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Thursday, July 16, 2009

A Fun Color Challenge!

Thank you Kristina for posting another one of your awesome Color Inspiration Challenges! I was in desperate need of something to inspire me today! Here is her challenge for us this time around:



and here is what I made:



Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: The More the Merrier set, Party Hearty set
Ink: Versamark; Riding Hood Red Classic ink
Paper: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red cardstock
Accessories: White embossing powder, White Signo gel pen, paper piercer, Dimensionals; ribbon by Lil' Davis Designs

I loved the colors in the challenge this week but wanted to create a clean and simple card. I stamped one cupcake from the stamp on each piece of cardstock using Versamark and then embossed it with White embossing powder. I cut the cupcakes out and popped them up onto 1" square pieces of the same color cardstock. I added some faux stitching for a little detail and adhered them to my white background. I added the sentiment, matted it to the red cardbase and lastly, searched my stash for some matching red ribbon! I was happy to find this old, neglected polkadot ribbon... it just works! Hee!

Well, I hope you are all enjoying your day! If you have time, check out the other cards people submitted for the color challenge on Kristina's website- there is some great talent there!

Thanks for stopping by!

-tessa

31 comments:

  1. What an awesome idea!!! I gotta remember this - I haven't used my cupcake stamp yet!

    Cindy

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  2. Holy COW!!!! This is adora-freakin-ble!!!!!! Love this!!

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  3. What a great card! The colors are awesome.

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  4. Love it, love it love it! Such a cute card. I love how you put your sentiment vertically. It's simple yet really stunning! Way to rock the challenge!

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  5. Adorable card - Way to incorporate all the colors in a clean and crisp way! great job on the challenge!

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  6. Love your faux stiching and fun ribbon detail. Super fun job with the color combo.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  7. Tessa- how fun and simple this is!!!! Totally love this!!! Hope you don't mind; I'll be CASEing it for sure :)
    Have a happy day!
    Jacynthe

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  8. L-O-V-E-L-Y was what I thought when I saw it.. it's amazing!!!! so simple but creative ÜÜÜ

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  9. This card is sooo sweet and simple! You really rocked this color challenge! Nice work!! :)

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  10. OMG! Tessa, this is a fantastic way to use the cupcake image! Your card is amazing!

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  11. Hope you are honoured and not annoyed with me... here is my version of your absolutely awesome card http://lifeinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/2009/07/spotlighting-tessa-again.html
    Thanks again for making such beautiful cards!

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  12. LOVE this card! Those cupcakes are too cute!!

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  13. Such a cute card! You did great on that color challenge...I thought it was a really tough one. :)

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  14. Love cupcakes! Love Clean & Simple! What more can you ask for? LOL! Really cute!!!

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  15. What a great use of the More the Merrier set! Thanks for the inspiration, fab-u-lous card.

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  16. that is a great color combination and love what you made with it! The cupcakes are adorable :)

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  17. This is perfect, what a great idea for all the colours, very smart girl!

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  18. My jaw just hit the floor. This is totally stunning. I LOVE IT!

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  19. I love this card!!!! It is so very fun. Great job. You are so super creative, talented, and inspiring!

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  20. Man, this is sooo cute! I love cards that are clean and simple but have such a hard time making them myself. You did a terrific job!

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  21. Simple and elegant, even though it's also fun and colorful. WOW, that's not easy to pull off. You did it! TFS.

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  22. thanks for the inspiration! i'm adapting this sketch and the colors for a kids card i'll be making at the Ronald McDonald House in my area this week. just what i needed!

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  23. Oh my gracious gravy! What a most AWESOME card!!!!! Love. It!

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  24. Love the cupcakes. Very sweet card. Thanks for sharing.

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