Thursday 21 January 2016

Time Out Challenge # 48

Another two weeks have whizzed around again, so its time for a new challenge at TIME OUT. Its a very exciting challenge for me as we are CASEing a card designer who I've admired for a long time:


This card is by the spectacular Marika Rahtu and her blog is Me and Minime Crafting. I'm sure you will have come across her cards somewhere in blogland. Her colouring skills are unbelievable and she comes up with such unique ways to make her cards stand out. It was from a video that Marika made that I learned how to use my pencils to colour on the back of vellum. She really is a genius and its an absolute honour to CASE one of her cards. 

The grey of the flowers really grabbed me first when I saw this card. I could never even attempt to replicate her colouring of the flowers, so chose some stamps that worked with layering:


I started off by stamping the flowers (from Altenew 'Painted Flowers') using only two of the layers, with grey on the bottom and black giving the detail. I also stamped some single leaves in black as well and fussy cut them all out. Pink and grey is a colour combo I love, so decided to use my mini-blending tool and some Distress Ink 'Picked Raspberry' to give a very soft colour to the card front. 

I layered the flowers and leaves using double-sided tape and stamped the sentiment (also from Altenew 'Sohcahtoa') in black. I then added some small clear and pink sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

You have two weeks to link your projects to the TIME OUT challenge, so hopefully that will give you plenty of time to come up with one or even two designs. And of course the rest of the Design Team have some gorgeous cards on the blog to help you with any inspiration you may need. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!

Take care
Shona
 

13 comments:

  1. So gorgeous Shona, the grey and pink together are perfect, one of my fav combos too x

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  2. Great color combo and your sponging looks good, such a pretty and soft take on Marika's card!

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  3. Stunning Shona. I love the soft pink inking against the grey. So beautiful.

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  4. A card for a lady; elegant and girly! Great case! Hugs, Gerrina

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  5. So softly Beautiful, Shona! Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words. You're a sweetheart.

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  6. The soothing feeling when I look at your card is remarkable. Don't know if that was your intent, but this gorgeous card just brings calm to me.

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  7. The soothing feeling when I look at your card is remarkable. Don't know if that was your intent, but this gorgeous card just brings calm to me.

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  8. This card is simply beautiful. I can see how Marika's card inspired you - love the grey flowers

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  9. Hello Shona: Your card is a beautiful rendition of Marika's card, I love the soft pinks with the gray colors you used, they go beautifully together.
    Thank you so much for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Maria Rodriguez.

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  10. Ooooh, so pretty, Shona ... the softly sponged pink is a wonderful backdrop for those lovely monochrome blooms ... just fabulous! Hugs, Anita :)

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  11. Gorgeous card Shona! I absolutely love the gray flowers.

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  12. Those grey flowers are so pretty and so beautifully accented by the soft pink background! Wonderful CASE! Jill

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