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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Color Throwdown 168 and Sketchbook Saturday 38

I don't mind saying that I was a little lot intimidated by the colors this week at the Color Throwdown.

The colors look great together, but I was unsure if I could pull something off that I actually liked.  Especially since I feel like I'm out of practice and my mojo is apparently on vacation.  But then I saw Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday challenge and I had an Idea.


Admittedly I changed my mind a couple of times about what stamps I was going to use as I was putting this together, but I'm happy with how the end result turned out.


The So Saffron DP is from the Sweet Pea pack.  (Seriously, I have so much of this paper, I'll be old and gray before I ever use it all up)!  The friend sentiment is from Simple Friendship and while I was originally going to use the butterfly from the same set, I ended up going with the one from Great Friend. I inked it first in So Saffron then sponged it lightly with Riding Hood Red.  Then I heat embossed it with clear EP before I cut it out.  A few pearls down the center and I was done!

Not too shabby for a sunny Saturday morning.  I think I might stick around in my stamp room for while longer today to make sure my creative juices keep flowing.  Thanks so much for stopping by!
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8 comments:

  1. SueNovember 19, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Great card!

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  2. LoriNovember 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Just beautiful! Love the butterfly's two-toned look. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown.

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  3. Michele LourencoNovember 20, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    GASP! This is Gorgeous!

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  4. BroniNovember 20, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    This is just gorgeous, Jen! Love the double scallops and that's definitely one of my favorite ribbons! Perfect!

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  5. Joan ErvinNovember 20, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    What a beautiful design....the sketch is awesome and I love how you used the challenge colors!!! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown!!!

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  6. KevaNovember 21, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Ooh..this is gorgeous! Love the layout and the way you used the colors. They look perfect together. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Color Throwdown!

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  7. Jen W.November 22, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Gorgeous! Love the layers and that butterfly is stunning! Congrats on being a favourite at Colour Throwdown!

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  8. Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)November 26, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Sweet, graphic card! It doesn't look like you struggled with these colours at all. I loved that combo :)

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