Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Color Dare 17

This week's Color Dare colors--Pink Pirouette, Elegant Eggplant, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose--immediately brought this beautiful Basic Grey Eva designer paper to mind, and this bouquet from the OCL set, Flowers for You, is the perfect image to go with it!

I made this card during my stay in Louisiana...my new friend Joyce invited me to her home, prepared a delicious lunch, and kept me company as I stamped and shuffled paper the way I usually do! She was such a sweetheart, and it was so much fun! She even let me break in her new Big Shot with my nesties! Thank you Joyce! Thinking of you!

I started with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I colored in the soft gold background, adding colors with prisma color pencils in layers from back to front, blending with gamsol.

I started my layout with a Mojo sketch, although I ended up straying from an exact interpretation. I matted the image with several layers of cardstock, using scalloped and smooth edged oval nesties. All of the edges were *aged* with Tim Holtz distress ink. This beautiful reversible champagne/moss satin ribbon was the perfect finish...I LOVE this ribbon and plan to order more! Kate just added a lot more gorgeous ribbon to the i {heart} papers store, so there is plenty to choose from!

Visit Riley's blog to see the rest of our team's creations...their links are also on the sidebar if you would like the specifics of how their cards were made!

7 comments:

  1. So beautiful, Deb!! What great colors, i will have to try and give them a try!

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  2. Hey Deb - hope you are doing well today. Sorry I haven't been by in a while - still trying to get over this bug I can't shake. This is a beautiful card and the colors are just outstanding and I love this paper. I hope you have a great Wednesday.

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  3. Absolutely gorgeous, as always! Love the patterned papers, they really do go well with this challenge. Hope all is well!

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  4. So is so beautiful, love the rich colors and the design paper.

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  5. WOW! Deb, this is so pretty!!!!

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  6. So pretty Deb!! Really love the colors on this one! :)

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  7. Ahh, Deb! How sweet to see your special card that I got to personally watch you create. I learn so much from the experience. Thanks so much for being my friend, and letting me get to meet your parents. I think of you each time I pass their house. Great card!

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