When I saw today’s inspiration challenge, I knew I had to participate.
Those of you who read my blog frequently are already smiling to themselves. Yes, this bedspread has lots of chocolate chip, which is absolutely my favorite color.
I wrote down this color combo: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Apricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink and Purely Pomegranate. I also wrote down flowers and swirls.
I looked through the catalog trying to decide what stamps I should use. I narrowed it down to Flowers & Flourishes or Ginormous flowers. Next I looked through my paper stacks for the perfect papers. I picked the Linen Designer Paper.
Now I needed a layout. Looking through several sketch blogs, I decided on the newest CPS sketch. 
Lately I have been laughing at myself for using Chocolate Chip cardstock as my card base so often. This time I didn’t feel guilty about it. The card base is a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Chocolate chip cardstock folded in half. I stamped the Swirl from Baroque Motifs from the left bottom to the top right of the card in chocolate chip.
I took a flower from the Pretties Kit and sponged it with a sponge dauber and Purely Pomegranate ink. I added an Fire Circle Jewel brad in it’s center.
The saying from the Flowers & Flourish stamp set is stamped in chocolate chip on Shimmery white cardstock. To balance the double Photo corner on the top left out, I added a paper pierced corner to the bottom right of that saying.
I paper pierced the edges of the pink patterned paper, and stamped the Argyle stamp from All in a Row on the funky flower pattern paper. Over the funky paper I added some ribbon. The double ribbon is from the Ribbon Originals Pack: Sherbert, tied together with White Taffeta ribbon.
All patterned paper is from the Linen Prints Designer paper.
On the thin vertical strip I added three Brass Jumbo eyelets with the help of one of my favorite new tools, the Crop-a-dile. How did I ever function without one????
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.29 Responses to “SCS inspiration challenge and CPS sketch”
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Holy mackerel! This is awesome!
Beautiful card Beate. I was wondering how long it takes you (on average) to make a card. Even using a sketch, it seems to take me forever (generally 2 hours) and even then, I don’t always love the end product :o|
Wow, you are amazing — the card is amazing! You can Chocolate Chip are a match made in Heaven.
WHoops! That was suppose to say you “AND” chocolate chip are a match made in Heaven.
Isn’t it funny how we look at colors from around us differently after all the SU colors? I love your inspiration for this and think you did a great job here.
Amazing. I love those colors, I love the design, I just love it all!!!!
HUGS
I love everything you do – but this just may be my all time favorite! I think I need to copy this exactly – which will mean buying more stamps! Thanks for the “ezcuse” – truly beautiful!
Beautiful, Beate! I was scrapbooking this morning and using the Crop-a-dile and was remembering all the banging with the little hammer and such. Love my Crop-a-dile!
Beautiful Masterpiece! Glad to hear I’m not alone…always on the lookout for cool color combos in my surroundings.
fab card, it’s a gorgeous colour combination!
Love this sketch…will definitely be trying this one soon! TFS :0)
This is ~gorgeous~!! Awesome job turning your inspiration piece into a card. 🙂
Wow…what a beauty, Beate!! I love this!!
Just one more question. Can you tell me what page the ticket corner punch is on in the fall and winter collection? thanks.
Absolutely gorgeous! I LOVE the Chocolate Chip card base! 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous, as usual! Love your bedspread! You did a beautiful job on the card!
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This is really beautiful Beate! Great job on the challenge.
Wow, Beate…what a gorgeous card! You have totally captured the essence of the inspiration piece! Awesome!
I love the card 🙂 Also what fabulous bed linen, wish to come to USA……..xx
Love these colours together Beate! Cool interpretation 🙂
This is gorgeous!
Gorgeous Beate, just gorgeous. Wow!
Just GORGEOUS Beate. I was really hoping to do the CPS challenge before I left for holidays but just didn’t get a chance to. TFS.
Wow, you couldn’t have done a better job on this card. It is amazingly just like the photo!
Love love love this card – so pretty! 🙂
Beate this card is absolutely beautiful!! I love the way you used the new Jumbo eyelets. I have yet to use mine but I think you’ve just inspired me – as always. TFS.
Another gorgeous card, Beate! Great job interpreting the inspiration piece and thanks so much for sharing your creative process with us.
I didn’t even give the Linen Prints designer paper a second look when the catalog first came out, but I’ve been loving all the things you have been making with it!
GORGEOUS CARD, wonderful inspiration, and the colors make me so happy!!! You did it again, TFS.