Saturday, November 22, 2014

On the Diagonal

That Shari Carroll is a genius when it comes to colors. Here is her current Color Coordinates Recipe over at the Simon Says Stamp blog:


I thought it would be fun to use the lighter grey plus the two blues in a sortof ombre thing. For my design, I chose to CASE the inspiration card from the current (and sadly last) The Cutting Edge challenge:


What a perfect excuse to break out my Lil' Inker On The Diagonal die that I've never used.

For my sentiment, I opted to loosely follow the current Clean & Simple challenge:


If you roll all that together, this is what comes out:


I used three of Shari's colors, copied the layout of the card from The Cutting Edge, and since the C&S sketch was also three panels, I declare this a loose interpretation of the panels and stamped the sentiments in SSS Slate.

When I stamped the 'birthday' word, I managed to schmear ink onto the bottom blue panel, so it was time to embellish! I broke out my Avery Elle Finished Frames dies and used the stars to cut some grey (maybe Smoke? I wasn't paying attention) card stock. I also added a few silver star sequins.

I think it's still pretty CAS, and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: My card won Top 3 at The Cutting Edge! :)



Stuff I used: misc star sequins, and the following:



10 comments:

  1. Beautiful, I love your color choices, the blues and greys are gorgeous together and the stars are a perfect little touch!

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  2. I knew I needed that diagonal cut die. This card made it even more apparent! Great job, Leslie.

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  3. I do not need another die. Stoppit. I like the colors you used, this card is really pretty. Ok, so maybe just one more die...what could it hurt?

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  4. LOVE. So perfectly CAS, and those colours....

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  5. Fantastic combination of inspirations. Smart gal!

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  6. well...got to say great minds think alike!! I was just finishing up a similar card to post to the clean and simple blog...back to the drawing board for me ;)

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  7. Wow! That's impressive how you got all those different inspirations to come together into a nifty CAS card.

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  8. What a fabulous card! The colors are wonderful! So glad you joined us at The Cutting Edge! :)

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  9. Love your choice of colors for your card!! With the stitching, a WONDERFUL birthday card!! Thanks so much for joining the challenge this week at The Cutting Edge:)!!

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  10. I just love that diagonal banner and how you've used it on your cards, Leslie!! Congratulations on the Top Three win at TCEC!! Hugs, Darnell

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