fresh & fun

Here is my sample for today’s inspiration challenge. It definitely took me out of my comfort zone. But I like my funky results.

When I looked at the Inspiration piece I pulled out these colors: Pixie Pink, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black.

I knew right away that I wanted to use the Friendly Flowers.

I stamped the medium size flower once in Wild Wasabi on Certainly Celery, once in Rose Red on Pixie Pink.

Both flowers were cut out. Next I stamped the medium flower again in Rose Red on Apricot cardstock, punched it out with a 3/4″ circle punch and layered it on the green flower. On top of that is a 1/2″ black circle that was paper pierced and topped off with the clear circle sticker from the Build-a-Brads.

For the pink flower I stamped the smaller flower from Friendly Flowers in Rose Red on Apricot and punche dit out with the 1″ circle punch. I topped it off with a Pewter Build-a-Brad that held a 1/2″ punchout of the medium flower and 1/4″ black circle with white gel pen accents.

The stems and leaves of the flowers were cut out of Tempting Turquoise cardstock.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Wild wasabi cardstock folded in half. Next is a 4″ square of Rose Red followed by a 3 3/4″ square of Basic Black. The black piece was stamped with the Stitched background and embossed with clear embossing powder for extra texture. I also added a paper pierced border here.

I added a small turquoise photo corner with three apricot brads to the top right. The sentiment is also from Friendly Flowers. It’s stamped in Rose Red on Apricot Appeal cardstock, was punched out with the large oval punch and paper pierced. The hardware is from the Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware kit and the ribbon is Turquoise grosgrain.

The dotted border was made with a black Gelly Roll Glaze Pen. I have them for years now and it’s the first time I used one. The rest are almost empty because Rebecca LOVES them.

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Beate this is wonderful.. It makes me face smile !!
Have a great day !

Posted by: Janine | March 4th, 2008 08:39

OMW Beate!!! This card is so my style. I LOVE IT. I think it turned out just perfect. Great job.

Posted by: mj albright | March 4th, 2008 09:14

LOVE this, you know it! LOL!

Posted by: Jenn | March 4th, 2008 09:19

This is sooo cute! I love how it turned out! I’m looking forward to this one! It sounds like fun! Thanks so much for doing this!

Posted by: Jennifer Buck | March 4th, 2008 09:22

Wow Beate! This is so colorful and fun!!

Posted by: Dawn McVey (dawnsing) | March 4th, 2008 09:28

ooh so pretty! love the bright colors

Posted by: stephanie | March 4th, 2008 09:39

Great fun feel to this, love the colors against the black!

Posted by: Conniecrafter | March 4th, 2008 09:42

this is so adorable!
I love the colors…:-)…

Posted by: Silli | March 4th, 2008 09:45

I love how you pulled this card together….it’s definately a gorgeous funky card !!!

Dance On

Posted by: Corinne | March 4th, 2008 09:52

Fun and Funky!

Posted by: denise/geekgirl415 | March 4th, 2008 09:55

Love the bright colours on this funky card! Perfect for the challenge. You are so brave to use so many colours! I’ll be trying the challenge myself tomorrow.
Thanks and have a great day.

Posted by: Glenda | March 4th, 2008 10:21

Love the card but I especially liked the embossed stitched background. Hmmm… I may need to get that background stamp!

Posted by: Ann | March 4th, 2008 11:05

very pretty and such a unique color combo!

Posted by: Jamie Sears | March 4th, 2008 11:13

This is so bold and fun! Just cheery!

Posted by: Julie Koerber | March 4th, 2008 12:03

Totally funky fresh! I love it!

Posted by: Jill K | March 4th, 2008 12:04

love it love it love it — who knew you could channel Tone Loc!

Posted by: StampMom | March 4th, 2008 12:35

Beate,
What a fun card…I love it!

Posted by: DebbieY | March 4th, 2008 12:35

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!! FAB colors!! Great inspiration! OK.. that does it.. now I NEEEEEEED that set too! Thanks for rockin’ my world with your creations! Patty

Posted by: Patty Bennett | March 4th, 2008 12:43

WOW, Beate! Love it! I wish I could see that stitched background better- I bet it looks so awesome embossed like that!!

Posted by: Kristin Moore | March 4th, 2008 12:54

Very cute, and now I am singing…

Posted by: Jennifer | March 4th, 2008 13:05

Whoa, psychedelic, man! Way Groovy!

