My card for this week's Inspiration Challenge was inspired by this lovely Cosmopolitan Area Rug from Wild Wings. I loved the color combination and the wonderful over-layed blocked pattern.
The pattern reminded me of some new Basic Grey Hero Arts Sweet Threads stamps that had arrived in the mail this week, so I was happy to ink them up. I started with a brown cardstock background that I stamped multiple times with Hero Arts Envelope Pattern in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to add a bit of interest.
I stamped the open flower multiple times in Versamark on a dark ivory cardstock & clear embossed. I cut the flowers into the shapes on the rug, and added distress ink to create a resist on all but the ivory, which I left plain.
After assembling my card, I stamped the Hero Arts Today & Always birthday sentiment in dark brown and attached the sentiment piece with foam tape for a little dimension. Even though the underlying design is a flower, I think this card would work great for a masculine birthday.
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Fri, Apr 29, 2011 @ 8:57 PM
What a fun, fabulous birthday card! Love it!
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Fri, Apr 29, 2011 @ 10:15 PM
Oh! love these colors~~ happy and fun! perfect for a Birthday!
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Registered: January 11, 2010 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 7227
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 @ 11:36 PM
Stephanie, your card is beautiful! I LOVE that dp! The colors are just awesome and I love how you laid it all out!! I'm with Karen, I like your card better than the actual rug! Thank you so much for choosing this site and letting me play along with you this week!! I really had a blast!~
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Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60257
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 @ 5:35 AM
Your recreation of the inspiration piece you chose is perfection. What a beauty this is.
Thanks for taking Jenna's suggestion to use this awesome site.
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