Saturday, June 16, 2012

CQC141/HSSTC122 - Thanks for All You Do

Happy Saturday to you!!!  It's going to be a busy morning for me! Off to CT Humane to walk some dogs and then to a Bow Wow Zumbathon fundraiser for CT Humane.  I made 45 cards dog-themed cards to put in the gift bags! And can you believe - I didn't take pictures of them!?  They were all one-layered, no coloring quickies, but they had to be with my time constraints!

Today's card is for two challenges:  ColourQ#141 and Hand Stamped Sentiments Theme Challenge#122. These two challenges fit together perfect!!!!  Blues/Greens and Peacocks!!

I've had this Cuttlebug peacock folder for a while now and don't think I ever used it, so I was so excited to see the challenge!!!

I cut a piece of watercolor paper and ran embossed it.  Then I used my daubers and colored with my Distress Inks.  Then I misted it with water so the colors blended.  I went back and added a bit more color to make it more vibrant after heat drying.  Then I used PTI's Mat Stack die and stamp and embossed in white.   A pretty fast and simple card, but I LOVE the colors!!!

Here are the two challenges:



Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thanks for your visit!

13 comments:

Amanda R said...

Good luck with all of the doggie-thon things today! This card is amazing, I immediately thougth peacock when I saw it and that sentiment and die is gorgeous!

Kara said...

ooooo...so pretty!! Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week!

Diane Vander Galien said...

Very Pretty!!! Love the technique used on the embossing folder- so pretty!!! Buttons are the perfect accent!!! Love the color combo!!! Thanks for playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments, Diane

Shannon said...

Absolutely gorgeous! I really like that embossing folder and the shading is beautiful. It really makes the embossed sentiment pop. Thank you for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

jimlynn said...

Oh I LOVE those colors too! So pretty and really like the way you did them on this folder. Beautiful card!
Lynn

Sylvia said...

Beautiful card, Maria, love the technique you used to blend the colors, very artsy! Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ and sharing you card.

Erum Tasneem said...

oh my word! So beautiful! I love this card Maria!

Elizabeth Price said...

Your card is AWESOME! The colors are fabulous together and I love the embossed background. It couldn't be more perfect. Thanks for playing along with our theme challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments. Smiles, Elizabeth

Monica said...

This is just so vibrant and I love all those things you did with the colouring. I love peacock feathers too. And I the nestie and stamp match so well.

Monica xxx

~Erica~ said...

WOW Maria! This is beautiful! It's such a work of art!! Thank you so much for linking up with us at HSS!

Unknown said...

this is lovely:) I really like the way you mixed the two challenges:) Thanks so much for playing at ColourQ this week! :)

Bada-Bing Creations said...

Great colors! Love the simple design and the background is perfect! Thanks for playing at HSS!

Cheryl said...

Stunning card my friend! I love the colors and peacock embossing. You certainly nailed the challenges.

How did the zumba-thon go? You may have said on FB but I haven't been on line much this past week.

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