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Friday, April 13, 2012

Paper Players #90

Hello and Happy Friday!! Today I am entering The Paper Players Challenge #90 - A Color Challenge from LeAnne.  My goal here was to also create a "flat" card that didn't use embellishments such as buttons, brads, ribbon etc. (I got this idea from a past challenge at City Crafter's Challenge). This was good for me to try because I usually feel I have to add at least one of those elements somewhere.  But it's not truly "flat" as I used texture and lots of layering. I do like how it turned out.    
 


Here's a couple more views.  I was having a hard time getting it to photograph well so that you can see the subtle color mixing on the background. 



Supplies (all from Stampin Up): Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, Pool Party and Certainly Celery.  Sizzix Texture Embossing Folder "Manhattan Flower" (retired).  Stamp sets - Butterfly and sentiment from "Strength and Hope" (retired).  Background stamp - En Francais.  I stamped the background by first inking the stamp with certainly celery ink and then just quickly touching here and there with the Not Quite Navy stamp pad.  I heat set quickly to make sure it was dry before I used my finger daubers and added the Certainly Celery and Pool Party colors to it. I used that same method with the butterfly and then snipped it out to put on the card.

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4 comments:

  1. Ann SchachApril 13, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    Beautiful, Danielle! I love the texture on the card base. En Francais is the perfect backdrop for the gorgeous butterfly!

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  2. LeAnneApril 13, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    Gorgeous! I just made a one-layer masculine card myself -- we know guys don't really care about the embellishments, right? I love this set, and I wish it was still available! You've blended everything together so nicely! Thanks for playing with my Paper Player colors this week!

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  3. JulieApril 13, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    Beautiful card! I love the subtle embossed layer behind the pretty stamped background! So pretty!

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  4. Shirley PumpkinApril 14, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    Fabulous Card!! I have the same problem with the extra layers. Then I try to get it into the mail and the postman just looks at me funny. lol Challenging yourself to do a flat card is a good idea!! Thanks for playing with Paper Players this week!!

    Hugs
    Shirley GD April

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