Sunday, November 18, 2012

Fabulous! A birthday card for CAS(E) this sketch!

As promised, I'm back with my 3rd post for today.  I think this beautiful, sunny and warm weather gave me some stamping energy!  Why don't I get that energy when it's time to do the house cleaning???

Enough about me.

I'm sharing a card that I made for the challenge at CAS(E) this sketch! - cts#6 by Lisa Arana
I made a list recently of some color ideas that I want to use...and this is one of them.  Sahara Sand and White.  I love the bright, clean look of this color combo.  And, I thought this sketch was just what I needed to bring it all together.
This is what I came up with.

I had also been wanting to use this SU chevron embossing folder that I got (earned, actually) recently.  Yeah, I'm liking this texture combined with these colors.  A lot.
I embossed the flowers with some Champagne embossing powder from Michaels.  I wanted a color that was close to the Sahara Sand card stock, but gold was too bright.  This worked much better.  Oh, I added a few drops of platinum Perfect Pearls to the centers of the flowers.  Such a soft look.

Well, I'd better finish this post and get back to the holiday movies that I mentioned in my previous post!
Thanks for spending a few minutes at my blog.  I truly appreciate my visitors and I love reading all comments!




Supplies:
Card stock: white (PTI), sahara sand (SU)
Ink: basic black (SU), Versamark
Stamps: flower fields (Stampendous), signature greetings (PTI)
Other: chevron embossing folder (SU by Sizzix), champagne EP (Recollections), platinum perfect pearls (Ranger), 3M foam tape




8 comments:

  1. Love those flowers! beautiful card!

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  2. This is another one of my "Susie Faves"!Good luck with the challenge.

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  3. Fantastic embossed bg and the champagne colour is perfect! Another gorgeous card Susie!
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS(E) this Sketch this week!

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  4. The embossing is wonderful! So glad you played along with us in this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  5. Super fun take on the sketch! Love the layers and uncoloured images. Thanks for playing along with CAS(E) This Sketch! this week!

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  6. I love those flowers. Great card. Thanks for playing along with us @ CAS(E) this sketch!

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  7. Susie, this is Gor-geous! I love the simplicity of the design and colors and I adore how you've incorporated the Chevron folder. Perfection.

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  8. Gorgeous embossing! Love the mix colors and texture on this card :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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