Happy almost Thursday! You know what that means...it's almost Friday, yah! I just had to take a break and participate in some challenges. Everything But The Kitchen Sink had an interesting sketch I wanted to try.
And the CARDS blog challenge this week was to use 8 colors. 8 COLORS! Now this was really a challenge for me, seriously, I finally got to seven colors and almost gave up. But you know me, I pulled out all of the stops and threw in some yellow floss!
I used the Look Up set from Practicing Creativity and my Marvy Uchida heart punches to create little heart shaped hot air balloons. And I thought that the banner in the set could help me use at least 4 colors. Score! So for the scalloped edge in the sketch I used the banner...that counts, right? Did some inking on the edges in Spring Rain to represent a little bit of sky, and added a button to the center balloon. Let's see, I'm at 7 right? White, Aqua Mist, Close to Cocoa, Spring Rain, Lavender Moon, Spring Moss, and Ocean Tides. So I needed 1 more. That's when I pulled out the yellow floss and added it as the string for the banner, tied a bow, popped the button off so I could thread some through it, and voila! Done.
While I love how it turned out...I don't know if I'll be trying to pull that many colors together again anytime soon.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a chance to make a creative mess today!
Oh my word Dawn!!! This is so fabulous and so creatively done! Who would have thought that punched out hearts can be used for hot air ballon...only you can think of that! WOW!
ReplyDeleteThis card is so cute!!! Love how you used the hearts as hot air balloons :)
ReplyDeleteDawn, this is amazing! Love the added touch of yellow floss- it really completes the card! I thought about participating in the CARDS challenge, but 7 colors really does sound like too many. I'll leave it to the pros (ie YOU)! ;)
ReplyDeleteFabulous job on the challenges! Love your take on the scallopes for the sketch and your 8 colors so work great together.
ReplyDeletehow cute is this?? fabulous design! love it!
ReplyDeletesoooo super darling! Great take on the sketch!
ReplyDeleteIt takes a very creative mind to think of heart hot air balloons and an equally talented individual to make them look so spectacular. Your choice of colors further compliment the overall sweetness of this card, and it is purely lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh my fabulous job using all the colors! It's really a serious challenge! Love the heard shaped balloons!
ReplyDeleteDawn this is amazing! I never would have thought to punch the hearts! :) Thank you for the comment too, I love those colors, that would be so cute for a wedding! I love all the new combos people are using!
ReplyDeleteyour card is wonderful-perfect for the challenges, dawn! 7 colors-yikes! i'll pass on that one:)
ReplyDelete8 colors is A LOT, but you did it very well. Thanks for stopping by Asleep on the Couch and commenting on my Color Cue submission. I'd love it if you participated in my current challenges.
ReplyDeleteOh my word!!! what a fantabulous idea with that set!!
ReplyDeleteCute card, cute use of the challenges!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on both challenges. I was too scared to try the 8 colors on a card challenge, so I didn't even attempt it. Kudos to you for attempting it and creating a beautiful card in the process!
ReplyDeleteOh this is gorgeous! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is sooo cute!! Love it!! :D
ReplyDeletethis is such a lovely card
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