Sunday, October 17, 2010

Now, that was tough!


One look at the Play Date Cafe challenge # 51 colors and I knew it would be tough for me... but I wanted to try it anyway. This was what I came up with; with help from the sketch at Get Sketchy:

        


The colors are not the exact ones, I guess. But this was the best match I could find :-). I'm regretting not having ordered inks earlier... I realized today that I hardy have any :-(. But I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to get some colors locally soon.


The ribbon is courtesy T! :-) I tried a new ribbon ruffling technique (again!)... I really love ribbons and lace. The corrugated sheets are also a recent purchase when I went to meet T! The patterned paper is an old one from Hobby Ideas and the flowers are Itsy Bitsy. Buttons and twine are from my dear mom :-). I tried creating a matching envelope too...

Hope you liked it,

Ciao,
Smita

30 comments:

  1. WOW, that is really pretty Smita! Unusual color combo AND sketch but you managed to make a gorgeous card! LOVE the texture and ruffled ribbon. Is it stitched? xxD

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  2. Wonderful take on the sketch and colors, Smita! This has so much great texture and layering. The faux stitching is a nice finishing touch. Thanks for your sweet comments, as always!

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  3. Wow! That's a new way to tie the ribbon! Hehe! I'm Tee! love my new nickname!
    I love the card girlie...

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  4. Very lovely card! I love how u ruffled your ribbon. I so have a weakness for ribbon. Also, love how u designed your card with buttons and flowers...great job!!! Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  5. wow!!.. this is such a beautifl card!.. love the cardboard and the paper!.. awesome! :)

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  6. Love the pattern :)
    Keep posting!

    www.eenzybeenzy.com

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  7. Gorgeous - love the textures on this!

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  8. this is an absolutely beautiful card! love it!

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  9. Lovely patchwork! Beautiful details. Thanks for playing along with us at the PDCC.

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  10. Wonderful patchwork design! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  11. This is really lovely Smita! I love the textures created with the use of the corrugated cardboard. Love the ribbon treatment too! You did such a great job with the GS sketch! :)

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  12. Nice work! Love the texture...

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  13. Loving that ruffly ribbon, Smita! Nice one. Love the corro card too!

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  14. Love the textures that are being created by the corrugated paper...absolutely gorgeous card :)

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  15. Nice use of textures and colors! beautiful card!

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  16. That's a pretty card. You did a good job on that tough challenge. The corrugated paper gave it a better effect.

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  17. lovely, the color combo is gorgeous....love the corrugated background

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  18. love the fabulous textures in this! beautiful!

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  19. this is such a beautiful card Smita!! Corrugated paper looks great and you have done a wonderful job with the colors!! Even I had some with me which I had absolutely forgotten!! Thanks for reminding :D

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  20. Looks like you didn't have a tough time just seeing your card! I think it's awesome! Wonderful symmetry and gorgeous details! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  21. This is beautiful! I love all the colours and the quilted look with the corrugated squares.

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  22. Great combination of elements, glad you 'went for it' with the play date challenge, you came away with a successful piece :) Great having you in the cafe this week :)

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  23. OH---love those corrugated pieced!! LOVE this sketch--so fun! You rocked these challenges:) Thanks so much for joining in the fun and playing along with the PDCC!!

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  24. Wow this is a fantastic card, love the texture you get from using the corrugated card. Very inspirational. Thank you for leaving a kind comment on my blog. You wanted to know which embossing folder i used. It's exclusive to an online company called Oh My Crafts. Part of a set of four entitled "Shapes". The link is here...http://www.ohmycrafts.com/OMC-Exclusive-embossing-Folders-SHAPES.aspx

    Hope this helps

    Paul xx

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  25. Lovely card and the colours look fine to me. The ruffled ribbon has me intrigued. Love the buttons as an additional element.

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  26. I love everything about your eyecatching card, the texture is fabulous.

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  27. Those corrugated sheets are too cool! I like how you placed the buttons! Nicely done!

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  28. Wow, this was a lot of piecing together! Great job and I love the corrugated look! Thanks for sharing!

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