Wow Emily - this color combination is very striking! I had a really hard time with this challenge last week. In fact, I had to step away twice because the mojo wasn't working, and I had every intention to try again, but life gets busy and I never did. I was pleased to see a slight variation of the colors this week, and I think that made all the difference for me. I did have to exchange Going Grey for Basic Grey, as I STILL don't have any Basic Grey yet.... Anyhow, thanks for posting this challenge today!
I stamped the image in Basic Black on Vanilla cardstock and watercolored the main image with only the 3 colors allowed for today. I cut it out with my oval coluzzle, then mounted this onto RHRed cardstock. I cut around the oval freehand giving about 1/8 inch border all around. I cut a larger Always Artichoke oval using the colluzle and glued the three ovals together. Using my Grey marker, I inked up the word "friend" from one of the Serene Spring sentiment stamps and put that in the lower right corner of the oval. I did a small zig-zag stitch on the vanilla/RHRed, then put 4 silver brads around the oval. I stamped the Posy background on Vanilla using Going Grey ink, then glued my oval panel onto this and zig-zagged around the oval again. Finally, I glued the posy panel onto RHRed and straight-stitched around the block one time. This was mounted on my Always Artichoke cardbase. I cut out several flowers and leaves using the Big Shot/Birds & Blooms die in RHRed and Always Artichoke cardstocks. To add depth, I sponged the same color ink on the flower petals. I used a stylus to put "veins" in the leaves, then sponged the same color ink on them. The flower and leaves were curled on the edges for dimension. The flowers were layered and a brad added to the center. The flowers and leaves were adhered to the card with mini glue-dots.
Thanks for taking a closer look - I appreciate it! This color combo ROCKS!!
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 GMT Views: 1693
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Tue, Sep 16, 2008 @ 4:18 PM
Oh wow, this is gorgeous! Love your stitching, the beautiful dimensional flowers on the edge of the oval, and that image is one that always catches my eye. Can't believe I haven't bought the set yet!
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Tue, Sep 16, 2008 @ 4:39 PM
Wow! What a beautiful card! I love the image and how you framed it! Wonderful details - love the stitching and pretty flowers and brads! Great job on the CC!
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Tue, Sep 16, 2008 @ 5:09 PM
Wow, this is eye catching! Had to click on it the minute I saw it. Love all the great elements you added and what a great execution of the color challenge!
Sharon
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Tue, Sep 16, 2008 @ 5:38 PM
Gorgeous card. love the stamped image. wonderful colouring. I like the posy bg panel. wonderful stitching on the ovals. love the red primas. great job with the challenge. tfs