Thursday, February 17, 2011

My second card for the combined challenges

The Play Date Cafe and CASE Study challenges have issued us a joint challenge, to CASE this card by Eva Dobilas, usng green, red, and black.


Here is my 2nd card for this challenge:


This card started with this new ledger paper from a K&Company paper pad. The flower was already printed in the corner, so I colored it using red and green watercolor pencils, and trimmed out a panel. Then I stamped my sentiment and framed the panel in black. That was placed against a Cosmo Cricket design paper, bordered with punched music paper, and then everything was put onto a kraft card. My butterfly uses a cut-out butterfly from DCWV Mariposa paper, layered over the same punched butterfly used on my card below, with a red heart gem added to it's body.


supplies: kraft cardstock, K&Company Brenda Walton Flora & Fauna Ledger paper, Cosmo Cricket dp, the Paper Studio "Textured Cream Sheet Music" dp, DCWV Mariposa Mat Stack, Hero Arts CL173 Simple Messages, CL377 Be Happy (butterfly trail), CH173 Heart Accent Pearls, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch, colored pencils, ek success scallop punch

Please scroll down to see my other card made for this challenge.

31 comments:

Tracey said...

GORGEOUS!!!!! Beautiful design and use of the Play Date Cafe colours Lin!!! Thanks for joining us again at the PDCC :)

Chrysalis said...

They're both lovely, Lin, but I particularly like the second one. The colours are great. x

joy said...

Gorgeous cards, Lin!

Nancy said...

Both cards are incredibly beautiful Lin! This one is absolutely gorgeous, love that K&Company paper.
blessings~

Anonymous said...

omigosh, i love this!!
i have this same paper pad but it never occurred to me to colour in the botanicals. well...it's just brilliant!! ;)

Dawn T said...

totally amazing Lin. That you could make two different cards with the colours and inspirations amazes me.

Virginia L. said...

Congrats on your card (with border punch) featured in CREATE blog!! http://northridgemedia.net/blogs/create/departments/challenges/cards-challenge-gallery-and-new-challenge-26/
Way to go, Lin!!

TesaB said...

WOW! This is a breath taker, sooooo beautiful!!!

Brenda said...

Another beauty Lin! It's just such a perfect colour combo!

Leni said...

Beautiful colors you used! Love the flower on the first one.Nice pattern paper.

Cristina said...

Oh my gorgeousness!!! That's a beautiful card. So glad you joined us at CASE Study this week!

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous! Love the coloring in the flower! Beautiful design!

Andrea Ewen said...

So much fabulous inspiration, who can make just one? Beautiful, Lin, love how you colored in the flower on the paper...what a wonderful accent! Thanks for playing along with both CASE Study and the Play Date Cafe!

Michelle said...

Love both cards Lin! So different but equally as beautiful! I really LOVE this "Hello" card!

Colleen Dietrich said...

OH, my goodness, another beauty! I can't decide between the two, I just can't! Glad you made time for us more than once this week at the Cafe. :)

Michele Gross said...

I love this! The musical scallops are such a pretty touch and you did such a pretty job with the colors! Glad you had fun at our Combined Grind this week at The Play Date Cafe!

Erum Tasneem said...

so pretty! love the butterfly!

Sue said...

I am struggling to pick a favourite Lin, the DS papers are fabulous!
thanks for taking the time to play along again for our combined CASE study and PDCC #69 challenge! :)

Robin K. said...

Genius to color in the flower Lin! This is beautiful!

Tiffany Ervin said...

Wow Lin! You inspire me! Love the bold look on these colors!

Unknown said...

Your card is so pretty Lin! So sorry you could'nt do the scramble, but I know you must be having a great time with your family.

Anonymous said...

Just gorgeous!

Ann said...

Oh I love both cards Lin - they are so rich and sumptuous (that's a good word isn't it!).

Unknown said...

I loI have an award to give you. Stop by my blog to copy the picture and see your link.
http://papercompulsions.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-award.html

Happy crafting,
Janive your card. I am a big fan of K&Co too.

Judy1223 said...

BOTH cards are absolutely wonderful, Lin!

Ruby said...

Beautiful card! I just love the colours and the way your eye is drawn along the butterfly trail to the butterfly itself, fab design! Thanks for playing along us in our combined challenge with the Play Date Cafe and CASE Study!

Jinny Newlin said...

Fantastic combination of patterned papers; love your watercoloring details; and that butterfly, almost, looks real to life! Gorgeous creation! Thank you so much for sharing your creations, with us, in The Cafe, Lin!

Libby Hickson said...

Oh so pretty, Lin!! Love how the butterfly is popped up. Thanks for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe! (again!) :-)

Jaclyn Miller said...

This is absolutely fantastic. I just love how all the pieces fit together and how you made that butterfly come out of that flower. Thanks for playing along at The Play Date Cafe.

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

WOW!! Look at ths flower... amazing card... *happy sigh*
Thank you for joining us again!

Joy said...

WOW! Lin great take on the card, my jaw hit the ground when I saw this stunning card...love, love, love it! Hugs!