Allsorts Challenge 15 & BasicGrey Week 2 - A Colour Combo

Supplies:
Papers: BasicGrey Sultry and Papermania Simply Elegant
Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Cowberry Muffin and Papermania 'Just for You'
Watercolour paints and Papermania adhesive gems

It's been a really busy summer and it's ages since I've blogged but I'm back home now and it's raining so time to catch up with my crafting! I've made this card for my friend Katie's birthday in early September but when looking for inspiration I have made it fit into both the Allsorts Challenge 15 and BasicGrey's Week 2 Colour Combo Challenge. BasicGrey's challenge was to use only 3 colours - brown, yellow and pink & at least 1 item from BasicGrey and Allsorts designer Jules provided a great sketch to follow with the added extra of including some torn edges. So I hope I've done both challenges justice and that Katie enjoys her card!

BasicGrey Challenge

This is a week of firsts for me. First my blog and now my first blog challenge. This week’s BasicGrey challenge is ‘Textured Creations’. I must admit to being inspired by one of the DT’s projects and using Anthea’s project as a starting point I have created my own textured card. The patterned square has been stitched, the dotted layer has been ribbled, the vertical strip has been embossed (though it doesn’t really show in the photo) and matted and the greetings strip has been printed using my computer and stapled. I traced the flower from the patterned paper and made a template for the felt flowers which have been layered, stitched and finished with a button. I love the way the colours and textures have worked together, but then you can’t go wrong using my fave BasicGrey papers can you? I’m going to send it to my friend Alison whose birthday is next week.

Supplies:
Papers: BasicGrey Two Scoops
Button and Gems: Papermania