Friday, September 12, 2008

Another fabulous weekend sketch by Beate!! WSC57

I love Fridays!
It culminates the end of a work week, gives me a reason to take it easy for a couple days and look at Beate's blog and check out her weekend sketch. Todays seemed simple enough, clean lines and lots of room for creativity. It took me a while to decide on stamps, on colors, even on techniques. Maybe I needed more structure. LOL! I tried something different. I used the emboss resist technique with my Flight of the Butterfly set. For a first effort it turned out ok, and I'll give it another go or two some time. I like that set a lot, but have a hard time making it fit together like it is in my mind....oh my mind can be a cluttered place. LOL!! I pulled out my For a Friend (retired hostess set) set to add a sentiment. That set is great and I used it a lot!!! I used retired colors of Purely Pomegranate and Soft Sky and balanced them out with the new in color Pink Pirouette. That color is fabulous and I don't think I will ever tire of it. I used my scallop edge punch and pierced the pink cardstock and then finished the edges off with my new favorite technique of sponging and added some piercing around the edge of the soft sky cardstock. Finally, I added three bright pink dew drops and grabbed my camera and headed outside.
It's pretty overcast this morning on the Oregon Coast, but almost always it burns off and turns out great! September is a beautiful month here.
I want to again say thank you to all my visitors, family and friends. This is a fun new thing and I appreciate every comment....don't be shy, let me know what you think!
Hugs and have a great Friday, T

19 comments:

Enfys said...

This is lovely, great blog too.

Anonymous said...

Oh I love it!!

Anonymous said...

You have a really nice blog! Keep posting :)

Lorraine said...

love the butterflies and the way you stamped them on the panel. very pretty

Kelley Nyrae said...

Oh, I want a butterfly one like this!

Beate said...

Tonya,
Welcome to the blogging world!

Your card looks wonderful! Love the soft look of the embossing resist paired with this pretty set!
Thanks so much for playing!

Have a great weekend
Hugs and smiles

loretta said...

oh la la, I love the pretty colors, layout, coloring, everything, a great big two thumbs way up!

JUST JUDY said...

BEAUTIFUL!! I'm going to add you to my list of blogs!! Love your blog and your artwork!!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Awesome take on Beate's challenge. I love how you combined purely pomegranate and soft sky with the new pink pirouette. Wonderful details!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Oops! I forgot to mention how great the emboss resist technique looks!

Ann said...

So pretty! Love the color combo! :D

Erum Tasneem said...

your card is very pretty and the colours just go so well together!! Love it!

Memories of Time said...

Totally wonderful Tonya! I love your cluttered mind!! :) Hope we can get together again soon! :)

P.S... anytime you want some Riley images, let me know.

Dori Shelton said...

Great color combination! Very pretty card.

Renee said...

Very pretty. I haven't done crayon resist in a long time. It might be time to do it again!

Anonymous said...

i love your cards! i hope someday i can make cards just like you your such a great freind to me and a awwsome mother! your kids are lucky to have such a crafty mommy! and being a foster parents rocks! i hope you start to sell them, you could really make some money! Good luck with all you do! love amie

Anonymous said...

Well Honey you done good. Nice set up. Obviously this is the reason you do not hear me when I speak,your thinking of a card. I know I speak geeze, maybe if I speak stamping...?
Kidding, loves ya Baby

Judy Rozema said...

Beautifully done and very pretty!

www.stampingcountry.typepad.com said...

What a lovely card!