Today is 2nd of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge big reveal. This month 24 card makers took part and I sent my card to Gundi in Germany.
From all the options this month I chose to use the colours, dies and the theme of friendship.
The lattice pattern is an old Spellbinders shapeability die which I cut from some bluey/purply coated card. The thin frame dies are from Heffy Doodle and I used two small square and I banner die. So that's 6 in total. The stamps which are new to me are from a set by Clarity Stamps called just silhouette framers sampler. There are 20 small silhouette images in the set plus 6 sentiments. I now have 3 of these sampler sets and love them. Have a look here. They are such good quality too.
I stamped my focal point image in Catherine Pooler crushed violet ink and I was going to heat emboss it, but the image was too fine for that so I covered it with versamark and heat embossed the whole area several times, so it has quite a shine. I used Catherine Pooler lime ricky ink to create the green elelments and I love how it works with the other colours. The sentiment was stamped in lime ricky ink and then clear hear embossed. Unfortunately I did get a little shadow from the embossing, but decided not to worry about it. I stamped different images from the set on the insert and envelope.
Unfortunately I am still waiting for my card card from Dee in Kenya, so I can't share it with you today.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
22 comments:
Lovely use of the colours on a really pretty design Hilary.
B x
It's an absolutely fantastic card and I'm really happy it's mine.
Gorgeous card, Hilary! Yes, I love the stamped image too - so beautiful! I initially thought the background was checkers, but it obviously is not - but love the geometry, nevertheless! Hope you receive your card soon!
This is gorgeous, Hilary. Such sweet images and your colour palette just works so well. Thanks for being a link in our chain of creativity and friendship once again, Jo x
Gorgeous card Hilary, love the images and beautiful dies.
Carol x
This is SO pretty Hilary, with your lovely die cut background, your bright green framings and beautiful framed stamped floral! The colors work wonderfully with your design! Wonderful touch to add images to insert and envelope too! Julia xx
Love the way you’ve used the colours Hilary and those skinny frames are great, they really lift the overall effect and tie things together!
The colors are perfect and the overlay die is beautiful! Always a great idea to decorate the envelopppe
Great take on the colors, Hilary - love your bitty floral image with all the other layers and frames!!
Great colour combo and a really pretty striking design xx
Super card Hilary, such a striking colour combination.
Liz xx
Great use of the colours Hilary, and a beautiful card!! Love it
Blessings
Maxine
A wonderful and beautiful use of the colours Hilary. love the flowers and background design. x
Sweet little flowers, Hilary! I'm sure Gundi is enjoying this card!
Such a pretty card, I love that background especially the colour combo xx
wow thats a punch of colour to brighten up the day - its gorgeous
What a lovely bright and bold card.
My eye went first to the beautiful stamps and I did follow your link to have a peek. That's a lot of stamps in a set! I like the Spellbinders grid, too. You sure matched the colors exactly!
Wow--you used the color combo perfectly, Hilary! Love the look of your card! The lime is such a fun element! Thank you for all the positive comments. I really appreciate you. The CCC card was an old one waiting for the right occasion and I decided it was now. I need to get out my laminator and foil some more panels.
Oh, how pretty! Wonderful color combo! I especially like how you used the lime color!
This is just so cheerful and uplifting, the colours, the flowers and the pretty background, all working to make something lovely!
I love the bold colours on this lovely card, Hilary, and the dilcate image is gorgeous. I always love how you go the extra mile with the insert and envelope - it makes your cards very special.
Hope you are well,
Hugs,
Carol x
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