Saturday, March 21, 2009

Bestest Friends

Here's my card for yesterday's Bellarific Friday on Bloggabella. Weren't all the submissions super fabulous! OMG...there's SO much stamping talent in the world!!!

The inspiration piece reminded me of the Scenic Route Grafton line of papers...the colours are bang on, so I pulled out the striped piece. I stamped Mr. Turtle with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him with copics. I cut him out with square Nestabilities and added some orange Stickles to his shell. 

I wanted to keep this layout more simple, with some white space (ok, a teensy bit of white space, LOL)...more like the wonderful layouts Nickabella comes up with. I started with the white base then cut a circle of Tangerine Tango and ran it through the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. I punched the striped paper with the SU eyelet border punch. The ribbon is old SU from my stash. 

Once the image was in place I stamped the sentiment, Bestest Friends. I added three Burnt Honey Bella Bonbons to the ribbon just under the sentiment and to balance off the other side I added a Prima with a Kajinker flower in the center. The final detail is a small ghost butterfly that I coated with orange Stickles. 

I really like the simplicity of this layout. Thanks for the inspiration Nicky!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

13 comments:

Jane Wetzel said...

This is just too darn cute! Great coloring and all! tfs!

Leslie said...

Hey I have that paper - guess what I'll be making this w/e?! You're right, Nicky's (Nickabella)layouts ROCK!

Judi said...

Very cute card. Great job on the coloring.

Nicky said...

Love the layout , the colouring is fantabulous and the card is great as always.
Have a great weekend and tell us all about it when you get back.
Hugs
Nicky

Janet said...

what a great card!! 2 more sleeps!! HOLY CRAP I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO!! lol
hugs

Debbie Pamment said...

Love that bright DP - so perfect for the challenge! Fabulous work as always Karen....
xXx

Shannan Teubner said...

Love this, Karen!!

Kirsten said...

Your new name is super cute bob hair girl! And Fabulous name tag!!! Your work is amazing and we LOVED our projects you created!!!

Christyne said...

OMGosh! I think I need to order that turtle! SO cute!

Anonymous said...

Now that is a cute card!

Monika/Buzsy said...

This is super cute! Love the turtle and the colors. TFS!

Anonymous said...

just stamped this guy out today, he is sooooo cute, your cart is amazing!

Kylah Marro said...

Oh my goodness he is SOOOO cute! I love the way you colored him! I can't wwait to play with my Copics more! Thanks for a great project on Friday night!! I love it!

You Rock girl!!! I am so happy I was able to meet you :)