Monday, January 13, 2014

Smoothie

It has been a while since I last played at the Color My Heart Color Dare challenges.  This week the challenge is Smoothie:


I quickly glanced through the paper packs I have but don't think I have any patterned paper in Smoothie.  So for today's card, it was made purely from cardstock, with the help of some washi tape:


I just knew that Smoothies goes very well with Slate so I decided to use it as the card base.  Then I wanted to have some background and texture on the card base, so the overlay was cut from Artbooking cartridge at 6" real dial size.  It is a bit narrower than a standard size card but I think that's ok.  I mounted a panel of Smoothie cardstock but it might be too boring.  What about adding a strip of slate washi tape?  Much better.  I finished up with two clear buttons to add some dimension.

The words Thank You were colored with a blending pen.  I used a blending pen to pick up some color from my Smoothie ink pad then I colored it directly to the image.  How fun!  Sometimes I use this technique to pretend I am the greatest artist of all.  Shhh~

I'm linking up my card to the following challenges:
Color My Heart
Clear it Out Challenge - Thank you card, buttons
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Anything Goes
Cards und More - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

5 comments:

  1. Great thank you card! Love the graphic design and I am so glad you shared it at TTCRD.
    Hugz,
    Roxann

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  2. What a GREAT "Thank You" card! Love the colors . . . and the textures the papers bring. Thanks for joining us at Clear It Out Challenge this week. Hope to see you join us again soon!!

    Kathy CIO DT
    UpintheNightwithKat.blogspot.com

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  3. Wonderful card. I love the clean simple design. Making background paper with cardstock and washi tape was a great idea! It works perfectly with your color combo.Thank for joining us at Color My Heart!

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  4. Interessant! Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme bei Cards und More. Liebe Grüße Doreen

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  5. I love that bold geometric background, Joyce. Your layout would work for so many different occasions. Thanks for joining the Color Dare this week.

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