What a bunch of off-the-wall holidays and "special" days! I started out picking the All or Nothing Day (7/26) because I used every single one (5 total, one for each of the Spellbinders Blossom 3 dies) of the new Sweet William images on my many layered flower. Then I saw the Cow Appreciation Day and kept thinking of that old rhyme "I've never seen a purple cow, I hope to never see one. But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one!" So this is for the purple cows!
These new Sweet William images are just wonderful! They were made to coordinate with the Spellbinders Blossom 3. I stamped all the sizes on gold and purple tissue papers and also on some wide gold tulle ribbon and then die cut them. After stacking them, I put a gold brad through the center and wrinkled and distressed them within an inch of their lives, lol.
I added another piece of the tulle behind the flower then had to get creative with the gold embossed sentiment. This is one BIG flower and I didn't have much room left on my 5.5 x 4.25 card. I used a border punch across the bottom of the gold layer and backed the flower with a gold embossed fancy label.
Thanks so much for looking! Close ups and links to the ODBD blog hop are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, July 1, 2011 GMT Views: 777
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Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 9:55 AM
this is a rela beauty julie-love the flower you created and the beautiful colors you used.
there used to be a purple cow restaurant in va beach-we went to on vacation back in 2003-cute place for kids
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Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 12:43 PM
OMGoodness Julie... your card is amazing and gorgeous... and I loved the reminder of the purple cow! That one had long escaped my memory!!! Thanks for bringing it back for a smile!
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