Keeping it Neutral...

Caroline here this week, with a new challenge for you:

Create a card using one or more neutral colours. 

This could be black, white, off-white, grey and/or kraft. Do NOT use any other colours!

For those of you who love colour, this could be quite a challenge! However, neutral does not have to mean boring. Think of the vintage look of black-and-white photos or the elegance of sepia-toned prints. Minimizing colour can mean adding lots of texture and layers for interest. Let your card design be the focus, rather than your colour palette. Many striking clean-and-simple cards feature a subdued or limited colour scheme, with lots of "white space." Close to My Heart chose to update their neutrals this summer, so there's lots of new shades to choose from.

You have until THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 3rd at 10:00 pm EST to enter our October challenges and be considered for the monthly Top Ten!

 

To get those creative juices flowing, here's some not-so-neutral inspiration from the wonderful Team A. 

Kelly

Caroline
 

Madeline

Shirley

Erin

 

Is your interest piqued yet?! Here are the guidelines to follow:

1. Use mostly Close to My Hearts products, though it doesn't have to be 100%.
2. Create your card, using one or more neutral colours.
3. Post your project to your blog or other online gallery.
4. Come back here and link directly to your blog post, not your blog home page.
5. Mention Heart 2 Heart somewhere in your blog post, indicating that you are playing along with us and link to our site.
6. Consider adding the H2H badge to your blog. We'd love to spread the word and see more crafters participating.
7. Please consider turning off word verification if you'd like to get comments (you can always enable comment moderation if you're concerned about spam).

Thanks to all our weekly participants and our Designer Team members!! We love to see your artwork; the inspiration works both ways! Show us how you "keep it neutral."

P.S. Happy Halloween!