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HAPPY NEW YEAR, y’all!!
I hope you all had a very happy and restful Christmas and New Year celebration! I’m back from a short holiday break and ready to roll! How about you?
So let’s start off the new year with a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! The oh-so-lovely Monika is our hostess today and she’s chosen a very dramatic color scheme for us to play with! What a great inspiration photo!
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I chose to stay simple and a little dramatic as well with my one-layer Hello card:
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The background is simply stenciled using Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste and a mini vineyard TCW stencil. I colored a die-cut piece of linen with my Dylusions Cherry Pie ink spray and dried it with my heat tool. The hello was cut using my WPlus9 Hand-Lettered Hello die.
I’m entering my card into these challenges as well:
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Virginia’s View Challenge #11 – Clean Slate
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CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES #C4C267 – Clean and Simple
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and ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #5 – Use at least one die cut
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We would LOVE it if you’d play along with us this week for the first Color Throwdown of the year! We have a brand new Guest Designer for the month of January 2015: the fabulous Bonnie Sharp! How exciting! Check out what all the designers have created for your inspiration here:
And thank you so much for stopping in to see me today! Your visits are always MOST welcome!
What a GORGEOUS one layer creation! I simply love the texture with the embossing! SO beautiful!!
Posted by: Jodi Collins | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 11:00 AM
hello! Perfect sketch use, amazing paste use, exquisite die cut use. You are still doing a fabulous job with all your stuff. Looking forward to popping by in 2015 and seeing if you can continue to create at the level I have come to expect, but no pressure, ok? Happy New Year!
Posted by: nise | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 06:54 PM
Oh, so pretty Broni. That texture paste background is wonderful. The simple lay-out shows off that technique so well.
Posted by: Monika/buzsy | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 08:40 PM
Really love that translucent paste BG! Great CAS design!
Posted by: Wanda Cullen | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 11:50 PM
That subtle texture makes this cards so special!
Thanks for joining us at CAS(E) this sketch!
Posted by: hannelie | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 06:55 AM
Such a beautiful creation Broni! I love how you used the translucent paste...it just adds even more gorgeousness!
Posted by: Bonnie Sharp | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 09:41 AM
This is soood delicate and elegant, Broni....love how you created the background...such beautiful shimmery texture!!!
Posted by: Joan Ervin | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 12:33 PM
Girl...love the translucent paste, have it and now I need to play! The misted/colored strip is perfect!! Yes, I am not enjoying these cold temps....it IS time for flip flops a d the beach dang it!!!
Posted by: Vickie Z | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 07:34 PM
Beautiful! I love the embossed background! Wonderful take on the sketch!
Posted by: Leigh Penner | Friday, January 09, 2015 at 12:55 PM
What a beautiful shimmery background!
Posted by: Robin Feicht | Friday, January 09, 2015 at 06:59 PM
Love the tone on tone background!
Posted by: Chrissy L | Friday, January 09, 2015 at 07:21 PM
Love that stenciled translucent background, Broni!! And I love your CAS design! Thanks for playing the C4C challenge, too!
Posted by: Barbara Anders | Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 01:56 PM
Beautiful! I love the tone on tone stenciled background. So subtle, but it adds so much.
Posted by: Lori | Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 10:04 PM
Oh, Broni, this is so FABULOUS! Love the gorgeous textured look from the stenciled paste. Your added red/pink is such a striking feature! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “Clean Slate” Challenge!
Posted by: Virginia L. | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 01:46 PM