Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Create With Connie and Mary


***ETA OMGoodness! Check this out!!! This card was picked for top 3 at Create with Connie and Mary! Thank you Connie, Mary and your fabby DT! What an honor to be selected!!!



Morning everyone! Can I tell you how much I LOVE this card?!? The sketch is from Create with Connie and Mary (CCMC162), and once again, the minute I saw the sketch I knew just what I wanted to make! Thanks for the inspiration Connie and Mary! ;o)

Now, there are a few customized bits on this card...the 3/8" Whisper White ribbon was colored with the Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write. I find this easier (and the color is more consistent) than dragging ribbon through a stamp pad, or dyeing with Stampin' Ink Refills. Plus, it dries almost instantly after being colored with Stampin' Write's. The large doily is from the Flirtacious Specialty DSP, I used the reverse side (the white side) of the paper, and again used a Stampin' Write (Elegant Eggplant) to solidly color it in. Voila! Doilies to match ANY project! And lastly to get the varied shades of the Lucky Limeade Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch I used the Stampin' Write's again! The darkest one was colored full strength, the mid shade I stamped off once the blossom from a retired stamp and then stamped it on the Whisper White, then punched it out. The last one was left plain white.

Hope you like this card! It's a fave of mine, that's for sure!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Card Stock: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant
DSP: Flirtacious Specialty
Punches: Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer
Accessories: 3/8" Taffeta Whisper White Ribbon, Basics Pearls
Tools: Paper Piercing Tool, Matt Pack
Stamp: Watercolor Trio (retired), Apple Blossoms (retired)
Inks: Lucky Limeade Classic Ink and Stampin' Write, Elegant Eggplant Stampin' Write

8 comments:

  1. So very pretty, Robbyn. I love the colours you chose and that you used the new triple layer punch, I need to use mine more! Thank you so much for playing at CCMC this week!

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  2. Beautiful card!! I love these colors together! I love how you colored the doily to match your project! Clever!! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  3. So pretty! Love that punch and that gorgeous DSP!! Thanks for the hints about colouring the ribbon

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  4. Lovely CARD--these colors are wonderful together! What a great tip about coloring the doily!! Thanks for playing along with us at CCMC!

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  5. GORGEOUS!!! I love the layering of the three different color flowers...perfect! Thanks for joining us this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  6. Oh...brilliant...coloring the back of the white doily! Gorgeous card... Thanks for playing along with the sketch challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

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  7. Love the way you colored the doily...lots of work with a marker! You need a brayer! Beautiful color combo! This is so clean and very nicely done! Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary challenge this week!

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  8. very pretty! Thanks for playing with us at CCMC :)

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