Friday, November 9, 2012

Cloud9 Blog Hop

Good morning! Welcome to the Cloud9 blog hop! I am thrilled to be this month's guest designer. Our challenge was to create a card based on this inspiration photo:


I was immediately drawn to the crisp white walls and comforter, accented with bright red, blue, green, and yellow. I wanted to achieve the same look on my card so I pulled out Wplus9's Folk Art Flurries and Pretty Patches: Tree:

(Supplies - Stamps: (Wplus9) Folk Art Flurries and Pretty Patches: Tree. Ink: (Stampin' Up!) Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit. (PTI) Pure Poppy. (VersaMark). Cardstock: (PTI) Rustic White, Pure Poppy). Other: White embossing powder, red gems.)

I love the results! Wplus9's stamps inked up beautifully with Stampin' Up's new foam ink pads, and the non traditional color combination is very striking in person. I hope my card has inspired you to pull out your stamps this weekend and create a card for the Cloud9 blog hop!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Erin.

16 comments:

Barbara said...

your card is adorable.

Cindy said...

I love that the colors go beyond the traditional red and green Christmas colors. Great job!

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Jill Norwood said...

This is so lovely! I love the new Folk Art Flurries snowflakes and this card shows them off so well!
Gorgeous!!!!!

Laura (Who's this chick) said...

Gorgeous bright colors and love the added bit of bling.

Fleursbydesign said...

Love the colors in the information picture, love your take on it too :)

Gayatri said...

Absolutely LOVE this card, Erin! Beautiful colours and stamp perfectly. LOVE IT!

Amy Kolling said...

Erin, gorgeous card! I love all the flurries in the colors from the inspiration photo! Congrats on being featured this month!

Greta said...

LOVE this card! Terrific use of the photo inspiration!

Suzanne said...

Erin, this is so beautiful! I love all the shades of ink that you used and was wondering if these are the new SU! inks. Do you like them?

I am absolutely going to CASE this. I love it so so much!

Thank you for joining us this month!

Unknown said...

Your card is awesome..love the snowflakes. Thanks for sharing

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Really beautiful, I love the colours used
Lindsay xx

Christina said...

Your stamping is absolutely perfect, Erin! I love the red sentiment strip peeking out and the vibrant colors.

Sharron said...

Gorgeous card, Erin! I love the fun colors and you have stamped the flurries beautifully!

anya said...

So beautiful, Erin! You have incorporated the colors from the picture so beautifully, and I love the way the sentiment panel comes from inside. So glad to have you joining us for this month's Cloud9 Blog Hop!

Dawn said...

I agree Erin! This is amazing!? At first glance it looks random, but then it looks like it actually follows a pattern. Am I crazy? And if not, how the heck do you get it so perfect!?