What a great challenge Judy has for us today. I always am disciplined to do the housework first, but I thought I'd sneak this card in so as to be sure to be able to take a photo while there was good light. My FIL is from Donegal, where they make a very similar style of china to Belleek. Nice to have the negative-effect revisited, too - I didn't have any embossing folders the last time it was featured in the TLC ;-).
A2 cream base. I used watercolour paper for my embossed layer, as I didn't like my bright white. Had trouble finding a suitable pale ink till I remembered some HA shadow inks .
Flourishes image stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with distress inks. I was going to add Bisque liquid pearls to the scallops, but decided this needed to be simple. I sponged some edges with Bundled Sage, and added a cream organza ribbon and a HA sentiment cut with Spellbinders Tags Trio.
Image and sentiment stamped with StazOn Stone Grey to keep with the softer look.
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012 GMT Views: 2461
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Registered: February 22, 2006 Location: Casselberry, Florida Posts: 46530
Mon, Jan 23, 2012 @ 5:00 AM
WOW! Isn't it nice that you could photograph your card with your actual inspiration. Your soft coloring on the tiger lilies is so very pretty. Just an aside: my grandfather's father was born in Donegal.
Registered: October 25, 2010 Location: New England Posts: 12699
Mon, Jan 23, 2012 @ 6:54 AM
Sabrina, Sabrina, this is a classic beauty!
So when you send me the pitcher I will display the gorgeous card in the same way.
Seriously, very lovely embossing and stamped image with your inspiration piece!