Saturday 14 July 2012

Happy 200, Color Throwdown!

Hello!

My little girl is attending her friend's 5th birthday party tomorrow. This called for some thinking about little girl presents and cards. With my own little girl by my side, I created both today.

This is the card.
What I used: Colours - SU! Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, and Chocolate Chip. Card base is PTI Vintage Cream. Image panel is watercolour paper. I used Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp, and SU! Pony Party (I think this one is retired, but I still love it).

Bright, hey? The colours come from this week's Color Throwdown, which happens to be their 200th challenge! Woo hoo! When I first saw the colours, I thought that I would never be able to use these five colours on one card, with four of them being so bright. What did I know? I LOVE how these colours work together. :-)
I don't use Pink Passion very often. Or Tempting Turquoise, for that matter. The Brights probably don't get a fair go in my cardmaking. And look how happy they make my card look. :-)

The layout is from Mojo Monday. I didn't follow it faithfully. The three little dots at the bottom became three flowers around the central image, and the sentiment flag at the top became sentiment grass at the bottom.

And now on to the pressie! I made an 8" x 10" frame, using Pony Party and some gorgeous Pebbles papers, and a bit of SU! and a bit of Pink Paislee.
I sparkled up Stella's name with Dazzling Diamonds glitter (just quietly, I sparkled myself up quite a bit, too!). Those little clouds are Memory Box Puffy Clouds. The pony is coloured in PTI Fine Linen and SU! Pretty in Pink, and has liquid pearls brushed over. She's very pretty. I hope Stella loves it. I know my little girl does.

Thanks for coming by.

Michelle
xxx

6 comments:

Ardyth said...

Wow! What an amazing card and gift - Stella will LOVE this!

Kara Lynne said...

Just wonderful for a 5 yr-old little girl!! She will love them both. So fun to have your daughter by your side on this one.

Manda said...

Love the whole scene....where did you get the castle stamp?

Wanda Cullen said...

Fabulous gift and fun birthday card! You rocked all the colors! Thanks for celebrating along with us this past week at Color Throwdown!

Broni said...

I love the card using the color combo, and your gift is awesome!! I'm so glad you could join in our CTD200 festivities!

Jen W. said...

Whoop whoop on your Colour Throwdown win! Love your bright fun card - you need to bust out the SU brights more often! LOL! Your framed picture is totally adorable!