Over the past couple of weeks I have been so absorbed in my Project Life Album that I ran out of time to do a

card for Global Design Project.

So I have really enjoyed jumping back in and coming up with this card.

The Sketch Challenge depicted a card with a wash of colour and a sentiment over the top.

It can be adapted in any way we choose…literally or loosely.

I have a tendency to complicate things

for myself but this time I have tried to stay true to the design.

I have used three colours to achieve the wash on my card.

Those colours being Mellon Mambo, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay.

I have kept this very simple as I wanted the colour wash to be the “Hero” of the card.

The sentiment taken from the First Sight Stamp Set gives a wisp of whimsical to the card.

HINT: In doing the wash allow each colour to dry before adding the next colour.

Something I tend not to do as I have an idea in my head and I want it on paper.

This week the GDP Team have given us a Theme Challenge and it’s NATURE.

Wow…that’s giving us a broad scope….God’s Creation.

Many years ago…. before children even before my wonderful Husband.

I got the chance to travel to the Northern Territory with a group of friends (5 of us – five girls, one boy). It was great, my first real holiday.

We flew to Darwin, hired a car (thank goodness they up graded it for us, as 5 people in a small car plus luggage was going to be a bit squishy –

but that’s what you do when your young to keep costs down) and traveled down to Ayers Rock over a 2 week period.

So many stories I could tell…but today I only want to share one.

One of the places we stopped at was Katherine Gorge on Katherine River. A naturally beautiful place on the river.

Its made up of 13 gorges but my friends and I only saw the first three,well to be truthful they saw 3, I saw 2 and the beginning of the third.

We hired 2 x 2 man canoe’s and 1  x 1 man Canoe/ Kayak  ..which I used (I was much younger and fitter back them …much fitter)

In between each gorge was “Rock Bars/Banks”, which you had to get the canoe’s over and every time we had to get out of the canoe’s

I just fell out or rolled out. I ended up very wet…….but so much fun!

Anyway we got to the end of the second gorge and the rock bank had a lovely tree growing on it and a nice little spot to sit. So I let the others go

on as I didn’t want to go further to climb a cliff face and jump into the water…I’d fallen in enough..LOL!

But sitting there under the tree I relaxed and was fascinated by these beautiful “Dragonfly’s” all different colours….

 so beautiful and so much God’s Wonderful Creation.

So my card today reflects on this time…the friends I shared this time with and the beauty of NATURE.

“This week is most definitely a challenge for us all – we know that you are up it.

We can either thank or be frustrated with my husband Bruno Bertucci for coming up with this colour combo depending on how you feel about it.”

So this colour Combo was Bruno’s idea, Kylie………mmmmm!

Interesting combination but once I started working out what I was going to do, it all came together.

With this card I wanted to keep it light and soft with a look of being Antique.

These 3 colours are such strong colours and can easily over power each other but they work so well together.

I have used Crumb Cake Card stock as my White because I didn’t want a stark bright contrast. The Crumb Cake softens and blends the colours.

The Rose image I stamped in Early Espresso and then used the Blender Pen to bring the colour out and give shading Adding a touch more Early Espresso from the stamp pad.

The edges of the Deco Labels Framelit was sponged in the Early Espresso.

On the card I stamped the texture stamp from “You’ve Got This” Stamp Set in the 2 colours overlapping them.

The ribbon used is the Seam Binding in Crumb Cake (discontinued), this was dampened by spraying with water and then

scrunching ribbon and stamping directly on top with the two colours….Tangelo Twist and Bermuda Bay.

Hope you enjoy this card

Keep on Stampin’ Up!

The design challenge set for us this week by the Global Design Project Team is…..

“Thank You”

Every time I think of the words “Thank You” I think of a song I used to sing at Church in the Youth Choir..(Sooooo many years ago)

Thank you for giving me the morning,

thank you for every day that,s new,

thank you for new things in store for me

and for work to do.

Thank you, I see your word has meaning,

thank you, I know your Spirit here,

thank you, because you love all people

those both near and far

Thank you for speaking to us,

thank you for telling us you care,

thank you, O Lord you came among us

bread and wine to share

Thank you, O Lord your is boundless

thank you that I am full of you

thank you you make me feel so glad and

thankful as I do

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There seems to be many versions of this song, but this is the one I remember so clearly.

My card today I have made using the Botanical Builder Framelits and Wildflower Fields DSP,

The Botanicals I have cut out in Whisper White Card Stock and sponged in Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Hello Honey.

The Tag and Thank you sentiment come from the Rose Wonder Stamp Set and Rose Garden Thinlits Dies.

For me this card is soft, gentle and “Thankful”, just as the song.