Saturday, June 20, 2009

A new color challenge for me

Hi everyone! OK, so I have heard about Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenges for some time now and never found my way to her blog. BUT, all that has changed -LOL! I followed a link and finally found her blog! AND I made time today to play along!

This week's Color Inspiration #55 colors were: Really Rust, More Mustard, Cream and Basic Gray. WHA??? I immediately thought of Basic Grey's Ambrosia pad. Yep, PERFECT match! The inspiration for this card came from my bloggin' friend Muriel and this totally cute card. I saw her diagonal trim piece and saved it in my brain for future use!! Thanks Muriel!

The sentiment is from Verve's Sweet on You set - I love using this sentiment with colorful cards! The large gray button is vintage from my granny's tin and the other 2 are from my stash from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts (as is the burlap string). See that yummy trim? Oh, it's from Prima and I love it! Linz is out of stock right now, send her an email if you want her to order some more!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Oh, and if you haven't already done so, you can enter for my 1 year Blogaversary Blog Candy!! There are 2 prizes up for grabs and Heidi (prize #1) will even ship INTERNATIONALLY! Leave me a comment on this post. You have until Monday the 22nd, 9pm PST to enter.

AND, my supah good friend, Rachel who owns the store Hope Stamps Eternal is having a DT call!! You can find out all the deets here!!!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Sweet on You
Ink - Basic Grey (SU!)
Paper - vintage Cream (PaperTrey Ink), Really Rust (SU!), Ambrosia (Basic Grey)
Accessories - Buttons, Clear rhinestones (Kaiser), Top Note die cut (SU!), grey trim (Prima)


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31 comments:

  1. Love your card. I totally forgot I have that paper. Great job on the challenge.

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  2. Wow! This totally rocks! Love the diagonal trim and the buttons, and that paper...This is gorgeous!!!

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  3. The Vintage Cream card matches the Ambrosia paper beautifully, Michelle. I LOVE buttons, love the Top Note die - love your card!

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  4. this is gorgeous! Love the DP, the trim, the buttons, the topnote, embossing....EVERYTHING!!

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  5. Hello Michelle, I wake up this sunday morning and visit your blog and what do I see ...my name in your post !!! thank you SO much I am very thrilled. You card is gorgeous, much better result than mine ...thanks again

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  6. Very cool! Great colors, and I like the buttons with your layout!

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  7. Love Love Love this!!! THe paper could Be a part of that dress...can't get better than that!

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  8. Gosh you nailed the color challenge and even the image! Super job. :)

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  9. The card is perfect! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  10. Your card is gorgeous! I thought the same thing about BG's Ambrosia dp! Perfect! Nice job with the challenge!
    Your card is fabulous! :)

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  11. Oh, My Gosh, I love everything about this card! That paper is perfect! :)

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  12. what a pretty card! like how you embossed and then layered the papers to create lots of dimension. Great take on the color challenge

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  13. Gorgeous!! I love your use of embellishments!!

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  14. Holy moly, woman, I'll say that's THE PERFECT paper for the color challenge. Geez Louise, your card looks JUST like the color badge from her blog. AWESOME! Love the angle you added to the main panel.

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  15. Gorgeous card! Love your horizontal trim that you were inspired to use, the tied off buttons, and oh my goodness....what a great sentiment! :>

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  16. This is a stunner. I love all of your fun details. Great job with the color combo.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  17. You totally rocked this card! I'm a top note lover and sure like your style... TFS! And I enjoy those YUMMY buttons!! :)

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  18. wow! beautiful - love the basic grey paper - it really is a perfect match! great job, love all your little details!

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  19. This is ROCKIN!! Great card Michelle!!!

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  20. Holy WOW! That's just GORGEOUS!! I'm totally CASEing this one!!

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  21. Congrats on top pick! Well deserved! :)

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  22. That BasicGray paper is perfect! Congrats on the Top 15!

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  23. Perfect paper for the colors Michelle - and love the top note - congrats on being in the 15!

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  24. This card it totally and utterly amazing!!! WOW!! I love it and would buy it if ever sore in a shop!!! Super congrat's on being picked for top fifteen!!! YAY! HOw exciting!!!!

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  25. Gorgeous, gorgeous card! I love that paper and trim!

    Cindy

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  26. So lovely! Your paper is just perfect for this challenge. Congrats on the top pick!

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  27. This card is SO BEAUTIFUL! Congrats on being Top 15, although it's no surprise with lovely work like this.

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