FTTC208 - Let's Use Red

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Hello there!  Are you ready to begin this week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge?  I know I am!

Denise is our hostess and her challenge is for us to USE RED.  Simple enough, huh?

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The first thing I did was pull out one of my newest Flourishes stamp sets, Old Fashioned Florals!  It's gorgeous!  It's designed to be used with the Perfectly Pierced Victorian Ovals dies, but I found it's also just perfect for use with the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames!  I was so excited! 

As I started to color the beautiful floral oval image I stopped and was admiring just how truly beautiful the drawn image is.  I thought, why would I want to do anything but show off the image itself with no color at all?  So that's what I tried to do.

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My card base is made from Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock and for my image I cut some of the same ivory cardstock with the smaller of the Classic Frames then stamped it with Memento tuxedo black ink .  I topped the card base with layers of Classic Kraft and red from the Poppy Collection.  The larger of the Classic Frames was used to die cut some Classic Black cardstock.

There is one large panel and one small banner flag cut from some My Mind's Eye Collectable "Unforgettable" patterned paper.  I wrapped the card front with some Basque Red seam binding and then tied a bow around the ribbon bow with some ivory jute.

While I didn't color the beautiful image, I did shade the background with a B70 Copic marker and a couple of markers from the Warm Neutrals Copic collection.

My sweet sentiment is stamped on the Classic Black cardstock with some ivory ink.

The layout I used was inspired by this week's Deconstructed Sketch #89.

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I hope you'll play along in this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge with us!  Please be sure to take a look at all the fabulous creations of our design team:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cindy Haffner
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Makiko Jones
• Bridget Finlay - our February 2013 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!  Enjoy your week!

 

Comments

[kathy/NorthCarolina]

You did such a good job of highlighting that beautiful image on this card. I agree...if you had colored it in, it just wouldn't have worked as well. Love the banners behind the image and the scalloped border!

[Bridget]

What a beautiful combo of colours including red, and I love how you showcased this gorgeous new set, Broni!

[Allison Cope]

This is stunning Broni! I love the paper strips behind your focal image - great way to include colour! Gorgeous card this week!

[Deborah Anton]

Really beautiful Broni! I love the subtle look of the non-colored flowers against the red and fun banner strips behind it!

[Helen Airton]

Wow! Red and Black - very dramatic. Love the little paper strips highlighting the uncoloured image.

[Maki Jones]

Stunning card, Broni! I love the no coloring image against the red background! Fantastic detail too.

[Rebekka R]

Beautiful card Broni.

[Donna Phelan]

Beautiful layout and layers! Love those itty bitty flagged banners! Well done!

[Cindy Haffner]

Ohh I just LOVE!!~

[Denise M.]

I love love LOVE how you left the image uncolored. Looks so cool with the black and red. Love the use of the doily punch, too!

[Marlena M]

Beautiful layers Broni!