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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Less Is More + ColourQ

I must admit that when I saw Chrissie & Mandi's challenge over at Less is More I was a little stumped as to what I would do.  I don't often use acetate as I haven't had very good experiences with it.  I have tried making cards with little success and I have bought acetate shapes only to realize later on I just don't know what to do with them.  But... I so enjoy the Less is More challenges that I knew I would over come my hesitation and managed to come up with a card.  It helped that I had started working on an idea for a card for the current color challenge over at ColourQ.   I dug around in my stash and came up with some acetate shapes that I had bought a few years ago.  One was this bracket that I inked up with Staz-On White Cotton ink.   The little dress form comes from one of my favorite small stamp sets from PaperTrey Ink, as does the sentiment.  I was going to put the buttons on the card in a different spot, but thought they would look better grouped with the other items. 



Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & white; SU! Cherry Cobbler; Ink:  Memento Tangelo, PTI True Black & Staz-on White cotton; Buttons: PTI & DeNami Designs; Ribbon: PTI Simply Chartruse; Sizzix Swiss Dot ef

40 comments:

Mandi said...

Far a Im concerned your card is perfect Rosemary!
I love everything about it
Thanks so much
Have a good week
mandi
Less is More

Tara Cardwell said...

this is really beautiful. I love that set, wish we could get papertrey in the UK.

Susan said...

Rosemary, this is awesome!! I love that dress form...and the bracket is perfect!!! Awesome job on this!

Jenny said...

Fab card Rosemary love that colour palette too.
Jenny x

TAM said...

Brilliant card - love the colour scheme

Sylvia said...

Wonderful card, Rosemary! Great use of the colors and I love all the details. thanks for joining us at the ColourQ again this week.

Tenia Nelson said...

What a very cool card!!!!! tfs!!

Christina said...

This is total perfection! LOVE it!

Karen Aicken said...

What a clever way to use the acetate bracket! Great card - TFS
Cheers, Karen
alteredscrapbookingdotcom

Brenda R said...

This acetate is new to me. Seeing your bracket used in your beautiful card helped. Thanks.

Scrumplescrunch said...

Yes you were right to group the buttons, the card is lovely.
Smiles:)

Karen said...

Oooooh! This card is gorgeous! Fantastic use of acetate.
x

G Peplow said...

Brilliant, love all the elements grouped together and the colours are so great:0) xxx

Chrissie said...

Rosemary this card is stunning!
I love that PT image, but to try to buy them in or from the UK is SO expensive!
Wonderful creation, thanks so much!
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Jan said...

Gorgeous card Rosie xx Jan

velta said...

Oh My Goodness Rosemary ! You overcame the fear of acetate... this turned out beautifully...and inspires me to try it too. Thank you for sharing and have great week :)

Linby said...

Love that PTI set-great composition.
Linbyx

Shirley said...

Beautiful card, great use of the bracket too!

~ Ali Robertson ~ said...

This is fab, love it

Ali x

Kathyk said...

This worked out just great

Kathyk

Dolly Daydreams said...

Perfect card and so crisp and clean, love it.

Marie

Anonymous said...

Stunning and so different to the other entries. Love it! x

suzARTe said...

such a gorgeous card, the colours really stand out beautifully

Viv said...

Such a great card again Rosemary, well done :O) Viv xx

Carole Campanile said...

Wow, this is marvelous. I love how you used the acetate.
TFS
Carole

Sue said...

A fab card Rosemary. It's so nice to see all the different ideas people are coming up with for this one. Sue.x

Lynne said...

Fabulous card and great use of the acetate. Wish I`d thought of that istead of struggling with a sheet lol.
Lynne xxx

Brenda said...

Great take on the challenge Rosemary! I am "afraid" of acetate,so I too have no idea what to do. But it's encouraging to see that you can use it so sparingly! I totally love your card with that dress form!

LeAnne said...

Well, I think you rocked both challenges very nicely! That acetate bracket looks very cool! Thanks for playing with the CQC this week!

Unknown said...

So pretty! I love the dress form. Thanks for joining au at CQC! :)

Ruth M said...

What a fab card, love how you inked your acetate bracket and the buttons are perfect grouped there!

Susie Sugar said...

What a great style card I love it
Hugs Susie Sugar xx

Elise said...

YOU know WHAT!?! This looks MARVELOUS! What a FUN, colorful & eclectic collection of artistic fabulousness! I simply ADORE your use of these juicy colors, Rosebud! MEOW! Great job, sweet one!

Jess S said...

what a fun way to use acetate, love the colours, and how your card turned out!

Chris said...

Beautiful card love the colours..Chrissieann x

Suze Bain said...

Lovely card Rosemary, great colour combo. x

Michelle said...

Such a lovely card xx

Aileen said...

Great card and love the images grouped together. x

Carol said...

Really cute card!

Sarah said...

very lovely - colours, texture and design - all fabulous!
Thanks for sharing! Sarah at 164