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Sunday, 28 August 2011

CR84FN37 ...

... it's already the last Sunday in August and time for our new challenge at CR84FN.  This is a scheduled post - as I'll be at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival - so hopefully Blogger is playing nice!  Our colours this week are so cool - light blue, turquoise and neutral.


The beautiful inspiration photos are courtesy of Martha Stewart - just love those buttons!  And that's a fabulous quote too.

I've gone for a clean and simple card this week and my neutrals are black and white.  The flower face stamp is a bit different - it reminds me of a painting that my uncle did years and years ago.  I like the sweep of flowers over the girl's face, allowing an eye to peep out and a hint of a smile.  I stamped and embossed the image and then cut it out with my nesties.  I added some colour to the border with distress inks, and coloured the flowers with my aqua painter and then matted the image onto black and turquoise layers.  I stamped flourishes on the base card to match the flowers.  I like the little smile that you can see behind the flowers and found this lovely sentiment in my stash - so true!!


Stamps:  Funstamps - Flower Face (FM216); Waltzingmouse - Flourishes - Scallops & Dots; Hero Arts - Words of Wisdom
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Basic Grey, Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise, Marina Mist; Distress - Spun Sugar; Versafine - Onyx Black
Spellbinders: Standard Rectangles Lg (S4-132) #5, Standard Rectangles Sm (S4-130) #5, Scalloped Rectangles Lg (S4-133) #5
Accessories:  Card from stash

Full details of how to play along with CR84FN can be found on the challenge blog - we'd love to see what you make with these wonderful colours. If you want more inspiration - do check out the Design Team's blogs:


Thanks for dropping by to see my card.  Have a super weekend!

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27 comments:

  1. Jackie28 August 2011 at 06:47

    Beautiful card, lovely colours :O)
    Jackie xx

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  2. Pauline28 August 2011 at 07:28

    Gorgeous card Deborah, that flower face stamp is so unusual,and looks fabulous in these gorgeous colours! One of my favourite colour combos!

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  3. A Consuming Passion28 August 2011 at 08:30

    Fabulous Deborah, your card captures the beautiful colours from the inspirational picture so well!

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  4. Heather Rogers28 August 2011 at 13:21

    What a unique image. Love the flowers showing only half the face. Beautiful Deborah. :)
    Hugs~

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  5. Sasha28 August 2011 at 15:16

    Lovely card, Deborah. Love that image! Fab stamping and colouring!

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  6. NanaConnie28 August 2011 at 19:22

    Fabulous card! So simple yet so spectacular! Great stamp.

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  7. Beverly28 August 2011 at 19:47

    What a unique stamp! Looks great!
    XO

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  8. Donna Mosley28 August 2011 at 21:59

    Beautiful card Deborah, love the image and gorgeous colours.

    Donna x

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  9. Mona Pendleton29 August 2011 at 01:57

    So pretty Deborah! Love the soft edges and vibrant flowers!

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  10. Sue Lelli 29 August 2011 at 02:07

    Deborah, that image is FABULOUS and that sntiment is just perfect for this card! LOVE the layers of nesties and the flourishes in the background! SUPER card!

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  11. Gerry29 August 2011 at 03:16

    Beautiful, elegant and mysterious. I love it

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  12. Suzanne C29 August 2011 at 11:23

    Striking image! Lovely coloring on around the main image and lovely card!

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  13. Jenny29 August 2011 at 23:19

    I really love that stamp too...it's very different and quite pretty :)
    Brilliant card :)
    Hope you enjoyed your day out :)
    Jenny x

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  14. Marie30 August 2011 at 02:46

    Wow what a stunning card. That image is gorgeous and the florishes behind it are the finishing touch. Great coloring.

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  15. Paula (PEP)30 August 2011 at 03:10

    What a glorious & unusual stamp. Love your swirly background & the way it picks up on the scalloped edging of the image panel - nice bit of positioning there. Hope you didn't get rained out at the festival - wet, wet, & more wet here in Brecon.
    Paula (PEP)

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  16. Vicky Hayes30 August 2011 at 10:10

    Such a perfect sentiment for that beautiful image Deborah!

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  17. ~Tammy~30 August 2011 at 16:20

    Oh my these are beautiful colors to play with! Love your inspiration Deb! Hope you are having fun!

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  18. Tara Cardwell30 August 2011 at 16:22

    Gorgeous card and gorgeous colours this week too.
    Hope you had a fab weekend at the festival.
    Tara x

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  19. Anonymous30 August 2011 at 17:17

    Beautiful card, Deb! Love the image and wonderful sentiment!

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  20. Susan (rainy)30 August 2011 at 21:40

    Oh this is beautiful, Deborah. Love that sentiment, too.

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  21. Cyndie30 August 2011 at 22:39

    Oh, isn't that cute! The colors work so well with the image, and I like the sentiment you chose to go with it!

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  22. Lisa Elton1 September 2011 at 03:14

    What a lovely stamp Deborah! I like the pretty flourishes you added!

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  23. Andrea M1 September 2011 at 22:45

    This is so lovely Deb! And I love that sentiment!!! What a BEAUTIFUL card!

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  24. Lisa Somerville2 September 2011 at 00:21

    Beautiful! Love your image and the added flourishes - fab use of this weeks colors!

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  25. Jen Cuthbertson2 September 2011 at 03:51

    Wow, Deb, I love this! The colors are amazing and that image is so pretty! Great job!

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  26. Theresa4 September 2011 at 15:50

    Hi Deb, thanks for the comment on my blog for CR84FN challenge, I thought I would stop by and check out your project, love the coloring, great job! also congrads on your one year, I am now a follower and will absolutely post your blog candy celebration on my blog.

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  27. Shannon White7 September 2011 at 15:06

    Wow! this is soo Fabulous! love the fantastic image and the lovely flourishes. Your Sentiment is just wonderful!

    Hugs
    Shannon

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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and check out my creations. I'd love to hear from you. Deborah x