Sunday, September 5, 2010

Joan's Gardens Challenge #13

Wowzer! Joan threw in lots of little criteria for this weeks challenge! Stop over to Joan's Gardens and check this one out!!! We had to use rich, deep purple, use a Pendant die or make something similar, and use a border punch! Yipes Stipes!

This whole card started, because I got a new MS punch that I wanted to create with. It is the Quilted corner punch. As I was playing, I realized it was just like a piece that a Pendant die would make. I also added Dusty Concord Distress Ink to my collection, yesterday. The papers are all scraps from my stash, with the teal color being Bermuda Bay. For my border punch, I used an MS but unsure of the name. My flower is made from punching 8 layers of tissue paper, with a large 5 petal flower punch, and inking it in the Dusty Concord with touches of Fiber Scraps Tintz. The little butterfly stamp is from Judith and has touches of Stickle for sparkle. I added a gem flower center and larger deep purple gems up the side as accents. The sentiment is from Me & CarrieLou.

Have a glorious day, my friends! Thanks for stopping by.

12 comments:

The Other Patti Sue said...

Well you've totally outdone yourself on this one GF! LOVE the purple and your flowers totally rock!

Becky said...

This is lovely Mary-Ann, gorgeous flower and gorgeous colors. I love new toys..:)

Colleen said...

Mary Anne,
Shopping???????????? !!!!!!!! OK I'll just shup up :)
Wonderful card!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Yes, shopping! I was out of glue! LOL!

A Consuming Passion said...

Yes this was a challenging challenge for the 13th!!! Really like your card though MaryAnne..... you rose to the challenge! and your flower is beautiful!!!

Carol L said...

AHA! You must have graced the Michaels near you LOL!! This is such a pretty card, and I was going to play since purple is my favorite color, but I was completely stumped as to how to incorporate all those elements!! You did a wonderful job following the rules! So pretty!!

Patty Sue 2 said...

Shopping....how about if we play together, this is beautiful. I haven't even started mine yet...and I didn't get to go shopping...i have glue. ha!

WhiteRacoon said...

Very cute! I love the colors: teal and purple go soooo well together!
Good job!

craftieodmae said...

Absolutely gorgeous! and it's purple! You do great with that color GF! Playing catch up with all the post I have missed, all of your cards are gorgeous!!!

Payne Holler Cards said...

it was a challenge but sure turned out a gorgeous card! you nailed it! hmmmm, will have to try that corner punch...guess you're FORCING me to go shopping LOL

Joan Fricker said...

Wow, you certainly pulled it off! Great use of the corner punch for your pendant. Very interesting movement around the card. Great job!

Thanks so much for playing Joan's Gardens #13 weekly challenge. It is so much fun seeing all the beautiful cards.

Joan
www.atjoansgardens.com

Janice M said...

Very pretty Mary Anne! I like the flower you made.