Sunday 26 February 2012

Sketchy colourful thanks


I needed to make a special thank you card today for my Aunt, and for my special cards I always go first to my Waltzingmouse stmaps so I thought I'd check out this weeks' sketch challenge for inspriation  http://waltzingmousesketchchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-86february-25-2012.html  and in the spirit of trying to be more daring with my colours I went to todays lovely CR84FN which are kraft (love!) yellow and grey  http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/cr84fn49.html


I stamped two layers of the nestie lable stamp in two shades of yellow chalk ink on kraft paper, cut out the central square and layered it up, cutting the circle out so the sentiment is stamped on the bottom layer.  I added the darker ink to the floral elements of the frame, overglittered it and added smoe gems.  I stamped the grey background with a hero arts stamp, layered with a tiny yellow border and created the shape on the sketch adding some looped yellow ribbon for added interest.  I finally brought the detail from the frame to the base card using the cleverly co-ordinating stamps from the same set.  The thank you sentiment is from a paula pascal set.

Can't wait to see the rest of the WM sets that are about to be released - todays samples were awesome.

16 comments:

  1. This is fabulous Tara, that label is a fantastic focal point!

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  2. Very pretty. Lovely use of the challenge colors! Thanks for playing along with CR84FN!

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  3. Love the pretty embossed accents on this Tara - thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

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  4. So pretty! Love the beautiful WM label! Thanks for joining along with CR84FN :)

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  5. Tara - I really like this - I think the layout is super and the focal sentiment label is fabulous! Thanks for playing along with CR84FN!

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  6. Fabulous card Tara love the centre sentiment and great label die

    Anne

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  7. I love the grey stamped panels Tara, clever way to interpret the sketch :0)
    Beautiful card .
    Jenny x

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  8. Tara, pretty CARD! LOVE the glittery details, too! THX for playing with us at CR84FN!

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  9. A lovely card, and great use of the sketch! I'm always tempted by the labels stamps but am yet to invest, but this looks lovely. I'm sure your Aunt will be very pleased!

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  10. A beautiful card for both challenges, Tara! Love how you stamped the frame with all of the little details on the corners!

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  11. Lovely card, Tara. Using the sentiment in the label as the main focal point is a great idea. TFS

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  12. Beautiful Tara!! isn't labels 18 just the best, so versitile

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  13. There is something so elegant about gold embellished labels! And combined with your pretty color combination, this card is fabulous! Thanks for joining us this week at Waltzingmouse!

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  14. Darling card! Love how you decorated the corners of the labels :) Thanks for playing with the Mischief Makers this week!

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  15. This is fabulous! I love the colors and the bits of glitter you used!

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  16. This is beautiful!!! :) LOVE the rhinestones--and the sentiment in a circle is great! :) Fabulous!!!

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