Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A Happy Birthday Bursting with Color!!



I pulled out an old Papertrey set yesterday and decided to ink it up:)!!  The set is Green Thumb...and it has some wonderful images!!  Well...I MEANT for this to be a lot cleaner and simpler, but it still has clean lines and quite a bit of white showing, but it kind of took on a life of it's own as I kept putting it together...
It's so funny...we inspire others and then those that we inspire, inspire US!!!  Susan O....if you're reading this...this card is because of you:)!!  I LOVE bright, bold colors...and this card's colors just make me soooo
happy and I love all the circles!!!  I stamped the bursts and stems, dotted with matching rhinestones and did a ribbon treatment I had done on another birthday card, which is great when you can't decide which color to use....just use them all:)!! I added a Paper Smooches sentiment and was going to leave it, but it looked too "plain"...needed a bit more color...  I decided to add a 1/2 cut panel adorned with matching colored strips...and why a separate panel???...so I could emboss it with dots similiar to those on the bursts on the main panel....now I felt REALLY happy with all that color!!  The colors I used were: Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun, Lucky Limeade and Tempting Turquoise.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

12 comments:

  1. Love, love, LOVE! And that ebo makes the background look like lego, so I love that too! Way to use this set in a creative, fun way!

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  2. Sorry - meant embossing folder (eb) not ebo!

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  3. Oh, I love this! Looks like pinwheels to me - such a happy card!

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  4. How cheerful! Absolutely love everything about it!

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  5. What a great card. Love the colors.

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  6. Love this bright card, Lisa! Fabulous! It makes me happy!

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  7. More love here! I love that stamp, and how you embossed the colored strips!

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  8. GREAT card. . .fun and cheerful.

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  9. The half sheet of stripes was a great addition. Love this card!

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  10. I love these bright colors and the jewel centers! And the diagonal strips and ribbon are amazing!

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  11. So much rainbow goodness! Love the embossed colour strips and that multicoloured ribbon is fabulous!

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I so appreciate your comments...thank you, so much, for taking the time to write:)!! Hugs!! Lisa