This is my card for today's Color Challenge - Always Artichoke, Real Red and Chocolate Chip (+ neutrals).
It is also for today's Teapot Tuesday Challenge - to be inspired by this pretty holiday teapot: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
or by something you are thankful for. See the thread here: Forums at Splitcoaststampers
I stamped the frame and the cardinal with Memento Rich Cocoa onto Gina K. 80 lb. Ivory CS and colored them both with Copic markers. I added gloss to the berries and the cardinal's beak with a Sakura Clear Glaze Pen. Highlighted the flower centers and pine cones with Spica pens. I filled in the frame outline with a Marvy gold gel pen. Cut out the cardinal and popped him up over branches punched with a MS punch. Popped up the whole main image panel and that was it.
Thanks, Betty, for the great color challenge, and MariLynn, for hosting the tea party this week.
TFL!
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Tue, Nov 17, 2009 @ 1:35 PM
Carla, this card is just absolutely gorgeous. Love all the red being most dominate!! That is a beautiful set from Gina K.
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Tue, Nov 17, 2009 @ 1:53 PM
This is gorgeous, Carla! The Cardinal inside the frame is spectacular! TFS!
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Tue, Nov 17, 2009 @ 2:48 PM
Carla this is just gorgeous. Love the branches your beauty is sitting on, the beautifully colored bird, and those touches of gold and those flowers. Wow!!!