The rose of the old year withers away as the new bud begins
to bloom. ~Terri Guillemets, "Withered," 2004
Well hello everyone ... Yup! It's me! Surprised?
I am ... LOL
I had some good intentions to keep this blog moving along pretty good but as the fates would have it, work has been ... um interesting ... trying to get back into the rhythm of everyone's idea of important and getting sick - still sick actually. Never fun.
Anyway ... I have been tinkering a bit in my craft room off and on and managed to get a couple cards done and of course, the battery on my camera was dead. Murphy's Law.
So here I am .... finally ... with a Birthday card I made for my Mom.
I just love this image from SandiSamples. One of my favorites that I have used several times.
This one I did in shades of yellow and gold. Not sure what made me do the background like I did, but I decided to play and then after it was all colored I scattered drops of alcohol onto the cardstock.
I used a die to trace around the image, then I cut it out by hand (gasp) ... only because the die is not designed with the placed right at the opening.
Supply items
Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!
"Damask" embossing folder from Darice
Corner punch from Fiskars
"Labels 25" & "Romantic Rectangle" dies from Spellbinders
Pearls from Michaels
Ribbon & Bow from my stash
Challenges entered
Anything Goes Challenge #176
very nice card
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You created a beautiful card. Love the colors and the design.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birthday card, love the roses and very pretty colours. Thank you for joining us at Penny's paper Crafty. Good luck in the draw and hope to see you again. Jennifer DT member x
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and a great choice of colors. I like the alcohol drops on it. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCara, you apparently don't know this, but you used an awesome technique called Color Outside the Lines around the rose. So see, that was genius! LOL I am an old subscriber of a now-defunct newsletter called Technique Junkies and that was a popular technique there. Plus, I bet Split Coast Stampers has one similar. Anyway, very nice work! The card is gorgeous and I'm sure much-cherished. xoxo
ReplyDeleteMe again. Totally forgot to look up and make sure, but you are 2 for 2! What you did with the die and the rose sticking out was Outside the Box technique, you just used a die to make your "box" instead of a ruler. So, you did it one better, a great variation. I'll have to try it! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful - gorgeous image and layout - thank you for joining us this time at Penny's Paper-Crafty and good luck - Michelle x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful coloring and I love the lacy edges on your panels, Cara. I'm glad you joined us for the challenge at ATSM this week.
ReplyDeleteI bet your Mum absolutely loved this card!! Its so very pretty and the colouring is gorgeous. Really like the die-cut details along the edges too. So glad you shared this with us at ATSM this week!
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