This card fulfills lots of challenges! First, it's my entry for this week's Color Challenge. Mary is our hostess this week, and she has challenged us to use at least three of the following colors: Basic Gray, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, and Sahara Sand. Our dessert option was to use spots, dots or stripes on our card. Check and check!
I learned some stuff today. If you stamp on vellum, the ink stays wet. If you wait a while and then come back, the ink is still wet. If you touch it and smear it, when you wipe it with a baby wipe, the surface of the vellum pills up. If you heat it with a heat gun, that sort-of dries the ink, and also ripples the vellum. Then, if you start over (ask me how I know!), and try hitting the stamped area with clear embossing powder, yes, that works the best, but then there's that rippling when you heat set the embossing powder. I'm planning to put this card under all seven volumes of Harry Potter tonight to see if his magic and the weight of his books flattens my vellum out.
I made the striped paper from the MFT Plaid Background Builder, using from Barbara Anders. My attempt needs work! I added a Lost Lagoon mat and ribbon.
The layer under the vellum is Sahara Sand, which I stamped randomly with the same ink and the Gorgeous Grunge speckle stamp.
This card is also for CAS315, to use ribbon on your card, CAS324, to make a Thank You card; and WT531, May Flowers.
Thanks for stopping by. Please play along in this week's color challenge, and you could be chosen to be a guest designer!
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Splitcoast Challenge Hostess Teapot Tuesday TEAm
Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90476
Mon, May 18, 2015 @ 8:47 AM
Wow fantastic job combining challenges. I love how combining challenges can completely create a card. Very nicely done. Thank you for creating a card for my challenge.
Registered: September 7, 2007 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 43179
Mon, May 18, 2015 @ 6:03 PM
Hey, we were on the same page with the same stamp set and we used the same colors too, (harhar) I love your striped panel with the bow tied around it…..a very sweet card Barbara!!
Registered: November 7, 2004 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 15142
Mon, May 18, 2015 @ 6:05 PM
Too funny on your trials with Vellum. I don't use it very often...
Your diagonal strip is perfect and I love the flowers showcased on a perfect background!
------------------------------ Peggy SCS Color Challenge DT/Crazy4Challenges DT
Blog: Artfulljourney
Registered: October 30, 2007 Location: Posts: 26718
Mon, May 18, 2015 @ 6:14 PM
That dsp is such a perfect accent to your lovely flower. No, wait, I am just rereading and seeing that you made it with the plaid builder - impressive!!
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Splitcoast Challenge Hostess The Charmed Life
Registered: November 19, 2005 Location: Bethel Park, Pa Posts: 37159
Mon, May 18, 2015 @ 8:14 PM
this is really pretty Barbara- love your stamped vertical striped panel-I thought it was dsp at first-your mishaps with vellum was an amusing read-been there done that myself lots of times-but your card turned out great in the end-awesome work
------------------------------ Mary Marsh SCS Color Challenge DT Coordinator My Blog- The Charmed Life
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105158
Tue, May 19, 2015 @ 11:24 AM
BEautiful using the combination of colors and challenges. I love the striped panel you made. Had to laugh (empathatically!) as I have had the same experiences with vellum. It doesn't dry, ripples, and that's that!!!!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92494
Tue, May 19, 2015 @ 12:04 PM
A great looking card with a lot of pizzazz, Barbara. If you hadn't said, I would have thought that was purchased striped DP. It is PERFECT...both in execution and the "snap" it adds to your card.