Kim wants us to forget about white, brown or black for a card base and go with gray for the WT challenge. I love grays and don't think to use it many times, so this was a great incentive to dust off the gray CS! This is also for the CCEE tool challenge to use a distressing tool.
The card evolved when I found this lined, light gray with fuchsia swirls DP by Deja Views in my stash. I used the spiral border punch and sponged Basic Gray ink on the lined panel. The Going Gray base panel was embossed using SU's Elegant Bouquet textured impressions folder. I love to paper sculpt these flowers from SU's Delight in Life set. I curled the edges around a pencil, used Copic markers (R85 & V05) to color the centers, then added some Diamond Stickles. I finished it off with some daisy trim and some satin ribbon. The sentiment is a Plain Jane by Verve - Ecclesiastes 3:11...another of Julee's wonderful font combos. How ironic that it's truly a gray day today...no sun in sight!
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011 GMT Views: 3634
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Registered: August 18, 2008 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Posts: 31972
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 9:02 AM
Wanda, this is stunning - how beautifully you've put everything together, this is grey at it's most gorgeous!! Love how you put the verse on notepaper. But I just realized reading your description that I messed up on my second card as I was supposed to have a grey base!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131741
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 9:03 AM
What a shame that it's a grey day outside for you, but this soft beauty certainly brightens things up. We have an old Linguaphone set for learning French - one of the expressions on it is Black goes with everything. With all the gorgeous colour combinations today it's obvious the same is true of grey - your fuchsia is fabulous with it.
Registered: April 14, 2005 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 3388
Thu, Feb 24, 2011 @ 9:33 AM
Gorgeous, gorgeous card. I love the layout, bow, trim and especially the flowers!! I havent seen Delight In Life used in a long time and its one of my all time favorites. I may have to case this beauty if thats ok with you. I just love it!! TFS
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