Friday 27 May 2011

My Friend Scrapling Birthday Card - Color Throwdown #143

I visited Kelly's blog earlier today to find a lovely birthday card she'd made following a sketch challenge plus a colour challenge.  I really liked the look of the Color Throwdown #143 challenge and decided to get inky and make a card.  The Echo Park Springtime collection the colour combo was inspired by is so very pretty.  I chose to add a bright pink (Melon Mambo) with white as my neutral.


What a happy combo,  it has made a very bright, cheery birthday card!  I found a strip of Pink Pirouette CS which wasn't wide enough to make an A6 sized card.  However, instead of cutting into a new A4 sheet of CS I used the strip to make a 3" wide scrapling card and I hung my circle element over the edge.  I stamped the Bella Toile background stamp on the Pink Pirouette card base and the So Saffron circle using the same colour ink as the CS.  I stamped the leafy medallion from the Day of Gratitude set, cut it out and it's popped up.  For the medallion centre, I punched two Boho Blossoms flowers, did some shaping and attached them together with an olive brad.  I stamped the sentiment, added the olive ribbon and attached a butterfly to the ribbon knot with glue dots.  I finished off the front with an olive photo corner, a tiny melon butterfly and another brad.


I then decorated the envelope flap and stamped a panel for the inside of the card.


Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Day of Gratitude set, SU! Bella Toile background stamp, 'my friend' from SU! Blossoms Abound set, inside sentiment from Hero Arts Yummy Treats clear set
CS: SU! Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Old Olive
Tools: Circle Nestabilities dies, SU! Boho Blossoms & Photo Corners punches, SU! Beautiful Wings Embosslits die
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, SU! Old Olive brads, SU! dimensionals



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5 comments:

Marilyn (stampwithMJ) said...

This is so pretty! Great design.

debby4000 said...

Wonderful card, love the beautiful colours.
luv
debby

Marlena M. said...

Ruth this is so cheery and bright. Beautiful card! ;)

kelly said...

wow ruth, love your card!! Thank you so much for the mention too!
I love this colour combo. Think I should righ them down when I come across a good one for future reference.
Kelly xx

Jen Mitchell said...

Wow! I love how you've used all these colors. And those butterflies are so sweet!

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