Thursday, March 24, 2011

Stampin' Celebration #45


It's Thursday and there's another fantastic inspiration piece over at Stampin' Celebration!   I love neutral colors, so this was a really fun week for me. I also loved the bold and graphic look of the bottom photo. 


For my card, I used one of the Sale-A-Bration sets Sweet Summer.  Usually I wouldn't think to use this color palate with with this set, but I like the way it turned out.  I used the colors Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Black.  I started by stamping the flowers in those colors on Naturals White card stock and then used my blender pens to color in the flowers. 

The sentiment is from the set Trendy Trees.  I tied some Hemp Twine around the Basic Black layer and popped it up on dimensionals.   


For the layout, I used the Clean & Simple sketch challenge over at The Paper Players.  I just happened to stumble across their blog, and I'm sure I'll be back again.  :-)

Just a reminder that there is only ONE week left of Sale-A-Bration!  If you haven't taken advantage of this great opportunity yet, make sure you do quickly! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Make sure to head over to Stampin' Celebration to see what the other members of the Design Team have been up to.  And you can see who our Party Guest designer is this week.  

Stamps:  Sweet Summer, Trendy Trees
Ink:  Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Naturals White
Accessories:  Hemp Twine, blender pens, dimensionals

18 comments:

Ann Schach said...

Beautiful! I love how you randomly stamped in neutral colors. The hemp twine is the perfect touch! Such a clean and classy card! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!

Anonymous said...

Love this card! It looks so good in neutral colors - I would have never thought of it myself!

Anonymous said...

I never would have thought to use those stamps in those colors, but it looks fantastic!!Love it!

Yapha said...

I never would have thought to use those stamps in those colors, but it looks fantastic!!Love it!

Sara Mattson-Blume said...

Allie, you are so talented! I love that set in neutrals, but I never would have guessed it if you hadn't done such an amazing job!

LeAnne said...

Wow---this is fabulous! I saw this challenge earlier and I must say, I loved it and your interpretation of it!

Nance Leedy said...

And aren't we glad you found us?! Love, love, love your take on our sketch AND these colors. So clever to use Sweet Summer with the nuetral palette--very bold and sophisticated. So glad you could join us at the Paper Players! :-)

Shelley Z said...

Great card! Never thought to do flowers in neutrals but you really pulled it off! Love it!

Cori Kozak said...

This is fantastic!! Love the neutral flowers and little bit of twine!

Jen Timko said...

I really LOVE this set in the neutrals (of course, I really love neutrals). Perfect use of the sketch!

The Country Rose said...

Gorgeous card!!! It looks awesome done in neutrals!

Barb

Tanya Boser said...

You made neutrals look brilliant! This is a wonderful card!

Cindy said...

Gosh, I LOVE the home-grown DSP you made! Very, very pretty!!!

Anne Marie Hile said...

Alison, as if I didn't love this set enough...this is awesome! Love the neutral colors and the twine is the perfect accent! Thanks for playing along with The Paper Players this week! :)

Mickey Roberts said...

Such a beautiful card!

Amanda Mertz said...

And now I'm kicking myself for not choosing this as one of my SAB sets! =) Fantastic card all around, colors, layout, execution! TFS!

Lois said...

WOW this is awesome! Love the neutral colors. Great job! TFS

Salmi said...

What a great background stamp- can create some great paper with that......
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