Posted by: Kerry D-C | March 4th, 2008 13:08

what a fun challenge..I love the bright colors and the black background!!

Posted by: Tara | March 4th, 2008 13:26

Gorgeous colors!

Posted by: Courtney | March 4th, 2008 13:33

Love this card! Great color combo!!

Posted by: Tina | March 4th, 2008 13:43

This is fabulous! It’s so bright and bold and happy but not too much, KWIM?

Posted by: Elizebeth | March 4th, 2008 14:26

I love this funky card Beate - totally awesome! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Posted by: Alexandra Hobson | March 4th, 2008 14:47

Wow, Beate - what an amazingly fun card. I so love the funky feel to it and the colors are great. What a great card to kick off your inspiration challenges!! I hope to get a chance to try one.

Posted by: Maria-CMB | March 4th, 2008 15:05

Beautiful job Beate!

Posted by: Kim | March 4th, 2008 15:13

LUUUVVVV it!

barb

Posted by: Barb Hendrickson | March 4th, 2008 15:19

OMG - not only I love your card….it’s gorgeous!!! I love the title of it too - it reminds me of a song that I used to dance to in the 80’s - LOL!!!

Posted by: Silke Ledlow | March 4th, 2008 15:39

Your entry title caught my eye right away! I live in Medina, Ohio, where it is definitely COLD!!!! While I’m not sure if we’re “funky” here in my neck of the woods, Funky Cold Medina made me laugh!

PS My Medina is pronounced with a long i… not quite the same as the LL Cool J song!

Posted by: Amy Y. | March 4th, 2008 18:55

What a bright cheery card! I Will have to try this inspiration challenge later this week!

Posted by: Laura Jean | March 4th, 2008 20:03

Oooooh, I love your funky results too!! So bright and striking, really knocks your socks off!

Posted by: Angie Tieman | March 4th, 2008 20:45

oh wow, this is just stunning, love love the colours!

Posted by: yvonne | March 4th, 2008 20:57

I love the effect of embossing the clear on black. I must keep that in mind.
Joan

Posted by: Joan Jeffery | March 4th, 2008 21:05

Very cool! Love the fun colors–they’re not something you see everyday and that stitched background looks great embossed on the black.

Posted by: Karen | March 4th, 2008 21:06

Oh my goodness Beate! THIS is GORGEOUS! I love the bright colours…so wonderful!I adore that you can adapt to ANY stamping style and make it look like a breeze!
Love the inspiration piece you posted….I will definitely give this a go tomorrow. Got behind today prepping for my girls night tomorrow.

Posted by: Dawn E. | March 4th, 2008 21:58

I REALLY REALLY love this! So fun and fresh!

Posted by: Maren | March 4th, 2008 22:35

Wow! love it!

Posted by: Catherine | March 4th, 2008 23:35

Oh my gosh, this is just GORGEOUS!!! Wow!

Posted by: Heather P. | March 4th, 2008 23:59

Outstanding colors and detail! You are one of my stamping heroes, you know. I look to you every day to push myself further in my stamping. Thanks for being there for all of us!

Posted by: Sara in WI | March 5th, 2008 01:28

Love this card as I do everything you make. THANK YOU for always giving measurements. I am measurement challenged and you have no idea how much easier you make it for me by providing that information.

Posted by: Suzy | March 5th, 2008 06:08

Love your background, Beate! I have been wanting to emboss black on black, but the clear would be great too!

Posted by: diane (cookiestamper) | March 5th, 2008 06:58

Beate this card is fabulous! I love the bright colors you used! I usually don’t do the inspiration challenges but I decided to give yours a try! I’m glad i did, it was fun and I like what I came up with! Thanks again for all of your inspiration!

Hugs~

Posted by: Diane G | March 5th, 2008 10:04

An ASTOUNDING work of art!! I am soooooo surprised you didn’t use chocolate for the black background, LOL. This is a fabulous inspiration piece. TFS.

Posted by: Juanita | March 5th, 2008 11:09

Fabulously funky! Just LOVE it!

Posted by: Charmaine | March 5th, 2008 11:10

This is so fun and bright! I love how you used the basic black as the backdrop for the flowers.

Posted by: kathleenh | March 5th, 2008 13:14

Simply Stunning!!!! And now I can’t get that song out of my head!!!! haha

Posted by: Joan Hajek | March 5th, 2008 21:24

Wow, I love this card!! The colors are great; nice and vibrant! Cool looking flowers!

Posted by: Elaine | March 6th, 2008 09:24