Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Cure for the Winter Blues

I love trend-watching at CHA, oohing and ahhhing over all the new releases, and waiting for a few of the products to show up on my doorstep.  There's nothing better at the end of the day than driving home to find happy mail on my front porch!

Cath Edvalson of Paper Crafts Magazine is always on top of the new trends and she loves the new color trend of navy.  I do too. It's the new black, I tell you. It goes with everything. 

Cath issued a challenge on the Moxie Fab World blog to make a project featuring navy and to link it back the blog.

I decided to play along and I used the new Genuine line from Authentique that was part of this month's kit at Birds of a Feather Kit Co. 


My friend made the terrific zipper flower and sent it to me in a swap. I got the better end of that deal!  I thought the flower worked perfectly here with the denim feel of this paper line.

I used Authentique's March sketch to guide my card design, flipping the sketch on its side (as shown below) and eliminating the banner. 


If you'd like to play along in the the Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge at Moxie Fab World, you can find the link here.   The deadline to enter is Sunday, March 11.  Click here to play along in the Authentique sketch challenge. That challenge ends April 4. 

Card Supplies:
CS: Bazzill Basics
PP: Authentique Genuine (Natural)
Stickers: Authentique Genuine (12x12 Details)
Punch: Martha Stewart
Gems: Close To My Heart
Thread: Coats & Clark
Sewing Machine: Bernina

35 comments:

  1. Love love love love this!!! LOVING those colors and the zipper flower is AWESOME-sauce!!

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  2. This is fantastic, Izzy! You are right about the zipper flower being the perfect touch! Wow!

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  3. I would love to see more navy and that flower is awesome!

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  4. Izzy, LOVE your take on the challenge!!! LOVE Authentique!!

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  5. awesome card. saw the zipper flowers and they're very cool!

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  6. what a fun card!!!

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  7. GORGEOUS card! I love that flower and the blue and gold color scheme. Fantastically designed!

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  8. Beautiful card! That zipper flower is perfect!

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  9. Lovely card! I love the zipper flower...

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  10. Beautiful~I love Authentique too. I have it on my blog today!!!!

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  11. the flower is just perfect with your paper and I love that butterfly punch, I don't think I have seen it before!

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  12. I am in love with blue and yellow right now too, what an adorable card, LOVE those papers.

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  13. Wow, gorgeous card! Great colors and love how that beautiful zipper flower matches the style of the card! Hugs, Hanneke

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  14. I adore that card-the blue is just gorgeous!!

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  15. Oh, wow! This is gorgeous.
    Loving the colors.

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  16. That zipper flower looks custom made for that card. Great card!

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  17. Fun card! I got your prize package mailed out! Hope you enjoy it!

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  18. So cute! We love your "artistic" interpretation of the sketch!

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  19. That zipper flower looks amazing! I love your take on the sketch, Izzy!

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    1. This is beautiful, and I love the zipper and blue has always been my favorite color. Love Penny Scrap-aholic.blogspot.com

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  20. Very nice! That zipper flower is too cute.

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  21. I love your card Izzy...I may have to lift that sketch!!!

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  22. Hey Izzy! Thanks for linking this up to the Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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  23. Wow, that zipper flower is so cute!
    :)

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  24. Such a pretty card, Izzy! I love that flower and the color scheme is beautiful! Gorgeous!! Thank you for visiting my blog and following! ~hl

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  25. Lovely card Izzy...love your zippy flower!

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