Women!

Welcome!

Another week, another new challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad!
Our theme: My Kind of Gal (Women)
Our sponsor: Gingerloft Digital Stamps

 

I've decided to colour the Geisha with girl in some different colours than expected. The green is a symbol of freshness & youthfulness as well as eternal life. Yellow is a sacred colour in the Far East. It also has the meaning of courage, beauty & refinement as well as aristocracy & cheerfulness. (Source Note - the meanings come from this source and may differ from other sources). I've used a stamp from Great Impressions for the sentiment on a yellow panel. A gold panel and bottle green card compliments the colours that I've used.

 

I find the meanings interesting and will definitely think twice before colouring images from other cultures.

 

I hope my card about a women from a different culture inspired you to make your own and enter our challenge!

 

Do visit again!

 

Rene

 

Steaming Hot!

Welcome!!

I've wandered around on the web looking for some interesting challenges with the help of Feline Playful. I was in this card making mood, but I wanted challenges to enter before I create a load of cards and nowhere to go!

My wanderings brought me to 2 interesting challenge blogs and I decided to combine the 2 into one card:

 

The first challenge blog is The Alley Way Stamps where I got the super cute image and sentiment. They have a lovely variety, do visit them! Their challenge #28 is a colour challenge.

The second challenge blog is Case Study Challenge Blog and for challenge #140 they supplied a card to case almost in the same colours as The Alley Way challenge!

 

Here are the 2 challenge images:

 

 

I used the colours from the first and the layout from the second!

 

Do visit again!

 

Rene

Anything Goes at AWNB!

Welcome!

A new week, a new challenge at Art with No Boundaries! The theme this week is Anything Goes.

This is such a wonderful chance for expressing yourself, making that card that doesn't fit in any current challenge! 

I made a fancy fold card using autumn browns, oranges, yellows and golds, Solitaire / Swirl and Monocle and the True Beauty Sentiment.

The outside of the card:

The card opened:

I chalked the image and added some Jelly Roll. The background was sponged with chocolate ink and gold paint. The various triangles were stamped with background stamps, and then sponged.

The sentiment was also sponged. A pretty gold ribbon bow finishes off the card.

I hope my card inspires you to join the challenge!

Easter Parade : Blossom's Colourful Party!

For my third Entry in the CS Designs Easter Parade I chose Blossom! I found some fun holographic paper and used that for a background. Blossom came to the party in a colourful ensemble and a fun hairdo. And that cake!