Thank you for the suggestions on my previous post! Here’s the final card with a black card base. I switched out the ribbon as the other ribbon felt more dated and clunky with the gold patterned paper.
I’m making an anniversary card for a friend. This is the basic layout I have in mind. I used a scrap piece of red paper for the backings of my 1x3 strips, thinking I had more paper like it that I could use as the card base. (The scrap currently behind the card is obviously not big enough to use but is the look I’d intended to do.)
Unfortunately, I only have bright red that doesn’t match and a dark burgundy. I have a range of colors available outside of that, but I’m unsure of what color to use as the base instead. If I do navy blue for the base, will that look too Americana? I’m super hesitant to use navy, but maybe an olive or hunter green would be fine? I’m really torn and welcome opinions!
EDIT: Thanks! I didn’t think of black or blending to match. I’ll do one of those two options and will post the final card when it’s done.