Congrats to Claudia! Wonderful gallery and I loved strolling thru it. I chose Forever Together to case. I kept the general layout, sentiment as focal point, and monochromatic color. I changed the images, added some inking to age mine and rotated the layout. I was also inspired by Amelia Tunic from yesterday's IC challenge.
I'm just loving this crochet bg image. For my card, I wanted to stay monochromatic but I also wanted it to show up. So I white embossed it on white vellum and inked the edges w/ the antique linen ink. When I attached to the front of my 4.25 x 5.5 ivory card, it was even more visible. I noticed the vellum warped a little at the top, but vellum can tend to stretch when embossed and to me, it looks more like real lace.
The sentiment was stamped on white, cut w/ an ODBD custom die label one, and aged the edges. The butterfly was also white embossed on vellum and die cut w/ a backing vanilla piece of paper (another ODBD die).
On some leftover embossed crochet bg, I used a double border punch and attached this over my white frame then attached the sentiment on top. I added the Jolee's flower and some ivory and white punched branches.
Thanks so much for looking! I'll have closeups on my blog in just a bit. The Write Stuff
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011 GMT Views: 2435
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Accessories: detail white embossing powder, Spellbinder petite oval, ODBD label one & butterfly dies, flower (Jolee's), pearls, EK Success border punch, Martha Stewart & Punch a Bunch fern leaf punches
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 @ 10:20 AM
I just happened to see your card upload Julie and what a winner. So many delicate and soft details and wonderful sentiment. Great to see you again. I always miss out if I don't look at your creations!
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Sun, Jun 26, 2011 @ 10:50 AM
What an Elegant Creation! I love every little detail! white on white is always eye catching and exquisite! I love it!
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Registered: April 4, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona originally from New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 18436
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 @ 10:53 AM
wow, wow, wow...... this is absolutely gorgeous... I am loving that bg lace...It is so beautiful with all the other details in your card.... Love it.....
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 @ 11:06 AM
Love that beautiful vellum butterfly! Julie, this is so gorgeous and love the sentiment, I sang along with it!!LOL
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Sun, Jun 26, 2011 @ 11:11 AM
This is perfection!!! I love everything about this card. Into my favs. I can't believe how that lace bg looks like real lace. Thanks so much for sharing.