Thursday, January 7, 2010

Card for Raspberry Suite Challenge #21

From Adriel:

I haven't participated in a challenge recently and this color challenge on Dawn McVey's blog looked fun. It was a great excuse to get creative and do something different!
The colors were so refreshing to work with! Since I was using Stampin' Up! product, I had to improvise with the colors. I used some retired designer paper in So Saffron and last year's in color Baja Breeze. I had pleated (or ruffled) the designer paper strips. I had this awesome wide striped Chocolate Chip ribbon that we got recently, scrunched it, tied a beautiful light yellow button on and it looked just as awesome on the card as it did on the spool! (Yes, love it when that happens.) Clear embossed a couple of flower images from the Fifth Avenue Floral set on the Very Vanilla CS and added the great sentiment from the Priceless set. Added dimensional adhesive to the back of the Very Vanilla panel and attached it to my 3-1/2" x 5" Chocolate Chip card base.


My picture isn't the greatest, but then again, I didn't take it at the greatest time of day! It was evening... I did my best with my photo editing software to make it look decent. Hmmmm... my perfectionist part of me has to sleep right now while I post a not-perfect picture! Ack! ;-)

Anyway, had a great time with these colors and enjoyed the creative process! Enjoyed myself more than I should have, I'm sure! =D

13 comments:

Clare said...

This card is gorgeous, I love the paper folding and the stamp is beautiful. C x

Kera said...

Ooo Cute card :)

Carly said...

Love the paper folding under the ribbon and such a beautiful card!

Pam W. said...

I love this! Love the way you "ruffled" the paper. Very nice. Great job with Dawn's color challenge.

Sam said...

If bad photography caused sleepless nights I would never sleep! Your card is really beautiful. I love the ribbon and the folded paper strips and the button and pretty much everything about t.

BethieJ said...

Your card is so PRETTY!!! Thank you for stopping by my blog and a BIG congrats on your upcoming bundle of JOY!!

amber said...

your card caught my eye from the moment i clicked on your blog! i love all the different layers...thanks for sharing!

Lynn said...

Love the thick striped ribbon and the pleated paper...very pretty card!

Unknown said...

Love the ruffled designer paper... adds so much!

Patty Bennett said...

LOVE your card!! So refreshing and cute!!!
Patty

Terri Trotter Earley said...

Fun ruffled paper. Great card! Way to rock Dawn's color challenge.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Daniela F. said...

Love the ruffeled strips and the wide ribbon together. Great job with the challenge, Adriel!

Barbara said...

Wow, this is so pretty!
:-)