Completed for the IC39 challenge, it took me forever to finally called this card "done." i had fun experimenting with Twinkling H20s... what fun they are! the colors of the flowers are much richer IRL. i love how unpredictable the result is. i stamped many many of them to get some that i liked.
i feel like this card is missing something tho. i couldn't find a metallic copper colored pen ANYwhere! anyone know of one? watercolors wouldn't take to the finish on the preprinted green paper.
i also looked everywhere for some copper colored organza ribbon and couldn't find any. so i finally just settled on the copper brads. ho-hum!
anyone have any suggestions? thanks!
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006 GMT Views: 566
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Registered: May 1, 2006 Location: Somewhere under the raindrops. Posts: 8624
Thu, Sep 07, 2006 @ 4:27 PM
It's a great card. I'm a big ribbon fan, if I feel something is missing I always add ribbon and it usually does the trick.
Very interesting layout. It took a minute for me to realize the square in the middle of the card isn't a card on it's own. For some reason I thought the background was a table or something the card was laying on. Once I saw that it was the BG, it really popped out at me!!
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Registered: May 26, 2004 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 467
Thu, Sep 07, 2006 @ 5:11 PM
I really like your card. I enjoy TWH2Os too. I like the brads, they give your card a taylored crisp look. Copper cord or wire could add to it, but I think the brads keep it balanced since everything is centered.
Registered: June 15, 2005 Location: if i told you i'd have to... Posts: 9759
Thu, Sep 07, 2006 @ 6:02 PM
Cute card. I have some copper gel pens around here somewhere but I forget what brand. I use them sometimes when I want to add a copper touch but the brads and twinkling H2Os look perfect!
Registered: September 22, 2005 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 271
Thu, Sep 07, 2006 @ 6:03 PM
Not "ho-hum" at all! Unique and very lovely!
Uniball makes a copper gel pen, but even better than that are the Krylon metallics (gold, silver and copper)-- the colors are very rich and elegant!