Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday! Today is the start of our Week 4 challenge – “all occasions.” We’re just looking for a card that would be suitable for any kind of occasion – a holiday, special milestone, to thank someone, etc.
I made a birthday card for my occasion with a stencil/stamp/die set from Pink Fresh Studios. I used the inspiration photo from another challenge, Beautiful Blossoms, to come up with the color palette. It seemed to be working well, that is until I realized the gray areas are technically lemons! Oh well, I guess it’s OK to make things somewhat out of the ordinary once in a while.
The background was made with some watered down ink, and a few lightly colored stamps. I used a shimmer pen to pull out a little color from some of the stamps.
I tore the edges instead of using a die cut, and added a few pearls to finish it off.
A special thanks to Becca from Becca’s Heart for Creativity for being our guest chick this month!. I invite you to visit her blog as well as the other chicks blogs for more ideas and inspiration!
Leanne – Banking on Crafts
Diane – Ink Outside the Box
Lori – Caffeinated Creativity
Happy Crafting and hope to see you join us in the Krafty Chick’s gallery this week!
Joining these additional challenges:
Beautiful Blossoms #1 – must focus on flowers and be inspired by mood board
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Beautiful Blooms
What a beautiful creation Mel! Love your overall design … perfect! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Beautiful Blossoms! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
Darlene
BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS CHALLENGE
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Mel, I am in love with your creation – most especially your beautiful background. Thanks for sharing how you put the background together. I want to combine those techniques now, too! Your flowers and fruit are great in these colors. It’s always a pleasure seeing how crafters are inspired by the Mood Board at our challenge. Thank you for sharing your love of all things flowers at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. I hope to see more of your designs soon.
Crafting Smiles,
Donna
{Creative Smiles – my little crafting world}
Really love this floral image and the terrific colors you used to color them.
Absolutely gorgeous and isn’t this color palette lovely? I thought it would be difficult but I like the florals in this scheme. Thanks for sharing with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and we hope yo see more of your inspirational projects soon.
Donna xx
The Paper Funday Challenge
The Inspiration Station Challenge
Hi, Melanie, this card is soooo pretty! Perfect wintry feel and colors of our mood board. Love the hand-torn border, too. And I would never have noticed those are lemons, nope still can’t see it (Grin!). Thanks for playing in the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We hope to see you again! XOX, Aimeslee DT
Beautiful card – love the background you created.
Thanks for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.
Helen x