Thank you, Betty, for this beautiful color combination today. This color combination reminded me of "vintage" when I pulled all the sheets of cardstock together this morning, especially with the addition of lace.... so I went with it.
The flower spray comes from a large stamp in the upcoming SU! Summer Mini stamp set called "Elements of Style". It was stamped in Basic Black ink on Vanilla cardstock and colored direct-to-paper with Apricot Appeal, More Mustard and Sage Shadow markers. I ever-so-lightly blended the colors together with a slightly damp aquapainter. I cut the flower spray with an oval Coluzzle, stopping in areas of the image that I wanted "out-of-the-box", and trimmed those areas with small scissors. I lightly sponged Apricot Appeal ink around the edges, and this was matted on a Basic Gray cardstock oval. The lace was attached on the back with Sticky Strip.
The sentiment comes from (I think) the Great Friend stamp set. I used a StampAMaJig for that step.
The butterfly is a single stamp called All a Flutter and was stamped in black and colored with the same markers and a white gel pen. The butterfly and only the flowers were heat embossed with Versamarker/clear EP. The background was made with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder/BigShot and lightly sponged with Apricot Appeal ink to bring out the dots. This main panel and butterfly were adhered with dimensional popdots. I added 3 small half-back pearls to finish it off.
Thank you for taking a closer look at my submission today. Have a wonderful day!
Registered: April 17, 2008 Location: Central Square, NY Posts: 1702
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 @ 11:46 AM
Simply gorgeous!!
------------------------------ God Bless, Wendy
"I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1&2
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44921
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:05 PM
June, this is absolutely stunning!!!! The lace is the perfect touch to this incredible card! I love your out of the box image! Marvelous!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.