Wednesday, December 03, 2008

KW Colour Inspiration #33

Here's my card for Kristina's latest colour challenge. I based it on a sketch by Lauren Meader, and I did plan on having a sentiment where it is placed in the sketch, but I had the paper and ribbon stuck down before I remembered and I didn't like my chances of getting it to stamp nicely then (let alone it then being too close to the top). Still, I like how it turned out and in fact I am glad I didn't stamp the sentiment now!

When I first saw the colours I had no idea what I was going to do with them. I decided to rule flowers out, and have lots of Teal because I am on a real kick lately, and then started looking at my remaining stamp sets... as soon as I saw Ocean Commotion and thought of Guylian chocolates and it was a done deal lol. Hmm, this is becoming a trend isn't it, being inspired by chocolate... but there are worse things so it's all good, hehehehe.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Taken With Teal, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Ocean Commotion
Inks: Taken With Teal, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Bali Breeze paper, Chocolate Chip 1" Double-stitched ribbon, dimensionals
Show watched while creating: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Aussies, there are bound to be spoilers there (as with most I link to) but the page was taking that long to load I didn't see anything to worry about... but be warned!)

20 comments:

Christa said...

Very pretty card. Like what you did with the orange background.

Debbie Pamment said...

Gorgeous card Carol - the colours work so well together on your card.

Anonymous said...

What a great simple card, Carol! Well done!

Unknown said...

very nice. Really like the chocolate inspiration too.

Sarah-Jane Kalé said...

Another Lovely card Carol.

Sarah
xx

Deanna said...

Love it... beautiful stamps!

Selene Kempton said...

How Beautiful! I love the sea horse and that background is awesome! Great Job!

Anonymous said...

An absolutely gorgeous card.

Leonie said...

you always make such pretty cards, this one is gorgeous too!

Suzanne C said...

Love how this turned out! Great inspiration!

MacKenzie said...

FANTASTIC card! I'm so glad that you combined Lauren's sketch with Kristina's color combo. Absolutely beautiful job.

Rachael Knight said...

Great work Carol - I wasn't a fan of that stamp set but you might just have changed my mind! Love your blog too - and those ornaments are gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

very unique and fun - I like the flourishes and simplicity of it

Julie Allain said...

Wonderful card!!

Sankari W. said...

I have three words: OH MY WOW!!!! seriously stunning Carol - this is just beautiful and amazing and simple and perfect and just gorgeous!! LOVE what you did with these colors! Beautiful!

sideoats + scribbles said...

OH, I love the seahorse! And the "seaweed" behind it! :)

Kelly Lunceford said...

This is fantastic! I love how you combined challenges on this! I love the images you have used and everything! Great job!

Melissa Sauls said...

This is just beautiful. So striking and perfect.

Anonymous said...

I love this set! It is just so cute and I love your design!

Karen said...

LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOOOOVE IT Carol!!

Perfect challenge card!

Karen
xo