Happy Moments

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

And here is the card I created:

Several of my teammates also used this swan image and I was going to try to just use the color combo with a different image.  But I just couldn't!!  The swans were just too fabulous and I had to go with them AND the color combo.  I went mostly grays with accents of the peachy/orange and little pops of black!  I started by stamping feathers in a pale gray on the gray card base.  For the vertical rectangle panel, I used the same light gray ink to ink my embossing folder before using it to deboss the panel.  It adds a really soft, subtle textured pattern.  The banner was a little too bright for what I wanted, so I used some white ink and brushed it around the edges to soften the color.  I also brushed white ink onto the die cut flowers (which have been in my bits and pieces stash for around a year).  A little grossgrain ribbon and some peach lace finish everything off perfectly!  With the sentiment and image paired with the soft color combo, this makes an sweet, elegant anniversary card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Falling Feathers", "Swan Love", "Calm Water" and "Happy Moments"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"
Darice damask embossing folder

Challenges:
Pattie's Creations #171--things that fly
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #47--anything goes
Creatalicious #189--anything goes with the optional twist: no patterned paper
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #139--anything goes
CRAFT Rockets #71--embossing
Moving Along with the Times #119--things with wings
Penny's Challenges #473--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #253--anything goes
Creative Fingers #188--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--die cuts and punches
Double Trouble #59--3-2-1 recipe (Thing #1: 3 colors {peach, gray, black}, 2 embellishments {ribbon, lace, pearls}, 1 seasoned stamped sentiment {my sentiment is a year and a half old}; Thing #3 use at least one angular shape {I know I have a circle, but I have a rectangle and a pointy banner))
Mojo Monday #539--sketch

Cuttlebug Mania--wedding/anniversary