Monday, May 17, 2010

CAS Shabby Chic

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This is a quick post---Mondays always seem to be a busy day for me, good thing the CAS challenge is on Mondays!!  Today’s is to do a shabby chic card.  This doesn’t usually translate into clean and simple for me, but I tried my best:

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My flower is made from sponged vellum; you can find Corie’s tutorial here, The leaves are sponged as well, and cut freehand.  This is also for the Our Daily Bread Designs SLC13, which is to use flowers.  I stamped a portion of the verse on the bottom, then masked it and stamped the rest inside. A little gold-embossed flourish adds a little zing!  Everything was sponged with Close to Cocoa:

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Thanks for visiting today!  Remember, tomorrow is ColourQ—make sure you stop back!

All supplies SU unless noted otherwise.

  • Stamps:  Season of Joy, Scripture Collection II, ODBD
  • Paper:  Vellum Paper, Naturals Ivory, Thrift Shop DP, October Afternoon
  • Ink:  Versamark, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Cert Celery
  • Acc:  Gold EP, Heat Tool, Ribbon & Lace from my stash, Daubers, Corduroy Brad, Crimper

20 comments:

Karen McAlpine said...

Beautiful card. Sponged Velum? Wow. I will have to check out that tutorial. Love the sentiment! Have a great day.

Lesley said...

Gorgeous LeAnne...love that vellum flower and the torn paper at the bottom of your card.
Smiles,
Lesley :)

mudmaven said...

This is a real stunner LeAnn! Love that flower and am headed over to check out the tutorial. The sponging, embossing and wonderful lace really make this special. ~chris

Bev J. said...

Love that pretty vellum flower with the sponging-great look and neat card. tfs

Michele K. said...

So beautiful!!!!

Harriet Skelly said...

This is just gorgeous LeAnne!

Barbara said...

Gorgeous, LeAnne! Definitely shabby chic. That flower is just beautiful!

Kathy Martin said...

Such a sweet card! Love the flower with the vellum leaves! :)

Michelle-Jersey Girl said...

Love that flower! You do shabby chic very well!

Carol L said...

Incredibly stunning LeAnne! What a fabulous card this is!!

Kimberly Gajewski said...

Wow LeAnne! This is absolutely stunning! Your blossom turned out beautifully and what a touching sentiment! :D

Linda said...

This is wonderful. I love the flower. I have to go check out the tutorial. I love that blue DT paper.

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

This is such a stunning Shabby Chic card LeAnne!! Gorgeous!! Love your flower, layout, dp and color choices!! Thanks for joining ODBD Shining the Light challenge this week. Awesome take on the flower challenge!!

Broni said...

This is spectacular, LeAnne! I LOVE the shabby chic look of it and what perfect colors! Gorgeous vellum flower too!

Sabrina Jackson said...

LeAnne, oh my word is this GORGEOUS!!! I love everything about this card....really...the paper (sigh)...so beautiful and the lace and the flower and those leaves...amazing!!! I will have to try this technique. Fabulous how you have used part of the scripture on the outside of the card and the rest on the inside...so creative. Thanks for playing along in this weeks Shining the Light Challenge.Love your take on this challenge!! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

dpkennedy said...

This is beautiful! Definitely case worthy material!

Marlene (cards4u) said...

Great job on this challenge!! Beautiful flower - love how you split the verse!

Carmen said...

The card is beautiful and I absolutely love the flower! Thank you for the link as well.

csheldon1@roadrunner.com said...

This is EXTREMELY beautiful-I love it and will use your idea....

Anonymous said...

GORGEOUS card!!! That flower looks AMAZING!!!