Wednesday, October 17, 2012

~cOlOrFuL bLoG pArTy~



My life feels like this canvas right now....





a whole lot of fun events happening at the same time...


splashing and colliding and a little, well, CrAzY, you know?


With a tween and two teen girls...there's no other way to roll.


You just ride the wave as long as you can....








stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps French Country and My Island
inks: Tsukineko Memento inks (tangelo,elderberry,tuxedo black),Ranger Tim Holtz dusty concord
other: Copics,Georgia Pacific white cardstock,Crop-a-Dile corner chomper




29 comments:

Jen Cuthbertson said...

I love this!! Great take on the colors!!

Julia Aston said...

what a great card using the colors Marlena! love your collage of stampings and partial stampings - very creative design!

Lynn Mercurio said...

Wow, Marlena - this is a great card and I love all the fun partial stamp images which really adds to your eclectic design. Fabulously unique card design!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

How fun!! Love that you stepped out of the "Halloween" box and created such a wonderfully creative and fun card!!

Lee said...

Love how you created your background. Great job!

Peanut said...

This is such a unique card, Marlena. If this is CrAzy, then I want double servings. Really love the partial random stamping. Truly fab!

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a beautiful card Marlena, I love those images and just the right amount of colour. Congrats on being Moxie Fabber of the Week last week BTW! :)

Super Jen said...

Really creative way to use non-grunge stamps to give a grungy look!

Annette Allen said...

oh i love this...all those fun patterns...looks fabulous.

whoistracy said...

Oh the palm trees here are so fun! And making me wish for warmer weather already!!

Joyce said...

Such a fun and unique use of those colors. You know, those palm trees are my fave.

Cathy Weber said...

Now this is a really fun use of the blog colors...love those palm trees and the splotches make your card so interesting.

Jeanne J. said...

Oh I think this is so fun and amazing! Love all the different stamps you used and what a cool effect you achieved - looks so modern with the palm trees!

~ Ali Robertson ~ said...

I {Heart} this creation and love your description :)


Ali x

Deborah Frings said...

Absolutely fabulous take on the colours! Love it!

Marybeth said...

Wow! Marlena you are so creative! If your husband has a golf game like this card, I would say he had a great game. :) Love, love your take on the challenge.

Joan Ervin said...

What a pretty collage design, Marlena....it's sooo fun and full of summer!!! Enjoy every minute of all your crazy life....all too soon when your girls are graduating, getting ready for collage, marriage, and babies, it will get even crazier...LOL!!!!

Kim Heggins said...

I love your look, very creative.

gracescraps@gmail.com said...

Beautiful canvas!! Glad the Lord is bringing sunshine your way!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Charmaine Stack said...

What a greatCard, and I loved your explanation!

Claire said...

I love how you've used those colours with that stamp set - it looks fantastic. I'd never have thought have using it with the colour scheme!

Unknown said...

wow! I absolutely love this!!! such a creative card, a piece of art Marlena, I hope you don't mind if I pin it!! Thank you so much for partying along with us at WMS!!

Renee said...

What a fun creative card...
love the way you combined all the sets and images...
and the colors are perfect for this! :)

Sarah said...

Love the collage effect and its certainly reflects fun!!

Clare said...

SO creative and artistic! love it!

Unknown said...

This is beautiful! I love the collage look with partial stamping and layering. Awesome take on the challenge!

Kelly S. said...

These colors are perfect for your beachy keen card, Marlena! LOVE how you inked portions of the stamps to create that cool collage background. The end result is warm AND wonderful!

Melissa said...

Love your collage-y card!

Sandy Ang said...

oh i definitely need to check out that coconut tree stamp for my bali mini.