought it out for my color challenge.

The really cool thing is that the Color Coach offers several combinations, so you're never "stuck" with just one option.  It's a great tool to have on hand when you want to stretch you're creative boundaries and think outside the box. Truth is, I would have never put these colors together on my own, but I like it!

The Color Coach comes in multiple languages too so for all of my Spanish, German and French friends, you won't be left out of the fun (# 120148 English Only  or #121046 Multiple Languages). Interested in owning your own Color Coach ?  I can help with that!  Click here to go to my on-line store. 

Thanks for dropping by!