Saturday 18 August 2012

Less is More Tearing

Saturday brings another challenge from Chrissie and Mandi and whilst we're all getting better with the once dreaded one-layer challenge these days, they can still throw a spanner in the works and this week that spanner is "tearing".   http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/week-81-theme.html

Well after lots of head scratching, I had a flash of inspiration and this is what I made.


I decided to try and make rose by tearing a square of card rather than by using one of the dies that does it for you.  I simply drew a soft pencil spiral on the colour core card (black and purple) and then steadily tore along the line and rolled it up as normal.  I took a couple of other scraps of purple card in 2 darker shades than the rose, tore edges on the wide one and embossed my sentiment in white on the narrow one.  I finished with some die cut leaves (memory box) and 3 white pearls.  The colours are a lot more vibrant and rich in real life but for some reason I can't get a good shot today - the light is pretty poor as the hot weather we were supposed to get today hasn't materialised.

 Have a good weekend all.

31 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful card, Tara! Love the torn look of the flower and the purple looks lovely against the white.

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  2. I love this Tara xx Jan

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  3. And it looks terrific Tara!
    Fabulous card! I really like it
    Thank you as always
    Mandi LIM

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  4. A torn rose...perfect. An inspirational idea.

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  5. And it worked blooming (pun intended!) well! Lovely card

    Kathyk

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  6. Lovely card and great choice of colours....


    Abbe

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  7. Lovely card - brilliant idea to use your torn paper to make your rose.

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  8. The torn rose is gorgeous, A very pretty card

    Sharon
    x

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  9. Another winning CAS card, Tara - beautiful colour tearing!

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  10. what a gorgeous card. It's perfect!

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  11. Gorgeous rose and that purple is so rich, my favourite colour! Caggy x

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  12. Gorgeous rose and love the deep, rich purple you used, my favourite colour! Caggy x

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  13. Beautiful card! Love the colours and the clean and simple look!


    Sarah x

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  14. This is stunning Tara - love it!!
    margaret x

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  15. I never have been able to make one of those flowers...this looks SO fabulous! Love your torn border too...you were really ready to go on this challenge today!!

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  16. Cracking idea and the coloured core card makes a pretty rose :0)
    Jenny x

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  17. Your card is gorgeous - love the colours and your design is fab, hugs x x

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  18. Lovely card - it's perfect!

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  19. this is awsome wow♥WOW♥wow

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  20. Very very elegant! This just goes to show that LiM can showcase those gorgeous flowers just as well, if not better, than more layered cards!

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  21. Absolutely beautiful Tara, love your torn flower and the colour you chose:)
    Val x

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  22. Wonderful Tara. Your rose is not only gorgeous it`s very cleverly done too. Love the colour too.
    Lynne xxx

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  23. Absolutly beautiful. Love the colours.

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  24. Fabulous card Tara, well done :) Viv xx

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  25. Beautiful card. Love the colours.

    Karen x

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  26. That is a gorgeous card Tara and it just shows you can make a fabulous flower without all the fancy dies - yours is beautiful.

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  27. I'm so sorry that I'm late in visiting this week, but I have been on a wonderful cruise to Norway where I didn't have very good Internet coverage!
    Thanks so much for your lovely contribution!
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  28. Hola Tara, thank you for your kind comment is nice to see you in my blog:D
    Oooh Tara, what beautiful card, i love your tearing flower, very elegant CAS card, i love it, well done.
    A hug from Palma

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