Friday, June 7, 2013

Marina Mist - My New Fav Color

Hello all my bloggy and crafty friends!
I have a new favorite color.
Purple and Blue have always been my favs, but the
Stampin' Up "Marina Mist" is now my fav blue. It's so pretty!

I thought I'd try to make a monochromatic card today. These types of cards usually don't pan out for me, but today, I'm very happy with the turn-out.



  • Marina Mist Card base cut @ 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
  • Whisper White cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
  • Marina Mist Designer Series cut @ 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
  • Marina Mist Designer Series strip was scrap and reverse side of pattern background paper
  • Marina Mist image mat cut @ 3 1/8" x 3 5/8"
  • Whisper White image mat cut @ 3" x 3 1/2"

Stamp Sets:

Wetlands (for image and sentiment)
# 126695 (wood)
# 126697 (clear)


Inks:
# 126962 Marina Mist


Papers:
# 119682 Marina Mist 8 1/2" x 11"
# 124279 Marina Mist 12" x 12"
# 130135 Subtles Designer Series Paper Stacks 12" x 12"
# 100730 Whisper White 8 1/2" x 11"
# 124302 Whisper White 12" x 12"
# 130145 Birthday Basics 12" x 12" (for background photo only)



Accessories:
# 130030 Subtles Designer Buttons
# 125575 Island Indigo Twine

Adhesives:
#104332 SNAIL 
# 104331 SNAIL Refill 
# 103682 Glue Dots 
# 100425 2-Way Glue Pen

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
:) Janis
Entered: 
Eclectic Ellapu - W, 2E - Anything with Wings  (Sun)
Glitter n Sparkle - W -  Anything with a "B"  (Sun)
ABC Challenges - W, cards only, E3, C10 - Masculine (Mon)
Anything Goes Challenge 2W, 5E -  #94 Fathers Day (Week 1)  (Tues)
Creative Craft Challenges 2W, 3E - #11 For The Fellas (Week 2) (Tues)
Party Time Tuesdays W3E (2E anything goes wk) - PTT #123 Happy Fathers Day  (Tues)
Sweet Stamps W1E, SIO, C10 - #120 For Dad (Tues)
Crafty Creations - #225 For a boy (Wed)
Creative Belli - 2W - #171 Father's Day (Wed)
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - SIO - #261 Father's Day (Wed)
Simon Says Stamp -  Masculine/Father's Day (Wed)
Stampin' Royalty - C3 - Masculine (Wed)
The Perfect Sentiment - cards only -must have sentiment on front - #82 Father's Day/For a man (Wed)
The Stamping Chef - 2W - Father's Day/For a man (Wed)
Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W2 of 2)  Masculine cards (Thurs)
Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes (Thurs)

16 comments:

snappy scrappy said...

Gorgeous design, great colour!!

jonim52 said...

Very pretty card. Love the blue. Thanks for joining us at PTT.

DIANA L. said...

This is such a super sweet card I love it. great papers wonderful sentiment
YOu could enter this in my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes June Linky Party
DIANA L.
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

beautiful creation. Love your take on the letter b. Thank you for joining us at Glitter n Sparkle this week. Hugs Shelly

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is gorgeous, love the colour. Thank you for sharing your lovely creation with us at Paper Crafting Journey.
Hugs
Cathy DT
xxxxxx

Nana said...

Beautiful. Love the design.
Have a creative day.
Hugs Nana
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xxcalamityxx said...

Love the image and your new favourite blue is a gorgeous colour, thank you for joining us over at Anything Goes for our Fathers Day challenge xhugsx Nikki

Pamela said...

Beautiful card, thanks for sharing with glitter n sparkle x

Elaine aka Ellapu said...

This is gorgeous.TFS with us Eclectics this week and hope you join in with future challenges.
Elaine aka Ellapu

Cathy said...

This one certainly panned out! I love the color and the image! Great card!

Sherrie K. said...

So very pretty! The stamped image is gorgeous:)
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Michele I said...

what a great card

Laurel Beard said...

So pretty and elegant!

Thank you so much for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp!

Ger said...

Gorgeous stamping! Lovely card. Thankyou for joining us this week at ABC Challenges

Sandy Fredrick said...

I love the monochromatic look and the varied patterns of the papers. Thank you for joining us in this weeks challenge at SweetStamps.com.

Sandra said...

Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Craft Challenges.
xxx