These are my kind of colors! I love the complementary contrast of the turq/teal w/ the coral/orange.
I made a Wrinkle Free Distress bg on w/c paper. I did the turq/teal colors first, leaving some white space & when it dried, I did the coral/orange colors. Doing the colors separately helps prevent getting muddy colors. After it dried, I die cut it w/ the largest matting basic die so it would be just a tad bigger than the turquoise Vintage Flourish Pattern die cut. Before I attached it, I sponged just the edges of the turq to help better define them. I tucked the Gilded Gate in the bottom of the turq. die cut & stamped the greeting w/ the Versafine onto a small Vintage Label die cut. The coral orange layers were also die cut, the edges sponged & I added just the fancy ends of the smallest Vintage Flourish dies cut out of teal, on top of the coral. The die cut Keys were threaded thru the lacy teal layer.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 GMT Views: 1463
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28841
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 8:34 AM
Love that sentiment... very pretty Julie!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 9:32 AM
Oh How Beautiful! I love everything! Now I want to try the background technique! thanks for the inspiration!
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 2:17 PM
Julie, I've not seen that sentiment before. If you really really think about it, it's rather profound. I love ODBD dies. Your's is beautiful on this card.
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 3:45 PM
Wow, Julie!! This card is beautiful with all its layers and that very striking background! I love the sentiment and it is so true! Everything about this card is jaw-dropping!!!