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Coffee and friends

Challenge #322 – Mission Impossible

AYSI has a challenge that helps us to use a colour we don’t usually choose in our card making. In my case browns are the most under used ink pads. I dislike it for home décor and in my cards, especially if it is the predominant colour. The challenge had me slightly stumped as I couldn’t think of how to make a card that I would be willing to actually send to anyone if it had a fair amount of brown in it. My hubby suggested using it in gradients as a background and I thought okay that is a start, so I took a stencil from TCW called mini Mondrian-esque and added different browns through it using a small brush. What next was in my head, when I remembered a new paper pack that I believe was a freebie from Scrapbook.com and is coffee related. I had also seen a Natasha Foote tutorial featuring this fold, which I’ve done before but it was a nice reminder to see the video. Taking a piece from the pack I cut it to a four inch square, marked the center and folded it as you see. This in turn led me to a YNS stamp set which is quite cute and I chose the image you see colouring it with Prisma pencils. I’m not a big fan of orange either but I used just a touch on the coffee cup to brighten it up. Foam tape for dimension and it was attached inside the frame. The sentiment piece is from the same PP pack and I fussy cut and added it underneath.

In the end I don’t mind the card, although it will never be a favourite. At least it is okay to use at some point and it does have some cuteness. I hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by. Your comments are always appreciated.

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    2. Thanks, Lisa. When you do cards in these tones, I love them, but when I do it I often don’t. One of the first things we changed about this house was the brown trim exterior and the gutters and downspouts.

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  4. The background in brown shades is fabulous. The cute coffee cup image definitely tied in your background. Brown over grey any day for me. LOL.

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    1. Thanks Judy. I’ve improved it slightly as this morning I added some Nuvo Crystal drops to his nose and eyeglasses.

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  6. Lol, sounds like it was quite the process for you, too!  As soon as I started, I could only think “what was I thinking choosing this challenge??!!” For me it was gray, I just never use it, though I don’t particularly dislike it, at least. I LOVE what you did with browns, Johanna, and coffee is the perfect theme for that gorgeous background! And such a fun folded feature, too! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!

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  7. The brown tones make for a very warm, rich feel to your card. I do love those Mondrian-esque background blocks and it was very clever of you to incorporate the origami fold as well. From a start you didn’t much like, you’ve ended up in a great place! Thanks for joining in with us at As You See It. 🙂

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  9. It’s always a challenge to use something that’s out of our comfort zone, but I really like this Joanna! The combination of the soft graduated colour of the stencilled background, and the sharp paper fold centrepiece works really well, all finished with your cute-as-a-button mouse! Thanks for playing along with our challenge over at As You See It this week!

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  10. I think you were masterful in your use of brown, a colour that leaves you a bit cold! The background looks pretty professional and the cute fold you did on the paper to create a frame for the adorable pup in a coffee cup, was so clever! Thanks for playing along with As You See It this week.

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  11. This is fantastic! Love that fun pooch and the folded frame you surrounded him with. Great background, too. You used brown to the utmost and showed it off beautifully.

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