Hope House Home for Boys

The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Annabelle Stamps' Color Challenge

The current challenge at Annabelle Stamps is to Say It In ..... Raspberry, Olive and Orange. I've been impressed with a lot of the clean and simple card designs that I've been seeing and wanted to give it a try. I used Stampin' Up's Island Oasis Designer Series Paper and cut out flowers and leaves in the colors that I needed. Then I chose a piece of striped paper in that pack and used only the colors that I needed for the challenge. The sentiment is from Annabelle's set "Ballerina Rose". A bit more of the stripes on the inside to add a little flavor to the white base and my card was finished. I was quite pleased with the look; didn't know if I could pull it off or not!!

Annabelle Stamps will be turning two years old next month and they will be having some special challenges to celebrate. If you grab their blinkie and post to your blog you will be in the running for some free stamps. Check out my previous post for more info!

Betty

12 comments:

Colleen said...

Betty,
This card is perfection! I bet it was hard to do a CAS ..... LOL

craftieodmae said...

Love it!!!! sometimes less is more hehe

Payne Holler Cards said...

you nailed it!!! CAS is hard!!

The Other Patti Sue said...

OH my Betty this is stunning! Love the CAS with the pop of all that wonderful color! Thanks so much for playing with us again!

A Consuming Passion said...

Betty this is a wonderful card using the AnnaBelle Colours this week. I think you nailed the CAS style too! Just beautiful.........Thanks for playing along and good to see you have the Birthday Bash on your site it's going to be fun!!!!

Andrea said...

A beautiful CAS card Betty perfectly done!
Thanks for sharing with us again this week :)
Andrea

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Beautiful, tropical feel to this lovely card, Betty!

Becky said...

Great cas card and great colors.

Melisa Waldorf said...

Hi Betty! I love this card. I love how you used a piece of the striped paper to create your border. Very creative!! Perfect clean and simple card chick! I hope you and DH are doing well!

Patrice said...

Love your take on the color combo! Visiting from Annabelle Stamps..

Sue said...

A CAS beauty Betty!! Perfect balance of all the colours, all fabulous against all the white!
Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at AnnaBelle stamps this week! :)

Kylie said...

What a gorgeous card Betty! LOVE how you placed your images at the bottom of your card and the sentiment on top! LOVE your colour strips too!
Thanks for playing along with us at AnnaBelle Stamps!

Take Care,
Kylie X