Friday, 14 February 2014

52 Cards Wk7: Aqua, green & blue colour combo

This weeks prompt for the 52 card challenge was another colour combo. This time Nat chose this lovely fresh colour combo of green, aqua and a hint of blue 
As with the last colour combo challenge I went through my scraps bag and pulled anything close to the colours. I had more light blue and aqua scraps than soft green so I went with these. I will admit now that I had a crafty tantrum while making my card as my original idea of running banners over a white doily on white card back fired as the doily blended  in too much for my liking and I just couldn't get it to go how I pictured it. I tried misting the doily, inking it with an ink pad to match the colours but no it just didn't look right. After lots of shuffling of papers & browsing through Pinterest I decided to scraplift this card from Page Maps 
Using only scraps I made this card
I used scraps from three different Echo Park collections and one (the ledger paper) from Dear Lizzy. I'm still not completely happy with it I admit, but it is growing on me. 
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5 comments:

  1. Fiona@Staring at the Sea15 February 2014 at 11:15

    Well I think it's lovely. Maybe try your other doily idea with a kraft coloured background?

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  2. KraftyKaren15 February 2014 at 12:20

    Awww that is really pretty xx

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  3. Sheena16 February 2014 at 11:05

    I rather like it Jess x
    Just my colours :)

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  4. My not so simple life17 February 2014 at 17:36

    Beautiful card, love the colours :)

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  5. Carin McDonough19 February 2014 at 20:48

    Awww sorry your original idea didn't work out but the end result is gorgeous! I think you should try Fi's idea and try it again on a craft background! :)

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