Pool Poppy Black

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Pool Poppy Black

The color combo challenge at Create With Connie & Mary this week is awesome! Pool Party, Poppy Parade and Basic Black. I decided to use this week's Freshly Made Sketch challenge which is a great sketch that really appeals to the accountant in me due to its delicious symmetry LOL. As luck would have it, this card also qualifies for the SUO Challenge this week which is to use 3D flowers.

Here is my card:

There's lots of heat embossing going on with this card. I embossed En Francais in clear on the card base and also embossed it on the DSP layer. On the DSP layer, I lightly sponged over the top with Poppy Parade ink to highlight the embossing a bit more.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: En Francais; Warmest Regards

Cardstock: Basic Black; Pool Party; 2010-12 In Color DSP; Everyday Enchantment DSP; Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black; Versamark; Poppy Parade

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch; In Color Brads; Clear EP

Cheers

Karren

13 comments:

Anonymous said...: Karren, it looks like you have covered all these challenges so well. A beautiful card.; 19 May 2012 at 19:59
Jen Timko said...: Fabulous, fabulous card! Love the colors and your choice of DSP. The flower is so great! So glad you joined us at Freshly Made Sketches this week! (BTW, this qualifies for the SUO Challenge too); 20 May 2012 at 05:11
Jen Timko said...: Oh yea! You linked it at SUO too. Again, love it!; 21 May 2012 at 06:15
Linda Callahan said...: These colors are striking together! Great card!; 21 May 2012 at 08:00
Christine Blain said...: What a beautiful, dramatic, card Karren!; 21 May 2012 at 13:12
Deb said...: Wow!! This is so elegant and rich looking! You used these challenge colors perfectly!! I love the flower, too! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!; 22 May 2012 at 04:43
Jen Mitchell said...: Great mix of colors. This is so elegant! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!; 22 May 2012 at 09:05
Lisa Martz said...: I really like the way the embossing looks over the top of the DSP! I hadn't ever thought of that, but it looks great! Love the 3D flower. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!; 22 May 2012 at 11:50
Mary Brown said...: Love how you used just a little of pool party in here! And such a pretty 3D flower too! Thanks for playing along this week with the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and the SUO challenge too!; 22 May 2012 at 13:43
Debbie Henderson said...: I really like the poppy panels and your wonderful flower! So glad you joined CCMC this week!; 22 May 2012 at 22:30
Connie Babbert said...: Great combination of both challenges...love the embossed panels and beautiful flower! Striking! Thanks for playing along with the color challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!; 23 May 2012 at 02:40
Carrie Sampsel said...: Love the heat embossed background. Very elegant! And the flower is beautiful as well. Great job with the colors and thanks for joining us oveer at Create with Connie and Mary.; 23 May 2012 at 10:39
Heidi Baks said...: Beautiful use of colors to give a dynamic contrast! Thanks for joining SUO Challenges.; 26 May 2012 at 11:19