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For this first card I went with the gorgeous colors in the inspiration photo using the new GKD set "Dogwood and Butterfly" by Theresa Momber
cardstock: GKD's Sand, Cranberry Tart, Green Apple, white and SU's Not Quite Navy
ink: Memento Black, Rhubarb Stalk, Ranger's Distress - Faded Jeans, Antinque Linen
Copic: B00, 0000, 12...G24, 28...Y04
embellishments: Cricut scallop cut mats, MS leaf punch, gold pen, stash ribbon
next card is done with GKD's Inspiration Mosaic by Melanie Muenchinger (had it out from earlier stamping so was able to use the scraps from some recent cards)...again grabbing the colors but also the rectangle theme from the photo...for a masculine card!
i just realized my top mat is crooked - well don't I hate that! but its glued on there good - no pulling it off and fixing ...oh well, it will go to a male friend of ours who probably wont even notice (-:
supplies:
cardstock: scraps
ink: Memento Black, Ranger's Distress Rusty Hinge
Dry embossed with Cuttlebug Folder
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118 comments:
Oh my gosh, these are fantastic! I really love those flowers, and the mosiac card makes me wish again that I had that stamp!
Oh my, my, my, that is some gorgeous coloring on the dogwoods! Beautiful cards, Linda!
Linda- both of your cards are amazing. The coloring of your dogwoods is breathtaking. The depth you achieved is wonderful!
Way to pick out the colors on your first card! Love the off edge flowers~
Linda, both cards are over the top gorgeous!!!! I always look forward to seeing what you create!!
Linda, I am loving both of your cards. I really like your coloring on the dogwoods. Spectacular!
Wow! Love how that dogwood card picks up all the colors of the photo! And you are just too funny about the guy probably not noticing a crooked mat!!
Love both of your cards, my favorite is the dogwood -- gorgeous coloring!
Such a nice variation on both cards. I really like the flowers on the first and the mod look on the 2nd card. Nice work.
Fabulous cards! The dogwoods are SO beautifully colored. Making me wish I had gotten that set; guess that will go on my "next time" list. Love the fun, bright rectangle card - great idea for capturing the lines of the inspiration photo.
Gorgeous cards, love them...
Both are very nice cards. I particularly like the second with the embossing and the colors.
Beautiful cards Linda! Love the paper pattern u chose! Awesome coloring on the flowers!
I really like the second card and the fact that its just a little crooked, it shows that its"HANDMADE" and adds a little more flair to it I think. Besides, we can always be perfect now can we! lol. Very nice!
Nicely done...great colors on both. Beautiful coloring on the flowers.
Love the flower card and the other one is also very nice. I had to look twice to notice what you meant about crooked.
I like both of your cards but only see the inspiration in the second card....... The dogwoods are fabulous and the coloring is superb!!! Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Joan
MN
Lovely! Both cards are just lovely! Your coloring is wonderful.
Both cards are beautiful. The dogwoods look freshly picked. I love the structure of the second card. I think it appeals to the mathy part of me - geometrically gorgeous!
Great cards.
Beautiful dogwoods.
both are amazing. I love the colors.
Both cards, but I really love the dogwood card!!!
Both cards are really cute, but the coloring on the flowers is to die for. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards. Love all the different colors on the second card.
Both cards are wonderful, but I really like the mosaic embossed background of the second one. That's a great way to use up scraps.
The mosaic background is fabulous.
I would have never noticed your mosiac card being off...I'm sure the lucky recipient won't either..Love the coloring of your dogwoods. They are over the top.
You did a great job with capturing the colors of the original. I liked both your cards!! Amy Phelps
Such different cards and both suite the challenge so well. Think your background treatment on the second card is a superb capture of the buildings' shapes.
I so enjoy the different takes on the photo. Your card is beautiful!
2 such different styles and they're both great
I really like your second card because of the vibrant colors you chose and the terrific sentiment. We all need cards that can be used for men!
Both cards are fantastic. Love the colors on the 1st card and the flowers. The second card is perfect for a mans card. Love the Pieced look. Thanks for the inspiration.
Both beautiful cards, very creative piecing on the 2nd, love new ideas, sweet, TFS!
pdela-torre@wavecable.com
Your cards are great, Linda. Beautiful colouring of the Dogwood and beautiful colour combos on both cards!! Thanks for sharing your creations - oh, so inspiring.
Oh Linda these are fabulous!!! You colored the dogwoods so beautifully and the color blocking on the second card is a great take on the inspiration piece.
Linda, your mosiac card sure picked the colors of the original picture great. I absolutely love the dogwood card. The blue just pops out from the background beautifully. Great job!
The cards are completely different and both are completely awesome!
They're both great cards. I love the coloring on the dogwood. I really do like the mosaic - what a good way to use up scraps. I couldn't even tell it was a bit crooked, but I can always tell on my own, but they usually get sent anyway.
Your cards are absolutely wonderful. I love that inspirational photo as it has so many rich hues to it and you used them well in your artwork.
Great cards love the layout and how you used the colours
Love the way you made the beautiful card with the scallop in the back! The other one with the squares is awesome too! Thanks for sharing!
Like the "crooked" part.... the buildings and windows of the picture are like that... Cards don't have to be perfect... love the colours (candian spelling :o) ) thank you!
Very nice. The paper choice is perfect and the oval fits well, too.
Both of your cards are so colorful, just like the inspiration picture!
Great cards!
Well I'm glad you used the Mosaic Inspiration set...this was my 1st GK set! Thanks for the inspiration on that card...the other one is beautiful with your gorgeous coloring!
Very cute cards. Great job, Linda
Cute, cute cards.
