I have never been good making cards with paint chips; I don't know why, but it just doesn't gel for me. So, when Bev (beestamper) challenged our small group to make a card using a paint chip and flower stamp, I at first thought *Oh, no! I can't do paint chip cards!* Well, that's the purpose of our group: to challenge ourselves, so I made myself sit down at my work table last night and do a paint chip card.
Now this card doesn't look like it, but I spent over an hour working on it. I attempted several ideas I had; all of them ugly once I put them to paper. Tired and needing to go to bed, the paint chip slipped out of my hand, dropping onto a piece of white cardstock and I thought, *Hmmmmm. I kinda like the stark simplicity of this!* So, I just added the three faux brads, this sweet little happy birthday stamp, and paper piercing at the bottom and called it good.
TFL!
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I've been trying to figure out what I am going to do for a house warming card for a friend of mine - INFATUATED with green. I was looking at this stamp set and trying to figure out how to do it with "her green" colors.
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Registered: April 4, 2006 Location: Boxertown USA, IL Posts: 67325
Thu, May 29, 2008 @ 11:05 PM
I think you are teasing us about how all the others looked ugly. I bet they were as purty as this one. I like the colors and the faux brads. Great job.
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Thu, May 29, 2008 @ 11:06 PM
Charlene, know I finally know what all the excitement about color chips is all about! This is fabulously stunning with your panels and your piercing. Outstanding, as usual!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105267
Fri, May 30, 2008 @ 8:53 AM
I have a lot of trouble with these too, Charlene! How fortunate you were to drop this so it landed on the white! The contrast is beautiful!! The shades of purple are so lovely....and an outline stamp works really well! I'd say this is a real winner!!!!
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