Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Clean and Simple for the Color Dare


Welcome to December, everyone!  You all know what *that* means... only 24 more sleeps until Christmas!  ACK!  Have you started shopping yet?  I have {just} started but I wish I was done!  LOL  I think the majority of my shopping will be *virtual* shopping this year...not really interested in braving the crazy people in the malls! 

So instead of Christmas shopping, I have been busy crafting!  That's what a girl *should* do, right?  :)  This week's color combination from Riley at the Color Dare is an interesting one: Concord Crush, Perfect Plum, and Chocolate Chip.  At first, I thought, "Cool... two purples and chocolate... easy peasy."  Well, not so easy 'cause when I pulled out the Concord, I realized how much of a blue-purple it is.

I found this lovely, CAS sketch over at clean&simple stamping and knew it would be perfect:


Stamps: Plain Jane (Verve)  Ink: Chocolate Chip, Perfect Plum  Paper: Concord Crush, Whisper White,
Perfect Plum  Accessories: Paper piercer, Chocolate Chip satin ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Nestabilities, sponge dauber, button, baker's twine

That's it for me today - thanks for stopping by and make sure to check out the rest of the DT's creations...their links are to the left.  Enjoy your day - see you tomorrow with a new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!
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6 comments:

Marisa said...

Fabulous use of this week's colours, Melissa. Love the sponging on the sentiment panel and the ribbon treatment too.

jjcreations said...

This is gorgeous - so much texture. I love that embossing folder and the rippled ribbon is wonderful.

Princess Scrapper Stamper said...

Such a pretty card Melissa, you did a fantastic job with our colors this week, tfs!!!

Glenda J said...

Stunning! Love the pleated ribbon!

Nance Leedy said...

Love your choice of EF! :-) Beautiful card and I love the ribbon treatment.

Karen Aicken said...

Wow - just a LOVELY take on the CAS sketch.
Also - love your blog header! So sweet.
TFS, Cheers
Cheers, Karen
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