Thursday, July 11, 2013

i may have accidentally cheated a little...

...on the color challenge i'm entering. but we'll get to that. at the moment i'm so excited to have had a little extra blogging, surfing, and unscheduled card-making time this week, that i'm almost giddy! it's all because of the floor re-finishing escapade, of course. because i have to be HERE in the house... but i'm basically trapped in the guestroom to escape the noise and mess. there are definitely worse fates, don't get me wrong!

so yesterday on my SOS teammate jessi's blog i saw the great multiple-sketch scenario to celebrate tuesday morning sketches' fourth birthday and i was determined to play. then i saw the berry berry fun "strawberry farm" challenge at city crafter, and i thought, "oh yeah!". finally, the current palette at color throwdown seemed like the perfect jumping off point for combining the other two. in a wave of enthusiasm, working with my rolling office chair pulled up to the edge of the bed, i made this:

(flower photo taken by me, printed on kodak premium high gloss paper and cut out; patterned paper: echo park, glitz design, basic grey + gingham gift wrap + old book paper that's been misted a bit + a digital music brush printed on inkjet transparency; strawberries: very old pack of glitter rub-ons from the $1 aisle at michaels; punches: ek success, recollections; alphas: american crafts; labels: dymo; washi tape: recollections; ink: colorbox; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape)

ok so... for starters, it's not BERRY BERRY strawberry, is it?! nope. there's only one little berry on there!


in my original idea there was a whole border of them!!! but somehow the big flower sorta took over. i've still got the sentiment, though; and to make up, i put some more berries inside. see?


i did a lot better with the sketch part. i chose the one on the lower right, obviously:


admittedly, again, the big honkin' flower really took over, didn't it? i could've trimmed up, but it was so beautiful i didn't quite have the heart, so i just let it burst off the card! then there's the color palette, which is luscious, don't you think?


but you see the problem, right? i think my turquoise shade is more green than it ought to be; the one in the palette is quite a bit bluer. partly it's the way the card photographed, but also, when i saw the palette originally, it was in the evening and on my iphone, so i thought i was pretty close. in the daytime, on the big computer screen, i have my doubts. so i will totally understand if i am disqualified, especially since color throwdown is ALSO celebrating their anniversary... (FIVE years! congrats!) ... and they have some awesome prizes you should really check out!

i'll be back tomorrow with my second card for our JINGLE BELLES cardstock christmas prompt; i'm pretty proud of this one... i actually broke out quite a few rubber stamps, and serious inkiness ensued! ciao for now, darlings!

13 comments:

  1. you crack me up...love the big honkin' flower.

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  2. You did just FINE with your colors! What a fabulous card--I'm loving that big ol' flower! Thanks so much for playing along and helping us celebrate!

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  3. Yay for a happy beautiful card with F-L-O-W-E-R and tinny tiny little berry. Fab! Thanks for joining us at CCCB :) Hugs, Wendy

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  4. I don't know what I love more, the outside or the inside. I guess the whole card is most excellent.
    Keep smiling and creating.

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  5. So cute Lauren!!! I love it insode and out :-) Thank you for playing along this week at CCCB :-)

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  6. Love that HUGE flower!! Your photo is awesome... I thought you stuck a REAL flower on your card!! Thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous work at the Tuesday Morning Sketches 4th Birthday Party!

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  7. Gorgeous!! What a great idea to print out a flower pic that you took!! Love this!
    Thanks for coming to our birthday party this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!! :)

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  8. Completely totally utterly awesome! One might even say it's BERRY awesome ;) I love that one single berry - and my goodness, that flower? Absolutely incredible photo. The petals! Thanks so much for the shout-out, you silly :) Enjoy the comfy guest room (any luck they'll run over? Maybe I can get renos going & hide in my own room....hmmmm....!)

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  9. This is just sweet beyond words, berry sweet in fact! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB! Always good to see you here!

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  10. Girl..you are dedicated and made this on a bed. Good for you! I love the inside almost a little more than the outside. Is that weird? I love them both don't get me wrong, but I don't know.. the insides of the cards are always forgotten. Not done much with. I love how you did this! Great card.

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  11. Beautiful! I thought that flower was real. Thanks for celebrating TMS's 4th birthday!

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  12. Well that is a spectacular flower ... But the strawberries on the inside just pipped it to the post ... pipped it ... get it? Sorry ... couldn't help that ... Thanks so very much for playing along at CCCB!

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  13. Your interpretation of the colors is just fine! The card is fantastic... LOVE that big flower! Thanks for helping us celebrate at The Color Throwdown!

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