Thursday, January 30, 2014

Card A Day Blog: Thank You, Color Throwdown #277 and Case this Sketch #61

Hello!  I am here!  Just haven't had as a much a chance to create as I did last week.  I was thankful it is my turn to design for Card A Day blog this week.  Ha..I didn't even realize I said thankful in the last sentence...kinda fitting since the theme this week is Thank You cards.   I'm sad to say I don't send these type of cards very often.  I must make more of an effort to do so in the future.

So once again I sought out challenges to point me in the right direction when starting this card.  First the wonderfully romantic color scheme came from Color Throwdown latest challenge #277.

I found this paper in my stash that basically contained all the colors in the challenge although the blue is a little different but they say substitutes are okay.  Next I sought out the latest Case This Sketch #61

I absolutely loved the white tree in the photo so I used my Stampin' Up Season of Friendship stamp and heat embossed it plus the leaves in white.  I placed the tree behind a rolling hill.  I freehand cut the hill and added a slight texture to it using a Stampin' Up texture plate. I added some punched flowers with pearl centers to the tree/hill some baker's twine finished off the hill.  Oh and the sentiment stamp came from Papertrey Ink's everyday classics anniversary set.   A friend of mine gave me that ruffled trim...I keep pulling it out to try to use on cards but it never looked right..but this time I think the ruffle is a perfect accent..what do you think?

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11 comments:

Caroline said...

Beautiful Card Shelly, truly beautiful !

Laura Davis said...

Very pretty, I love the lace!
Laura

Laura Davis said...

Ver pretty, I love the lace!
Laura

Tina Campbell said...

Beautiful card Shelly, love the lace border too.

Leigh Penner said...

Lovely card, Shelly! I especially love the detail of some of the blooms on the "ground"! Great take on the sketch!

Lori said...

So pretty! Love the little pink blossoms on the tree branches. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!

Wanda Cullen said...

Beautiful use of the throwdown colors and your white tree is a great take on the inspiration photo! So happy to have you playing along with us at Color Throwdown!

donna mikasa said...

The white embossed tree is so pretty! Wonderful take on the sketch!

Vickie Z said...

Love that tree and the papers are perfect!! Wonderfully soft feel! Thxs for joining us at CTD!

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a beautiful card Shelly. Love the white embossed tree with those sweet little blooms. The lace looks lovely. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown.

Broni said...

What a super pretty and sweet card! Love how you used the eyelet lace! Thanks for playing along with us in the Color Throwdown challenge!