Stamps: Butterfly Prints, Inspired by Nature, A Word for YouPaper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (retired)
Ink: Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Rich RazzleberryAccessories: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Dimensionals®, Dotted Razzleberry Grosgrain (retired), Eyelet Border Punch, Butterfly Embosslit
Good morning! I hope you're up for a challenge with these colours! Whoo boy ... I stared and stared and stared at these colours for a while before I figured out what I was going to do. But, that's the total point of a challenge - to push you outside of your norm and try something different. I happen to LOVE how this card turned out with these colours! It's pretty clean and simple -- no sponging or distressing as is my typical norm - and LOTS of white space!Please check out the challenge on the Colour Q blog and see what the Royal Court has come up with (links are in my sidebar).
I get asked quite often how I take photo's of my cards so I thought I'd show you where I take my pics and what little I do :)
This is a corner of my desk ... no great set up, no fancy light box or anything ... just my desk. I put up a piece of 12x12 card stock (generally white, black, or kraft) and I have two desk lamps sort of shining in the direction of the card. I use my digital camera (a Canon EOS Digital Rebel), set it on the "M" feature (I have NO idea what that means) and set the light source to tungsten. Then, I snap my photo, fairly close up, generally my chin seems to always hit that inside corner of the desks ... and upload it to my computer! A teensy bit of editing with GIMP (a free photo program) - sometimes I use the White Balance feature, not always; always sharpen (the default setting seems to be sufficient); add my watermark; and add a "fuzzy border". That's it, nothing too fancy! I'd read on a forum where someone else had asked how I took my pics and there was one answer that boggled my mind ... so detailed and technical that I had NO clue what they were talking about, LOL!Anywho, thought you may (or may not) enjoy that :) Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a great day!
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Wonderful card. I like your desk set up for photos.
Renee, your card is gorgeous. I love the pop of colours against the white.
I did have a bit of a giggle when I read that you use the M setting - the M stands for Manual, where you tell the camera what settings to use. People may find it helpful to know what ISO, f stop, shutter speed and lens you're using. Most of us aspire to use the M setting and get great photos each time :)
You rocked the colours girl!!! Beautiful job!!
I really like your card. Great use of the color combination. I also enjoyed your simple explanation of your photography. Whatever you've manually set your camera to, don't mess with it LOL!
Love the two toned grass with the butterflies! Great use of the colours and a darling card.
I really liked this card, especially the double color using the eyelet border punch. Very very creative...thanx for sharing
You did a fantastic job with these colors, Renee! I love the bold orange butterflies and the two toned grass.
As always your card it Great!!! Love the colors you used.
But what I really enjoyed is your photo studio... I to am always wondering how everyone gets such good pics... Glad you shared your easy setup. I think even I could do that, Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your picture secret.hehe
BTY.....Where did you get that cool ribbon storage thing??/
Renée, in the background of your photo of your layout to take photos for posting online, U have a rack with ribbon on it. First, where did U get this rack and#2 how did you find one that had a dowel that is small enough to fit thru SU ribbon spools?
I love the cars with the orange butterflies on it. The right colors make this just POP. Thanks for sharing it..
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