Cards from weekend class

Finally I am able to show you the cards we made this weekend at our latest get together.  It's hard trying to design cards for other people to make, trying to come up with a new layout or technique, and then agonising over whether it's too hard, too easy, too boring, will take too long to make or too, too, too...., but anyway, this is one of the cards we made on Saturday, one of the easier ones.  

I tried to use products from either the Occasions catalogue or Sale-a-bration products, and here is what resulted.  First off we used the Decorative Dots embossing folder.  This one is definitely a keeper, and hopefully it will return in the full catalogue in July.  The arrow is from the Petal Parade stamp set, also a Sale-a-bration giveaway.  

This colour scheme is more suited for men with Smoky Slate, Real Red and Black.