Congrats to Jean, our Featured Stamper! What a fab gallery she has! After much browsing, I chose her Here Comes the Sun to case. I kept the horizontal layout and flowers and butterfly, but I changed the colors, the images and added some flourishes.
I also tried Bev's great technique from Wed, Water Stamping on the background.
The small flowers on the small layer are actually from a bookmark, but with a little masking, they work here, too. For the backgrounds, I sponged on colors from a Blue Breeze Kaleidacolor ink pad. Then I did Bev Gerard's Water Stamping technique. I love the soft, marbled look it gives. I stamped a portion of the same Daisy Background in black across the bottom. I like the way it helps "ground" everything. Just a few hightlights were added were a white gel pen. A sweet little Cheery Lynn flourish was added in the lower left corner and I used a Marianne Designs corner die in the upper right. The butterfly was white embossed onto vellum, sponged w/ the same blue inks and die cut using the matching die. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.
Thanks so much for looking! Congrats again, Jean, and enjoy your week! All the details are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012 GMT Views: 2983
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Sat, Aug 11, 2012 @ 8:39 PM
Julie, this is a magnificent case! Your sentiment is very touching to me, as my garden therapy is full of prayer time and peace. Gorgeous case my friend!
------------------------------ Pat Smethers "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden." Isaiah 58:11
Registered: March 15, 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 11018
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 @ 10:26 PM
Those blues are so beautiful!!! I think the white trim really looks amazing! Love the vellum butterfly and the water stamping looks so pretty! I am going to have to try that! Gorgeous card and case Julie!!!
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Sun, Aug 12, 2012 @ 2:21 AM
INCREDIBLE card! You created a beautiful bkgrd; lovely colors. In addition, all of your design details, including the gorgeous butterfly, make for a stunning card!