Saturday 22 August 2015

MCV16 - Joy


Here's my card for this week's Muse: ChristmasVisions challenge where Betty has given us this sparkly, elegant inspiration:





I focused on Betty's:
-colour combination - cream, lime, grey, red, silver and gold
-stitching (I used MFT Blueprints 25)
-elements - glittery silver circle and glittery gold heart. Mine are smaller.
-theme - Joy (thanks to Janet for reminding me that this is a W Plus 9 die).

I CAS-ified it by:
-leaving a bigger border around the focal panel
-reducing the size of the circle and heart
-reducing layers (no polka dots)
-increasing the scale (but reducing the number) of stripes
-reducing embellishments (no sequins)

I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us this week - the deadline is Wednesday at 8 am. At that time you can vote for your 3 favourites until Thursday at 8 am. Voting results will be posted on Thursday at noon. Hope to see you there!

16 comments:

  1. I love how festive this is and a classic Ardyth square card! ;)

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  2. You always make the prettiest stuff! Love your CAS style!

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  3. This is such a clever and stunning take on this weeks challenge,wish I had thought of it hee he.I'm really struggling this week with any challenge but this one has me stumped.....x

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  4. Ardyth, here's another card that just Wow's me with your design from the inspiration. (The joy die is from the Seasonal Sentiments Sets at WPlus9)

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  5. So darn cute and so gloriously clean & simple! Thanks for sharing your CAS-ified tips :)

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  6. This is STUNNING!! I love the way you created the background and the simple use of the glitter paper. Beautiful take on the challenge!!

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  7. Another beautiful CAS masterpiece, Ardyth!!!! Love how you've added the sparkle!!!
    Have a great week!!!!!

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  8. Gorgeous CAS card, very modern and very striking. Clever take on Betty's card. Loving the colour combination and the scale of the card and layout x

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  9. Gorgeous and graphic, Ardyth ... those ribbons of colour behind the rich red 'joy' are fabulous! Hugs & bisous, Anita :)

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  10. This is fantastic, Ardyth! Wonderful Christmas card!

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  11. As always I love seeing how you break down a fussy card and capture the essence of it in a CAS design. You seriously rock at that!

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