Skip to main content

Bloggers challenge


This week our challenge was a color combo challenge. I admit I struggled a bit with this one. These are not colors I normally put together. But hey, it IS supposed to be a challenge, right? So, I rolled up my sleeves and jumped in. The colors in our challenge were: Sahara Sand, Blue Bayou, Rose romance, Mellow Moss, and Really rust. See what I mean?
I started with a card base of Sahara sand and layered a strip of Mellow Moss cardstock on it. I used my paper trimmer to cut a small slit in the crease of the card and fed the Blue Bayou ribbon through it and around the card. For the focal point, I used really rust chalk to create the soft background color. I inked up my flower with Rose romance and mellow moss markers and stamped it right over the chalk. The 'thank you' is also inked with the mellow moss marker. I have to say that the hardest part of this challenge was getting the Really Rust in there. I like how it looks as a background color tho.
Be sure to check out the other bloggers challenge players to see how they tackled this challenge!

Comments

Chrissy D said…
Very pretty! This was a hard challenge for me too! TFS!
July 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Very pretty, Beckie! Using Really Rust as a soft background was a great idea!
July 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Patti Chesky said…
This card is very pretty. I agree, the color combo was a hard one!!
July 18, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Nikki Bond said…
This is soooo pretty! Love the soft look! {SMILES}
July 18, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Nikki Bond said…
This is soooo pretty! Love the soft look! {SMILES}
July 18, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Ida said…
Ah someone else who had trouble with that Really Rust! - Great idea using it as a background color in chalk. Wonderful image as well that worked great with this challenge.
July 18, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Barb Hardeman said…
So pretty Beckie! I love the soft Rust background you put behind your flower. Good thinking! The color combo was definitely a tough one!
July 18, 2008 at 2:52 PM
MJ said…
You did a great job. There was a lot of colors to get in and you did it. The card is beautiful.
July 18, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Connie Babbert said…
Now that is VERY pretty...the Really Rust chalk is very soft and subtle. Great job.
July 18, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Kimberly Gajewski said…
Beautiful job with this challenge Beckie! I like the Really Rust background too! :D
July 18, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Basement Stamper said…
beautiful card! The way you incorporated all the colors really works with this stamp set!
July 18, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Marcia @ Pretty Things said…
This was a hard challenge for me too, but looks like you mastered it. Great job, love the background behind the flower.

Marcia
www.thestampspot.wordpress.com
July 18, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Lori said…
This is beautiful, Beckie! I love how you incorporated the Really Rust. The chalk makes a great background for the flower image.
July 18, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Lisa Bohler said…
This is wonderful! I love the chalked background, especially!
July 19, 2008 at 6:40 AM
Gina Wrona said…
Just fabulous, one of my favorite sets!

(hugs)
Gina
July 22, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bradley

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I
68 comments
Read more

Bloggers challenge and candy

I know I said I would post some blog candy yesterday but I didn't even get near my computer! What a crazy day! I had planned on doing it the night before but...I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and I was so dog tired that I laid my head down on the counter for a minute. My son came into the room and said, "go to bed mom, dad and I will do the dishes." Now, who in thier right mind would turn down that offer? My boys HATE to do anything in the kitchen that doesn't involve eating. I immediately turned off my water(boiling for herb tea) and skedaddled upstairs and went to bed. I'm no dummy! The kitchen was not cleaned to my standards, but I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth! Speaking of gifts, I have a little blog candy offer today. In honor of my 8000 hits, I am offering the following: A simply scrappin kit "Just Delightful", a stamp set "Delight in Life", three mini spools of ribbon, some acrylic tiles AND a copy of the latest
43 comments
Read more

Doubles with candy!!

Today is another fun summer day at my house. The kids are running here and there and I'm just trying to keep up. I realized I hadn't sent out Father's day cards yet, so that is what I worked on today. I tried to keep these nice and clean and manly. I remember going to a demonstration at a Stampin' Up! convention years ago where Kevin Theeson and another guy(I forget his name....) talked about 'manly' cards. One of the things they stressed was that guys don't like cards made with pastel cards. They prefer bold bright and earth element colors. I'm not sure if they suggested we stay away from florals too, but I kind of figured that was a safe idea. ;o) For this card I started with some textured Wild Wasabi cardstock cut to 10-1/2 x 5-1/4. That gave me a 5-1/4" card when folded. The striped paper across the center is from a retired SU simply scrappin kit...primary colors I think it was called. I added a strip of Real Red to each side of the stripes for
36 comments
Read more