Just Because it's a challenge.....

Oh my word what a hot day it is today, but the sun is shining and I think my clothes will dry very fast today!! YAY! I love hanging out clothes!!

Talk about hot, the colour challenge on Dawn McVey's blog is a hot one! I actually kind of cringed a bit, and I don't think I would ever have put those colours together but really, when I finished with my card, I was quite pleased with it! Who knew??!

Here are the colours I used Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream, Plum Pudding and Scarlet Jewel, all from Papertrey Ink and here is the beautiful swatch the Dawn made up!






I started by getting my sketch and I decided to use the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch this week.......totally cute and I switched it around a bit, because after all, that is a woman' s perogative to do things like that....and you know I would......




I always start a colour challenge by pulling all of the colours from my cardstock pile. This is all very scientific, you understand, and not to be shared with just anyone!

Since the piece I pulled of Scarlet Jewel was smaller, I decided to use that for my base, so this is a 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" card. I ran it through the Swiss Dot embossing folder and then edged the piece in Vintage Cream ink - LOVE doing that!

I stamped Background Basics Text Style and the Fancy Flourishes in Plum Pudding onto the Vintage Cream cardstock and then stamped the sentiment from Damask Designs in Scarlet Jewel Ink.

I made a little scalloped border piece from In Bloom designer paper and also used it for my scrunchy flower along with Plum Pudding from Bitty Box Basics.

The button is a Vintage Scarlet Jewel button and I tied it with a bit of twine

The front panel is popped up a bit because that is part of the scientific process - really it is!!

I took my photo outside in front of my beautiful impatience plants! Love that Raspberry Fizz- it's everywhere!