Saturday, January 16, 2010

Stampin' 411 and Colour Q

My best friend's sister just had a baby! I am so excited for her and her husband. I had already made them a baby card for their baby shower so I wanted to make a special congratulations card for them. Last night I made THIS CARD. It is called an Easel Card and I thought that I would challenge myself again to make the card in the standard A2 size. It was easy! Then I decided to incorporate two blog challenges with this card. The Stampin' 411 Sketch and the Colour Q Challenge. Colour Q asked for Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana and Basic Gray with Whisper White. Such pretty colours and perfect for a baby card. I inked up my new set called "Well Scripted" in the Basic Gray. That Basic Gray ink is a nice alternative to Basic Black. It is softer for the baby card. I used SU!'s "Curvy Verse" set for the inside of the card...it stamped nicely in the Basic Gray too!
I used SU!'s "Perfect Details" Texture Plate for the White side of my card front. I love the pretty swirls and I thought they kind matched the theme of the Designer Paper. The Stampin' 411 Sketch was perfect for showing off the pretty Celery Patterned Paper I have from last year's Sale-A-Bration. Plus I had the ribbon too!
The flowers are a created with my Big Shot. I used the Sizzlits Daisy Flower Die and the Little Leaves Die. Then I pulled out my Boho Blossoms Punch to make the flower centres. Then with my Paper Piercer and Mat Pack, I created a little hole in each blossom and added a gold brad. I tried to "fluff" the flowers so they had more dimension.
That is it for now. I need to get some "real" work done, like laundry and paper work. I am hoping to do a big purge in my craft room today and to make it more efficient. My Big Shot is calling my name and I am hoping to do a scrapbooking page today. I want to get more scrapbooking done this year!
Have a terrific day!
Happy Stamping!
Lesley :)

14 comments:

  1. Lesley this is sooo wonderful I LOVE these colors and the easel and your flowers are GORGEOUS!!!!

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  2. How beautiful and how clever. Love the sentiment inside too.
    Sam.

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  3. Absolutely lovely...the colors, the layout, everything!

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  4. Very pretty---and clever---and creative! Love it!

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  5. wow, this is fabulous..great style and design!

    enjoy *~*

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  6. This is gorgeous!!! I love everything about it.

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  7. Beautiful easel card! Love the papers and the flowers! TFS!

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  8. So, so pretty! Love your combo of images and colors! Thanks for playing along this week!

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  9. Oh so pretty and I love the color combo too!! Thanks for playing along with us this week!!

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  10. Beautiful easel card!!! The color combo rocks!!

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  11. Lesley, this is simply GORGEOUS! Thanks o much for playing along at the colourQ!

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Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate the time you took to leave me a little stamping love!!
Lesley :)