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Thursday 21 May 2009

365 Day 81, Colour Create, ABC & JC&B

I've been able to make another couple of cards tonight whilst watching the last of this season's Lost, I can't wait for the last season...... I've been an avid fan since the beginning and it will be almost sad to see it end, but glad to get a conclusion to it (whether it will tie all the loose ends up and make sense is another matter entirely though!)

This card uses the latest sketch # 32 at Just Christmas & Birthday Cards. I used this weeks colour theme at Colour Create of Sky Blue, Tan & Ecru and tied it into the ABC Challenge this week which is O - to keep an orderly and balanced design. The sketch is perfect for that and also fulfils todays challenge for Day 81 at 365 Cards to use 5 squares.

The first square is the sky blue card blank. I have cut 4 squares of paper, the script is K & Co and the floral corner is Papermania. The circle is a K & Co paper matted onto a circle of blue card. I have inked the edges with a Tim Holtz distressing pad to grunge it up a bit and tie in the with script paper better. The flowers are an assortment of Primas with pearl buttons and a bit of waxed string knotted through them. I added a bit of Sakura glitter pen to the eyes and head plume of the birdy in the centre.

This isn't my normal style of card as the colours are more subdued than I would normally use. I think the colour pallete challenges at Colour Create will be good to get me experimenting with different colour schemes.

16 comments:

Tommie said...

Great job, Mandy! This is so pretty!!!

Tommie
Oh My Gluestick

Rose said...

this is so pretty :D

Kristie Larsen said...

Just lovely! I really like that fussy cut bird in the circle and the soothing colors. Great job with the challenge!

Karen Lee said...

Oh so pretty!

hugs, Karen Lee

Kim said...

This is Beautiful! Great job working all the different challenges...

AUsome mom said...

Work it out girl with all these challenges!! Love this card - it's just too gorgeous!

~amy~ said...

gorgeous work Mandy!!!

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

great job

thanks for joining us this week on ABC :)

Hugs Jane x

LISA said...

Wow it's such a pretty card xxx

Jen said...

Lovely layout and embellishments.
Thanks for joining the ABC challenge this week.
Hugs
Jen x

Maz said...

This is gorgeous Mandy, I love the colours you have used
Maz

Juliet said...

Beautiful card Mandy - very elegant and fresh looking. Love your mix of papers and use of the colours.
Thank you for joining us at Colour Create.
Juliet xx

Helen said...

Beautiful card!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Challenge this week!
Helen x

Karin said...

Beautifull card.
Love the gorgeous papers and colours.
Thanks for joining the JCBC this week.

xoxo karin

Frau Ninchen said...

beautiful card!
thanks for joining us this week!

xoxo Janina

Beth said...

This is beautiful! Gorgeous papers too!
Beth xx