Wednesday 13 May 2015

Addicted to Stamps Challenge # 144

It's Wednesday again, so that mean's it's time for yet another challenge at Addicted to Stamps. For the challenge this week, our theme is:

                                                 CLEAN AND SIMPLE

This basically means projects that don't have too many embellishments or layer upon layer of papers etc. It is a very simple design.  The sponsor for this challenge is Sweet Pea Stamps  and they are generously giving 4 digi images to the winner. Yippee!!

For this weeks design, I wanted to try using a different coloured card base, as I always use white. Its funny because I never wear white because I'm too much of a grub but I love it on my cards (although there have been a lot of smudged fails......).

I came across the Runway Inspired Challenge # 83 and thought this would be a great one to try out:



There are so many different colours on this dress with black as the base colour. I chose to highlight the red, yellow and purple/pink flowers:


 
I die cut the Paper Smooches 'Roses' dies from paint chips. For the yellow and purple flower I removed all the cut pieces and adhered them to the card front. I used washi tape on the back of the red rose and the leaves to keep all the cut pieces together. The leaves were adhered to the card front and the rose popped up on foam tape. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold and popped the banner up as well on foam tape. And of course a few gold sequins for bling!!

The sequins are from Neat and Tangled and the sentiment from Lil Inker Designs 'Rainbow's and Clouds Sentiments'.

I have three other challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge (Let's get sentimental)

Happy Little Stampers - May CAS Challenge 


Little Tangles Challenge # 56 


You have one week to enter your designs into the Addicted to Stamps Challenge and as usual the rest of the Design Team have created some incredible projects to help with your inspiration, on the blog. I can't wait to see what you came up with and look forward to seeing you in the Gallery!!

Take care
Shona
 

30 comments:

  1. Shona, I just love your elegant looking design! You've really nailed the inspirational photo with this one!! The flowers really pop against your black background!! Great CAS card! ;)

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  2. Shona, I just love your elegant looking design! You've really nailed the inspirational photo with this one!! The flowers really pop against your black background!! Great CAS card! ;)

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  3. You captured that dress perfectly! Fabulous card, Shona!

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  4. Beautiful card! Love the bright colors against the black! Very pretty!

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  5. Awesome take on the inspiration image :) love those colors !

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  6. Amazing Shona. Love the die cut rose and the crafty use of all of the die cuts. Beautiful. Bravo.

    Hugs and Blessings
    Jim

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  7. Gorgeous take on the challenges Shona, fantastic card!

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  8. You love those flowers amd in these colours they are amazing. I love them with the centres removed. You really are CAS perfectionist!!

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  9. the black background really makes the flowers pop

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  10. Wow...absolutely gorgeous! Love the bold colors against the black!

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  11. Your colourful mix of dies look stunning on the black background Shona. Thanks for playing along at Happy Little Stampers. xx

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  12. Great take on the catwalk picture, love the black with the bright flowers. :)

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  13. Shona, another innovative creation from you that, like all the others - especially your W&W entries - has me in jaw-dropped, breath-taken-away awe! You *need* to be on more design teams: you're immensely talented, willing to move beyond your comfort zone (which I think is incredibly expansive to begin with!), with results that are nothing short of outstanding! Love this, love your W&W cards, love your quilling card...gosh darn, love everything you make! Oh...and your posts are awesome, too!
    Hugs~c

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  14. Shona, this is stunning! CAS perfection.

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  15. Wow, this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I love the colorful flowers on the black background. Awesome! Great take on the inspiration photo.

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  16. Fabulous card Shona...just as classy as that gorgeous dress! I am with you on the white thing,it is my go to card base but I am way to messy to wear white clothes...

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  17. Absolutely gorgeous! Great take on that photo and your die cut design is awesome!

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  18. Elegant, crisp and dramatic - love the black card base
    Sarah x

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  19. Gorgeous die cuts against the black! Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers xx

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  20. Wow - Shona, this is simply fabulous. It has a really dramatic look with the bold colours against the black. Fab! xx

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  21. AMAZING
    GORGEOUS
    ADORABLE
    and STUNNING
    I am swooning Shona
    cant speak...
    agree with all ladies...your card is a winner card..clever using that DIES...
    hugs, Monika

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  22. Gorgeous card!! Great take on the dress!!

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  23. Your card is so cool Shona - I love it! xx

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  24. WOWOWOOWOWOW!! This is BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE your take on the Challenge!! =)

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  25. Oh, how striking, Shona! I love the color combo on your roses and how beautifully they pop against the black background! Gorgeous card!!!

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  26. Wow, how striking, Shona ... those bold colours are fantastic against the black ... they really pop! Anita :)

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  27. Fabulous interpretation of the photo, Shona. I tend to use white all the time too but this is just amazing, the bright colours look fantastic and the addition of the gold sequins was spot on xx

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  28. I love how you kept the cut pieces intact with the flower. Thanks so much for joining us on the Runway!

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