Dream Valley DT Challenge #118 Use the Colour Blue

Good morning! I hope you all had a good weekend!

We have a colour challenge at Dream Valley this fortnight: Blue. That is, everything except an image's skin and hair, should be in shades of blue.


Looking at my card, you can see that I used shades of blue that are a bit too close in colour, I needed more contrast. You never stop learning in this cardmaking lark!

I used Lil Lovely Hearts by our sponsor, Sherri Baldy, and coloured her with Promarkers. The falling hearts have been Glossy Accented, the rose has been glittered, and a blue gem heart is added on top of the heart on her blouse.

The papers are by Pink Petticoat. The ribbon and broderie anglaise are from stash, the sentiment is by Clearly Besotted from the Mini Basic Banners stamp set. On the right I added some flourishes cut with the Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish die and some flower shapes which have a blob of stickles in the centre. As I said, not enough contrast!

Our sponsor is Sherri Baldy Designs

Do go and see the pretty inspirational cards my teamies have made, then have a go at the Challenge!

Thanks for looking!

love Mags B x

Comments

Marlene Atkinson said…
A gorgeous card Mags, love the hair. Thank you Marlene
Monday, October 26, 2015
KraftyKoolKat said…
Gorgeous creation Mags. Oops I used pink as well. Lol!!!
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx
Monday, October 26, 2015
Sue B said…
Awww this is really sweet Mags… she's such a cutie and you've coloured her beautifully to match the scrummy papers! I love all the shades of blue.. think they look stunning! :-))
Hope you have a nice evening!
Big hugs, Sue B xx
Monday, October 26, 2015
Mrs A. said…
Personally I like your shades of blue. They blend nicely together. Papers go perfectly too. Hugs Mrs A.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
coldwaters2 said…
Gorgeous blue card Mags love the image also those lovely papers and the die cut frame a really lovely card
hugs
lorraine x
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said…
Monochrome is great and so is your card, you're being too hard on yourself.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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