Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #3

Boy oh boy! These were daunting colors for me! What saved me was this lovely vintage image from The Graphics Fairy and then the perfect ribbon in the ribbon drawer! I don't work in reds and melons very often. So without further adieu, my challenge card. Isn't she gorgeous? I had fun getting some inks out, pinking shears and of course, some stamps. The new Life and Guidelines 2 sets from Papertrey worked great here.

Also, a first attempt at a pinwheel type of flower. This ribbon (from Michaels dollar bin! YAY) is wire edged and it made arranging the puckers really easy. I have tried this technique before with non wired ribbon and it did not work out well for this newbie. So wired is suddenly my very good friend. I will definitely try this again.

I also sewed in a plastic pearl and covered any mistakes, oops I mean I EMBELLISHED with some stickles around the pearl to finish it off. The flower is stitched to the cardstock and also attaches the little piece of tulle under the tied pink grosgrain ribbon. Just kept stitching until I felt like everything was down tight.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good one :)

Supplies:

Vintage image: the Graphics Fairy

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Vintage Cream by PTI, Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink from SU! and Chestnut Roan by Colorbox

Punch: Martha Stewart

Other: pearl, stickles, ribbon, tulle, vintage page of text and cardstock scraps