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Friday, 17 May 2013

A coloured card ....

... Hi - goodness only knows what's happened to this week - I had big plans to get in my craft room, but only managed a couple of hours this afternoon.  However, I do have a card to share with you and I think I'm only just going to be in time:



Stamps: Docrafts - Candle Border; CAS-ual Friday Stamps - Bold Wishes, Countdown
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Stampin' Up! Card - Pacific Point; Staedtler - Ergosoft Pencils

I've been thinking about the Less is More challenge all week and trying to work out what colour card blank to use.  I finally decided to go for a bold blue base.  I've combined the LIM challenge with this week's One Layer Wednesday to make a card with a border; it's being hosted by Heather this week and it's been quite a while since I joined in.

The card was really easy to make.  I simply cut the card to make a standard 5½" × 4¼" card base.  I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to position the row of candles along the base of the card and then added a couple of score lines above.  I added a clean, bold sentiment to the front and finished by colouring the candles with pencils.  First I filled them all in with white pencil and then went over the top with colours.  For the inside I cut a panel of white card and repeated the candles (second impression) at the bottom, coloured them and finished with a birthday greeting.


I think the inside could also work as a card front - it's clean, simple and bold and I'm really pleased with it.

That's all for now.  See you soon.

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5 comments:

  1. Joyce17 May 2013 at 21:11

    I love this card. Such a fun and clever border. And, I'm impressed at how you got those candle colors so vivid on the blue base.

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  2. Chrissie17 May 2013 at 21:50

    Cute card Deborah.. lots of careful colouring too!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  3. Darnell17 May 2013 at 21:51

    You should be really pleased, Deborah! This is a perfect example of CAS and I love it! Repeating the pattern on the inside is a bonus! A winner card in my book!!

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  4. Cornelia (fun stamping)19 May 2013 at 17:24

    Cute cards - like the blue base better than the white!

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  5. Heather T20 May 2013 at 02:42

    Candles make a great border and still leave plenty of "white space" on your clean and simple card.

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