So today I decided I had to play along in another Global Design Project challenge. Guess what….it’s another colour challenge! I’m not sure whether these are the kinds I like the best, or they just happen to be the challenges when I have time to play along! In any case they are super fun! You can always hop over and see the latest challenge here.
This weeks colour challenge is using basic black, smokey slate and melon mambo! A perfect challenge for utilising our Pop of Pink designer paper – but I chose not too!
I decided to pull out my new Sunshine Wishes Thinlets and play with those instead! When creating this card, I was thinking about friends that suffer anxiety, depression or are going through a difficult time. So I went about creating a watercolored background of smokey slate. I knew I wanted the flower to be pink and bright and bring that feeling of hope amidst the dark times – so I was delighted when I saw the thinlets had the word ‘Hope’ (no I hadn’t noticed it before!)
I used our Shimmery White cardstock to for a bit of extra sparkle, and it holds the watercoloring so well! I cut my flower from shimmery white too, and the plopped some melon mambo reinker on a clear block and mixed it with water using my aqua painter, before applying it to my flower. I then cut two more flowers in melon mambo cardstock and adhered them all together with our fine tip glue pen. I then used my aqua painter to splash fine spots of ink over the card base too. And yes, I made that butterfly from our silver metallic thread by wrapping it into position directly onto a glued – not for the feint hearted I can tell you! I then popped a couple of our white perfect accents on the card with glue after removing the white backing.
I think I need to send this off to someone quite special now!!! I hope you like it and consider playing along too!
Mel xx
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Your card is wonderful, especially for the reason you created it. It put a smile on my face. I love the simple clean lines and that butterfly! How ca-ute! Thanks for joining us at Global Design Project for this colour challenge and good luck for the Guest DT pick!
Thank you so much Paula 🙂
I loved the simplicity of your design. This card would be wonderful for women suffering from breast cancer. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks Renee. I agree – it would be lovely for that too!