Daily Archives: March 20, 2007

My Blog Design…a brand new look!

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Thanks so much everyone for your feedback on the new blog template. I too, loved the old Daisy template but unfortunately the sidebar set-up was driving me crazy. I think this new layout is much easier and cleaner to read and the colors are nice and fresh for spring. It is also to date…the only SCSblog template with an alterable header…Yippee! Enter Beth Silaika from Freckled Fun Designs. She designed my new Banner for me, helping me translate the design that was in my head, into something digital. Love the fresh, pretty look for Spring. It was also a fun challenge, taking the blog color that is not alterable and combining it with colors and a style that is much more ME! I love it! So what do you think now? I hope you like it too! If you want to add a comment…the place to go is now the top of the entry. If you click on “add a comment” or “(2) comments so far”, it will take you to the comment page for that entry.

Another Color Challenge & a Touch of Shimmer

& I wasn’t going to do the color challenge today…so many things to do, but I came across this scrap of My Mind’s Eye patterned paper. It is a perfect Marigold color with rust distressing…well…I just had to jump in. if you’d like to play along with this color challenge (Real Rust, Marigold Morning, Brocade Blue) on SCS challenges….here is the link. It is so hard to take a picture of this card! I had finished watercoloring the flowers, put the card all together but it still needed a little flash. I remembered a technique that I haven’t done in ages! My pearl ex has been languishing in a bottom drawer…I pulled it out…super copper…perfect! To get a beautiful shimmer all over your card…mix a small trial sized bottle of hairspray with about 1/2 teaspoon of Pearl Ex. Spray carefully on your design. I just couldnt’ get a great picture of it. The image looks washed out because of the shimmer reflecting the light off the image…but trust me…in real life, it looks great!

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Supply List:

Cardstock: Marigold Morning, Brocade Blue, whisper white – SU

Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye

Stamps: Delight in Life, Happy Harmony – SU

Ink: Basic Black, Marigold Morning, Real Rust, Brocade Blue

Other: Prima Flower, Really Big Brad “Earthy” – KAren Foster Designs, Copper Pearl Ex, Twill Tape – Stampin UP, hairspray