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Artful OCC

Happy Saturday! This morning I woke up all giddy when I remembered that the first Our Creative Corner Challenge was being posted. Woohoo! I couldn't wait to stamp! This week's challenge was a sketch by Cindy Haffner. I paired the sketch with the color inspiration #11 from kwernerdesign and got to stamping! After I finished, I realized the real challenge was to use mostly white on your card...oops!

My goal for the card was all SU!, but I came just shy of that. Without thinking about it, I used Copics for coloring and to dye the Vanilla taffeta ribbon. And I used dew drops from Robin's Nest. Other than that, everything is SU!

I started by stamping the flower sprig from Artfully Asian and then coloring with Copics. Next I overstamped the whole panel with Linen background in So Saffron and then sponged the edges. I stamped the Paisley background on a piece of Old Olive and a piece of Rose Red in the same color ink as the cardstock. I used the Rose Red piece for my matting and the Old Olive piece for the second rectangle panel and a photo corner punch accent on the top. For the background of the card, I used the Tres Chic background in So Saffron and then realized I didn't have any Going Gray cardstock. So I stamped Linen in Going Gray on white and then brayered over the panel with more Going Gray ink. I really like the effect. Next I went for the sentiment, and pulled out the Circle of Friendship stamp set. I used two of the circle stamps, using a 1/2", 1", 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" punch for all the layers. I finished off with some piercing accents, a little Crystal Effects/Dazzling Diamonds mixture on the flowers and some dew drops along the bottom edge of ribbon.

17 comments

Cindy Haffner said...

It's very pretty, love it.

Denise Marzec said...

Gorgeous!!!

Dawn Easton said...

Julee, this is beautiful! I love the colours and wished I had that stamp set now! Glad you played along with us!

Sue from Oregon said...

Beautiful card

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Love your card Julee! I am off to check out the new OCC!!

Nancy Riley said...

Julee, I love how you combined the two challenges to create this gorgeous card! Just a beautiful job! Love all the paper piercing, that's for sure! I too neglected to use alot of white with Kristina's color challenge. oops!

Jennifer Meyer said...

Beautiful card Julee! LOVVE the color combination and gorgeous detail.

Thanks so much for playing and your fun announcment, Jennifer :)

Janine said...

It might not be mainly white but what a beautiful card.

StampMom said...

pretty, pretty, PRETTY!!!

Sue said...

A stunning crd, indeed.

Jackie Pedro said...

This is beautiful, Julee!! Love the colors together...

Cindy Haffner said...

Beautiful, so glad that yu got to play with us.

Cindy Haffner said...

I love it so much I realized I now commented 3 times. TFS.

dasimonds said...

Beautiful Card!!
I love the colors..
and the layering.
Great job with the
piercing.

Bev said...

Absolutely stunning card!! I am in awe!!!

Kathy said...

Beautiful card!! I love the colors and all the extras!!