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Saturday, June 28, 2014

You brighten my day

Hi everyone and happy Saturday! How's your weekend going so far? I woke up this morning feeling crafty so I decided to make a card to enter a few challenges. Love challenges and how it gets my creative juices going!

I had to take this picture early this morning so sorry for the bright spotlight at the top.
I tried to crop out as much as I could!

 I started by using this technique from Julie Ebersole where she had a colored panel popped up with dimensionals and then used a  diecut outline placed within it. It's hard to tell from my picture but I used the same technique and left the entire diecut as is instead of popping out all the little pieces.  The koi fishes are also partially popped off the panel to add dimension but it's hard to tell from this picture. I really need to invest in a better camera...

The color scheme was inspired by Donna Mikasa's card from the TIME OUT challenge. The sentiment is from Avery Elle's Bright Day stamp set and is perfect for this card! The koi fishes are cut from a gold foil chipboard(?) backing I saved from a package of origami paper. I had that in my stash for a couple of years now…I was saving it for the right project. I wish I could find more…it really diecut and impressed well. 

Im entering this card into the following challenges:

AEIHeartUChallenge #10: Gold





Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!


Supplies - 
Stamps: Avery Elle Bright Days
Paper: PTI Stampin Select, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz; gold foil cardboard
Ink:  Versamark
Other Stuff: Elizabeth Craft Designs Koi dies; gold embossing powder; gold glitter enamel dots
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13 comments:

  1. tocovyaJune 28, 2014 at 7:56 PM

    This is brill, really like it

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  2. Sazzle DazzleJune 29, 2014 at 1:45 AM

    Stunning card and beautiful colours
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  3. GerrinaJune 29, 2014 at 4:03 AM

    Beautiful CAS-card! Love the colourstripes and your design! Thank you for taking the TIME OUT and join us!

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  4. Maarit at Violets CornerJune 29, 2014 at 5:04 AM

    Stunning card, love it!

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  5. sandieJune 29, 2014 at 7:12 AM

    I van see all the dimension you talk about and it really does look fabulous, your colour blocking is a great idea for CaseIng Donna's card, so pleased you joined us at TIME OUT

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  6. donna mikasaJune 29, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    Gorgeous card, Nadine! I love those gold koi against your colored background! So elegant!
    Thanks for CASEing me at Time Out, and for linking this up to the Avery Elle Challenge, too!

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  7. ChrissieJune 29, 2014 at 8:08 AM

    Super card, the fish look great!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  8. AnneJune 29, 2014 at 9:53 PM

    Gorgeous koi and super recycle Nadine!
    Thank you very much for your entry into this week's Less is More Challenge
    Anne
    LIM Designer

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  9. NonniJune 30, 2014 at 9:55 AM

    Beautiful card, very inspired CASE of Donna's card! I love the color blocking and the gorgeous fishes. Thanks for taking TIME OUT and joining our challenge!

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  10. SkylarkJune 30, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    I love being inspired by people that make such different cards to mine. Thank you for your kind comments about my cards. Stef

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  11. SidJuly 1, 2014 at 4:41 AM

    Fabulous card !!

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  12. Diane JaquayJuly 2, 2014 at 7:32 AM

    This is REALLY awesome!!! The beautiful gold koi fish look marvelous against the colorful stripes!!

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  13. Katie GehringJuly 8, 2014 at 3:13 PM

    This is so cool! I really love the colors! Thank you so much for playing along with the AEI{heart}U Challenge!!

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Thanks for coming by!