Saturday, October 3, 2009

Trying out a new format...

...and really having fun with it! It happened that two different challenge blogs this week offered a sketch for a long card. This is a truly nice shape to work with.
The first sketch on which I based my card comes from Lord Have Mercy! , and here is what I did with it:

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I sponged the embossed background in a purposely careless manner with green ink, and then applied a silver one to the dots only. The central element is sponged with olive ink, and some glitter applied to the "snowy" parts of the image.

Next card uses the sketch provided by Tuesday Morning Sketches. Also, I chose the colours from the combo over atColor Throwdown, which are basic grey, old olive, rich razzleberry & really rust. Finally, I folded the ribbon, so that it applies to the "We're Folding" challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

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Thanks for looking, have a happy weekend!
Chupa xx

10 comments:

Lynda

What fabulous cards... and I just love how you've folded and added the ribbon to the 2nd one... great take on the dare. Hope you have a lovely weekend too!

Lnda xxx

Teresa Jankowska

Iwonko cuda produkujesz. Przepiękne!!!

Melissa Craig

Beautiful cards!! Love them both. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful daughter!!!

Kathy

oooh two lovely cards. Love that folded ribbon for our DCM. You're right, the long cards are great to do - somehow much easier that the same size but upright. Or maybe I'm just mad?

Tammy Hershberger

Cute card! LOVE what you did with the ribbon! Thanks for playing the Throwdown challenge!

Vanessa

Oooh, two fantastic cards with some great techniques. :) Love the folded ribbon.

Vanessa.

Lythan

What lovely cards and I have never thought of doing long cards that way strangely. thanks for the inspiration and for being Daring this week :)

broni (waterchild12)

Both of your cards are great! I just love the stapled ribbon on the CTD card! Thanks for playing in the Color Throwdown with us this week!

Mercy

chupa...these are amazing! i love that first card! great colors and textures...such a fun card!

thanks for playing along with this week's sketch...you've done such a fantastic job! :)

{{{hughs}}}
mercy

LeAnne

Fun, fun cards! Those little smiles make ME smile!

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