Blogger Challenge: Week 29

This week's blogger challenge was to use the layout found on page 37 of the Stampin' Up! Spring/Summer Collection catalog as the basis for a card. The card in the photo is not my typical style (very elegant!), so it took me a while to come up with a way to approach the layout that worked for me.

I ended up using the large boat image from Boatloads of Love as the focal point of the card. I loved the way my earlier card with Boatloads of Love worked with the fun striped paper from the Cutie Pie paper pack, so I went back to that for my color inspiration.

I stamped the image two times, first on the cardfront, then on a scrap of cardstock. I colored the image on the scrap piece with Copic markers, then cut it out and attached it to the cardfront with dimensionals. I used sponges to dab in a sky and the water.

I had a hard time arranging the blocks of color and pattern to my liking (a red panel at the top of the card just didn't work--way too heavy feeling). I arranged and rearranged quite a few times before I settled on this combo.

Be sure to check out what the other blogger challenge players have created using this layout. You can find links to their blogs in the sidebar on the right side of my blog.

Materials Used:

Boatloads of Love stamp set, Bashful Blue and Rose Red cardstock, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, and Ballet Blue Classic inks, Cutie Pie designer paper, Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder, Crystal Effects, dimensionals, sponges (Stampin' Up!); markers (Copic)