One of those weeks...

It's been one of those weeks. There's just so much time, and so little to do...scratch that, reverse it. This week has been crazy! It's been fun in its own way, but definitely hasn't left me much time for stamping. Believe it or not, I started this card on Monday, and just finished it this morning!
The layout is Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch #74, and the color combo was taken from Amy's inspiration challenge for the Unity Addicts this week (USC24). I took three of the colors from the image she gave us, purposely picking three that would challenge me. (*Confession time...I'm not a big fan of purple, at least not on cards, and I can't really say why.*) However, these three colors (purple, orange, and green) form a triadic color scheme, meaning that their positions on the color wheel form an equilateral triangle. So, as long as the tones you pick are similar, the combination will work. (See, I did learn something from my design and color theory classes! *wink*)

The card base is a Perfect Plum A2-sized card. I stamped the verse from 'Something Within' onto Whisper White using Perfect Plum ink, stamped a wish stick from the August KOTM with Apricot Appeal, and sponged Apricot Appeal around the edges. I also stamped the butterfly from the August KOTM onto a scrap of WW, sponged it, and trimmed it closely, then stamped this flower image (from the grab basket at Unity's CHA booth!) onto a circle of WW. I punched a scalloped circle with the blue Marvy Uchida punch, and mounted it behind the circle, and cut a panel of Perfect Plum and a panel of Wild Wasabi to mat the sentiment. Since green was the dominant color in the photo, I also cut two strips of Wild Wasabi DP to follow the sketch. Then I assembled everything, tying on a piece of Apricot seam binding, and mounting the butterfly with foam tape (using 2 layers under the wings for extra 'lift' *wink*).

I'm hoping to get to play along with VSN sometime this weekend (like maybe later tonight), so I'll be posting those when I finish them...hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Michelle

Supplies used:
Paper: Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White CS, 'Jersey Shore' DP (SU!)
Ink: Perfect Plum, Apricot Appeal (SU!)
Stamps: 'Something Within', 'Remember Happiness' August KOTM (Unity Stamp Co.)
Other: Apricot seam binding (Martha Stewart Crafts); scalloped circle punch (Marvy Uchida); foam mounting tape (3M)

Painted Lady

*Note: This week's Unity Addicts Challenge is in the next post*

This week's Color Challenge was a tough one for me...I'm not really a pink and purple kind of girl! But then I saw the adorable house from Unity's January KOTM, and remembered all the 'Painted Ladies' (a nickname for Victorian houses) in San Luis Obispo, and *knew* they were meant to be together. Victorian houses often have very colorful paint schemes, and this is actually a very typical combo from the Victorian era. If you go to SLO, you'll see pink houses, and you could probably find one with this exact color combo: Pink Pirhouette, Perfect Plum, and Kiwi Kiss/Old Olive. *wink*

I stamped the house onto Whisper White, then colored it in with my blender pen and ink pads (to get the darker green, I used reinker). Then I started layering, following Julee's awesome Mojo Monday 73 sketch. To get the ribbon through the image panel, I laid it on top where I wanted it to come through, made two tiny pencil marks for the width, and then cut a slit for the ribbon to fit through using my favorite finger-tip knife from Fiskars. The image panel (and its Perfect Plum mat) and the pink base layer are on foam tape to give the card dimension. I taped the ribbon to the back of the pink panel, and put the pink bling brad through before attaching it to the card base.

So, all in all, I think I'm happy with how it turned out, though I don't think it's really 'me'. I'm definitely going to keep this sketch on hand, though...very cute and versatile!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
~Michelle

Supplies used:
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirhouette, Perfect Plum, and Kiwi Kiss CS (SU!)
Ink: Stazon Jet Black (Tsukineko); Perfect Plum, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Bordering Blue (SU!)
Stamps: image - January KOTM 'Love, etc.' , 'home' - Tiny Trinity (Unity Stamp Co.)
Other: Striped grosgrain (SU!); pink bling (Karen Foster); foam mounting tape (3M)