Today is the first Create with Connie and Mary challenge of 2018 and it was a tough one.  This week it was a color challenge.

What do you think?  I played around with the colors for quite a while and finally came up with this card.

I sponged the challenge colors  onto a piece of Whisper White card stock and then stamped the Heartfelt Blooms in Basic Gray ink.  The "celebrate" is part of the Sale-A-Bration Celebrate You Thinlit dies.  These dies will also be available in the 2018-19 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog.  Isn't it wonderful that you can earn these thinlits and get them free with a $100 purchase?

I hope you will join in the challenge and try your hand at this color combination.  Be sure to check out what the other designers created for this challenge and get all the details on how you can play along with the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.