Monday, August 9, 2010

Inspired Rainbows

*This is my second post today*
*Scroll down for my PMS review card*

Etsy Inspired Challenge #100

Today's cards come from the Etsy Inpsired Challenge. The featured etsy shop this week is Cathy Walters and she makes some amazing pendants. Below is the pendant that I drew my inspiration from. I like the blue sky background and the curved, colorful stripes on the balloon remind me of a rainbow.


That made think of the sky paper and sweet rainbow sentiment in The Will to Day Dream kit by Paper Makeup Stamps. And I got to wondering how I could create a rainbow for a card. Then it hit me, layer a bunch of smaller and smaller circles on top of each other and cut them in half! All the colored papers I needed were in the kit except for purple, so I grabbed a scrap of lovely lilac and my circle nesties and got started. It worked perfectly and gave me two rainbows, so I made two cards. I decided to set one up vertically and one horizontally - I still can't decide which way I like it better - can you?

I colored the sentiment with markers so I could make the words 'Rainbow' and 'clouds' stand out. I cut it out with a Labels Twelve nestie and edged it with a red spica glitter pen. Each color of the rainbow is edged with a clear spica glitter pen, so the rainbows have a little sparkle to them too. The yellow ribbon and yellow patterned paper are also from the kit.


Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all the beary best!



Stamps: Word Art from The Will to Day Dream kit by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Whisper White, Lovely Lilac, all other papers from The Will to Day Dream kit by PMS
Accessories: SU! Markers, Spica Atyou Glitter Pens, Circle Nesties, Labels Twelve Nesties, ribbon from The Will to Day Dream kit by PMS

14 comments:

dawnmercedes said...

This is totally awesome!

Danni said...

Look at how clever you are!! Love these!!

Stephanie Zito said...

Oh Michelle! I love them both! Great job on the challenge!

Virginia L. said...

Wow, Michelle! How uplifting to see your card!! Absolutely FAB!! Thanks for playing with us at Etsy Inspired Challenge #100! Good luck!

Dixie said...

What a fun card, and how inventive you are! I love your rainbow, and the sentiment is fabulous, especially with the different coloured words/letters. Wonderful!

Unknown said...

Very cool card! Looove it.

Carma said...

These are wonderful. I think I like the horizontal one best because of that great yellow dp sun! :)

de said...

LOVE where your inspiration took you with the rainbows! GORGEOUS!

Thanks for helping us celebrate our 100th challenge at EtsyInspired!

SmilynStef said...

I adore that circle rainbow ... so bright and fun ... fabulous inspired design.

Ashley Newell said...

Very very pretty Michelle! You are a CLEVER girl with that rainbow, I might just have to CASE you! Thanks for taking the time to play along with the EtsyInspired challenge this week, it means a lot to me!

Kerry said...

How could anyone not love these cards?! :) Sunshine, clouds, and rainbows along with a great sentiment...fabulous! Thanks for playing in the Etsy Inspired Challenge!

Ginny said...

I love how you used the kit paper in this! And what a great rainbow idea!

Katie Cotton said...

awwww, i love this!

Shelly said...

I love this card, Michelle. It's so bright and uplifting. Awesome!!!