Finally getting around to the Color Challenge from Christmas day! The sample card by Christy S (My Mom Said.... by Christy S. at Splitcoaststampers) was so appealing to me because even though the colors are very traditional Christmas colors, her card wasn't Christmas-y at all. So I made it my personal challenge too, to make a card that wasn't for Christmas. Christy said her inspiration for the card was a Fazoli's ad with similar colors. Well, my DD's have had a box of candy canes sitting on the desk by the computer monitor for a week, and coincidentally the box is the same colors as the challenge too! So it was inspiring me.
Then I remembered this card by Michelle Boyer (AugVSNE Non SU by Shel9999 at Splitcoaststampers) It was one of the very first cards I ever put in my faves, because I loved the striped background. I even PM'd her and asked how she did it, and she told me it was just ink taken from the lid of her pad and painted on with an aqua painter! So that's what I ended up doing for my card for this challenge!
Thanks for looking, and reading all the way through my Mothermark-ish story! (Luv ya' Cindy!)
I used a Versamarker and Iridescent Ice EP on the cake and stars... if I had more time this morning I would have used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds instead. I have no patience to wait for things to dry, though! The stars are from my snowflake Cuttlebug die, because I also have no patience for cutting out tiny things! Cutting out the cake was the extent for me today.
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Thu, Dec 27, 2007 @ 7:59 AM
OMG! This quite possibly might be the most beautiful color coordinated card to a candy can box ever! Isn't it funny what inspires us...An incredibly cute card......and by the way, I loved your story! Snort!