Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Water Colored Thank You

Hope you're having a good day. It's been raining and windy all day here, but that did help me get some time in the craft room so I guess it can't all be bad. 

I needed to make some thank you cards for Mr. Wonderful and spent all day trying to come up with a decent idea. This one started out with the stamped and embossed image that I colored with water colors. I thought I'd play up the turquoise, so I searched my stash and found the striped paper that has the same colors a the image. (By the way, the foliage in the image looks weird, but it really does match the bow.)  I felt the turquoise cardstock needed a little something. A dotted embossing folder took care of that. Then to hide the seam, I cut a scalloped border. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of cardstock and cut out with a Half & Half die from PTI. It seemed a little to turquoise, so I added the green dotted ribbon. I lined the inside and added bits of the striped paper for contrast. 
I don't know--something's still missing. But you know, sometimes you can spend too much time analyzing. Sometimes you just have to move on. So I am.

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5 comments:

  1. Lovely card Kathy AS IS. I'm a fan of the DTR and spritz watercolor technique lol. And that is one of my favorite color combos (the other is pink & orange...I know, I know, but they are so cheery and sassy).

    If you're still thinking something might be missing - what about adding a green mat to your sentiment?

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  2. I think it's gorgeous Kathy!

    Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment for me. To answer your question about the stamp, it's made by Penny Black :)

    Have a great day! Jan

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  3. This card is stunning! I love everything about it. Thank you for sharing this work of art with us. ~ Pam

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  4. Kathy,
    It is an Absolutely beautiful card!
    The watercolor thank you looks perfect.I like how you photographed it too. Thank you for sharing all of your lovely cards. Donna

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  5. For someone who is fairly new to papercrafting, you do a fabulous job! Your layout and design sense is wonderful. Great color combos as well! I'm sooo glad that you started blogging!

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