Sunday 20 May 2012

Sunshine Challenge Card

This weekend I managed to combine two challenges with my card ... something that rarely happens.


The latest sketch is up at the Clean And Simple Stamping Blog (FTL #191), and the colour challenge at Dynamic Duo's is as well.



Yellow? You know I don't work easily with yellow. But paired with black? AACK ...  If it weren't for the talented design team at the Dynamic Duo's blog to inspire me, I doubt I would have been able to manage this one.


I did trim off the center panel below the banner though, as it seemed to detract from the banner itself. Other than that, I stayed pretty close to the sketch. Thankfully we are able to use a neutral (I chose white) with our DD colour challenge and I CAN work with touches of yellow.  :-)


The sun is a cut I had in my 'Odds & Sods' pile, an extra also used on the THIS card.  Often I will cut extra's of something in case I mess up or really like the finished product and want more.  It worked perfectly!  The yellow is SU's So Safron and ALMOST makes up for them discontinuing the lovely soft yellow they used to carry.  I used chalks to lightly add colour to the one end of the banner, and the words are also by SU.

I did choose the 'dessert option' at the DD challenge, which was to use dry embossing. The center panel was embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, and the clouds were cut with a Memory Box die from Impress.


I popped the clouds up with foam tape for some dimension - I like the shadows they throw.  The yellow scalloped borders were cut with a MFT die.

All in all, an A2 card with both yellow AND black that I'm happy with.  Go figure!

Have a wonderful day - thanks for stopping by.

17 comments:

  1. fantastic idea for a card! How you made the clouds?

    Wish you a sunny sunday
    Elma

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  2. Oh my word! I am in love with this card! And now I need those dies lol.

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  3. Karen, this is one happy card, indeed! Wow! I really like the pops of color on all of the clean white space and how the clouds just pop off the embossed background. Just gorgeous! So glad you joined us this week over at Dynamic Duos!

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  4. What a happy card! Love the cute clouds and cheerful sun! So happy you joined us this week at Dynamic Duos!

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  5. B E A U T I F U L !
    Your card is amazing! I love the white on white clouds!
    Thanks for playing along with us at Dynamic Duos!
    Anni

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  6. Love your sweet little clouds floating among the polka dot sky! Such a cheerful card Karen. Thanks for playing along with us at Dynamic Duos!

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  7. With my love of clouds and skies , your card is a joy to look at. Love how you combined these two challenges...great job :0)
    Jenny x

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  8. Fabulous card! I love this take on the color and the sketch challenge!

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  9. Fantastic sunny card Karen! Love your attention to detail. Thanks' for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week.

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  10. Great card, Karen! I, too, find yellow challenging - but black makes it easier to work with, don't you think? You've hit these challenges out of the park with this gorgeous card!

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  11. Great card, there are soo many things I love about it! Your sun, the yellow shading on your banner and I must add the cloud die to my wish list! I am becoming a huge fan of Memory Box dies! Thanks so much for playing with us at Dynamic Duos!

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  12. I don't even know what you're talking about! You TOTALLY pulled this off--and you would've without the inspiration! This is GORGEOUS--LOVE it!!! How'd you do the sun?! LOVE this!!! :)

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  13. This is GORGEOUS Karen - you pulled it off PERFECTLY :)

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  14. This is fabulous! and I had the same urge to combine these two challenges. I immediately thought "bees" but went a totally different route. I love the clouds over the swiss dots. It was a great idea to cut off the center panel to make the sentiment banner stand out. Wonderful work!

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  15. I just love this card so much, it makes me smile. Thanks for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week!

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  16. What a fabulous card! So bright and cheerful and I LOVE the embossed white panel behind those cute little clouds! How fun! Thanks so much for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week! :)

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Have a great day,
Karen