I was a bit behind on the challenges this week, so I decided to double up.
I made a card for the Color Challenge as well as the Sketch Challenge.
Not even the color combo this week could stop me. Lavendar Lace, Barely Banana, Whisper White and Basic Black. It had to be purple in there to welcome me back. LOL
My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 10″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half.
I made the card a bit shorter then usual. It just didn’t look right as a regular 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
Next is a 3 7/8″ x 4 5/8″ piece of Lavendar Lace.
I didn’t have current designer paper with the right colors, so I used paper from the newly retired Bella Bird and Urban Oasis Paper packs. The vertical strip measures 3″ x 4 5/8″ and has a scalloped edged Shimmery White cardstock edge on each side. The horizontal strip measures 1 7/8″ x 3 7/8″. Organdy Satin Ribbon was taped over it.
The main image is from the stamp set Asian Artistry. It was stamped in Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock. I added color to the stems with Barely Banana Marker and to the blooms with Aqua Painter and Lavelndar Lace Pad (you got to mute that purple!). I cut the image out with rectangular Nestabilities and sponged the edges with Barely Banana. Next I layered the image on a slightly larger piece of Lavendar Lace, then on a Scallop rectangle (cut with Rectangle Nestabilities).
The sentiment is from the new set Teeny, Tiny Wishes. It was stamped in Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock and punched out with the small oval punch. I stamped the main image in Barely Banana over it and sponged the edges in the same color. It was layered on a 1″ circle in Lavendar Lace and a Designer Label punchout in Basic Black cardstock. An oval silver frame from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware collection was added over the sentiment to finish it off. To tie in the hardware, I added two more silver brads on the top left.
The inside of the card is pretty basic.
Just a little more of the same cardstock and paper as on the front.
Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.13 Responses to “I used PURPLE!”
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So very pretty! Love the combo of the two challenges! Your image is just stunning!!
Very pretty – glad to have discovered you are blogging again – missed you. Hope you are happy in your new home. Janine
So glad you are back – cuz I am hoping that means you have settled in and are finding your way! Love this card, especially the inside. Blessings, Claudia
Your sparkly dragonfly is so pretty, Beate…and I love the flowers too!! I’m proud of you for using purple!! 😉
This is GORGEOUS Beate! I totally get you with the whole purple thing…but can you imagine, lately I LOVE purple! Weird right?
What a BEAUTIFUL card! Love all the details (:
How pretty! The little dragonfly is so sparkly and I really like your color combo!
Oh my gosh, you rocked the colour combo!!! I tried it out and all I have to show for it is a colored image abandoned on my desk…
This looks a-MAZING! It totally sheds a new light on that stamp set. I knew it was pretty, but now I think it can look amazing.
I am telling you, that mojo has been piling up during this time you took a stamping break… Back in full force, miss Johns!
Cindy
Beate, you really need to use purple more often. Awesome, awesome, awesome card.
Total schön !!!
LG
Anke
Hey GF – I didn’t realize you are back!!! Wahoooo!!! Hope you like your new home and the colder weather in Ohio???? So fun to see you stampin’ again!!!
OMG – did you use purple??? LMBO!!! I can’t believe it!!! Gorgeous card and you mastered the colors fabulously!! Hugs ~S~
look at you go!!! You used purple and it turned out lovely! 🙂 It can be done! 😀
This is gorgeous! Wonderful colors.