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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sunset

For today's project, I turned back to my distress inks. I am slowly trying to teach myself how to blend the colors together and I wanted to enter this into Pause Dream Enjoy's #27 challenge entitled: Sunset.


For this card I mixed 6 different colors: The sky was a combination of Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge to create that sunset palate. I placed a circular piece of paper temporarily on the card for the sun as I applied the orangey Rusty Hinge. I tried keeping the indent very faint. I used Inkadinkado flower stamps for the bottom and although I used Victorian Velvet and Vintage Photo for the flowers themselves, I blended Peeled Paint in the background for that greenery feel. For the sentiment and the butterfly, I used  Black Soot to top it off.

I'm actually really proud of this card and I'm looking into getting some lighter shades of inks so I can experiment some more.

So if you have a card with a sunset or just the colors that are associated with a sunset, be sure to visit Janis and the rest of her DT at Pause Dream Enjoy!

And while you're at it, have you entered my give-away? Only two days left!!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

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  1. Oh my goodness Mee Chelle...another gorgeous card. You're TOTALLY going to make me have to go out and get all the Distress Ink colors aren't you?!?

    Thanks for the link to that new blog! I went and followed it. It will be interesting to see what they do with it.

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  2. Oh my goodness! I love your card. You did an awesome job with the distress inks! I love the flower stamps and using two different ink colors was a great choice! Thanks so much for playing along with us a Pause Dream Enjoy!

    Tonya
    PDE DT
    ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

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  3. Michelle, your card is gorgeous!!! Wow! I totally love it!!

    Hope you have a great week!

    Hugs,
    Heather Lynn

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  4. Mee Chelle! WOW! This is fantastic. I thought you had made a wall painting when I saw the thumbnail entry. Thanks for playing with us at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges. Good luck with the prize this week. I hope you'll come back every Friday when our new challenges start. Smiles :) Janis

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  5. This is so beautiful......great job. Thanks for playing along with us at PDE.

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous!!!!! You did a terrific job with the colors. Thanks for playing along with us @ Pause Dream Enjoy!!
    Blessings,
    Belinda
    http://theembellishedcard.blogspot.com

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  7. Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous! Your blending is flawless! The whole scene is just stunning! Thanks so much for joining in the PDE challenge!
    Tracy

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  8. Where did you go?!?!?! You haven't posted for almost a month, and I need more inspiration!! I'm writing a post right now about making a cards with an ink background like the ones you made here. You need to make more of them!! Come back!!!

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