Saturday 11 July 2015

Pink Brick Wall

Hi and welcome!  Today's card covers a few different challenges.  I'm using the sketch from Verve as well as the colors from Color Throwdown for my card.  As it's a birthday card, I'm also entering it at Seize the Birthday (although no toppings this time).


This card has far more layers than I usually use, but it was fun to make.  I started out with a black card base die-cut with a stitched rectangle die.  I stamped a brick background stamp onto the pink panel using Cotton candy ink and adhered that to the card base after stamping the sentiment.

A Green Apple stitched circle was next then two tags - the pink one again stamped with the brick background.

The flowers were stamped and colored with my Zig Real Brush pens using pink for the leaves and orange for the centers.  The leaves are from MFT.

And that's about it!

Thanks for visiting.





Products used:

Stamps:  Lean on Me, Poppy Birthday (Verve), Brick Background (Impression Obsession)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Cotton Candy (SSS)
Cardstock:  Black, watercolor, Cotton Candy, Green Apple (SSS)
Accessories:  Pointed Flower die (Verve), Layered Leaves die (MFT), Zig Real Brush Watercolor Pens, Twine, Tag Me die (Reverse Confetti), Stitched Circle and Rectangle dies (Lil' Inkers)

Cheers
Karren

12 comments:

SonjaK said...

Such a beautiful color combination! Didn't like it much when I saw the color panel at color throwdown but it looks real stunning on your card. The black background makes everything pop.

Marisa said...

You did a great job with the extra layers! Love the flowers and skeleton leaves along with the pink and green combo with pops of black. Wonderful take on the sketch :)

Hannelie said...

Wow the sketch and colours worked so beautifully together. Resulting in one fabulous card Karren.
Thanks for linking up at Seize the birthday!

Cindy Lovell said...

Oh WOW Karren!! This card is amazing!! Love the layers and colors!!!

Wanda Cullen said...

Beautiful take on both the sketch and the throwdown colors! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CTD this week!

Lori said...

Beautiful design, Karren! Love how you colored the flowers. I have a set of those markers and I have yet to try them . . . Thanks for joining us at the Color Throwdown!

Nancy Thomas said...

Very striking! It just pops right off the screen.

Tammy Hershberger said...

What a pretty card... LOVE the flowers! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown.

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

Love that brick background Karren! The colour scheme is fabulous and the flowers are so pretty! Hazel xx

Vickie Z said...

Fun use of the challenges!! Great use of the sketch and colors....love those Verve flowers!! Glad you joined us at CTD!!

shirley-bee said...

This is pretty - love the pink/black/green combo. Thanks for playing along at Seize The Birthday :)

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

This is so pretty! Love that pink brick wall and those flowers are gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with Viva la Verve!