Enjoying my crafty time tonight! I am sneaking in under the wire with a card for Avery Elle's new challenge.
The challenge from Avery Elle is to "create a project that sums up your personal paper crafting style". This is actually a pretty difficult challenge for me because I don't feel like I've necessarily landed on a personal style yet. I tend toward CAS with a little bit of whimsy, but I also love to experiment, and stretch my supplies....so that's what I did here.
When Avery Elle opened I immediately fell in love with the Ikat set. It's so unique and different....I hadn't, and still haven't, seen a set like it.
For this card I used one of the borders from Ikat to create the medallion design (don't you LOVE the fact that you can curve clear stamps?). I stamped them first in my current color crush, CTMH's new Slate color.
Then I went back and stamped them again, but this time, I added color to just the outer edge using a Ruby Metallic Faber Castell PITT marker.
The sentiment is from Avery Elle's Bloomin' Banner set, and that sheer ribbon was a scrap that I had in my stash.
It was so much fun to play with some more new supplies (my Avery Elle stamps and PITT artist pen). I'll be linking this one up over at Simon Says Stamp also.
Thanks for coming by!
Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: CTMH - Slate and White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: Avery Elle: Ikat and Bloomin' Banner
Ink: CTMH - Slate
Other: Faber Castell: PITT Ruby Metallic pen; Misc sheer ribbon; Tombow - Mono Adhesive
Wowwwwwwwwwwwww! This is GORGEOUS!! WOW! I loveeeeeeee the colors!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a tricky challenge, i have no idea how i would have tackled it but you, my Friend, have nailed it! YOu are always so good with shapes and thinking outside the box!!
Have a great week-end!
This is SO creative! I love how you curved the Ikat border. Just beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThat background is super cool, love it.. thanks for joining us at Simon Says Challenge blog
ReplyDeleteHey, Miriam! Thanks for your visit and...Happy New Year! Love this bold card and your trees on the previous post...GORGEOUS!!! It's just a mini work of art...LOVED it! Good to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I don't think I have a designated style either...it depends on the card, right? Regardless, this is a fabulous design.
ReplyDeleteI'll miss your smiling face at CHA, but will be thinking of you!
Hugs,
VERY INOVATIVE!
ReplyDeletebeautiful!! I love the stamping, the image just pops! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteVery cool card Miriam, so different! I hear you on the style thing, I don't feel I belong to just one style!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool card, Miriam! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible, Miriam! Amazing design and creativity. Fabulous colours, too!
ReplyDeletewow! this is stunning! And with a border stamp...genius!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! This is pretty awesome, Miriam! I love the color combo, too. Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteOH! I love love love the added color! And that ribbon is beautiful! FAB!
ReplyDeleteCool technique, Miriam. This turned out really awesome. Love the color combo to..
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! So Unique! Thank you for visiting my blog during the DeNami Designs Sneak Peeks!
ReplyDeleteVery cool stamping on this one, Miriam! Great colors, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!
ReplyDeleteOooo! What a fantastic design! Gosh, those images could have so many uses! And your color palette is so elegant! Yum!
ReplyDeleteTalk about stretching your supplies!!! Would have never come up with this from a border stamp! Love the ikat in general, but so love what you've done with it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really clever card Miriam - definitely innovative!! I'll be honest, I'm still trying to figure this set out - is it animal print, is it something else? Whatever it is, I love how you've used it here!!
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