Saturday, August 22

Thanks a million

Hi and happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

How many of you play along with challenges? I have been trying to participate in more challenges. My card today is for last weeks color challenge on Stamp TV. This one was a bit hard for me. The colors were black, white and green, a color combo I would not normally pick. I really struggled with a main image for the card. My creativity was sleeping when I made this card because for the life of me I could not come up with anything that would make a good focal image for the card in either white, black or green. So I went with a non-stamped focal image, Primas.
The Prima's were embossed with a cuttlebug folder to give them a bit of texture. I threaded white organdy ribbon through black buttons and attached them to the center of the prima's.
The sentiment if from Gina k's Thanks a Million stamp set which is also part of the new Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit.
The sentiment was stamped with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink on Gina's white layering weight pure luxury paper and cut out with oval nestie's. Before I removed the sentiment from the nestie, I sponged certainly celery ink over it.
Really not much to this card but it sure was a challenge for me! lol!

Card Details:
Stamps: Thanks a Million
Paper: Basic Black, White Layering Weight Pure Luxury, SU DSP
Inks: Certainly Celery, Memento's Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Friskar's border punch, white organdy ribbon, black satin ribbon, black buttons, swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder and oval nestibilities.

8 comments:

Lynn Mercurio said...

Oh this is just lovely...what a great way to add texture to these beautiful flowers. Awesome job.

Payne Holler Cards said...

It was a tough one - you nailed it though!!! beautiful card!
Linda

A Consuming Passion said...

Beautiful card Sharri - I love the embossed flowers.

Joanne Travis said...

Such a beautiful card! I love the textured flowers.

Melissa said...

Sharri, I loooove this card! Green is my fav color and I think you did an AWESOME job working with it!

Melisa Waldorf said...

Oh wow!! That is soooo cool how you put the flowers in the cuttlebug template!! Love it chick

Selma said...

This card is so soft and pretty. I had a hard time with this challenge too. I love how you gave the flowers some texture. Great job on the challenge Sharri.

Donna Baker said...

gorgeous card! love the green