Pink and Gray

     Hello from balmy Rochester, NY where the temperature is a whopping 6 degrees F. with a wind chill of -13 degrees F. Oh, well it's kind of what you expect this time of year in our area. It is however, the best weather for staying in and creating in my craft room.
     Todays card is one I made for a friends birthday. I used Altenew's Peony Bouquet stamps and dies
and Label Love stamps. I also used Altenew's Oval Inks. I love the way pink and gray look together, it's one of my favorite combinations.

      This one turned out really pretty with the soft but vibrant pinks and the light grays. I stamped the leaves and berries first and then added the large Peony with some dimensional tape. Then I stamped the Happy Birthday on white, with gray ink and adhered it to a pink strip. Using dimensional tape, I adhered the strip to the card covering just a little of the large Peony.  I then added some pink and gray splatters and some pink sequins to finish. I felt it needed a little something more, so I added a small Peony bud to the end of the strip, with dimensional tape. I matted on gray cardstock and a pink card. I also finished the inside with a sentiment from Stampendous and a small Peony bud.

  I like to always bring something from the front of the card to the inside, to balance it out. I even do this with a shadow of the image on the envelope. Everything coordinates that way.

     I didn't always finish my cards if I was just making it for a challenge or just playing but then I ran into the problem of what ink, paper or stamps I used when I wanted to finish it, to give to someone. I don't even know how many cards I have stored, that I made without doing this, but I won't be adding anymore to that box, because I always finish them now.

     Here's a list of all the products I used:

Altenew: Peony Bouquet Stamps and dies and Label Love Stamps 

Altenew Oval inks: Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubelite, Limestone, Silver Stone, Industrial Diamond and Permanent Black.

Neenah #110 white cardstock

Recollections Pink and Gray #110 cardstock  

Pretty Pink Posh sequins: Sweet Pea Mix

     I will be adding this card to these Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #28 Pink & Gray
Crafty Creations Challenge #328 Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple
Thanks for stopping by, 
God Bless, 
Karen