DCBD #129

Hello again everyone. It is Diva Coffee Break Design time again. Go get out your stamping supplies and play along with us. We would really love to see more people join in with us. Click here to sign up when you make your card this week.

Below is the sketch we were given this week to work with. It looks very simple, but you can really do a lot with this sketch.

This is what I came up with for this challenge. I like it, but have wondered if I almost did too much to it. You will have to leave me a comment to tell me what you think. I have to say it is a different style for me. I do like it though. I even have a gift basket I have been making up to go along with this card. The paper all matches. I am going to give it to our children's ministry director at my church. Tonight is the last night for our kid's programs. We will start back up in the fall. When I get the basket and things going into it finished I will post it on here. It will probably be sometime tomorrow.
This is the recipe for this card. All supplies are SU! Stamp set: Sincere Salutations Ink pad: chocolate chip Card stock: baja breeze, chocolate chip, DSP parisian breeze specialty Tools: scallop oval punch, large oval punch, boho blossoms punch, scallop circle punch, sizzix circles scallop #2, sizzlits die scribbles swirls, and texturz plate small dots Accessories: chocolate chip taffeta ribbon

DCBD 102

Today, instead of having a sketch to design from, we were given a color challenge. I thought the colors went great together, until I checked the colors again and seen that there was a color that I had missed. It did throw me off a little bit, but I thought well if it went together in a bedspread it will have to look good on a card.

Here is the color challenge we were asked to use.

I had seen a card made with an Origami Christmas Tree. I loved the look right away. When given this color challenge, I started pulling out the colors and thought the tree would look great with these colors. I downloaded the tutorial from Juliann's blog. Give it a try. It is not hard to make and makes a very pretty card. Well, here it is. Tell me what you think. I used the angled picture so you could see how it is 3-D.

These are the items I used to make this card.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Cameo Coral, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, and DSP from Level 1 hostess pack (tree)

Stamp Set: Snow Swirled

Stamp Pads: Cameo Coral, Bravo Burgundy, and VersaMark

Accessories: Iridescent Ice EP, Snow Blossom punch, 1/2" circle punch, Scallop Edge punch, and Small Star punch

Ok, I decided to go ahead and put the front view on here too. You can't see some of the details in the other picture.