Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Ollie's Reading!


This card is for today's sketch challenge .... I decided to use one of my Ollie owls that i haven't used so far .... only have a couple left I haven't used so that's not too bad. A friend of mine Kim aka Nutsymuhl on SCS also told me I had to do this week's color challenge .... I wasn't all that sure I was going to but to keep my friend happy I ended up combining the color challenge with today's sketch challenge.

The colors for the color challenge this week were: Purely Pomegranate, Taken with Teal & Always Artichoke. I am not sure these would be colors I would normally select for a card, but I guess they don't look too bad. The DP is really Rose Red but I figured those darker areas in the DP were pretty good to Purely Pomegranate so I used that for my background. As you can see I also colored my owl in blue .... I saw someone on another blog color her owl blue and I really liked it so I figured I would try it too .... as you know I normally end up coloring them browns ... but a change is as good as a holiday they say ;)

Recipe:
Stamps: Ollie's Reads & Verse - Stampendous
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Taken with Teal, Always Artichoke & Rose Red DP - Stampin' Up; White
Other: Black Ink; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Photo Corner Punch; Teal & Green Brads

10 comments:

Unknown said...

The edited photo does look much better. Thanks for keeping me happy and making such a wonderful card!

Anonymous said...

Oh, this is so cute!! Love your owls!! Keep 'em coming! :)

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Mom said...

The paper piercing adds the perfect touch! It's beautiful.

Kristine Reynolds said...

Another great card Frances! I love that owl colored blue. It's his color!

Anonymous said...

I love this card!! That owl is soooo cute and,IMHO, I think you used just the right amount of each color to pull off a spectacularly adorable card. You've made colors that I wouldn't normally use together look great together! tfs

Debby Winters said...

What an adorable card! I so love your owls!

michelle sturgeon said...

Oh my gosh, this is so adorable!

Chris Scrappin and Stampin in Texas said...

Ollie is so cute on this challenge. I ran out of pp so I did not do the color challenge. So glad you brought him out to play.. Chris

Wanda said...

What a cute card!!!

Rose Ann said...

Super cute! I love the 3D book!