Happy Birthday, Venessa!
Birthdays are celebrated in various way at my office. One of the things that's practically mandatory is a card for the person having a birthday (sort of a given when you work at a scrapbooking/paper crafting company). Anyhow, we're celebrating Venessa's birthday today!
Patti decorated her cubicle, I made the card, Jen was on gift-patrol, and Lauren not only made the donut cake, but she was the director of Mission Impossible: Venessa's Birthday--complete with a white board covered in X's and O's like a football playbook and dum-dum-da-da-dum-dum musical beats in the background. :) Venessa's the newest addition to our team so we were super secretive to plan her birthday cubicle surprise!
Venessa LOVES bright blues and greens, so this color combination was perfect for her. Granted, it's a more difficult combination, but I think I pulled off this analogous color scheme (colors next to each other on the color wheel) pretty well .
Taken With Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Glorious Green, Green Galore, Yoyo Yellow
NOTE: This isn't a Color Inspiration Challenge. I just thought the colors looked cool. :)
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posted on March 14, 2008 8:42 AM by Kristina |
29 Comments posted in Cards, Color Inspiration |
The colors are nice together. Thanks for the idea. When you make a card this size what do you do for the envelope?
So fun!I totally bumped into your youtube channel by accident and it brought me here! Yay for crafters!
So Where are those HUGE flowers from that are in the background? They look so fun!
Ok, I have to ask - is that your handwriting that made Stampin UP!'s Absolutely Fabulous set? It is almost identical! Wish I could write well enough that someone would make it a design!
Susan
what fun!!! and what a super cool card! boy if my coworkers even did a 1/4 of all that for birthdays, it would be really amazing. :-) thanks for sharing!! Happy Birthday to vanessa!
Beth (mommy to a BIZZY 4.5 yr old)
Okay, I LUV this color combo! Wouldn't it be cute in a bathroom...hmmm...
Kristina! This card is SO darling! Love the colors! Vanessa must have loved all the birthday festivities! You girls were awfully sweet!
What a great card- love the color combo! If I had handwriting like your's I think I would be tempted to use it on everything! I think those decorations would have to stick around for a while too. So cute!
What a "cool" color combo! beautiful card too!
I want to come and work with you !!!
You're so sweet to each other bet you made Vanessa's day :)
Love the card and I love Vanessa's decorated cubicle xx
ooh and I want a bite of that doughnut cake ;)
Which stamp did you use from the Big Bold Birthday stamp set?
Why do you always use Stazon ink pad instead of the black ink pad from su?
May I ask where you work? It seems like such a fun place! Another beautiful card as always. I love making personalized ones!
OMG, I love this card. I´ve never thought that this color combination would look so great.
Why does your hand writing look exactly like the set Absolutely Fabulous? Was that a set you designed? Wish I could freehand like that!
I am sure that Vanessa must have loved her colorful and tasty surprises. Very nice! It sounds like a fun place to work!
I like those colours together. I don't use them enough, but oddly giving me great inspiration for my youngest son's room. TA.
Your work place looks like a great environment to create in. Be well.
gorgeous colours, great design as well.
What a cute card and I love the colour choice!
Love this card! The color combo is surprisingly feminine. You have the best handwriting... can you please create a font based on your handwriting? lol :)
I love the color combination!!! Great card! I love the huge flowers sooooo much!!! As soon as I saw them I was like 'oh, cool, I hope those are something new S.U. is coming out with!" LOL! Can you tell us how she made them?
I just found your blog!!!! What a find! Venessa's card is so much fun! What did you put on the inside of the card... not meaning what you wrote - is there cardstock in there? I think I can see another page at the top of the card. I'm wondering what the yellow scallop looks like from the inside and the paper piercing. Thanks!
Sweet! Love all your cards.
That cake is awesome. Love the color combo, too.
Great job on the card--too cute!
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Love your handwriting. Did you design the original writing in the stamp set "Absolutely Fabulous"?
If so, thanks so much! Just got that set yesterday and I'm in the middle of mounting it.
Wow, what a fun time. I love all the things that you did for her. The card is amazing. I love the color combination. Thank you so much for sharing your talent for combining colors.
Such a happy card! I love the color combo. Thanks for such inspiring ideas. And I was checking out the "Stuff I Love" section. My hubby just brought home a new iMac 24". You know it's like a car salesman, you get a new one every six months? :) You will love it!!! The display makes the colors look so clean and crisp! When you decide to take the plunge, e-mail me and I'll tell you where his store is. Just don't go to the Apple store! :) (no plug or anything;))
awesome card! love it!!
Such a bright and cheerful card!!
I love the color combo.
"Nice hand-writing"
Thanks for sharing.
Man... what i wouldn't give to be at work and have her desk... i see the craft mat and card tools in the background. You guys are so lucky to have this awesome job! And Venessa is lucky to have coworkers like you decorating her desk and making Donut Cake and purty cards
Hi Kristina!
I love these color challenges! They really get me out of my ruts! I've attached the photo that I did with this color challenge. Really fun!
http://inkedendeavors.blogspot.com/2008/03/order.html
Love this card! Everything about it is so cute!