Pink with Raspberry and Burgundy

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Pink with Raspberry and Burgundy

My card today is CASEd from Susan Raihala's "monochromatic success" card on her Simplicity blog. I changed her colors and some of her elements, but followed her idea to use many different textures and shapes in a monochromatic color scheme. Thanks, Susan, for all your inspiration!

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) sweet blush (pale pink base), raspberry fizz, and scarlet jewel (burgundy leaves and flower center).
Dies are PTI limitless layers 2-1/4" oval (lace-edged oval, cut into pieces and lined up to a 3/4" strip of the same color card stock), PTI buttoned up #2 (smallest button for flower center), and Memory Box tender leaves (smallest and largest leaf dies.)
Ribbon is 5/8" sheer-and-satin, colored with RV10 Copic marker. The bottom edge of the ribbon conceals the edge where I lined up my oval pieces to the strip above them.
There is a strand of DMC #3804 embroidery floss along the center of the ribbon. I used the same floss for the flower center.
The flower is a white paper Prima flower (confetti cake, may be discontinued) colored with Copic markers RV000, RV06, RV10, R00, and R56.
Embossing folder is Craft Concepts solid stars.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (161)

1 comment:

Susan Raihala said...: AWESOME!!!! What a great use of texture and shape to make a lovely monochromatic card!!!!!!; June 23, 2012 at 9:04 PM

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Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

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Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

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Saturday, June 23, 2012