Sunday, May 1, 2011

A Mother's Day card & 2 challenges

Sunday, May 1, 2011
This card is for a young Mom, who will be celebrating her first Mother's day!

I'm playing along in 2 challenges with this card.  Take a look!
Just Us Girls #82 Wild Card Challenge - use the emboss resist technique
Colour Q Challenge - CQC #82
Fun challenges, huh?  I think so...since I like emboss resist and I love a blue and green color palette!
Here is my take on the two challenges:

I embossed the 3 flowers (Many Wishes by Gina K) with clear embossing powder on whisper white card stock, then sponged on some baja breeze, pear pizzazz and kiwi kiss ink.  I used baja breeze cs for matting, and mounted it all on an always artichoke card base.  I used some of Stampin' Up's beautiful seam binding (in baja breeze).  I LOVE their seam binding...I just bought two more colors recently!  It may be difficult to see it, but I tied a little mini key  (from 7 Gypsies) under the bow, using some white floss.  The sentiment is stamped in jet black Staz-On.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll leave a comment.

6 comments:

  1. OMG Susie!!! I literally gasped when I saw your card… STUNNING my dear!!! The dandelion silhouettes are so gorgeous with the soft pastels surrounding them. What a BEAUTIFUL Mother's Day card - just BREATH-TAKING!!! Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls! So glad you could play along this week and I hope you can join us again next week!

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  2. Beautiful Mother's Day card, Susie! Thanks for playing with us at the ColourQ this week.

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  3. THis is absolutely gorgeous - such a striking card - WOW - thanks for playing along with JUGS this week. GOod to have you with us.

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  4. Gorgeous! I was thinking I didn't have many MD sentiments and I totally forgot that one! Beautiful emboss resist!

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  5. Oh Susie! Your card is STUNNING! Love that sentiment {wish they'd NEVER retired it - it's timeless!}... and EXQUISITE showcase for this, positively addicting technique. You've clearly showed WHY it is so WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work with JUST US GIRLS!

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  6. This is one of my favorite cards!

    Linda S.

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