A while back I tried making this plaid panel for a colour challenge but hated the result and didn’t use it. It has been sitting on one side for more than a week along with a pile of left over strips from various projects. On Monday I had the idea of using the strips by sticking them onto a scrap piece of CS and the striped piece is from one of those that I made. I made no attempt to match the stripes in width just randomly selected the ones I wanted to use on each panel. Many bits were from mirror CS so a lot of the diagonal stripes are shiny. Another happy accident occurred when I placed the striped piece on top of the plaid and decided they looked good together.
I added the layers to the black card front and then using my new MFT word die and another scrap piece of PP I die cut it and glued as you see here. To finish the card I die cut the snowflake from pale blue mirror CS using a die from a Susan Wilson set. In making this card initially the inspiration was just from what was on my desk, so another happy accident is that the new challenge from Double D is all about blue and this card fits the challenge too.
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The mirrored cardstock really add something to this plaid. Pretty card!
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Thanks a lot.
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I love this card. The striped piece on the plaid is a great look and the bold letters are perfect with the background.
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P.S. I really like your blue snowflake.
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Thanks Gerry – its funny how some of my cards come together just because of how I placed the disparate pieces on my desk.
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OH WOW this is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Love your design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Winter Blues’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Thanks so much – I love happy accidents as sometimes they become good cards.
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It’s always fun when you can salvage something you thought was less than desirable and turn it into a lovely new creation. Your blue stripes on the plaid background is really cool. Great snowflake.
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Thanks Judy – Glad you like it.
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I really like the plaid background and with the striped corner well it really does pop. Pretty cool.
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Glad you like it Gayle.
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All of the elements on your card look great together: great layout and design!
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Thanks Lisa – it worked well and is quite different to others I’ve made
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Beautiful designed project using the description of our mood board.
Many thanks for entering your gorgeous card into our challenge of “WINTER BLUES.”, at Double D challenges…
Good luck in the draw and hope to see you here again.
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Thanks so much – I always enjoy your challenges.
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What a fantastic card! I love all the blues and it really is amazing how beautifully the striped piece and your plaid work together. Great job on this.
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Yes, this was one of those unplanned but happy accidents at work.
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This is absolutely gorgeous! Wonderful design. Thanks for sharing with us at Double “D” Challenge.
Amelia (DT Double “D” Challenges)
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Thanks so much!
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