Stamped Sophisticates

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Pink Bow Birthday

I seem to be on a roll with Pals Paper Arts Challenges. This week's theme caught my eye, again. The challenge was to use brads. I love brads and I tend to get carried away when I get the chance to use them.

I made two versions of the card for my entry. Here they are together. The first card used rhinestone brads and plain brads in different colors. After I studied it a while, I redid the card with one more layer and using brads all the same color. Which do you think I entered in the Pals Paper Arts Challenge, PPA95, this week?

Here's a closer look at each of the cards.The first version...

And the second version.

This is the one I entered. It seemed to need the extra layer, and it wasn't quiet as jarring as the sample that used multiple kinds of brads. I also sponged the edges of the Decorative Label with Soft Suede to give it dimension

Here's the card recipe:

Stamps: Well Scripted
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Botanical Gazette, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (Love these stacks!)
Accessories: 1-1/4" Pretty in Pink Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads - Pretty in Pink and Rose Red from the Subtles collection, Dimentionals, Spong, Pink Rhinestone brad from the Circle Fire collection, Glue dots, Beautiful wings embosslit die, Big Shot die cut machine, and Decorative Label Punch.

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