I had a chance the other day to take some time out and make a card, so I took the opportunity to break out my new Layers of Color stamps.
I was so keen I used images from three sets!
I started with a dark green card base, and chose a lovely lemon card to go over that for the design base and embossed it with the Cuttlebug Textile Textures embossing folder before sponging the edges with Memento Pear Tart Ink.
The lace is some that has been in my scraps box forever... I think it was my late MIL's stash!!
I chose the flower and leaf image from the Flowering Gems set, stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black on white card and painted them with Twinkling H2O's - Love using those paints as they are so versatile and give such a lovely sheen. The half pearls are by Kaiser, and the very small dots around the centre of the flower are made with dimensional glue.
I started with three leaves surrounding the flower, but it looked odd, so three more were added. They are attached to the underside of the flower, which is popped up on dimensionals over the lace.
The bee is from the Granny's Jewellery set - again painted with Twinkling H2O's and then I used clear rhinestones to glam it up. I only adhered it to the card under the body so the wings are slightly raised to make it more realistic.
I finished the card with a wee corner stamp from the Flutterescent set. I painted the butterfly in one of the shades of pink I used in the flower, and mauve. The final touch were the two sets of three gold rhinestones in opposite corners. I decided against a sentiment on the outside of this card as it was already so busy.
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 GMT Views: 189
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Additional Info
Stamps: LOC Flowering Gems, Granny's Jewellery & flutterescence
Ink: Memento pear Tart
Accessories: Kaiser half pearls, lace, rhinestones, twinkling H2O's