Hello, I made this for Faith's (Markie's Mom) Tuesday chat challenge on the Flourishes forum. We were to use stamps from more than 1 set.
Well mine isn't as creative as Faith's example, The bird (I love), and the branch were from 'All that Glitters' & the sentiment is from 'Poinsetta & Boxwood'.
The card base is always artichoke, with a layer of this beautiful glittery paper from flourishes.
I stamped the bird in versamark onto white & embossed with gold EP. Then I masked the bird, and stamped the branch with always artichoke craft. Then I embossed the branch with clear EP. Sue if you're reading this I know you'll think I'm crazy, but I made a mask of the branch & stamped it again! It really wasn't that hard.
I coloured the image with SU markers, and cut out with rectangle nesties.
The sentiment was stamped with versamark & embossed with gold. I used a circle punch, & circle nesties.
I bought the beads at Michaels a few weeks ago thinking I could use them on Christmas cards, but hadn't used any yet. So I decided I had to use them today. I used a corsage pin, and to hold the beads in place I used crystal effects.
There's tiny gold brads in the corners, and the finishing touch was the ribbon. I couldn't believe how well it matched!
TFL
Laurie
"Believe me I take terrible pictures, it looks better IRL"
Registered: November 14, 2006 Location: Largo, Florida Posts: 6301
Tue, Nov 18, 2008 @ 4:11 PM
It looks gorgeous! So elegant! Love all your details. I know exactly what you mean with how you feel about your picture. All of my cards in my gallery look awful because I take really bad pictures, maybe it's my camera. Anyway yours looks great. Awesome job and TFS!