Tuesday, May 13, 2014

colourQ 241 and Seize the Sketch 20

I'm so lucky because every other Tuesday I get to show you a card I've made for colourQ and Seize the Sketch!  Today the color palette is inspired by this beautiful necklace and the sketch is designed by Lesley.



My translucent embossing paste was feeling a little neglected so I used it to create these diagonal stripes on the center of my card.  I love how that stuff looks!  And I finally got a chance to ink up this beautiful PTI feather.  There's a bit of gold embossing on it that's hard to see in the photo but it looks a little oo-la-la in real life!

Don't forget to check out the challenges at colourQ and Seize the Sketch.  The design teams have created some fantastic projects to inspire you.  And you can also get all the details for playing along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Feather Finery (Papertrey Ink); Fancy Feathers (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  Classic White (Flourishes); Solar White (Neenah); Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party, Gold Foil (SU)
Ink:  Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink); Tempting Turquoise (SU); Distress Embossing Ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:  Diagonal Stripe stencil (Simon Says Stamp); translucent embossing paste (Dreamweaver); Naturals button, gold cord (SU); gold embossing powder


17 comments:

~amy~ said...

Jen, this is wonderful....love the colors!

Sherry Eckblad said...

Gorgeous card! Love that feather stamp.

Lesley said...

Pretty colours and love the softness of that feather.

Lisa Elton said...

Love the gold framed feather Jen! Great card ;)

Marybeth said...

Love the colors Jen, and bit of gold. Beautiful card!

Shelly said...

Beautiful card! And I love the translucent embossing paste!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Great use of the colors -love that feather

stampwithsandy said...

What a cool feather and I love the colors! I'm so thrilled to be creating with you at STS, too, Jen!

Deepti said...

This is gorgeous, love the gold framing !!

Mona Pendleton said...

So very pretty Jen! That Feather looks so elegant!

Claire said...

That feather is so beautifully detailed...looks fantastic with the colour blocking!

Rose said...

WOW Jen this is so pretty! love the feather and colors :)

Jessi Fogan said...

Oh, Jen, this is absolutely stunning! I covet that feather stamp. Love the gold cord & button :)

Katie Melhus said...

Love the subtle beauty of your card! I need to break out my neglected embossing pastes, too :) so fun!

Maura said...

Love this. The layout, colors and of course, the feather.
beesmom at splitcoast

Maura said...

Love this. The layout, colors and of course, the feather.
beesmom at splitcoast

Lee Ann Barrett said...

Gorgeous combination of the two challenges, Jen! I love that you do not over-complicate anything, and your simple always turns out gorgeous!