Sweet Friend - Color Challenge (CCMC197)

I made this card this morning for this week's color challenge over at Create With Connie and Mary.  I'm very drawn to greens, purples & blues so I had to jump in with this color combo... Certainly Celery, Marina Mist and Concord Crush.

I've not done very much with the soon-to-be-retiring 2010-2012 In Colors so I was glad this one included one of the retirees in it... Concord Crush.  I have very little in that color which I think actually made it easier to incorporate it.  And... look at that it's the dominant color.  :)  It's a little hard to see in the photo but I tucked 2 tiny scalloped borders below the Concord Crush scallop to tie in the Certainly Celery & Marina Mist buttons. 

Sometimes I have the hardest time coming up with which phrase to put on the front of a card.  But then it hit me to give this card to a friend at work who innocently came into my office to fill me in on all the details of her fun vacation and our conversation morphed (as it always does) into all different topics.  And I wound up unloading details of a really difficult time I'm having with something in my life that has me very frightened and lost.  I wound up sobbing and she was there to listen, offer encouragement and just simply be my sweet friend.  So, the phrase on the front was easy to choose this time. 

Thanks, Connie & Mary, for another fun one!   And my Concord Crush thanks you, too.

Products used (everything is from SU! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp sets: Four Frames, Fabulous Phrases;  

Cardstock: Whisper White, Concord Crush, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist;

Patterned Paper:  Concord Crush DSP Stack;  Inks: Certainly Celery, Marina Mist;   

Punches: Decorative Label, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border;  

  Ribbon: White Baker's Twine;  Sizzix:  Tasteful Trim Die;  

Embellishments:  Subtles Designer Buttons;  

Other: Pop Dots (American Crafts), Glue Dots, Scotch ATG.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Colleen