Gina's Challenge

I haven't done a "Gina's Challenge" in a while but this one appealed to me for some reason. Gina not only gave us this sketch but she also stipulated that the colours to be used were Choc Chip/Whisper White/Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink. These colours are apparently the colour scheme of the new house that Gina is building- very elegant!

Well I know the photo didn't turn out that great but these are the colours I used. Trust me it looks better IRL !!The base card is Choc Chip and the "scallops" Close to Cocoa.The DSP panel is Afternoon Tea (retired) and the stamp set Oh So Lovely (also retired -Hostess) (Sorry I haven't got much new stuff yet ! )The pink if you can see it is behind the flower image and the sentiment. The sentiment is from a new stamp set-"Fresh Cuts" I could not quite manage the spots/pattern on the base card-I did try but I'm a "Clean and Simple" kind of stamper and it just looked too fussy for my liking! Oh ! and the ribbon is pretty in pink too...

Gina's Colour Inspirations !

Gina at "Stampwith Gina" (see link on Blogs I like to visit) has put up 2 more great challenges for October!. This picture is the inspiration for the colour challenge (Isn't this room beautiful!)

Gina's challenges are fun because her blog viewers get to pick the winners!! The entries are posted on her site towards the end of the month so don't forget to visit then and vote for your favourite! Or visit now and join in !!

Please scroll down a bit to see what I created with these colours!

Here's my entry !

And here is the card that I made from the inspiration photo. I used DSP from "Confetti" and "Fall Flowers/ Very Vanilla/Choc Chip and my mostly flowers for the stamped image. I have also used my word window punch to make the two little features in the top right panel that are secured with "vintage" brads. The layout is a Beate Weekend Sketch # 58 but with the square motif and word window features added.

The Pomegranate Room

The title for this post would make more sense to you if you had been visiting Gina's blog lately!
(http://www.stampwithgina.blogspot.com/) Each month she runs 2 challenges- a sketch challenge and a colour challenge. She is kind of like Australia's Kristina Werner !!! (except her competition is more fun because her blog viewers get to vote for the winner!!) This is the card I made for her colour challenge .The photo to inspire you was of a beautifully elegant bedroom with brown/pomegranate/pink and grey furnishings. Behind the bed was a large brown wooden carved decoration. I have used Purely Pomegranate/ Chocolate Chip/Basic Grey/ Close to Cocoa and Holiday Harmony DSP. The colours do look a bit washed out in the photo- don't ask me why- normally my problem is that they are too dark! And of course, I didn't feel that I could use anything else than Baroque Motifs for such an elegant room! The square motif is meant to echo the wall decoration. This month's entries are posted on her site now so go over and vote for the one you like best!