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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Mojo Birthday Surprise


This card is for SCS CC203 and Mojo Monday Week 71. The color challenge was to use Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, and Garden Green. i don't have any Baja Breeze so I went to my stock pile of Soft Sky. Would you believe that this is my first time ever to use Garden Green? Yep! I really like it and on the next order I put in I will get a pack.

I started off by stamping the bird in Versamark and heat embossed it with a blue embossing powder that is almost exact to Pacific Point. Next I colored the bird with pastels (what was I thinking???) but I didn't like it. I dug around in some drawers and found some Pearl Ex that I had forgotten about. I have always had difficulties with Pearl Ex so that is probably why it was buried deep in drawer. To use the Pearl Ex, I took a brush and lightly painted the bird's body with glue then used another brush to apply the Pearl Ex. No mess! It is not exactly how I wish it would look but it is better than just pastels. To accent the bird I used dark blue Stickles.

Recipe:
Stamps: Birthday Surprise - Verve
Paper: Garden Green, Pacific Point, Soft Sky, Pacific Point DSP, Soft Sky DSP, and Whisper White
Ink: Garden Green, Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Flower Punch, Embossing Powder, Stickles, Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Pastels, Blender Pen

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Love your Mojo Monday!

Angela said...

How cute, you did a great job using those colors. Cute bird stamp too...

Deb said...

Love the color combo. I really need to get involved in more challenges. Leaving some love from your Rubber Bombshell Sistah, Deborah!

Anonymous said...

Oh no...Pearlex is just divine...but then I had a great class in Pearlex in 2001 and have loved it to death ever since!

Lovely card.

Unknown said...

I can't believe you never used Garden Green with Wild Wasabi... It's a great color and that's when I discovered it...but I liked this color combo too. Cute card.

Unknown said...

oh wow, its perfect. great job.

Trini said...

Great colors!

Joanne Travis said...

Hi Elizabeth,
I'm Joanne from Blogger Group 10, it's nice to meet you!
I love your card and the cute image and layered Nestabilities. Very sweet!

laos348 said...

Oooh - I love garden green, use it all the time. Like your card - very cute!

Ann said...

Super pretty! Love the color combo!

Susan (peebsmama) said...

Cute! The sky works as a great substitute for the baja. Good for you for using something that hadn't been used in a while.

Ginny said...

LOVING this one :0)

~ j said...

adorable!

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Great color combo. Very cute card!!

Miss Molly said...

This card made me stop - I LOVE IT! The colors, the diecut, just beautiful...I would cherish this card!

Stampin' Meg said...

lovely- I adore that bow!

Jacquel said...

This is really pretty! love the colors you used...tfs!!!

Michelle Yvette said...

Too stinkin' cute! Love the bird and the color scheme!