Sunday, December 9, 2012

ColourQ | Challenge #166

I have one more card to share today, this one for ColourQ's Challenge #166. I pulled out Wplus9's Folk Art Flurries (again!) and four shades of blue: 

 

I don't have Cool Caribbean, so I substituted Stampin' Up's Pool Party ink + paper. 

I also pulled out Papertrey Ink's Framed stamp set for the first time. When this set was released last year, I fell in love with it and purchased it right away. But I have had the hardest time using it! It just never worked the way I wanted it to. I am so happy it worked for this card! I used an acrylic block with a grid on it to line up the rectangle + sentiment, and used Midnight Muse ink. The background cardstock is Bazzill's Swiss Dot, which matches the Midnight Muse ink perfectly:

 (Supplies - Stamps: (Wplus9) Folk Art Flurries, (PTI) Framed, Peaceful Pinecones. Ink: (Stampin' Up1) Midnight Muse, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party. Cardstock: (Stampin' Up!) Pool Party, Whisper White. (Bazzill) Blue Swiss Dot. Other: White ribbon, white pearls.)

More beautiful snowflakes & a lovely color combo. I love making Christmas/holiday cards!

I am also entering this card in CAS-ual Fridays Knotty or Nice challenge

See you next week!

11 comments:

Jennifer Grace said...

This is so pretty - I love the white pearls in the snowflake's centres! x

nancy said...

You did a great job working those colors together. The texture of the Swiss dot paper complements the snowflakes adorned in their pearls. And the frame stamp adds the perfect definition to your flurries.

msmith434343 said...

Lovely!

laurab said...

I love the colors, You did a great job with the inspiration.

Tracey McNeely said...

Very pretty Erin. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at the colourQ!

Silke Ledlow said...

Simply GORGEOUS Erin! You rocked the colors...hugs ~S~

Patricia said...

Such a pretty card! Love the criss cross of the ribbon!

Michele Gross said...

Beautiful! Blue snowflakes make me happy :) Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Kimberly said...

Erin - what a lovely card! The pearls in the centers of the snowflakes are awesome! Thank you so much for getting knotty with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

N@ Ali said...

what a beautiful card! love your "joy" frame, the dry embossing, the pearls, the ribbon placement, everything! thank you for joining us at the colourQ ; )

Deborah Frings said...

Congratulations on being Colour Queen with this card - very well deserved. It's stunning!