Craft-Dee Bowz August Guest Designer

Today, I'm excited to be featured on the Craft-Dee BowZ Blog as the August Guest Designer.

The Craft-Dee BowZ Design Team is creating with this sketch and the colors red, yellow and black along with matching ribbons.



This was a true challenge for me as I don't often use the colors red and yellow when crafting.  When I think of red, yellow and black, it brings bold and vibrant to mind.  However, I wanted to tone it down and use a much softer version of the colors.  I also decided to put a twist on the colors using them more as accents to one another rather than having one color as the major focus on my card.

I started with a card base of black cardstock.  For the front of the card, I layered a black and white paisley print vellum over yellow cardstock.  I love how the vellum gives the bright yellow a more subtle, muted tone.



Then I matted the vellum layer with a narrow edge of red cardstock and added a yellow punched border down the right side accented with red jewels.

Using my fabulous Craft-Dee BowZ bow maker tool, I tied a piece of red ribbon into a bow and wrapped the tails around the card and adhered them on the inside.

I added a piece of black and white striped ribbon under the mini "note card" embellishment that I made with my die-cuts.

The piece of newsprint patterned paper, that I save every little scrap of, was perfect as the sentiment on the card.  The red heart jewel was the final touch!

And, here is my card using the sketch and colors...

"Always In My Heart"

Many thanks to Craft-Dee BowZ and the Design Team for having me as their Guest Designer for the month of August and allowing me to share my creations with you.