November 30, 2010

ColourQ #61, WMSC #25, Paper Players #26, & Moxie Fab All Occasion challenge


That's a mouthful of a title for a simple little card, wouldn't you say?  I've been so busy lately, I haven't been playing many of my favorite challenges, so the best way to get caught up is to put together as many as I can handle at once!  The inspiration for this card comes from this week's ColourQ challenge, which is a combo that I absolutely adore.  Check out the gorgeous bit of eye candy Arielle has chosen this week:

This week's sketch at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge got the wheels turning in my head to use Teeny Trees.  I heat embossed the background, which qualifies it for the challenge at The Paper Players to use wet embossing.  Finally, I'll enter this one over at Moxie Fab World for the All Occasion card challenge.


Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede), Papertrey Ink (white)
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Stamps (Teeny Trees)
Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point), ColorBox (Frost White), Fiskars (brown)
Tools:  Spellbinders (square Nestie)
Accessories:  The Twinery (baker's twine), Stampendous (white embossing powder), Sakura (brown pen)

Another tree and birdie on the inside:


The recipe:
1.  Make square card base from turquoise cardstock.  Stamp background pattern along edge and heat emboss with white embossing powder.
2.  Die cut square from white cardstock.  Stamp tree, leaves, and sentiment.  Stamp bird on scrap cardstock and cut out.  Adhere bird to tree image.
3.  Mat stamped panel with suede cardstock.  Wrap panel with baker's twine.  Attach to card with foam adhesive.

I hope you'll stop by and see what the Royal Court DT has to share with you this week.  You won't be disappointed!  And don't forget to link up your creation using this week's colors, too!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!



26 comments:

Jenny said...

Very pretty, glad to see u using the Twinery twine, do you love it? its great twine. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) have a great week!! hugs!

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

This card is gorgeous!!!

Gabi MeWi said...

Simple and nice - simply nice :-)!

Lindsay said...

I love this Christina! The colors and the stamps you've used make this awesome! I love the pop of white on the side!

Diane Jaquay said...

love love LOVE this Christina!!! Great job of fitting it into so many challenges too ;)

Marisa said...

Cute, cute, cute!!

Arielle H Gordon said...

So beautiful Christina!!! You have such a gorgeous sense of design!

xiumaiyuki said...

and it's such a CAS perfection!!! Love the white embossing...that's my favorite....white on turquoise. So pretty!

Jean Martin said...

This is so sweet Christina! Oh no! I'm totally considering getting that stamp set!!!!

Niki Estes said...

Ah, so sweet! I love the CAS design!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

This is gorgeous, love the colors, and that happy and bright look!

Nance Leedy said...

OMG, this is fantastic! You oughta be in magazines. This is spot-on perfect in every way from the color choices to the layout to the simple but elegant details. Love, love!

Nance Leedy said...

Duh, forgot to thank you for joining us at The Paper Players this week! So glad you could play along.

Julia Aston said...

What a bright fun design Christina! love the embossed bg and the pretty tree! thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

Anne Marie Hile said...

Just gorgeous! Love that color combo and the white embossing just jumps off the Tempting Turquoise. Such a bright and happy card! It is absolutely beuatiful inside and out! Thanks for playing along with The Paper Players this week! :)

Joanne Leddy said...

Pure, simple, and elegant! Beautiful card - love it inside and out!

Ruth M said...

So modern and fresh, what a fabulous clean card, I love it!

Amy Kolling said...

Ok, this card is going into my favorite cards to CASE folder! I love this....the tourquoise is soo striking! And of course you used a fav set of mine too.

Clare said...

LOVE it, the colors, the layout, just perfect! thanks for joining us this week at the WMSC!! : )

Lesley said...

What a sweet card! I love the white embossing on the coloured cardstock...great idea! That bird and tree image is delightful. Thank you for joining us at the Paper Players.
Smiles,
Lesley

Helen Berry said...

Wonderful colour combination - simply very beautiful card = I love the way you used the circle stamp to create the background - you've inspired me to use this set a little differently x

Ann Schach said...

The white embossing is fabulous! Such a classy card! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players this week!

Deborah Frings said...

This is such a beautifully clean and simple design. I love the colour scheme and it's so nice to see a card that's not a Christmas card!

Queenie Jeannie said...

Such a sweet card! Love it!!!

Sarah Martina said...

This is so adorable! :) Thanks so much for joining us for the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Christina! Thanks for entering the Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week All Occasion challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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