This is my sample for CC859. I am your hostess this week and I chose old olive, gorgeous grape and highland heather for my color trio. Dessert option this week is designer paper.
I decided to do some coloring this week for my card. I used an older CottageCutz stamp- Oriole w/Blossoms. I changed the oriole to a sparrow since orange wasn't one of the colors this week.
Colored the images with a combo of Stampin' Blends and Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. THe background paper is from the Stampin'-Up "hand penned" collection.
Added some white satin ribbon, bow, gorgeous grape rhinestones and the hugs sentiment to finish off my card.
Hope you can play along this week. Looking forward to seeing all the creativity in the CC gallery.
Registered: December 3, 2013 Location: Southern California Posts: 3559
Mon, Aug 30, 2021 @ 7:34 PM
Very pretty Mary! I like how you changed the bird just by changing the colors and the Hugs with the shadow looks great in monotone. It has real dimension. Lovely card!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105275
Tue, Aug 31, 2021 @ 7:14 AM
What a pretty stamp that is, Mary!! I love your coloring, and the bg dp is wonderful!!! Thanks for terrific colors!
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37113
Tue, Aug 31, 2021 @ 8:44 AM
I love birds and flowers so this card is just perfect IMO! This is such a pretty image and you have colored it to perfection. Love that Beautifully Penned paper - it's so versatile ~ I almost used it myself today!
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Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60348
Tue, Aug 31, 2021 @ 2:01 PM
Mary, this is a gorgeous color combo. I love it! Love your image, pretty flowers and bird. I used the other side of the dsp!! I thought of using this side too. I got the whole set of shadow dies CC just introduced! Great challenge today.
------------------------------ Karen ~ Thanks for stopping by my gallery. Proud Fan Club Member - FS525, QFTD49 Life is better in a beach town!