hello...

A card today for the current Less is More challenge and ColourQ.   What a color combo this week from ColourQ... Concord Grape, Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, Bashful Blue plus white.   I was a bit stumped as to how I was going to put all those colors together and make the card look nice, but once I took a look at the current Less is More challenge an idea started to form.  Chrissie & Mandi provided a lovely sketch for us to use and the idea to make it a DL card.   I don't know what "DL" stands for, but when I saw the sketch I realized it obviously has something to do with making a long card!   

As a rule I don't make long cards because I don't like how mine look when I try to take a photo of them (think leaning tower of Piza!).   So, I decided to make a little bit longer card.   My card is 6 x 3 3/4 instead of a standard A2 size.   I colored a white paper flower from Irene's Garden with a Copic marker (V09) to get the purple color I wanted.  The lower half of the card was stamped with Hero Art's Classic Fabric Design using Kiwi Kiss ink.  I don't have Bermuda Bay except for one sheet of cardstock, so I subbed in PaperTrey Ink's Hawaiian Shores double stitched ribbon... a pretty close match.  Silly me... I had attached the main panel to the cardbase when I realized I didn't have a sentiment on the card.  Thankfully I was able to stamp the "hello" and not have it come out looking strange!

Thanks for taking a peek....  and thank you to all the lovely ladies who participate in the Less is More challenges for the wonderful comments!  You are all the best!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Bazzill light blue; PTI white; Ink:  SU! Kiwi Kiss; Memento Tuxedo Black; Stamps:  Hero Arts:  Classic Fabric Design & Thoughtful Messages; Ribbon:  PTI Hawaiian Shores; Flower:  Irene's Garden