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Saturday 2 February 2008

Red and White

Quick post before we're dashing off for a day of visiting various friends: the challenge over at DCM was to make a card using only red and white. At first I thought, yay, I like that combination, it's really bright and fresh, but when I got round to making my card, it wasn't all that easy.

I started out following sketch #3 at My Paper World, but it didn't quite work, so after the semicircle under the flower at the top of the panel, I also added one at the bottom, and it's much more balanced. The centre panel uses red card stock embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, a gingham ribbon from stash across it and some of my new white blooms (edges chalked with red chalk, even though it looks pink...). The greeting at the bottom was cut with a QK Revolution die.

I also made another Tilda card, this is for middle daughter's friends birthday today, and I quite like the way it turned out. Again, the central panel was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder, ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis.

Thanks for stopping by, gotta dash now!

12 comments:

  1. Wow wow wow they are stunning. Fantastic and lovely cards. Love your work.

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  2. Love them both. I found the red and white surprisingly difficult as well, kept reaching for my black card! Yours has turned out beautifully

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  3. Beautiful card, the white flowers and embossed paper look fantastic! :O)

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  4. Fab cards, the red and white is so striking

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  5. lovely red and white card and pretty one with Tilda.

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  6. Love your red and white card. I think I need to add that CB folder to my wish list :)

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  7. Both very pretty cards. :)
    Vanessa.

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  8. Very pretty cards, like them a lot.

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  9. What cute cards! I love the thank you card's layout...very stunning and the little girl card is just too adorable!

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  10. Fabulous cards Anne, love the red and white, stunning! and of course the Tilda card is just the cutest thing, hope your daughter is having a fab birthday!

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