Here's my card for today's Tea Party - it's all about flowers - if we choose - our cards will be going to Sherry. It's the anniversary of her husband's passing this month from a tragic car accident so it's a hard time of year for her.
My card design was inspired by these garnet slippers from the MacKenzie-Childs web store from Saturday's Inspiration Challenge.
My gold panel is stamped and embossed in black. I dyed some white lace black using black reinker for under the flower which is from Michaels.
Inside I stamped Psalm 46:1 - God is our strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
I hope my card will bring pleasure to Sherry and that the Psalm verse will bring her comfort.
Registered: December 4, 2009 Location: Beautuful Sonoma County, Ca. Posts: 15298
Mon, Jan 07, 2013 @ 8:39 PM
Gorgeous!! I love the wonderful bg!! I'd of made a mess with it, trying to get a complete impression, but your is perfect!! At first I thought it was a purchased dp!
Registered: October 3, 2009 Location: Bucolic western New Jersey Posts: 9905
Tue, Jan 08, 2013 @ 4:38 AM
Julia this is beautiful!! Your BG panel is embossed so perfectly I thought at first that it was DP - kudos on your wonderful technique. Your gorgeous flower really steals the show and is perfect for Sherry. Thanks so much for playing along this week, don't forget your cookies!
------------------------------ Marie
The Lord knows perfection yet He still loves me
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Marzi, Punchkateer Apprentice - why use 1 when you can use 2? or 8?
Registered: December 4, 2008 Location: Burlington, ON Canada Posts: 1921
Tue, Jan 08, 2013 @ 6:27 AM
How beautiful! Love the beautiful colours in the flower and the black lace goes perfectly. I never would have been able to stamp that background - yours looks perfect!
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 17864
Tue, Jan 08, 2013 @ 8:03 AM
Julia, a lovely, lovely card!! What a beautiful flower and awesome background! Thank you so very much for your kindness, I know Sherry is going to be thrilled with her teaparty!!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 7624
Tue, Jan 08, 2013 @ 8:19 AM
Very pretty. Love that rich warm bg and your beautiful flower. Neat added texture and so smart to dye your lace. Perfect verse for the inside. It must be so touch for Sherry, and this will definitely help...:0)...TFS
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
