Sunday, August 21, 2011

Happy B-Day!

Hi All and a Very Happy Sunday to you!  Today I am back with a really quick post to share my latest creation, inspired by The Color Throwdown #155,  they had such Fabulous colors this week, and Mojo Monday's Terrific Sketch# 204 too..
 

I noticed lots of ladies using the MME Gertie collection, which I absolutely love and agree are perfect for The Color Throwdown's color combo this week, and I wanted to make sure and put them together a bit differently than everyone as well... And at 3:00AM, my combo looked pretty darned cute to me, but today I am not so sure I like it as much lol..  ( does that ever happen to you? lol..)  I am feeling it's a bit on the Busy side for my tastes.. lol  But my DH says its fantastic.. Hmmm not so sure if he's just humoring me or not.. lol  Anyway, here's my take on both the challenges and dp's too.. 8-)


Well as you know lol, my panels an BG were all made up with the MME Gertie collection and I chose to mat everything up with some kraft CS from my stash as well.  To create my Fun little flower focal piece, I fired up my Cricut and broke out my Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge for the very first time! Don't know why I have been hesitating to try it out lol..  It made it so fast and easy to put my Darling little flower together and there are so many more combos to choose from too! I can now see I will be using this cartridge a lot!! lol 8-)  To finish it all up, I stamped my Flourishes sentiment onto a fun little die cut tag with Memento Rich Cocoa, and shaded with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink, popped up my main panel with a few dimensionals and added a cute little button, all tied up with a bit of hemp twine.  8-)

Hope you all are enjoying the rest of your weekend & thanks so much for visiting today!
Thanks for stopping by!

13 comments:

  1. Wow, Shannon...This card is fabulous! I love all the different patterns together, and your flower is so pretty. Looks like you are my go-to girl for when I want to see some great paper...I spent hours checking out Two Peas after I saw your turtle stamp the other day and ending up ordering several digital paper sets! Now I'm going to have to check out the Gertie paper ;) So fun!!! Hugs~ Cheryl

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  2. Shannon, I am so glad you stopped by my blog so I could now come visit you! What a show-stopper this is! I LOVE it! I did not play with the Mojo sketch this week---it intimidated me a bit, but you nailed it and the color challenge! Thanks for playing with this beauty!

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  3. Oh Shannon this is GORGEOUS!! I absolutely love all of your papers and that fabulous design! Beautiful flower too!
    Hugs, Tammy :)

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  4. Shannon, this is so pretty. I would have never gotten all that patterned paper to look good together and your just made it look so natural! Love that wonderful flower too.
    Lynn

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  5. So pretty. Love the flower and cute MME papers. :)
    Hugs~

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  6. Shannon, this is fabulous!! Love the DPs and how you combined all the colors and made them just pop!! Fabulous!! I love my Cricut and definitely need to use it more.

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  7. Hi Shannon,
    Truly wonderful, fantastic colors, not too busy.

    Judie

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  8. Shannon, I think you did a fab job putting the patterns together. The colors are lovely and that flower is so pretty! The tag is great! :o)

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  9. This is lovely! Great combination of patterns. Love that flower and the tiny sentiment tag! Thanks for playing the Color Throwdown!

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  10. HI Shannon I do love this card!! Like a quilt with the different patterns and that fab flower is the best :)

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  11. I love that you were able to mix all these wonderful designer papers together and come up with such a fabulous card! The flower is awesome too!! Very festive and pretty!!

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  12. Shannon, this is wonderful and so fabulously done! LOVE that flower!

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