ETA - this card was chosen as a winner! Yay! I'm a Colour Queen!
Way back, in the early days of Pinterest, I pinned this photo to my Inspiration Board:
And the day has finally come. I bought some new red and green embossing powders in Madison last weekend and I already had turquoise and pink, so I used this week's Colour Cue Challenge again:
The 'blot' is from Stampin' Up's Extreme Elements. I cut a mask of 'Merry' (Papertrey Ink), placed it on the front panel and then stamped in versamark over the whole thing. Then I added each colour of embossing powder separately (the new colour will not stick where another colour is already in place). I removed the mask and melted the powder with my heat gun. Then I cut a clean 'Merry' out of white cardstock and popped it up on dimensionals.
Somehow my 'blot' looks a bit like a map of Canada to me. But then again, when I look at the card, I also see 'messy' not 'merry'. Ah, the mind is a wondrous thing! At least mine seems to be! lol!
Next, looking back to yesterday's card: Yes, there was a pattern of letters as well as colours. As an accountant, I am a lover of order and predictability. I'm really not very good at 'random'!
So here's the scoop:
First, the pattern does not include the top line for obvious reasons.
Then, because I wanted clear space at the top, I started from the bottom rather than trying to find the 'right' place to start and still fit only full rows. But I wanted you to be able to see JOY going left to right and top to bottom, as if I had stamped it from top to bottom. Once I knew all this, I worked it out on grid paper, so I knew which order to stamp the letters in.The pattern starts in the bottom left corner and goes left to right (but does not start with J). Then up a row, left to right.
I've got a busy weekend lined up, trying to finish my friend's order of 80 photo Christmas cards (all with embossing and glitter - I'll be sneezing up a storm!), as well as my daughter's piano recital. I hope you have fun things to do, too!
LOVE this card! The embossed colors are the perfect background to your crisp, white, popped sentiment! :)
ReplyDeleteSo cool!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Ardyth!
ReplyDeleteHoly moly - an order of 80 cards! You will be busy!! I'm orderly just like you!! Love today's card...the colors are awesome.
ReplyDeletewow! I LOVE this card! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool card, really a fantastic take on the inspiration photo.
ReplyDeleteYou rock, that's all I can say! Thank you for sharing with us this week at the colourQ!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the scoop on the pattern of the card - it was driving me crazy! Math and I never played nicely in school!
ReplyDeleteLove the absolute boldness of this card! Even though the 'splats' seem to radiate out, my attention focused on the "Merry"! Love it. It does look likea map of Canada (DH would want to be fishing in all those remote northern islands!)
Wow, love it, want it!! I love how it's just shouting out from the card - weehee!!
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this! The bold, graphic design is such a great contrast to the simple die-cut sentiment.
ReplyDeleteNow I "need" some kind of splatter or "splot" stamp because I love this card!! LOL!! Thanks SO much for sharing all the details of your process. I love how you do that with all your cards. I read blogs to learn techniques, etc. so I really appreciate it when you talented cardmakers tell us exactly how you make it!!
ReplyDeleteyou ALWAYS have the most clever ideas, ardyth!! this is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteI see Merry. And Bright. Great card!
ReplyDeleteLove this, what a great idea!!!
ReplyDeleteso cool!! Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at the ColourQ!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!!! I can see this as a masculine card with "birthday" or something. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteOooh ... so stunning ... what a fun, bright, celebratory card! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, winning wowza!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the coolest card Ardyth.
ReplyDeleteLove your CAS card, Ardyth, thanks for joining in the fun at the colourQ this week.
ReplyDeleteFAB, FAB, FABBITY Ardyth!
ReplyDeleteWow. I am officially completely in awe of this card. Everything about it!
ReplyDeleteWow, is this cool or what!!! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteWell when you said you were busy completing a card order, I would have never guessed it was for EIGHTY of them. Holy cow, I can't even imagine doing someone else's cards in addition to my own. I hope you'll post a pic of them when they're all done.
ReplyDeleteAnd how amazing is this card?!? It is so "merry" and really looks like someone had a merry time making it! Another great pinterest inspiration!
oh wow, Ardyth! both your cards for this combo are just amazing! thank you for joining us at the colourQ ; )
ReplyDeleteOh my...this AND your first card are both wonderful! Love the "splat"...makes for a fun "merry" Christmas card! Thanks for sharing these with us at the CQC this week!
ReplyDeletei love this idea Ardyth!!
ReplyDeletejen xx
My jaw went splat when it hit the floor. This is amazing!
ReplyDeleteF-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!!! You definitely rocked these colors...love it! ~S~
ReplyDeleteWell-deserved win!
ReplyDeleteHi Ardy, I just stumbled across this prior challenge at ColourQ and saw the winners and had to pop back and congratulate you! I called this one and so it was no surprise! I'm just happy they saw it too and named you the winner!!
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