Thursday 24 February 2011

Hey Dude ...

... finally made it into my craft room today - albeit for a short while.  I've made a card for two challenges - the first is this week's sketch from Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge, and the second is the colour challenge from ColourQ














I couldn't decide what to do with the sketch this week - and then these wonderful colours were posted, and it was a light bulb moment!!  I just knew what I wanted to do.  And here's the card.


I just felt that the colours would be perfect for a card for my son Ben - they're not pastel, but bold, bright, confident colours.  So I found my Free Spirit set from Waltzingmouse Stamps and set to work.  I used one of the graffiti images and stamped in a gird in green, then over stamped in blue.  The large circle collage was stamped in pink - and die cut into a star.  Finally I used the inverted scallop die to make the circle, added a greeting and inked the edges.  I layered the star onto some holographic card, and edged the whole card with the same pink ink to bring it all together.  The colour matches are as follows:  Pear Pizzazz - Bamboo Leaves, Brilliant Blue - Danube Blue, Rich Razzleberry - Lilac Posies, and Brocade Blue - some blue card from my stash.

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Free Spirit - Boy, Free Spirit - Sentiments
Inks:  Memento - Danube Blue, Lilac Posies, Bamboo Leaves
Spellbinders:  Lg Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles (S4-194) die #2, Stars (S4-092) die # 5
Accessories:  Card from stash

The card hasn't turned out quite how I planned it, but it's okay - not perfect by any means. 

We've had another busy day - and I've done my good turn - been and given blood.  It's been nearly six years since I last went - but better late than never.  Anyway, that's all for now - I'm off to read Kathryn a bed-time story, have a glass of wine and read a book!!  See you tomorrow.

15 comments:

Stella said...

This is brilliant Deborah! I just neede some inspiration and it;s alweays good to have a look here. And yes you did it again; this is a gorgeous take on both challenges; love it!
Enjoy your wine; I am off my computer in a few minutes for a glass of wine and watch my favorite program on tv....:)

Sylvia said...

Hi Deborah, What a great card for your son! Love your background on this card. Thanks for playing the ColourQ challenge again this week.

jimlynn said...

Great card and great colors!!! Perfect card for a guy.
Lynn

Vicky Hayes said...

I really love the background on this card Deborah - it reminds me of the sunlight on a swimming pool! Glad you finally got your electricity back on!

Lynn Mercurio said...

This is awesome Deborah...I would have never thought to use the tribal image to make a background paper. Well done, my crafty friend. Thanks for playing along!!!

Julia Aston said...

Love your bg stamping on this Deborah! looks SO cool!!

Owlways Learning More said...

Super cute! I love that background; good luck with the Colour Q challenge. Check out my submission....J

Pauline said...

Love the background on this, it's fantastic!! Those colour do look fabulous together, I would never have thought to use them together! Your son will love it!

Jackie said...

Fantastic card, I love your blue/green background :o)
Jackie xx

Paula (PEP) said...

I love the grid stamping - & I still wonder at how you get an idea & then execute it. Have a good weekend.
Paula (PEP)

A Consuming Passion said...

What a fun card Deborah .....Love this one!

Wishcraft said...

Great card, love the background and bright colours :o) Lisa x

McCrafty's Cards said...

what a great card, i really like the colours.
Kevin xx

Unknown said...

Very cool card, I love the stamped background. Thanks for playing at CQC this week! :)

Mona Pendleton said...

What a fun card Deb! Great BG you created! Thanks for playing along with the WMSC :)

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