Friday, May 1, 2015

does bling count as a "neutral"?

well, it does in the laureniverse, especially the clear/rhinestone/silver variety of bling... because silver is basically just a fancier version of grey, right? (just agree with me, k? i promise this will go much faster!) :) so if bling is a neutral and kraft is a neutral and white is a neutral, then basically today's JINGLE BELLES card is 100% neutral, see?

glittery christmas label sticker: papaya art; patterned paper: hambly, fancy pants, my mind's eye; florals: petaloo and making memories; victorian style snowflake diecut: k and co; bling: recollections; adheisves: elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape, gluedots

i should probably remind you that this fortnight we are working with a truly fabulous sketch created by the lovely and talented stephanie:


i started out with a completely different... much more colorful... idea; but then i found the awesome glittery papaya sentiment sticker and a scrap of belovedly hoarded kraft+silver hambly snowflake paper and the whole neutral-but-glitzy idea was born. i filled in with florals, a premade vintage-look snowflake diecut and a few frankensteined rhinestone flourishes that i snipped apart and put back together in a shape that worked better for my design; then called it a day. in retrospect, i wish i had put a little strip of ribbon or washi against the long vertical seam, but by the time i realized that, the other stuff was ON THERE, so i'm learning to love the card without it.


speaking of love, i *know* you will enjoy stephanie's beautiful card, so why not hop over to JINGLE BELLES and see that right now?!

5 comments:

  1. Bling is completely neutral...especially for you, my friend :) You are pure sunshine.

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  2. Bling is totally neutral, especially when you use it with pretty neutral colours like you have here! Lovely lovely!

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  3. oh, this is completely fabulous, stunning, and who could argue that bling isn't neutral - it's not a color, right? so it must be neutral. this card is anything but neutral, though, I totally love it ♥

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  4. Gorgeous Lauren! And yes, when you are right, you are right, bling is most definitely a neutral!

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