Teal & Purple

Morning my crafting friends, so good of you to visit me today, I do appreciate it and hope you will visit again. may I give a BIG Thank You for all your lovely comments recently whether you are known to me or not, new or old I thank you. I have not had much time to get round to everyone to thank them personally so I hope this will suffice?

Just two more weeks to go then we break up for the summer during which time I hope to get most of my Christmas cards done, ha ha she says, I said that last year!!!

More bits and pieces out of the box I am afraid but this time I got a bit daring with the colours, I hope you like them but whether you do or don't I would love to hear from you.

Items used:

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Teal
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Pastel Lilac
Kanban Purple Card
Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder Pirouette
Creative Expressions Gilding Wax Patina
Spellbinders Venetian Accents & Motifs
Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Treasured Memories
Habico Pearls
Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters Collection 12" X 12" Paper Pad
Cream Silk Edged Organza Ribbon

I wasn't sure at first whether to put the two colours together but the more I looked at them the more I liked them, it may be a bit bold for some. I had the two boarders in different colour Purples so placed the darker one on the Lilac card and the lighter one over the Teal card.

I could have added the Purple Gilding Wax but felt the Patina colour would enhance the Teal card rather than take the colour away.

I have lined the inside of the card with a sheet of paper from the Delicate Asters Collection as most of these are Purple it went with the card adding some slight decoration inside.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Scotland Stag

Morning crafters hope this finds you all safe and well? Thank you for visiting me today I do appreciate it, please do leave a comment and a link if you have one so I can return the favour.

I recently purchased the Card Creations 'Brush Strokes in the Wild' CD Rom, there are some fabulous images on there and this one of the Scotland Stag is one of them, I love the scenery behind him, magnificent. I tried to fit the colours of my card/paper in with the colours from the image so I used:

Create and Craft  Silk Finish Card Brown

Create and Craft Double-Sided Satin/Miri Card Peach

Create and Craft Adhesive Velvet Paper Dark Blue

Kanban Foiled Card Brown

Card Creations CD Rom Brush Strokes in the Wild Scotland Stag Image & Backing Paper

I matted and layered up the image, card & papers as seen. I wanted to use a Dark Blue card to match the image but I did not have any, luckily I found the Adhesive Velvet Paper that I had for quite a few years so that did the trick. I attached the image in the center to off set the backing paper.

There you have my finished card, no dies, ribbons, embossing or embellishments which make a change for me lol!

I would like to enter this into

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/june-2014-challenge-one-for-boys.html

http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-51-fathers-daymasculine.html

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/challenge-115-outdoors.html 

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx