Thursday, May 17, 2012

Tropical Colors for a Freshly Made Sketch

I combined the OWH Stars & Stamps mid-week throwdown to use tropical colors with the great Freshly Made Sketch challenge #35 and came up with this card...

I dug into my stash and used some cardstock from a very old ColorBok carnival pad I bought from QVC when they were still selling crafting supplies. The dsp is a retired piece from SU!, and I embossed the 3 white panels with an older Cuttlebug ef, adding an assortment of colored brads. The sentiment is by Northwoods and the scalloped border was done with a SU! punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and here's wishing you all a wonderful spring day!

Carol

21 comments:

jimlynn said...

Love all the different colored brads on here Carol! Fantastic card.
Lynn

Lee Mae said...

Hi Carol! I love those little embossing folders and your card looks really terrific with the way you had them change direction and with the brads. Great card!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Very creative, Carol! I never understood why they stopped selling crafts. The stuff sold out faster than you could blink, most of the time. You had to have the phone programed on redial!

nwilliams6 said...

This is fab! Love the colors, sketch, and fun details. Wonderful creation.

JD/ Jill said...

Great card.Carol, very creative with the brads...

Donna Nuce said...

Love the embossing on the card. Very pretty card.

Sue from Oregon said...

I love their sketches...just did my first one the other day! Love how you added all the different sized brads...added a touch of whimsy!

LeAnne said...

Eeek! I love this!

paige said...

Love the embossed panels and the colored brads are such a fun element!

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

love the use of the embossing strip - wonderful card for the challenge and use of the sketch

Barb Housner

Jan Hunnicutt said...

Oh wow, I love your card Carol! Those panels are fabulous and I too love all the brads on your flowers.

Thanks for playing in our Midweek Throwdown color challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps!

Paula S. said...

Very creative way to use the embossing edges! Great job as usual Carol. :)

Denise Marzec said...

LOOOOVE how you used different colored brads. Looks awesome!!

...and I printed out this sketch, too. Looks like a fun one! Hoping to play today. :)

Donna Hanley said...

Carol, what a pretty card. I love how you accented your embossed flowers and those b/g papers looks so very nice. The black really makes all the other colors pop. Great card. Talk to you soon.

Benzi said...

Very pretty, Carol! I really like all the embossed, colorful panels. I forget to use my Cuttlebug strips. Duh!

Jen Timko said...

Love, love the embossed flowers with the little brads! Such a great use of the sketch! So glad you joined us this week at Freshly Made Sketches

Linda said...

Thos brads are perfect! SNJ!!!

Angela said...

Love the tactile nature and colors in this card!

So glad you could join us in the Midweek Throwdown Color Challenge with Operation Write Home!

Deb Fortin said...

great Card. love everything about it, but especially the different sized brads as flower centers and the embossing pattern is so cute.Love love love it.

Rita W said...

Great card! I love the embossing with the added brads!!! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Shannon White said...

Aww, This is so Cheery and Sweet Miss Carol! Love the Pretty Pretty embossed panels and colorful brads! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon