Best Friends Forever

Today over on Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge, we have a FUN color challenge for you to try!  Everyone is invited to play along with us!  Make sure you check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week…lots of inspiration for you!

 

Aren't those FUN colors together?

 

 

Now, most of you know that sketch challenges are my favorite…I'll gravitate towards one of those before color challenges.  But, this color challenge really appealed to me.  I did it while I was at the stamping retreat a few weekends ago!  I had a scrap of the Mocha Morning black flocked paper sitting on my table…it started the inspiration for the entire card!  The stamp set Best Friends Forever is one that I seem to pick up a lot for birthday cards!  I especially like the vine stamp that I used here with Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink over Cherry Cobbler cardstock…really gives it a great tone-on-tone look.  The base of the card is More Mustard, and under the bottom of the Cherry Cobbler strip, I added Basic Black cardstock. 

 

The top is the Mocha Morning DSP as I mentioned, but I knew I wanted a little More Mustard for the front.  The elegance of the Scallop Trim Border Punch was just the right touch, along with small pearls in each of the scallops.  I wrapped some Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon around and tied a knot.  Then I added a simple Happy Birthday greeting from Perfect Punches stamp set in Basic Black on Very Vanilla and punched it with the Extra Large Oval Punch.  It is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on the front!

 

That's it…but I love the simple elegance of this card!  Make sure to stop by Create with Connie and Mary for some extra inspiration using these colors!

We're back!  After a two-week sketch and color challenge, Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenges are back to their regular once a week challenge!  It was a nice break for Mary and I to go to Convention…of course, we had a BLAST!  We met many of the Create with Connie and Mary designers…such a great group of TALENTED women!  Blessings to all of you!

 

We have another Color Challenge CCMC159 for you this week!  I had fun using one of the new sets I received at Convention this year called Best Friends Forever!  It seemed to be perfect with this color combination!

 

 

And here is my card!

 

 

I must have been influenced by Shelli a little bit at Convention…this shabby chic look is definitely more her style than mine!  I started with a base of Marina Mist cardstock.  I used Regal Rose and the new Houndstooth Impressions Folder on the next layer.  I distressed the edges and used a sponge dauber and Regal Rose ink to highlight the raised areas.  I used the Pinking Hearts Border Punch along the edge of the Sahara Sand piece and stamped it tone-on-tone with Sahara Sand Ink and the floral image from Best Friends Forever.  I stamped BFF in Marina Mist on Whisper White and punched with the Wide Oval Punch.  Then I stamped the polka dot image with Sahara Sand ink over the BFF.  I layered the Wide Oval on the Decorative Label Punch that is also distressed.  I placed it with Stampin' Dimensionals over White Satin Ribbon that I ruffled and adhered with Sticky Strip to the front of the card!

 

I stamped the heart with Regal Rose on Whisper White and cut it out.  I adhered it to the top of the BFF greeting.  Then I added a Marina Mist flower button with White Bakers Twine tied in a bow.  I really like how this card turned out!

 

Make sure to check out the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team submissions this week!  Can you say AWESOME!  They did a great job with this color combination!  So come on!  Grab your colors and play along with us this week!