Thursday, January 27, 2011

Happy Birthday

Hi there! A couple of months ago I was the VERY lucky winner of TWO stamp sets from Practicing Creativity Designs!!! Today I used one of those sets, Nature's Wonder, to create this card:


I used Card Patterns Sketch #99, and I attempted to use the color combo from ColourQ Challenge #69. I used lavender ink (it's the only purple ink I own) and an amethyst V17 Copic Sketch Marker, but in the photo they look blue. Hmmm.



I was really happy with the way this turned out! I'm going to make more of these in different color combos---there's one combo in particular that I've already stamped out and LOVE, but I need to find a Copic marker that's the right match for it. Oh darn...more shopping! HA! I may even try adding a bit of distressing to give it a more rustic feel! Does that ever happen to you??? You finish a card and as you're preparing your post your mind continues to think of things you could have done differently?!?! Drives me crazy sometimes!


So...what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Nature's Wonder (Practicing Creativity Designs)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Lavender Color Box (Clearsnap), Potter's Clay Memento (Tsukineko)
Copic Sketch Markers
Cardstock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Dotty Biscotti (Papertrey Ink), Basics: Booknote (Basic Grey)
Rustic Twine: (Papertrey Ink)
Punch: Round Binding Edge Edger Punch (EK Success)
Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper: (We R Memory Keepers)
Double-Sided Tape: (X-Press It)

9 comments:

Karen B. said...

Oh Lisa, you've done this stamp set the justice it deserves! Fabulous layout, fabulous distribution of colors. I love everything about it! (And it looks purple on my screen...)

Andrea M said...

Oh my Lisa! Pure fabulousness! WOW!

Brandi said...

I heart Dotty Biscotti PTI paper!!!

~Tammy~ said...

This is great execution of the sketch. I like it a lot!

anja curvers said...

This is really beautiful. Thanks for playing along with cardpatterns.

Laurie said...

Gorgeous! I love these colors! The twine is the perfect touch here!

~amy~ said...

wow...turned out gorgeous...great job! Thanks for joining us at Card Patterns!

Sylvia said...

Very pretty card, Lisa. Thanks for playing the ColourQ challenge this week.

Unknown said...

Very cute, Lisa! Thanks for playing at colourQ with us:)