Thursday, November 7, 2013

Merry Monday #82

Good morning friends.  Playing along with Merry Monday today and it's a color challenge with a twist:


I  love this color combo, but for some reason putting a circle into the equation really threw me for a loop this time!  My card idea came quickly, but trying to incorporate more circles into it had me throwing away quite a few trees into the circular file!  Maybe I'd better show you the card so you know what I'm talking about....take a look:


My first idea was to sponge the aqua color for the sky and using a circle mask for the moon (I was trying to create early morning before the sun comes up).  Then I made my snow banks and trees, and that's where my struggles started!  I tried embossing my trees with a large dotted embossing folder, but they just looked strange!  So then I thought maybe I needed to add a few circular ornaments...tried red sequins, and a couple different small stamped ornaments...but they all ended up taking away from the peaceful scene I was trying to create.  So I guess I'm just going to leave it as a CAS card and say it is what it is! :0)   (trees, birds, and sentiment are all PTI)

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you check out all the other great cards here.  Have a great Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow with a special birthday surprise for my cousin Sue's 60th! (it's coming whether you want it to or not Sue!!)

19 comments:

Shelia said...

This is perfect just the way it is with those bright red birds. It is such a peaceful scene. Absolutely beautiful!!

Martha Herrera said...

Gorgeous card! Love everything about it.

Kathy said...

I really love these 2 red birds!

Fabiola said...

oh mais elle est super belle, j'adore, biz

Loll said...

Hi Marcia. Fabulous job and worth all the extra work as you have created a very peaceful and elegant scene. I LOVE all the white with the small touches of red. Great job! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday.

Linda Callahan said...

Such a beautiful scene! Love the pop of red!

cdoggett01@yahoo.com said...

LOVE your card...the scene is perfect! Great job!!

Tracey McNeely said...

Beautiful white wonderful.

Kay Miller said...

Wow! This is very beautiful!! Love the scene you have created here!

Linda said...

Such a beautiful winter scene.

Nancy Penir said...

Love the snowy peaks! The moon is the perfect 'circle'!

Kristie Goulet said...

This is just beautiful!!

Karren said...

Beautiful card, Marcia! Those little pops of red really finish off this gorgeous scene beautifully. Thanks so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

Bonnie said...

I think this is perfect as is, Marcia! I love the peacefulness of the scene and the bit of red of the birds is the perfect touch! Thanks for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!

KatheD said...

Oh, it's fabulous as a clean and simple card, just perfect - I wouldn't change a thing!

Notes by Nina said...

Beautiful card Marcia, the wintery scene you have created is stunning. Thank you for playing along with Merry Monday.

Lesley said...

What a sweet little scene you have created! Love the birds...on the white trees. Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

LeAnne said...

Stunning...a prettier card I've never seen! Love the way you incorporated those pretty little birds into your scene! GORGEOUS! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

Greta said...

Wowzer! Grabbed my attention on the MM blog--love this!