Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Happy Birthday Friend

I made a card yesterday afternoon and I have to admit it is different from what I normally make and I sort of struggled with it, after quite a few attempts I finally settled on the card below - still not sure of it!

It is difficult to see in the photo but I used an embossing tool to raise the centers of the open circles as well as created an embossed border around the title.

I think what it is with this card is that I tried to combine challenges and every challenge I added to it - it became harder to make! The first challenge is Annabelle Stamps blog - and that was to make a card with one layer, then I added the challenge from Card Positioning Systems which is a sketch so that complicated but challenged me! then I decided oh what the heck lets go for a colour challenge from Jay Gees Nook blog - photo inspiration and I chose the colours of purple and white, so by now I was really streeeeeeeeeeeeeetching my brain to create and then I thought okay one more challenge! ... nice and easy for Birthday Sundaes - a birthday card!!!
LOL I am a stickler for creative punishment!
materials - White cardstock; Annabelle Stamps - Background by Design 2, Party Animals 1 and Stemmed flowers stamps; Versa Color violet, heliotrope inks; Embossing tool.
Thanks for looking.

12 comments:

Jennie said...

Lovely card! Great job on the CPS sketch and thanks for playing along this week :)

A Consuming Passion said...

Hi Janet, so good to see another card from you this week at ABS. Love how you used your background set to created a beautiful one layer card....the embossing is clear,very clever, as it adds extra dimension !

Jay Gee said...

The embossing certainly does add lots of interest and dimension to your card Janet. I think you did a great job of combining the challenges, lovely card. Thanks for joining us again at Jay Gee's :)

Unknown said...

oh, i like what you did here, bravo!! great take on this week's CPS sketch, thanks for playing along!!

Sue said...

this is another gorgeous creation Janet!! I am loving all the purple, the way you have used the BBD set is simply stunning!
Thanks for playing along with us for another week! :)

The Other Patti Sue said...

You did a great job combining challenges... this is gorgeous! Thanks so much for playing along with us at AnnaBelle Stamps!

Andrea said...

Gorgeous card Janet! My hat off to you as I find it very hard to combine challenges lol!
Thanks for sharing with us this week :)
Andrea

My 3 E Scrapbooking said...

Oh, I LOVE the gorgeous white/purple color combo! It is a fabulous Birthday Card! Thanks for playing along with us at Birthday Sundaes! I hope you'll join us again next week!
Amber

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

So pretty! Love how it's just one layer!

Thanks for playing along with us at Birthday Sundaes! :)

Sue said...

I love your card. Before I entered your blog post, I thought how beautiful. You did a great job with the challenges. Thanks for joining us at Birthday Sundaes.

Kristie W. said...

Awesome one layer card!! Love the purple/white color combo and what a sweet friend birthday sentiment. Thank you for playing along with Birthday Sundaes!

Unknown said...

An amazing one layer card! thanks for playing along with us this month ... cheers Ange