Thursday 19 March 2015

Make The Day Colourful...

Hi there,

I'd love to share a card I have made for this month's challenge going on at the awesome, Make The Day Special Challenge blog, which this time round, is a colour challenge.  Pick your palette, and go for it...



I chose those beautiful chilled out tones of the first option, and here's my card...







I used Mama Elephant's, 'Zenith Borders', stamp set to create my background.  I stamped out one of my borders, a couple of times, in Versamark, and heat embossed it clear powder.  I used Distress Inks, in Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, and Dusty Concord mixed with a little Victorian Velvet, to wash all over the top of my stamped borders.  Once everything was dry, I ironed the embossing powder off to create this kind of flat, batik effect.  I then used Mama Elephant's, 'Happy' die to cut right out the centre.  I also cut this die a few other times, on kraft card stock, and, using the double sided adhesive Stick-it, stacked the dies on top of each other, adding the coloured piece to the top, and inlaying the whole thing back into my panel for a really dimensional look.  I finished my sentiment by stamping out 'vibes' from Mama Elephant's 'Happy Everything' set, which is just A-MAY-ZING, a sentiment for any occasion. and just sooo cool looking, I LOVE it!!!  I finished off by embellishing with a few co-ordinating sequins and mounted the whole thing onto a kraft card base...and there you have it.

I'm really happy with how this card came out, which is a lot more down to Mama Elephant and there awesome products than me haha, but hey ho.

I'd love to know what you think, so please feel free to leave a comment.

Hopefully see you next time.

Jillxxx







5 comments:

  1. Wow!! you created a mini art piece here...love how the colours blend :) The raised die cut is a brilliabnt accent for your design.
    Thanks for joining in with our challenge at Make the Day Special Stamp Store.
    Jenny x

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  2. Gorgeous card Jill :) Thanks for joining in at make the day special stamp store.
    Kate xx

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  3. Absolutely stunning, the background is amazing!

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  4. Another knock out Mrs! Love it.
    Thanks for playing along at make the day special stamp store again.
    Tara
    x

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  5. I so love this, Jill - super cool! The soft watercolours with the embossed border and raised die cut make a fantastic design. Thanks for linking up at MTDS :)

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