Thursday, March 20, 2014

Time to Celebrate

My card today uses a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop and translucent embossing paste by Dreamweaver's Stencils. This is my first time with this paste and I didn't do it perfect but I really loved playing with it. 

I taped the stencil down and used distress inks and an ink blander to each of the flowers using pinks and purples. Then I applied the clear paste and let dry for hours. I matted the background piece to a Bazzill purple cardstock and placed a small line of patterned paper just below the middle. The border die cut is by EK Success, the scrap of lavender cardstock and pink for the butterflies is also by Bazzill, the pearls are by Recollections, stamp by Just Rite Stamps and the ink for it is a distress marker-Seedless something or other. 

I really wish it would have photographed better but I guess that will come with practice too.




{I couldn't decide if this whole shot of the card was better then the one above so I included both}


MFP Speedy TV-Things with wings and a sentiment
http://asonginyourart.blogspot.com/- Celebration by Kool and the Gang
http://hobbybookdesignerchallenge.blogspot.com/ Spring {flowers and pastel colors}
http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ Create your own background

15 comments:

Vickie Y said...

Beautiful card; love the colors you used. Thank you for sharing with us at MFP Simple Salutations Challenge.

DIANA L. said...

Very pretty! Have a blessed day, my friend
DIANA L.
dianamlarson.blogspot.com

scraphappenswithrhonda said...

very pretty thank you for joining us at a song in your heart.

Vicki said...

Very pretty card. Feels like spring. Thanks for joining us at A Song in Your He{ART}.

Anonymous said...

Lovely card. Thank you for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams. We hope that you will join us again very soon. Hugs~Patti

KarinsArtScrap said...

wonderful card cindy.

Thanks for join us at ScrapbookStampSociety Challenge.

Greetings Karin DT Coördinator


Sarah-Jane said...

Lovely card, thank you for joining us at Divas by Design this week.
Sarah-Jane x

Barb said...

How Cute--Great Colors and Layout!

Thanks for joining us at the Melonheadz Challenge this week. Good Luck! We hope to see you join us in future challenges too.
Barb—DT

Pillan said...

Nice card! Thanks for joining us at The Crazy Challenges.
/Pillan

Debs said...

Fabulous card - love the stencilling.
Thanks for playing with The Divas this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx

Steph Ackerman said...

very pretty, love the background technique. Thanks for playng at MFP Simple Salutations.

Laura W said...

Oh, great background! Thanks for joining us at Melonheadz Friends, see you Monday for a new challenge!

Crafting Vicky said...

wow Love that technique. The colors you have used are so elegant! Awesome!

Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at A Song in your He{art}. Hope you will join us next time DT Crafting Vicky.

Lady Anne Milnes-Howard said...

Such a pretty card and I just love how you have used the two little butterflies. Thank you for sharing with us at Dragonfly Dreams, hope we see you again soon...
Love and Huggers ~ Lady Anne xx
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Laurian said...

How very pretty!
Thanks for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and I hope you'll join us again soon!
Hugz
Laurian