Pastel Chevrons with Flowers

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Pastel Chevrons with Flowers

At first I thought of masculine cards for today's zig-zag challenge on the Operation Write Home President's Day Weekend VCMP (virtual card making party.) But it's time for me to make some "Mom" cards for my March box to OWH. So I decided to try some chevrons with pastel colors and flowers. I really like the result!

My layout was inspired by Danielle Flanders' chevron cards (2nd set of cards posted here) on her Homespun with Heart blog. Thanks, Danielle!

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

Card stock is Ellen Hutson white linen, Paper Source plum (light purple) and blossom (pink), and Papertrey Ink (PTI) harvest gold (yellow), spring rain (light blue), and prints from pattern packs in sweet blush (pink), spring rain, and winter wisteria (light purple).
Dies are PTI chevron stripes borders, heart-2-heart #7 (blue flower), and beautiful blooms II #3 (purple flower), and Memory Box fancy blossoms (pink flower).
Flower centers are made with a 1/4" hole punch.
Sentiment "Love you, Mom" is computer-printed with purple ink in Harrington font.

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." (256)

2 comments:

Erika said...: I love your feminine take on this card and your mixture of patterns and chevrons is lovely. Thanks for playing along in my challenge!; February 17, 2013 at 9:33 PM
Unknown said...: Very pretty card, I like the way you positioned your chevrons.; February 18, 2013 at 9:35 AM

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Saturday, February 16, 2013