Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Pinwheel Margaritas

Too late to get into any stories this evening. I will tell you that I think most of the mired marigolds are going to survive. I will also mention that I STILL think upside -down-hanging-tomato-bags are RIDICULOUS.

I think I'm in a slump - only two cards to post! And the first one is one of those situations where concept and execution did not intersect on the roadway of cardmaking. It's colorful - I'll just keep it at that...

Happiness is a Pinwheel
~Base card turquoise Bazzill cardstock
~Design paper - DCWV Nana's Kids
~Ribbons
~Sentiments by Just Rite
~Pinwheels turquoise, green and pink cardstocks on white cardstock with black brad centers
~Center slotted brad with assorted ribbons
~Horizontal striped ribbon
Challenges:
Shabby Tea Room - Popsicles and Pinwheels using hot pink, bright green, cool turquoise
2S4Y - sketch



Lunch with a Lime~Base card blue cardstock
~Layers of The Paper Studio's Blue and Green Stripe and Wavy Lines~Images from Michael's dollar bin - the word fiesta cut from the image - colored with Copics, "salt" rim topped with Stickles Diamonds, glasses topped with Ranger Glossy Accents~Sentiment typed and printed on inkjet printer
~Green grosgrain ribbon
Challenges
Our Creative Corner Keep Your Cool Color Challenge - Blues and Greens
Stars and Stamps - Create Something Tasty
Stampin' Royalty - Seeing Double
That's it for tonight. Hope to capture some quality Bubble time tomorrow.
Thank you for stopping by.
Nancy

15 comments:

  1. So bright and cheery ... love your design! Thanks for sharing with us this week in the Tea Room :)

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  2. what are mired marigolds? MLF

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  3. cute cards! I really like your 2-dimensional pinwheel you created for our Tea Room challenge. I think it's a very unique approach and I really like it. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  4. both of these cards are fantastic and really unique,thanks for sharing!!!

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  5. Both of your cards are wonderful! I Love the pinwheel design and your margarita card is so fun! The added glossy accents is fantastic!
    Thanks for joining us this week at OWH!

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  6. Very pretty. I love the bright colors :)
    Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
    Laura

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  7. Your pinwheel card is so fun! Love how bright and cheerful it is :)

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  8. Such a bright and fun card - love the pinwheel! Thanks for joining us this week at TSTR! :)

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  9. Love the let's do lunch card=my kind of tasty treat! :)

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  10. I love those pinwheels - they would be fun to make. Your design with the lime cocktails is also very cute. Thanks for joining us at Stampin' Royalty.

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  11. Hi Nan,

    Congratulations your name was selected by Isabella's Sketchbook for one free digi for your comment left on my blog. Have fun with it and I hope to see you soon at Isabella's Challenges.

    Randi

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  12. What a happy, bright and cheery card! Love the pinwheels!

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  13. Great take on this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge :-)

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  14. Wow - what great projects. Great job with the doubles challenge here at Stampin' Royalty.

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