I have to say that I love inspiration challenges.
It gives you a great starting point.
Saturday’s inspiration piece was an image of a blue room.
I pulled out these colors from the image: White, Brocade Blue, Close to Cocoa (dresser top), Always Artichoke and Cameo Coral (wreath). With all the hearts in the image I knew I had to through one in. I also wanted to add a lacy feel to my card.
I knew Blue and White had to be the main colors of the card, since they were definitely the major colors in the room.
So I looked through my designer paper and found this great blue paper from the retired Darling Doodles Designer Paper.
As for hearts, I knew right away that I wanted to use the one in my new and so far untouched Just Because set.
I stamped the heart in Black StazOn on watercolor paper and colored it in with Aqua Painter and Classic inks (Cameo Coral, Close to Cocoa and Brocade Blue). I distressed the edges and layered it on a 1/4″ bigger also distressed piece of Always Artichoke. Of course the image needed a border of some kind so I added paper piercing…AGAIN. LOL
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Brocade Blue cardstock folded in half followed by a 4″ square of white cardstock.
The Darling Doodles Designer paper layer measures 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. I think the Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Paper layer measures 1 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. I am sorry I can’t say for sure. It’s already mailed out. I scalloped a thin strip of Cameo Coral and scalloped it with my corner rounder. In each scallop I added an Artichoke brad. 5/8″ wide Brocade grosgrain ribbon was tied around the vertical strip.
The main square still looked a little blahh…so I added Faux stitching with my white gel pen and paper piercing. Last I stamped the sentiment in Black StazOn directly on the designer paper.
Beate
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This is such a sweet card ! It makes you happy just looking at it 🙂
Have a great day…
So pretty!!
Love all the piercing and faux stitching, and that scallop with the brads is very cool!
Absolutely love your card, the colors are great and so much detail!!!
OMG! I love this one!!! You are so amazing!
this is an adorable card! That heart stamp is so cute!
Oh I LOVE this! The colors are so cool! Such a beautiful card!
I love your interpretation of the inspiration photo, it is a fabulous card, TFS.
oh Beate, this is so pretty. Love the soft colors =)
Very sweet! Feels FRESH!
LOVE this card!! The colors are so yummy!!
Beautiful card Beate! I NEED to get some of that ribbon…how have I missed it?! lol
This is lovely! I love that brocade blue ribbon! I have to stock up on some of SU’s ribbons…they are fabulous!
Beautiful! I love this! The colors are so calming! TFS 🙂
Neat inspiration. I love all the blue.
🙂
Very nice- you can take ANY stamp set and make it look awesome!
I love the colors of your pretty card!! I love all of the brads, piercing, and faux stitching too!!
Oh, this is AWESOME!