I'm excited to be a bar tender for Joni's Raise the Bar Challenge! This week we are to create a card inspired by a foreign country. Paris is still on my bucket list and in the meantime, I can only dream of the Eiffel tower, romance and flowers adorning an outdoor cafe! The image was stamped on Vintage Cream CS, distressed then sponged with So Saffron ink. Below it is a doily die peeking through in Regal Rose. I finally was able to make satisfactory rolled roses using MFT's dies and a tool to make rolling SO much easier! On one end, it has a metal tip with a slit to "grab" the end of the paper and on the other end it has a rounded ball so you can "curve" the petals if you like. I didn't use this end on my roses, but think it would work for the larger rolled flower dies. A seam binding bow and some bling top off this shabby chic card.
This card is also for Betty's CC: Regal Rose, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz; dessert option is to use things that start with "P" - Parisian image, pearls.
It's also for the Shabby Tea Room Challenge where we're playing Bingo this week...my winning row is gems, flower, die cut. Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collection by Stampers Anonymous
PAPER: Springtime Vintage DP (SU), Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Vintage Cream (PTI)
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Distressing tool, Sponge, Bling by Recollections, Doily die (MFT), Pear Pizzazz seam binding, Mini rolled roses die (MFT), Adhesive pearls, Fern punch (MS)
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011 GMT Views: 990
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Thu, Mar 24, 2011 @ 9:49 PM
very pretty, love your flowers and ribbon . matches all so well with your neat dp....right on...TFS..:0)
------------------------------ 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.
Registered: February 18, 2010 Location: Stuck in the middle! Posts: 4680
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 1:08 AM
LOVE your card...on my bucket list too...LOL! Hope you get there one day, but in the mean time...making cards like this is a way to think about it and dream!
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My best creation is my children. -Diane von Furstenberg
Registered: February 26, 2007 Location: On SCS Posts: 36623
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 10:43 PM
wow! beautiful...love the elegant details!
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