Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Color Challenge

I am so excited to share this post today!! I was at my local "Kaufland"(grocery store) and as walking past the 1 Euro bin saw something that looked interesting--this felt lace! I had a little "I bet I can do something fun with that" moment, and home it came! I saw that Kristina's Color Challenge today was 100% on my brain wave...and this card was born! I am going back to Kaufland tomorrow to see if I can find any more felt!
The colors for her challenge are old olive, certainly celery, sahara sand and whisper white. LOVELY colors together. I had a lot of fun with this one!

So, the details. It started like this, I opened my new found treasure and cut it into 4 3/4" strips. I ran it through my Xyron 900 with a permant adhesive roll in it, so the entire back of the lace was covered with adhesive. That machine sure is handy for things like this!:) I cut a piece of certainly celery cardstock and mounted my felt on the celery. I then mounted that on a layer of whisper white. Then came the delicous celery grosgrain ribbon. I mounted the white layer onto old olive and then ended on a sahara sand card. The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. It originally says Peace Love Joy, but I used my old olive marker to just stamp the "Peace". I then punched it out with the large oval punch and then mounted it on wide oval--punched from certainly celery. A couple of dimensionals and there you have it!

I don't think I'm going to be selling these at the Christmas market--unless I can find more felt!:) I got 9 cards from the bag...and am really hoping for another package! Thank you Kristina! I had a great time with this one!!

Thanks for stopping by friends! I appreciate your sweet comments and friendship!! Have a wonderful day!!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

so cute! i LOVE that felt.

Lisa Brown said...

Beautful card! The felt is great!

Angie Tieman said...

Ooooh, this is gorgeous!! That felt looks awesome!

Mama said...

Oh, Wow! I love it Jeni! Good choices! xoxo Mom

wendyp said...

That felt is gorgeous and so is your card! Love those colors!!!

Anonymous said...

I believe we have a winner in this card, very nicely done ~Donna

Unknown said...

So beautiful!

Anthonette said...

You found this felt at your grocery store? I wish I lived in your neighborhood. Wow! Beautiful creation. Congrats on being picked for Kristina's top list!

chloe said...

That felt is just fabulous! Great take on the challenge!

Anonymous said...

didn't I call you a winner!!! cCongrats ~Donna

Regan said...

super cute- love this!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous card! I love the felt, and how you layered the oval punches! Congrats on being in the Top 20!

Melissa Sauls said...

LOVE your card! Too bad that felt doesn't come in bulk....and cheap! :) I look forward to seeing more great finds from you!

ohradiogirl said...

This is very nice. Of course I love the colors.

Anonymous said...

This card is gorgeous! I found you through Kristina's roundup.