It's amazing what a little bling will do to 'make' a card. All the flower needed was just a touch of Stickles. Coloring the entire center of the flower would have been too much, but just a little bit gave it just what it needed.
I even managed to use two of my new stamps, so they won't be living in my new basket anymore. Yippee!
Supplies:
Stamps - Hero Arts large flower, PTI Simple Sentiments
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Elegant Eggplant
Accessories - Daffodil marker, aquapainter, Stickles
Our basement is almost entirely cleaned out now. I still have a few odds and ends to get packed up, and the crew will be here first thing in the morning.
I have a question for you. What color would you paint a basement? Our entire house is Shaker Beige with the exception of the bedrooms, and I don't think I want to do the same color in the basement. I want more color, but nothing green. Tell me what you think, and I may just have a prize for you if I use what you suggest!
Toodles,
K
18 comments:
Beautiful card! I love your coloring of the flower! I think a nice shade of Aqua, or pale blue would be pretty and add a little bright and cheeriness to a basement! Can't wait to see what you decide!
I'd paint it a very pale tint of yellow. Our house in Boise had very pale soft yellow walls with white trim. Art looked good on it, it was happy and cheerful, and I think it would look AWESOME in a basement.
Your card is lovely....I always forget about that technique, and it really is so soft and pretty.
Love the coloring on the flower! Beautiful!
As for painting the basement...I painted my craft room a "niagra blue" and I LOVE it. My black furniture looks great in here. Of course, I really love a soft blue.
I have to agree with Susan R...a pale, warm yellow with white trim is gorgeous and is a very pretty "neutral" that will go with just about any other color as accents. I did my living room, dining room and main hallway in this color 2 houses ago, and I think I am going back to it in my current home. Bright, cheerful, but not at all loud.
I love how you have stamped this flower off the edge... it's a great technique for a large image. I had forgotten about this colouring technique too, I shall have to make a note to try that again!
A lovely submission Karen, thanks for joining us and we hope you'll be back for our theme challenge next week!
Chrissie
"Less is More"
Your card is adorable, I loe that stamp!
I often use that technique as Im not a colourer!
Hope you will continue to come and see us and join in with the little community that is forming
mandi
"Less is More"!
Clean, simple and gorgeous. Love Sheila (Cyprus)
Karen love your card its stunning and stylish.
Anne
Very stylish. Well done.
Hugs, Sandra
Hello
Really gorgeous flower looks stunning....
hugs
sylvie
xxx
I love the flower image and the colour is beautiful.
This is beautiful xx jan
Fabulous Card, I really love this one.
As for your basement, I would go with warm bright colours, canary yellow or orange for me.
Lynne xxx
The colour on the flower is so subtle - great technique.
Fabulous reslt, i will be trying this in the future. Caz
Just wonderful!! Love the flower.
Love the card, I like your style on all the cards you have made that I have seen. As for the basement a cheery yellow is nice, a soft grey would work but then my basement is lilac because that is my favorite color.
Excellent card, and love the amount of white space you still have.
Jose
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