I decided to go with a very clean line kind of card, which is very hard for me since I really love my Design Papers!! I really thought this would be a snap, because most of the card making process, for me, is agonizing over which papers to even use!! They're all my "Babies"!! LOL
I pulled out my precious Neenah "Solar White" paper for this card. Let me tell you, I've been hoarding this stuff like Mad, since I bought it last year!!! And the worst part is that I made so many mistakes on the frame (behind the flowers) I made from my Nesties, it was Obscene! The frames were either the wrong size, shape, color or cut off center... I think I went through 7 sheets of my Neenah (*cough*)!! I could just cry...
You can't see it well, because I deliberately kept the lighting low, so you could see it, but I used my Scor-Pal to score frames around the 2 pieces of Solar White paper, that's sandwiching my dark green cardstock. But I think it gives it a finished elegant look.
I made a frame with my Lrg. Oval Nesties and I think that it turned out nice. The flowers placed over the Nestie, were colored in with my Tombows. I decided to use my craft knife to cut everything out and pop up a few of the flowers, for dimention. Then I went over them with some Diamond Glaze to deepen the colors and give it a slightly more realistic look, otherwise the colors just lay flat on the paper. I placed a pearl in the centers of the flowers
I cut out, and used the banner from the Flourishes "Seeds of Friendship" and stamped it with "Happy Birthday" on it, from the Flourishes "Violets" stamp set. I shaded a few small spots on the banner to make it just a bit more "realistic" and less stark white. And I used a few popdots under it to pop it up just a tiny bit. I saw Becca Feeken's blog where she recently had a Lovely card with a popped out banner, and I thought "That's a great way to put a "tag" on a card!”. I am admitting that I used her idea, but want to give her Total credit, for that! Great idea, Becca!
I had a hard time taking the pictures for this card. The lighting was too bright so you couldn't see the embossed frames, so this was the first time I actually had to bring the light down so you could see everything better - LOL
This was, hands down, one of the hardest cards I've made in a long, long time! When you have no DP, everything looks too stark and "naked". But after I finished the card and looked at it, for a while, I realized I do like clean lines like this. IÂ’ll have to try to make more, play with some ideas and see what happens.
Date: Monday, September 6, 2010 GMT Views: 831
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Mon, Sep 06, 2010 @ 11:38 AM
This is wonderful and so clever! I love the way you used the banner from Seeds of Friendship for the sentiment! Beautiful colouring and fabulous design!