Color Throwdown #181 - Part 2

Okay, so I was looking at my perfectly lovely card and I thought to myself, "this could use a little more umpf!" So I decided to use some of my fabulous new Shabby Chic Pink embossing powder from Archiver's Vintage Collection. I put it on the medallion in the center-top to add a little more bling and pizazz. Since it was a minor adjustment that would hardly show up in a photo I decided to leave my post as is and went to bed fairly happy with the results.

Apparently, I wasn't as happy as I thought I was because I woke with the need to add more! "Ah ha! It needs little roses at the ribbon area," I thought to myself. "That is sure to do the trick!"

So here it is finished (crossing my fingers).

Have a great Thursday!
Marnie

Color Throwdown #181

Love these colors from the folks at Color Throwdown.

I chose to do a birthday card for my mother whose birthday is next week. She loves shabby chic and all things pretty.

I used paper from Basic Grey's Sweet Threads pack and Lost & Found's Rosy pack, satin and grosgrain ribbon, rhinestone and pearl cabochons, a brass tag stamped with "joy," clear embossing powder, and Cricut cartridge Damask Decor.

Mermaid Challenge

ArtChix Blog Art Challenge: Mermaids * Merpeople * Meranimals due August 2, 2010. If you haven't discovered ArtChix and their amazing image and collage sheet you must go have a look. Not only are the products high quality but their people are also amazing!

For this challenge I had no idea what I wanted to do so I began by cutting our some Mermaid tails on the Cricut using the Paperdoll Dress Up cartridge and a cool blue/green textured-look paper. Then I went to my notebook of ArtChix image sheets and settled on Playful Nudes and Chixies Hat Affair. I used all kinds of embellishments like: a tiny crown, an altered crown brad, stick on pearls, real shells, fresh water pearl beads, Smooch Accent Ink, and Pearl-Ex.

What started out to be a mobile idea evolved into a 3D table-top piece. What do you think?