I needed to make a card for a lady's 80th birthday, but didn't want to make the card SHOUT 80 YEARS OLD as I know the person wouldn't like it at all, so I went for soft, pretty and elegant (well, that is what I hope I achieved!!). Was a quick and simple card to make as the image is an easy one to colour.
This basket of roses is an old PSX (Personal Stamp Exchange) stamp which I have had forever but still love it as much as the day I bought it.
I stamped the image with Versafine Vintage Sepia, heat-set it, then coloured it with OMS and a mix Prismacolor and Derwent Colorsoft pencils. I added some pink I-Kan-dee Pearlescent chalk around the image which adds a soft, subtle sparkle - alas not really captured by the camera :-(
The tiny pink hearts are the leftover punchies from my EK Success Arrows border punch; I added some pink Art Institute glitter to them.
The BEAUTIFUL white embossed background was done with a new embossing folder by an Australian company called Craft Concepts. It uses the same sandwich in your Cuttlebug as other folders. The pink rhinestones are by Basic Grey.
I'm popping this card into the SCS Free for All Challenge F4A24 of 'It's Garden Picken Time' where you had to use something from your garden - either fruit or flowers. See this link for the deets: F4A24: It's Garden Picken Time by Stampinsilvia at Splitcoaststampers I chose flowers because it is SPRING where I live (at long last!) and my garden is full of flowers including roses.
I am also entering this card into Bizzy Becs Creatalicious Challenge of pink, green and brown. I have details on this at my Blog. Follow this link which will take you directly to my card on my Blog: http://instead-of-ironing.blogspot.c...-birthday.html
Thanks for having a peek at my card!
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 GMT Views: 1388
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Registered: December 4, 2009 Location: Southern Utah's Dixie Posts: 20568
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 4:59 AM
This is beautiful! What a lovely image of the basket of roses! Your coloring, the design and embossed bg make this a beautiful card that is sure to please anyone, especially an 80 year old woman!
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75038
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 5:12 AM
You achieved the soft, pretty, and elegant. I am sure she will love this beauty!
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