Friends Never Fade with Pizzazz!

Wow!  This card is so bright!  I love it!  Today is a very windy, gray day with a definite chill in the air so these bright warm colors are so appreciated!

The sketch is from the Caardvaark's challenge.  I love a simple sketch that I can really go to town with, don't you?    We have three new challenge sites that we are playing with these days!  I found a lovely list via a link on the Aud Sentiments site, so many new places to hang out!
The gals over at Cowgirl's Sunday had an easy one this week- anything goes!  I am looking forward to some fantastic ideas from them in the future! 
Paper Sundaes suggested that we use mixed mediums- so I inked the large flower (from petal pizzazz) and for the small flower ( from friends never fade), I used a blender pen and ink refills to achieve a water color look.  Lastly I grabbed the silver smooch ink and highlighted all the small dots on the background layer.
Our friends at Stamptacular Sunday were looking for some distressing...hence the lovely aged look!  I cut out all the flowers and then rolled the edges a few times.  I also did this to the poppy layer and the mambo strips.  For the mambo strips I used two layers of both the card stock and the ribbon.  It really gives a great weight to the card and balances the flower nicely.
Lastly, we have Stamp With Us- another Stampin' Up! centered blog!  They have this lovely picture of three lipsticks- and they left it up to us what colors we thought they resembled best.  So I chose, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Poppy Parade!  I wasn't too sure how these were going to work out when I first pulled the card stock- but I really love how it turned out!
Have a great day all- er, night actually! Today sure was busy- sorry it took me so long to get this posted
Keep on Inking!
Katt

Comments

[Danielle]

WOW WOW WOW Kat, What a stunning card. Gorgeous bright orange and such a lovely contrast with the fushia. Love your embossed background with touch of silver. Beautiful flower with nice distressed layers.
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Thank you for joining us at Stamptacular Sunday and hope to see you again soon.
Hugs,
Danielle

[kathy racoosin]

This card will brighten anyone's day. Love the bright bold colors ...so pretty :)

[Marianne]

Very pretty card!
Thanks for playing along at cowgirl sunday challenge!
Marianne

[Fiona]

I love this and great job on the mixed mediums. Thanks for joining us at paper Sundaes this week.

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[Wendy]

Love the bright colors. Thanks so much for playing along with our Mixed Medium challenge at Paper Sundaes.

Hugs,
Wendy

[Dee (Sprytebyrd)]

As always, a beautiful card, Katt! Love the flower, just wonderful!
Thanks so much for playing along this week at Stamptacular Sunday ♥ Good luck on our Distressing challenge!
Dee (Spryte)
Sprytebyrds Spot

[Beth Moore]

This is so gorgeous and I just am in love with the colors and all the distressed layers! We are really looking for talented crafters like yourself to enter the challenges over at Papercraft Star! http://www.papercraftstar.blogspot.com The challenges are posted way ahead of schedule to give you plenty of time to enter and you can win great prizes too!

[alica]

wonderful! Love the bright vibrant colors and the layered flower is fantastic!
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!

[Kathy Racoosin]

What an awesome flower and LOVE the colors. Stunning..stunning :)