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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

MIM #12 & CR84FN Color Challenge

Today I made a card for Papertreyink Make it Monday #12 (Hand-drawn Line Frame) that also fits the color challenge at CR84FUN.  Top find out more about the CR84FN challenge, here is a link for the details. http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/cr84fn24-terrific-top-3.html  The colors this week are Red, Aqua and White.  Such a great combo!
Here is my card:
I used my Impression Obsession Cover a Card: Roses stamp in Hawaiian Shores ink to stamp the pattern around the hand-drawn frame.  It was actually easy to draw the line frame, much easier than before I watched Nichole Heady's MIM tutorial.  Here hints about drawing penci marks at each corner helped so much to  create a straight line.  I stamped the sentiment from Mat Stack #4 and used that sweet little ladybug stamped with it's red polka dots for the main image.  The little train is made with red stickles and is quite glitzy in person.   I need more practice making even dots with my stickles, otherwise I was happy with the results of this card.  Thanks for taking a look!

19 comments:

Renee said...

Cathy it's fabby!
Love that bling for the flight trail!
And your frame is fantastic...
much easier than I first thought!
Love those colors too!
Great card...
love it!

Laurie said...

Cathy this is so cute! I love the frame!

Ally said...

Very nice. I love the colors, and the ladybug with its trail is so adorable. You distributed the colors so nicely, and your frame looks great. Nice work. ;-)

Jen Adcock said...

Adorable. Goodness me love the lady trail. Cute as. CR84FN have the best color combos on the planet if you ask me. This , in your capable hands, just proves it. I am so impressed with your frame. To hand draw it would do my head in. I thought that's why they had a stamp for it? Lol. Boy you have nailed it. Steady as a rock. Tres impressive. Gorgeous card!

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

Cathy, this card is so great! I love the way you did the frame itself (outside the hand drawn frame). The ladybug is adorable, and the image really lends itself to the color challenge. Great work!

Becky said...

This turned out great! Love the stickles for the trail!

Diane Jaquay said...

Love your ladybug and the trail that leads to the sentiment, very cool! And of course the rose border ;)

Stephanie said...

so fun! love that little ladybug :)

Deborah Frings said...

This is such a fun card. I really like the ladybug and the rose backing is lovely. You did a brilliant job of the drawn frame. Thanks for playing along with CR84FN this week!

Amber said...

I love the way the trail loops around the sentiment! Absolutely perfect placement!

Mona Pendleton said...

Cute card Cathy! Love the big lady bug! Thanks so much for playing along with CR84FN :)

Judy said...

Really cute card... I love the simple elegant design..
Have a great day.
Judy

Alanna said...

Great hand drawn frame. Super cute card.

Tracey McNeely said...

Love the frame and love the ladybug. Super card.

Kristii said...

What a fun card!! Love the lady bug and how you framed the sentiment!!! Fabulous!

Keva said...

Cathy - this is so stinkin adorable!

Lexxie said...

This is so much fun!! I love the little ladybird and your card is prefectly framed,
Love Sarita xx

Sue Ann said...

You know I sold "Lady Bug" because I did not know how to work it .... I guess I should have thought more before I did that!!! This is ADORABLE and I LOVE all the white space here!! ADORABLE!!1

Jen Carter said...

Oh my what a cute ladybug!! I sure wish there were some in this color in real life because it sure is adorable!