Hello Stamping Friends! I made this card over the weekend, but I am finally posting it. That happens a LOT to me! The card combines last week's color challenge on splitcoaststampers with this week's Paper Players Challenge. The colors are so out of my comfort zone! I like pinks, I like purples...but together it is so bright and lttle-girly for me. Oh Well! 
The Paper Players challenge asked us to use humor. Well, I think I am a fairly funny person, but my stamps are so stinkin' serious! I need to fix that! I did have this retired image from Stampin' Up's Please Be Seated. Puns are at least a little bit funny. My husband keeps trying to convince me of that. *wink*
My card base is melon mambo, and I have a layer of whisper white embossed with polka dots. I added stripes of polka dotted ribbon in melon mambo and elegant eggplant to create its own layer. The main image is stamped in stazon black, and I used my blender pens for the challenge colors of melon mambo, elegant egglant, and concord crush. I added pink pirouette for the sofa to lighten things up, but decided a bit more humor was needed...so I colored the sofa legs to look like Barbie shoes. That's what melon mambo reminds me of! The image panel is mounted on concord crush, and I used my corner rounder punch. I also added these itty bitty punched flowers with rhinestones, and some retired silver cord.
One of my nieces is finishing her 2nd year of college. I think this will be good to welcome her home for the summer!
Thanks for stopping by!
Inky {{{HUGS}}}
Kim, this is so clever! A great take on the challenge. So glad you shared this fabulous card with us at the Paper Players this week
ReplyDeleteJaydee
I hear ya on the serious stamps...I have the same problem! But that didn't stop you from making one fun card! Love these colors together and the watercolored pillows are lovely! So glad you joined us this week at the Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteAdorable, Kim! Totally forgot I had that set, too. I especially like the trio of ribbons you added to the background. Very cool! So glad you were able to join us this week at the Paper Players! :)
ReplyDeleteAdorable, Kim! Totally forgot I had that set, too. I especially like the trio of ribbons you added to the background. Very cool! So glad you were able to join us this week at the Paper Players! :)
ReplyDeleteI had to dig for a stamp for this week, too! Love your choice and the fun little accents to your card really make it stand out! So glad you joined in the fun at The Paper Players!
ReplyDelete