Monday, July 23, 2012

Last minute Market Street Stamps Paint the Town Color Challenge Entry


There's just no time like the last minute, huh? The time just slipped past me, and this morning I noticed that this month's Market Street Stamps Paint the Town Color Challenge ends tonight! So...I pulled out my Market Street Stamps and got busy - good thing it was a rainy day today! It was a perfect excuse to get inky! Here is what I came up with:
And here is the color inspiration for this month:


Such a striking color combo! I never would have put these together on my own - but that's what I love about challenges! They totally inspire me to try something new! And I now find I LOVE these colors together!



I stuck fairly close on the sketch, just pulled a couple of the elements either up or down to fit my design. 
I layered the pattern papers on the card - the orange and purple are from an older Basic Grey paper pad, and the blue is from a Theresa Collins paper pad. 
I cut a white circle with my Spellbinders Nestabilities, and stamped the bike image from the "Just Riding By" Market Street stamps set so that it was a little off the edge. Tucked some white twill ribbon from Ribbon Carousel behind the circle template, then added a black jute twine bow with a tiny purple button from my stash. 
Finished off with a couple of stick on pearls, and rounded off the top right corner. 
I'm glad you stopped by to visit today! Hope you're having a wonderful day!

13 comments:

  1. These papers are so pretty...love the sentiment!!! Lee-Ann :)

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  2. Hee hee...I love the punny sentiment! Your take on the colors is perfect! I love your card!!

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  3. What a fun card! I love how you matched all the colors and patterns! The sentiment stamp/image is perfect!
    Carolyn
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  4. This is so pretty. I love the image and the sentiment is so cute.

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  5. Fun color combo, and I love the sentiment!
    DeniseB

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  6. Such a FUN Card. You did a Great job on this. Smooches... Felicia

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  7. Oooo! Heather, I just LOVE what you've done with this palette! All the patterned papers are so pleasing, and that little bit of buttoned twine and your ribbon tabs are such great finishing touches! Thanks so much for playing along with the MSS Paint the Town Color Challenge this month!

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  8. I love the color palette too and wouldn't have thought of it either. Challenges are great because they stretch us out of our comfort zones and we create best when we are forced to try new things. Beautiful card!

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  9. Very nice card. I also use uncolored stamped images. Sometimes it looks better.

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  10. Oh how I wish my last minute cards were half as good as yours! I agree, the color combo is striking. TFS
    Have a great day!
    Liz

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  11. The pattern on the blue background paper looks like bike wheels. So cute. I love your colors.

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  12. This is wonderful Heather! That is such a fun sentiment too. I love the colors and I always love seeing what you do with a sketch. It's great!

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  13. oh I love this, great dp and the image is so cute, love how you used this sketch

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