Saturday, June 20, 2009

Kwerner Color Inspiration Challenge 55


Morning all - it's a drizzly Saturday morning here in CA. So, in the midst of my chores this morning, I found time to create a card for Kristina's Color Challenge 55. When I first saw the colors, I have to say that I wasn't really sure what to do - it's definitely a new color scheme for me. Then after I did some blog browsing this morning, I was inspired by the card design from Mary Fish's Father's Day card on her blog today. I liked the look of the tiled squares, so I thought I'd give it a try. First, let me show you what the colors are for Kristina's challenge this week:Here's my full card:
I experimented with scrunching up the ribbon - I wasn't sure how that was gonna come out, but I think I do like it afterall! I used a piece of sticky strip and put that on the card, then just applied the ribbon on top, scrunching it along as I went across. I was surprised at how well the sticky strip held the ribbon. That's some good adhesive. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the card and my attempt at this new color scheme. I like it with the In Colors! What do you think?
Here's the recipe:
*Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die
*Razzle Dazzle and Oval all stamp sets
*Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry textured cardstock and markers; Very Vanilla and Basic Gray cardstock
*Basic Gray taffeta ribbon and corduroy brads; very vanilla brad
*1 1/4" square, scallop oval and large oval punches
Thanks for coming by! Have a great day!


19 comments:

Stacey Schafer said...

so fun! love the razzle dazzle print on the butterfly and that darling ribbon treatment!

Sharon Field / Inky A*Muse-ment said...

LOVE the idea of using the razzle dazzle image for the butterfly!! I'm really enjoying using the stamp set... have to agree about color combo and comfort zone, although you did a beautiful job as usual, Rose!

Anonymous said...

Rose,
Love the card! Great idea with the ribbon!
Take care!
Kris

CarissaCalhoun said...

LOVE this card! The ribbon is awesome :)

Dawn said...

This is super cute as always, love the ribbon. I'll have to try that. Too funny as I was going to use the "mosiac block" effect for this challenge as well. Great minds! ;o)

Melissa Sauls said...

What a GREAT job on the color challenge. I just love what you did with this card!

Linda said...

Beautiful card! You did a great job with the color. I thought they were hard to pull together and you did a great job.

Sue said...

Love the card...great use of colour! :-)

Ann said...

What a beautiful card!!!

scrapperia said...

Very nice card, I love the squares!

Regan said...

i'm speachless..this is just gorgeous top pick for sure!!

Cam said...

What a great card, simple and fun card. I love how you use the image on the butterfly. Looks great.

Winter said...

So cute! I love everything about it! Top pick for sure! :)

Karen said...

Your card came out wonderfully! Love what you did with your butterfly! And that scrunched ribbon is fantastic! :>

Lisa Brown said...

Love your card, Rose, that background is awesome! Love how you used the Razzle Dazzle for your butterfly!

Dotty said...

Cute card and I love the ribbon treatment.

Terri Trotter Earley said...

Love your cord brads, super fun color blocking adn great butterfly. Great job with the color combo.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Traveling Mama said...

Cute card! I love the scrunched ribbon!

Kitty said...

Love your card....really lovely.