Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Challenge card and Blog CANDY

Hi everyone. Before I tell you about my card, I want to remind you about my BLOG CANDY GIVE AWAY. Go to this entry and leave a comment. Tell me what you would like to see more of here on my blog by Thurs at 10:00 and I'll enter your name into my blog candy give away!!
Okay, now on to my card today.
I saw the colors for today's Color Challenge #176 on SCS and loved them. I also knew that they would go great with this stamp set that I have recently purchased and have barely used!
I stamped the owl on vanilla cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink. Then, I drew a vertical pencil line along the right of the image, very lightly of course, and stamped the hello sentiment 4 times. I guess I could have just used the stamp-a-ma-jig but I felt that the line was quicker and easier. Once I was sure the ink was dry, I erased it. Layered this focal image onto some River Rock paper. I was going to put this onto the Soft Sky card but felt it needed a little something more. I found this awesome blue tinted vellum in my scraps so I added a small layer under the River Rock. I really like the effect!!
I used the small leaf/pinecone image from Lovely as a Tree set with Versamark to create a little bit of interest on the background. Added some double stitched ribbon in River Rock and voila, a finished card!!
Thanks for dropping in! Don't forget to enter for my Blog Candy!!
Donelda

5 comments:

Kelly L said...

Very nice card. I am not a huge fan of owls, but this one would make a terrific guy card. Very realistic stamped image, and I LOVE the added blue behind the image, too. Okay, now to add River Rock ribbon to my list before I forget *wink*

Anonymous said...

Wonderful card. I am a big fan of River Rock. That owl is a great image.

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous card, love the colours in this, might pay a visit to SCS and check out the challenge.

Thanks for sharing this.

Marcia
SBS4

Chris (catt871) said...

What an awesome card!! I LOVE it! The colours are great!!!! Is that owl from Wildlife Reserve?

Catherine said...

love this color combo...very pretty card