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Hi, Welcome to my Blog. I'm an eclectic kind of crafter delving into many pots. I am just about managing to keep up my Scrapbooking Diary (usually about 6 months behind), plus any cards as required. I have a new found love of watercolour and Bible Journaling plus recently Junk Journaling too. Previously I've also dabbled in ATCs, Tags, Altered Books, Mixed Media, Art Journaling, Décopatch, Knitting, Crochet, and Embroidery amongst other things. I live in Surrey, UK with my husband, our son has left home now. For exercise I usually play Badminton and go Ballroom and Latin Dancing, but am plagued by a bad back. I like walking which I couple with Geocaching and sometimes Bouncing on my Rebounder (mini trampoline). I guess I am officially retired now. I am a born again Christian, currently worshiping at my local Vineyard Church.

Wednesday 19 October 2016

WOYWW #385 - Greys with an Accent Colour

The theme for this month's SWAP on UKPC is:-

Greys with an Accent Colour of Your Choice.

The 2 cards done so far have turquoise and pink so I went with orange.





I had pondered this for a while and had to force myself (yet again) to sit at my desk and actually DO something.

SAD light on and it seems to have done the trick too.







I used various grey pieces of card for the oak leaves and Spiced Marmalade and Iced Spruce inks.

Thought the corners cut out added a nice feature plus my usual liquid pearls and stickles.

Here's my finished card - phew done it!


Happy WOYWW Everyone.

19 comments:

glitterandglue said...

Hi BJ. That's a really lovely card. I like the fact of different shades of grey. Good colour combo.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #6

shazsilverwolf said...

Lovely card BJ, gorgeous mix of greys. Have a great week, Hugs, Shaz #4 xxx

sandra de said...

Lovely combination of colours. Have a lovely week.
sandra de @28

Zsuzsa Karoly-Smith said...

The hint of orange looks great with the greys! Enjoy your week! zsuzsa #22

okienurse said...

Very nice card! Love the monochromatic with pop of color. I think it is elegant! Have a great week. Vickie #11

Sharon said...

Nice card! I like the contrast between the grey and orange. They look really nice together.

Happy WOYWW
Sharon K #34

Helen said...

oh yes I like that colour combi! hope the SAD light continues to make you feel better. Helen #1

Chidkid said...

Great ideas..lovely card. Happy WOYWW. Elaine no. 16

Heather said...

Very pretty card! I love orange with grey... :) Have a great week! Heather (waywardgypsy) #50? #51?

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

Thanks for visiting. I am so happy to have time to be involved again. I truly love your shades of grey..I always think swaps help the motivation. I miss my ATC swaps. Have a great week.

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Hi BJ, gorgeous card, I so love the leaves they are a lovely shape and variety of colours. Have good crafty week and great woyww, Angela x 17

CraftyHope said...

I don't think I would have thought to pair orange with grays, but it works so well with the fall theme! Beautifully done!
Hope #45

Diana Taylor said...

That's a gorgeous card BJ and I love the colour combo. I also love the swirly die cut you used - it's so pretty and looks great against the leaves. Glad you are feeling a bit better, have a great week,
Diana #18 x

LisaDV said...

I really like the corners cut out that way!! so pretty. I'm very glad the lamp did the trick and you are feeling better. Happy WOYWW week! LisaDV #35

Mrs.D said...

Looks great BJ, I never thought of orange when I was looking for a bright colour.
Chris

Julia Dunnit said...

Nice BJ, lovely striking offset on the grey if you ask me. Glad the SAD light helps a bit...I think you're right about forcing yourself too, sometimes I can waste a couple of hoursdoing not very much rather than sit at the desk and do something - anything creative!

Sue said...

BJ, That's a fab card and I love the orange with the grey.

Happy WOYWW
Sue #15

Lunch Lady Jan said...

Oooh, nice card - I love the grey/orange combo, very classy indeed!!
Hugs, LLJ 10 xxx

Morti said...

That's definitely a different colour combo! Very nice indeed....

I'm a bit late getting round this week so don't be confused as it's the next WOYWW tomorrow!

Morti @ 40