This is definitely not................

...monochrome.

I must confess that it was a little difficult to come up with a colour scheme that I wanted to use - so out came the CE card and I found a pack of double-sided patterned card..........................the green card just 'sang' to me................................and looked so summery too!

 

I have decided that before I start making new cards I am going to go through my 'lots' box and try and use at least one thing from there.....................I did only manage to use one thing on this card but watch for my next blog because I managed to use several bits and pieces........................................(feel quite proud of myself)!!

 

The one thing that I did use on this card was the embossed centre panel - embossed with the M-bossabilities Asian Folder - so the card was designed around this panel and the green double-sided card...............................

 

 

I cut out the centre of this panel using the SW Basic Frames Set A and then mounted this onto foam tape and then onto the spotty side of the CE card..........................................

 

A piece of Centura Pearl card was scored and used as the card blank and the front was embossed using the reverse side of the M-bossabilities Dainty Dots emboss folder...........................

 

I then used the SW Spanish Border (which I had cut as a practice piece when I received the dies) this hadn't reached my 'lots' box but I will have that one too! - I then mounted it onto the reverse patterned side of the card and stuck this across the middle as a faux ribbon.................................the sentiment was stamped onto the SW Spanish tag die (again a practice cut) I put it back into the die and inked through with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink - I also did this with the border die.

 

I coloured some of my CE pearls with pro-markers - a tip from Mrs Duck and these were stuck around the aperture to add some interest and also to the corners of the centre panel...........................

 

now this card didn't start out looking like this as I had a mishap with colouring the largest sized pearls...........................I coloured them in one evening and thought they looked fine and they were duly stuck to the card - when I looked at them in daylight they were very streaky so I tried to colour them again while in situ - say no more!!!!!!

 

I managed to salvage the topper and the finished card that you see is very different from the original - I have to say I do prefer this one............................................anyway I felt that something was still missing, so a couple of days later I cut out the SB Marvellous Square die so I could use the corners and it made such a difference to the card - finished it off in my opinion.................................

 

 

 

 

I rescued some of the original card blank to use for stamping sentiments etc for other cards and ended cutting around the stamp that I use on the back of all the cards I make.................................it was going to go in the bin but I decided to mount it onto some of the remaining patterned card and stick it onto the back of this card - I don't stamp directly onto Centura Pearl card I usually use a pre-printed label...................but I quite like how this looks (only thing is because it is a close-up I can see where there is some tape sticking out)!!

 

I hope you like.

xxGailxx