Saturday, June 18, 2011


After another super busy week, I'm back again for my Saturday Our Creative Corner post.  Lori Rider is our hostess again this week and this week she has a color challenge for us - but it's a color challenge with a twist - you have to use three punches and one of them has to be a border punch!


I kind of panicked when I saw the colors, but then I realized I had the Springtime Vintage paper pack from SU with those colors in it - whew!  I really love Soft Suede so I featured it quite prominently.  The doily lace is the white border lace doily that I sell in my Etsy shop.  I sprayed it with the homemade glimmer mist I use a lot (vintage photo reinker, water and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls).  I really love the way it looks with its new vintage paper look!  I did sponge the edges a bit with Vintage Photo ink too.

The three punches I used are all SU punches - two for the soft suede panel - the border punch and the corner punch.  The third punch is a large 5-petel flower that I punched newsprint with and placed it underneath my crinoline flower.  The rich razzleberry can be found in the two outer rosebuds and the regal rose is in the paper and the middle rosebud.  I colored white rosebuds with the reinkers, mixed with a few drops of water to mute the intensity.  That fabulous sentiment came from my favorite sentiment maker, Anne Vento.  Anne hosts the Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog and you can pick up free digital sentiments every Sunday.  I sprayed the sentiment panel with a bit of my glimmer mist too.

You can find these items in my Etsy shop:
Venise lace rosebud appliques
White Paper Lace Doily
Shabby Crinoline Flowers
Crinoline to make your own shabby flowers - tutorial here

I hope you will stop by the Our Creative Corner challenge blog and see the beautiful creations by the other designers, and maybe play along with us this week too!

Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you have a great weekend@!

12 comments:

Margreet said...

fab creation Linda....you are a great artist...
xxx Margreet

Cor* said...

beautiful!

Irene said...

A beautiful and gorgeous card with fab elements.

irene
xxxx

Anonymous said...

I thought of you yesterday while making my card. I know color challenges aren't your fav but you did a fabulous job with this. Lovely card! Beautiful paper and the elements coordinate so well. Love the sentiment too!

Beth aka BR-T said...

Oh my word this is astounding!!!

Shelly Hickox said...

Love this color palette and you've done a fantastic job with it! Love how you used the string...I have some and I'm still not quite sure what to do with it, lol!

Lori said...

Gorgeous, Linda! Just stunning!

coldwaters2 said...

Wow this is stunning Linda, I have those papers and they really do look gorgeous, your design and the sentiment look perfect.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Vicki Burdick said...

Perfection Linda!!! I just love how you used the colors in this challenge! Your cards are always amazing with so much attention to detail!!! Love the crinoline flower too!!!

Lori Rider said...

This is beautiful, Linda - you did a lovely job with the colors. I will have to check out those free sentiments - I can never have enough, LOL! Gorgeous job with the challenge!

Betty Wright said...

Linda, this is just scrumptious! Wonderful vintage accenting and detailing! Awesome card!

Hege-Annie Simonsen said...

Wow, I love this card! <3

Hugs, Hege

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