Wednesday, January 13, 2016

why mess with a good thing

Another card for you today. Does this card bring anything to mind?


If your mind went to Papertrey Ink, I'm not surprised. That's where my inspiration originated. A while ago Maile B. introduced a paper line and this design caught my eye. Why mess with a good thing, I thought, and kinda recreated it using these stamp sets.

Celebrate Artsy

Holiday Artsy
The sentiment is from the new release, a great and versatile sentiment set designed by Shery and called Big Greetings.  Watch for more of it on Friday. I was inspired by colors from The Challenge although I strayed a bit since I needed more tones. Bev of Happy Dance is being featured. Yay Bev!


Since I used a newly released stamp set, I'm squeaking in at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge - Something New.

Two of those swooshes are stamped with Delicata silver pigment ink, so I'm joining the metallic fun at Just Us Girls #325.

And Betsy V''s card totally reminded me of the idea of a strip of striped paper along the edge to pep things up. I'm joining the Create Along With Us over at PTI. I didn't actually use PTI product, but it was Maile's PP that inspired my design!

Happy Hump Day!


19 comments:

Suchi said...

So artsy!! I love it Maria! :)
Suchi xx

~amy~ said...

perfect!

Karen B. said...

Such a cool artisic card.

SD pooja said...

I too loved the free artsy look of the card !

Happy Dance said...

Yep. Like this one. Clean and sweet, fun color, lots of white space, and swooshies. Glad you shared this fun card; it makes me smile. Bev

Happy Dance said...

P.S. Thanks for the shout-out! Glad you're playing along!! : )

Virginia L. said...

BEAUTIFUL!! I love the soft colors and graphic look on this. You know how to make the stamps shine, Maria!

shirley-bee said...

Very artsy! Love the drama of the black/white strip.

Helen Gullett said...

This is one fun and artsy card for sure! I love colors too :)

Anita in France said...

Cool, crisp, funky and deliciously artsy, Maria ... brilliant! Hugs, Anita :)

Sue VanDeVusse said...

What a fun design! I love the colors and artsy design. Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!

Sharyn Polesel said...

What a great artsy card! Love the swipes of color! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Very "Maria" -- great use of the images! Thanks for joining in at JUGS!

Amy Sheffer said...

Great way to re-create the look of Maile's watercolor paper! Super fun card!

Kim Heggins said...

So fun...love your amazing card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Challenge.

Lori said...

Love the collage style stamping you did here! The metallic accents look great with the bold colors. Thanks for joining us at The Challenge!

Broni said...

What a great artsy design! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Challenge this week!

Lesley said...

Totally awesome, graphic feel to your card and you had me at thick, black stripes! LOVE that! Thank you for joining us at The Challenge this week, Maria! xo

wienerhoneymooners said...

LOVE it!!!

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