Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The Best Thing...

What a fun "natural alarm clock" we woke up to yesterday, the last day of our holiday weekend - the first rain since the end of June (not unusual around here) peppered with loud, rolling thunder (a bit more unusual around here this time of year).  It was a most welcome break from the high heat of late, that is supposed to continue for another 3-4 weeks.  As much as I love this area where we now live, and the better quality of life we're able to have, the one thing I do miss about the Silicon Valley area where I grew up was the more moderate temperatures and shorter hot summers. :)

Today's card is one where the color scheme pretty much happened after I prepared the sentiment block using one of Lili of the Valley's Quotables/Friendship stamps.  After I stamped the sentiment in black onto one of the papers in LOTV's new Beach Bliss paper collection , and distressed the edges exposing the white paper core, I knew the color combo I wanted to use...aqua, contrasted with black, and brightened and accented with pure white...



One of the most fun things about my rose die set is that I can custom create roses to match just about any color, especially handy when I want to use a monochromatic, or mostly so, color scheme.  This time I was lucky that I had one sheet left of a pale aqua that was a perfect shade to match the aquas in the patterned papers. I used some ready-made mini roses in slightly different hues to complement the large rose...





I used a couple different mini heart dies to create a chipboard open heart lightly sprinkled with German glass glitter, to sit behind the roses inside the cluster...




Supplies:
Patterned papers:  "Beach Bliss" collection, Susan Darter/Raspberry Road Designs for Lili of the Valley
Sentiment stamp:   Lili of the Valley, Set 62, Quotables/Friendship
Dies:   Spellbinders Rose Creations;   Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork;   Papertrey Ink Heart Prints;
Sizzix Flowers, Branches, & Leaves
Small roses & flower stamens:   Wild Orchid Crafts          Doily:  Wilton          Pearls:   Recollections



Thank you for visiting today...I hope your week started with a smile!


11 comments:

  1. Wow, love this card, the colours are wonderful and the layout and embellys are beautiful
    Hugs Kelly

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  2. Oh another gorgeous card and I love your flowers, and if you have hand made them they are especially lovely!!

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  3. Beautiful card! Love your flower arrangement!

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  4. Love this sentiment and you did a beautiful job of show casing it...simply beautiful.

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  5. amazing! I love it.
    beautiful colours
    the quote is also beautiful....
    just great!

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  6. Its gorgeous Monochromatic card !Its very difficult to make the embellishments of same color of bg and make it stand out on it !!You have done a wonderful job!

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  7. This is a fabulous card, love the colours and lovely sentiment. Hugs, Claire x

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  8. This is absolutely stunning! I always look forward to your next project. Amazing!

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  9. Hi Kathy! I cannot believe that I participated in the Paper Sweeties blog hop (recently) with you, and somehow didn't take the time to browse your lovely blog. WOW - you are one talented lady. I enjoyed browsing several pages of your blog and wish I could look at everything (some day I will). God has blessed you with GREAT talent, and it's a blessing that you share those gifts with others here on your sweet little blog. I am inspired and in awe!
    Blessings,
    Karen
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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