So pretty love the colours cheers Lee G
both are beautiful-love the tiled one--the colors are awesome
Like both cards-the bold tiled one is great and yes, a guy won't notice !
My favorite is the color-blocked card -- it is drop-dead gorgeous!!!
Some guy is going to get a stunning card.
Really nice Linda! Both are supurb!
Love both of your cards, very pretty.
Both cards are great. If the guy notices the crooked mat just tell him it was part of the plan. :)
Beautiful colors in the background to highlight the dogwood flowers. Very nice!
Both cards are fantastic. The second card is particularly great for a masculine card - love the colors that you selected on that one.
love, love, love the mosaic card... really think it captures the multi-colors of the challenge.
Both cards are beautiful, as are all the cards I've seen so far. But your mosaic card for me really reaches in and grabs the inspiration photo. Wonderful job!
Beautiful card, I am really loving the color pallete.
Great work!
Nice attractive colors for a masculine card...I like the simple design.
The dogwood stamp is just gorgeous! And the "male" birthday card is a real inspiration...I like the embossing and multiple colors.
Oh my your first card is just beautiful I love what you've created here!
Beautiful cards!! My favorite is the second one--love the colors and placements of each one. So rich-looking!
I really like how you were inspired by the colors and your usage of thise colrs in you card. Nice job!
Both cards are so vibrant. Really good job of design too.
Wow! I LOVE your embossed mosaic card! That turned out so cool!
These are so different and wonderful!
Wow your 2nd card "ROCKS" I just love it. This is just so cute. Thanks for Sharing.
Love the blue card but am really taken with the Pieced card...the colours pop out and fit in with the photo....crooked?.....some of the buildings in the photo appear to be that way too...think it is the shadows....so now...you have shaddows. Great job
Anne
Adore how you made a feminine and masculine card from the same inspiration photo...two eye catching cards!
Very cool card, I love it.
I loved the colors in both cards. You really do an outstanding job!
Love the colored Dogwoods. I will have to give them a go. I will use your sample, if I may. Thanks.
Both cards are wonderful!!! Love the dogwoods and the second one is totally great for the guys and I love the colors!!!!
Both of your cards are amazing, Linda. I love the colors and the stamp. Well done.
Great job! I never even noticed the top mat until you pointed it out, so there!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
What, I don't see anything, lol! My hubby says that the imperfections are the best part!
both cards are lovely but I really love the colorful masculine one!
Both cards are fantastic....the flowers just pop off the first one...and the second one is a great "guy" card...and I laughed about the "crooked" part...happens to me alot :>)
Great cards, love the colors.
Beautiful colors and cards. Didn't notice the crooked part until I read about it. And I'm not a man LOL But I know just how you feel I hate that too.
Gorgeous dogwood card and the mosaic is perfect....your blog color is the perfect background for your cards today!
I love your two cards. They were beautiful. The dogwood flowers just popped off the page - your coloring is exquisite. Really like the second card also. Great Work!
Both cards are great. I love dogwood. I really like how you put together the 2nd one. I have to trey this!
Both cards are truly wonderful...thank you!
Loved both cards. The colors you used were awesome. Both are my favorites..... Thanks for sharing.
OMG, both cards are beautiful, the coloring in the first one is awesome and the second cArd has great masculine colors
Both cards are wonderful!!! Love the talented coloring!
Your coloring books must have been something else! The card just draws you in - you want to be there. Thanks for sharing a sweet place to visit. Virginia Weston, SC (Sorry, I don't google, facebook or....so I have to do anonymous)
Both cards are very nice but especially like the color combo on the second card.
Both are great cards! Especially love the flower one and how you did the background!
The cards are very different, but they both represent the colors. Great coloring on the dogwoods.
Great cards, thanks for sharing!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
Okay, those dogwoods are tugging on my heart. I'm loving your gorgeous card and I almost chose the same stamp set by Melanie for my card...btw...there are no straight lines in those buildings, so your "crooked" panel really isn't. LOL
Pretty cards with pretty colours! Great job!
Lena
Beautiful cards, Linda, really love the masculine card.
Wow. What beautiful cards. I love the mosaic look of the masculine card.
What pretty cards! Really captures the essence of the picture!
Hugs,
Jennifer
I love the color block card- great!
I just love the background embossed piece, what a wonderful idea.
Very pretty cards!! Great shading on the dogwoods too!
Fabulous cards Linda! Your coloring is fantastic, and the mosaic card is so rich looking!
Hi, Linda!
Well, your coloring stops me right in my tracks! Stunning flowers! And I adore the layouts of both - you do have the colors and feel of the challenge down exactly but with your own twist! What inspiration - thanks!
Two lovely cards - especially like the male card,
Christine x
The coloring on your flowers are beautiful! Perfect! And I love the rich color & texture of your color block card! TFS!!
Love the masculine card!I want to give that a go.
The flowers are beautiful inthe 1st card.
VERY cool take on the challenge Linda! I love the color blocking, and coordinating blocked embossing, and the bold colors you selected.
I love the colors you used and especially the dry embossed card. Simple and yet stunning!
Linda both cards are beautiful! I love the colors you pulled out of the picture and how you colored the flowers...they are gorgeous!!
I love both your cards,especially your masculine card.
Beautiful card. Another nice use of scraps. I must get busy. Thanx for ideas. Hugz, Dottie
The masculine card is awesome! Both are nice, but the masculine one is especially striking - I think the recipient will be so awed by the colors and neat embossing they won't notice anything crooked. :o)
The colors are very lovely! Very pretty. the other card is a piece of art as well! love the boldness...
jody Le Blanc
I completely missed this hop last weekend (I guess it was when my blog went down!) Gorgeous cards and thanks for playing with my stamps! I'm off to hop (good luck going back to find posts from last week lol!)!
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