Good Morning! How are you liking this weather??? Wow! Here is my latest tribute to spring- my most favorite time of the year by the way! My inspiration all started over at Mojo Monday with their latest fab sketch- not only is it oh so cute but it is a long card- I love changing things up.
This color combination is courtesy of Just Us Girls- they had a photo of Peter Rabbit to get the party started! While I was tempted to look for my bunny stamp I stayed with flowers as Crafty Calendar was hoping to see some early garden beauties with Flower Power being their theme. Everything is coming up roses it seems! Crazy 4 Challenges wanted a spring card and that fit my mood perfectly.
The only trick to really talk about here is the two outer panels. I wanted some texture to keep them from getting lost in all those layers, but didn't want to add much more to the mix. What I ended up doing is stamping and coloring my images and then running the panels through the crimper. Next I used my bone folder to smooth them out- leaving a bit of the ridges. This gave it a pleated blind look. I added some leaves with the Sweet Pea stitched felt and a chocolate chip brad for the flower center. This really amped up the textures and gave the card a very luxurious feel. This card measures 3 1/8 by 6 1/2 which means it will fit into one of SU!'s Small Open-End envelopes.
Wow! That has to be one of the shortest posts I have written in a long time! Guess that means I have time for a walk in the sunshine after all! Have a great week everyone- see you tomorrow and
Keep on Inking!
Katt
Supplies:
Stamps: Whimsical Words-[c]-119119,[w]-118386 and Embrace Life- 111011
Card Stock: Bashful Blue- 105120, Close to Cocoa- 101341, Barely Banana- 102701 and Very Vanilla- 101650
DSP: *Shades of Spring- 117160*
Inks: Bashful Blue- 105209, Basic Brown- 104315 and Certainly Celery- 105217
Markers: Bashful Blue- 105111, Barely Banana- 100039, Blush Blossom- 100037 and Certainly Celery- 105106
Punches: Large Oval- 107305, Oval Scallop- 114889 and Cropadile- 108362
Tools: Crimper- 101618 and Paper Snips- 103579
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Corduroy brads- 114339, Bashful Blue Taffeta- 109066, Mini Glue dots- 103638, **Sweet Pea Stitched Felt- 117266, Dimensionals- 104430 and Small Open-End envelopes- 107286
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Very elegant and pretty. I really like the softness of the card.
Posted by: LaShawnda | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Just gorgeous! Love the paper and all of your wonderful embellishments. This set has been collecting dust for me - time to bring it back out, so thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Donna MacDonald | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 01:55 PM
I like how your Mojo Monday card turned out. Very pretty colors that do feel like spring! (My favorite season too.)
Posted by: Renae Lyon | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 03:24 PM
very pretty!
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Posted by: Carol | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 04:52 PM
GREAT card! Love how you used the colors for the JUGS challenge
Posted by: Sue Lelli | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 05:25 PM
I LOVE your colors and the Sweet Pea felt leaves, and the Embrace Life set! Great card!
Posted by: Tanya Boser | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 06:38 PM
Gorgeous! I love how you used our light challenge colors in this! And I really like the crimped paper smoothed out...such a clever way to add dimension and texture! Thanks for playing our JUGs challenge!
Posted by: Lisa Kind | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 09:50 PM
Gorgeous card! I love the 3-D leaves :) Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls color challenge!
Posted by: Mona | Monday, March 22, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Wow this is truly gorgeous - glad you stuck with your instincts and didn't reach for the bunny stamp :-) Lovely. Sorry I’m late with my commenting – lots going on at work and home. Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls this week. We appreciate your participation and support. :-) Hope to see you again on Saturday!
Posted by: Pam Imholz | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 09:47 AM
Congrats on your selection! You did an awesome job with the color challenge this week! Thanks for being a player with Just Us Girls aka JUGS :-)
Posted by: Pam Imholz | Friday, March 26, 2010 at 01:27 PM
ouh Katt
how ingenious of you to use the little felt leaves
so pretty
the colours are just fabulous and you did such a GREAT job on this sketch!
Excellent
Posted by: Carole'Anne AKA Stampin Stressaway | Friday, March 26, 2010 at 05:47 PM
This is beautiful,so soft and pretty=)
Posted by: kris lynch | Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 10:04 PM
What a beautiful card, I saw it on Sherril's LNS Featured Artist and had to come comment.
Posted by: Sage Kimble | Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 12:30 PM