See, that's a beautiful color pallette and it's a pretty sophisticated sketch. But often beautiful and sophisticated go together and I think this time it worked out for me.
Although it's hard to see in the photo, I stamped the cream background cardstock with several size snowflakes from Papertrey Ink's Winter Swirls in soft blue and with a Versamark Watermark ink. It's all embossed to give it slight dimension, as are the mittens. For all my worry, I ended up liking this card a lot. Hope you do too! Friday, November 13, 2009
Tis The Season
When I first saw the color choices for the Play Date Cafe's challenge this week, I hesitated. My plan is to try to get holiday pieces done now and be a little prepared for the season and this sophisticated combo didn't quite say Christmas to me. By the time I put it together with the Mojo Monday sketch and some left-over Basicgrey paper I changed my mind. Here's where I started:
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Who would have thought these colours would work for a holiday card, but they do! Lovely. x
ReplyDeletewonderful card, love your texture and the colors are right on. Thanks for taking the Play Date Cafe Challenge with us. Sandi
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely entry for the Play Date Cafe Challenge....just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, works really well
ReplyDeleteWhat an ADORABLE card.. you did a great job.. I love all the elements and you hit the colors right on.. Thanks for playing with us at the Play Date Cafe.. I hope you will play with us again for our next challenge too..HUGS
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Beautiful card! Love all the layers & texture!
ReplyDeleteIS VERY GOOD
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