Late Birthday Wishes

While surfing the web over the weekend, I found alot of inspiration from some of the folks that I follow.  And I wanted to try an interesting color combo.  I found this decorators photo on Little Princess Cards blog. The colors are pink, yellow, and black.  I know, this color combo sounds far fetched.  But, I was determined to see if I could get it to work.  So, I rummaged threw my scrap stash.  I located some pink and yellow ribbons.  And set out to work.  I needed a bit more direction, so I went to a sketch challenge blog @ Simple Desire to scrap.  This challenge blog is in Russian, so you will need to translate the blog if you are interested in reading it.  (This blog has a translate button at the top of the page.)

Here is the original inspiration photo:

 Here is the sketch:

  

And here is my card:

When I first saw this color combo, my first thought was, 'are you kidding?'.  But I really like it!  Like I said this card is made from scraps.  I believe the large yellow polka dot paper is a Cosmo Cricket paper.  The pink script is from Sceinic Route, the hounds tooth pattern paper is from Authentique, the cream text paper is from Stampin' Up!, as well as the yellow small polka dot paper and the glitter paper.  The pink flourish paper I have no idea.  The yellow ribbon is from Stampin' Up! and the pink small polka dot ribbon is from Paper Trey Ink.  The ribbon slide is from Paper Studio.  The stamps (Birthday Wishes, and friends) are from Stampin' Up!  So is the die to cut the cardstock scallop circle.  The flower comes from Kaiser.  The card base is Crumb Cake, from Stampin' Up!.  

Thank you for looking! and I hope this new year is off to a great start for you! 

Attic Merci

On this snow packed Friday, I am searching for something soft, pretty, and feminine.  

Welcome back to another blog hop brought to you by Sketch Frenzy Friday!  The creative Robbie (from Sketch Frenzy Friday) has a delightful sketch for you to try.

Here is their sketch:

When I first saw this sketch, all I could think of was all the snow outside.  And with the wind blowing, I have drifts.  And the 'circle' in the upper right corner made me think of snowflakes.  But, I wanted to make a card that was prettier, and feminine.

I turned the sketch on its side.  But, other than that, I kept the sketch in its original configuration.

Here is my card:

I used some new DSP and a new stamp set:  Attic Boutique DSP, and the french version of Rue Des Fleurs. I also used two of my all time favorite colors:  Soft Suede and Pool Party.  I crinkled some Crumb Cake seam binding and tied a bow around the left side of the card.  If you look super close, I added three faux half-pearls, along the left of the seam binding.

Now, head on over to Tammy B.s blog to see what she has created!

And if anyone needs to head out to finish their holiday shopping, please be safe!

Inspirational Challenge

Inspiration Photo

Those wonderfully talented ladies over @ Our Creative Corner have an Inspirational photo to challenge you.  And to help with what or how we have gotten our inspiration, each DT member have given a little blurb about how they were inspired.   Please check out what the other DT members have created!  You will be inspired and aw struck!

My Card

When I look at the inspiration photo, the objects that I instantly focused on, were those wonderful pillows!  I just love the stripes on the round pillow.  It has so much character and is simply pretty!  And, how can you resist those orange pillows!  The polka-dots, and those kraft pom-poms!  The colors remind me of nature, and the photo shows all natural materials.  So here is what I made.  

The card base is Chocolate Chip.  The main panel is a simple green pattern on green cardstock; simple and elegant.  The stripes are layered onto the green piece, just like the pillow sits on the green sofa.  The orange polka-dot piece mimics the adjacent pillow.  I felt that the kraft pom-poms made such an inpact, that I had to re-create the pom-pom and put it on my card.  I made the kraft flower out of 'natural' coffee filters and a scallop circle die.  I cut 12 scallop circles and stacked them.  Then I crumpled each one individually.  With all the natural materials in the photo, I wanted an 'earthy', simple material to wrap around my polka-dot piece.  So, I chose a thick hemp twine.  I kept the leaves simple, few and a 'background', just like the potted plant in the photo.

I used this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch, to help me with the layout.  All paper craft supplies are from Stampin' Up!  However, most are retired.