Thursday, January 7, 2010

Well ~ I Tried...



... and, regretfully, I think I failed miserably.  Maybe I wasn't "feeling" the colors or the sketch or maybe my mojo just wasn't flowing today but his card is NOT one of my better ones.

I'm sure this has NOTHING to do with the nice folks over at The Color Dare or the lovely ladies at Pals Paper Arts - it is completely MY fault that this card doesn't do either one justice:




So - take a deep breath and prepare yourself...


Recipe - Paper: Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay  Ink: Ruby Red, Bermuda Bay  Accessories: Marvy Uchida corner punch, paper piercer, white taffeta ribbon, button, twine, Cuttlebug embossing folders, sponge dauber, Martha Stewart border punch, slot punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, brads

That's all I'm going to say about this card.  Let's all hope the next one is MUCH better than this... ;)  Do I dare try again tonight???

*E.T.A.  In my despondence, I forgot to *thank* the team at the Color Dare for recognizing my submission last week as an honorable mention - I'm pretty excited about it!  If you would like to see which one it was, click here.

10 comments:

Margaret Moody said...

I happen to love your card, Melissa! I love all the great texture and the color combo! I think you did an excellent job with both challenges! Thanks for playing along!

The Other Patti Sue said...

I agree with Margaret! You did a beautiful job on both challenges. Your card is gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us at CD!

Ann Schach said...

Melissa, you did a great job with both the sketch and the color challenge! The texture is wonderful! I love the border punch! And congrats on your honorable mention! Thanks for playing @ the PPA!

Liz Williams said...

Melissa, this is a great card. I love the notched corners and the lovely textures you added. And Martha Stewart is becoming quite the craft queen. I'm loving all her punches.

Debbie Henderson said...

I think your card is beautiful! You hit the color challenge also.

Sabriena Satchwell said...

I love your card! I think you did an amazing job with both the colour combo and the sketch challenge. :-)
I’d like to invite you to come and try out a new challenge blog called Stampin’ Royalty. This week’s challenge just happens to be a birthday card, and seeing as you have this one already done, why don’t you come and enter it?
www.stampinroyalty.blogspot.com

Lourdes Torres said...

I never thought that colors would look so nice together! Cute card.

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

LOVE your card, it's fantastic! Thank you for joining us on Color Dare this week!

Lori said...

I absolutely LOVE your card. It's gorgeous. I love how you used the colors, the ebossing is fabulous and the overall card is just fabulous.

Arielle H Gordon said...

Melissa - I LOVE THIS... you did such a fantastic job with the colors!!! Thanks for playing the CD this week!