Friday, October 2, 2009

Friends with Flair Friday Challenge Card


Have you guys seen the new blog for the upcoming online magazine called Embellish that is run by the wonderfully talented Ashley Cannon Newell? She is one of the current Dirty Girls in the Dirty Dozen at Splitcoaststampers. Talk about a class act...the things she produces and the blog she is running are top notch and incredibly inspirational. I hope you will visit her and see for yourself.



The Embellish Magazine blog held a challenge recently called the Polka Dot Paradise Color Challenge which was to make a project incorporating polka dots and the following color scheme.




What gorgeous colors that fit perfectly into the fall season. So I decided to make a fall-themed card using some new leaves from Unity's September Store Kit and the sentiment from Unity's September KOM.




Season of Blessings




The digiwords used for the background text underneath the leaves are from Say it With Stamps. Inks used are TH's Aged Mahogany Distressed Ink; Stampin Up's Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal and Purely Pomegranate. I used the Rock n Roll technique on the stamped images to create the variation of colors on the solid stamps.





To create the cool ribbon/twine effect I just tied knots in the ribbon at three points that I tried to space evenly over the front of my card and then wrapped the twine around the ribbon and secured it at each end. It makes for great texture, interest and depth on the card!
Thanks so much for stopping by. If you didn't start at the beginning with the Unity blog to see all the Friends with Flair posts, then click HERE to go there now!
Enjoy your day and may your bucket be filled with flair!!

21 comments:

Kelly Braund said...

Very cool! Love how you did the ribbon & twine!

Jacqueline said...

This is gorgeous Kelly!! Wonderful card!

Rachel B said...

what a beautiful card! I love that DP paper!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

Amazing Kelly love it!!!

Krista said...

What a cute card! I love this.

Unknown said...

adorable, its perfect!

Jessica Diedrich said...

SO cute! Great color combo!

Rachel Hope said...

I really like you ribbon treatment ! Wonderful card

JazzyH said...

Pretty!

Diane Jaquay said...

Fabulous card, love the look of the ribbon and twine, gotta remember that for a future card :)

Jen Shults said...

Beautiful card. I love those colors!

Unknown said...

This is just gorgeous kelly...Beautiful work!! Xx

Michelle said...

Beautiful card!

Monika in VA said...

Love those falling leaves!

Nicole said...

LOVE IT, KELLY GIRL! You rocked that one out!

Gwen said...

Love this card, great ribbon/twine embellishment! Will definitely borrow this idea!! Just made a card last night with three knots tied in the cord!

ANAT S said...

great card
love your embalishments

jen said...

that looks FREAKIN AWESOME!

Suz said...

Very pretty - thanks for the inspiration

Angie Blom said...

great card Kelly, love the colours and the border.

Sheri Gilson said...

Wonderful Fall card!! Love how you used Jen's digi background!!