Thursday, July 2, 2009

Here we go now - Raspberry Suite Color Challenge

Here is this weeks Raspberry Suite Color CHallenge. 

5 Colors? Five!?!? And strictly speaking no white/light neutral.  I had an idea in my head to use bleach and lighten up the gray/stone card stock.  It was something completely different in my head when I started this project, but I do like how this card came out.

I still bleached it  - I filled my aqua painter with straight Chlorox  and squiggled across the sentiment (it was embossed with black craft ink and clear EP).  There was also a little  red left on my sponge so when I did the edges, the gray and red mixed, creating an effect I really like.
I also stamped the Linen background to give it a fabric feel.  I finished it off with some satin ribbon and a leaf green button from PTI
Thanks for stopping by!
{Embrace Life card supplies}
Stamps: (All SU!) Kind & Caring Thoughts, Linen Background, Embrace Life (sentiment)
Ink: (All SU!) Real Red, Sahara Sand, Black craft
Paper: (All SU!) Going Grey, Basic Black, Real Red
Embellies: (All PTI) Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, New Leaf vintage buttons
Tools: Bleach, aqua-painter, eyelet border punch (SU!)

11 comments:

  1. I love this card! WOW!! Who would have thought these colours could actually work!! Such a super job, well Done!!!
    Love the layout too, that extra hieght is really eye catching!!

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  2. Such a great card! I love that little bleached squiggle!! You did a great job putting the colors together :0)

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  3. I really love this ... fabulous technique with the bleach and what a cool button.

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  4. Very pretty! Great job with the colors!

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  5. I love this! It is so soft and serene!

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  6. Wow. Interesting effect with the bleach. Something else for me to try some time...

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  7. Bleach?!? This is so cool love the effect. :)

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  8. Wow! That looks fantastic! That bleachy effect looks positively electric! What a great card and fabulous use of the color challenge!

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  9. Love your use of bleach!! That linen background stamps is one of my absolute favorite bg stamps. And your green button is a perfect finishing touch! :>

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  10. I just LOVE your card. It's one of the best I've seen so far! The bleach squiggle is brilliant!

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