Monday, April 11, 2011

Sweet and Yellow!!

Sorry for the unoriginal title.  I used up all my creativity on my card.  Tonight I decided to work on a challenge by Sweet Stamps.  They asked for a recipe of 1 Ribbon/Border, 2 Designer Papers, and 3 Gems/Brads.  This was a bit tough because I really wanted to add a few more jewels, throw in a few flowers, and add some glitter but I kept my control and tried my best to meet their requirements.  After all of this work, we had to deal with some issues in the neighborhood due to the death of a neighbor and I did not get to post it for the challenge but thought I would add it to my blog anyhow.


I started with a yellow card base.  On top of this I added some decorative yellow designer paper.  I distressed the edges and sponged with ink. 



I added some wide yellow ribbon that I actually stamped and embossed in white.  The image is the bird image from the center of Bird Frame 8008 from Sweet Stamps.

For the main image I stamped Sweet Stamps Elegant Filigree Oval and embossed it in white on some yellow polka dot designer paper.  I sponged around the image with yellow distress ink to bring it out and then cut it out using a Spellbinder die.  I added one white floral brad and two jewels (totaling 3).  Simple but fun.

This card was entered in the following challenges:

19 comments:

Wendy said...

Love this card and the colour is so sunny very effective thank you for joining us at OSCC Hun.

Lollydolly DT OSCC

scrapperjulia said...

This is beautiful! I love yellow! Thanks for joining us at The One Stop Craft Challenge!

Janet said...

great card! thanks for joining the corrosive challenge!
hugs

Miria said...

Great job, Marie! Thank for joining us at Lexi's Creations, good luck, Miria xx

Sarah said...

Wonderful rich yellow and love the white stamping...
great job!

Thank you for joining in with the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

Sarah

Miranda said...

very elegant and pretty Marie
thanks for playing along in the DYSU challenge yellow
hugs
Miranda

Regan said...

Lovely! Such cheerful, sunshine-y colors! Thanks for playing along @ The Corrosive Challenge! :)

aqualeiga said...

Oh this is so pretty, I love how you stamped & embossed the ribbon to tie in with the rest of the card. Thank you so much for joining our Spring challenge at THE CRAFTY PAD this week. Hugs, Ali x

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

So bright and sunny! Thanks for playing along with Speedy's Friends.

lalkygirl said...

what a beautiful ,original design,i love the colours and fab image ,thanks for joining us at lexis and good luck
tracey x

WencheP said...

Love your card, thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

kelly said...

Gorgeous card,lovely colours.Thanks for playing at DDCC

Janna Werner said...

Hi Marie! Gorgeous yellow card! Thanks so much for sharing you project with us at DYSU Challenge Blog!! Janna

Lorraine said...

Lovely card. It's very refreshing to see heat embossing again and what a super idea to stamp and emboss on ribbon. Thanks for taking part at The Crafty Pad this week.

Donna said...

Fantastic card, such a fabulous design! Thanks for joining us at CES this week :) Donna x

Vicki Dutcher said...

Pretty in yellow! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

Susan Says (Stupid Stuff) said...

What a sweet card! Thanks so much for playing our sketch challenge with us at Corrosive Challenges this week and good luck :D

Terry said...

Hiya thank you for joining the DT from Simon Says Stamp and Show with your fabulous card. Thank you for sharing Hugs Terry xxx

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Whoa baby! Great job with the embossing! Such an elegant finished product! : )

Thanks so much for sharing your work with us at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

-Sarah