Blue Lace

After making a card on Sunday that I was lukewarm about, today I made a card that I am in love with. The colors and textures are so appealing to my eye. It was a joy to make and I will love looking at it in my studio for the next few days.

I am entering it into Week 10 at the Creative Inspirations Challenge blog. The challenge this week is to make a blue and brown card. I love that color combo and as soon as I read it, I knew I had to make a card using this new blue lace I just purchased last week. To go with the beautiful lace, I had to create a card that was suitably Victorian. Mummmm yummy, that's only my absolute favorite type of card to make. I was in heaven creating and playing around with all the decorative elements for this card.

The top two panels on the front were cut with Oval and Mega Rectangle Nestabilities and embossed on the edges with Cuttlebug Fancy Corners embossing folders. Then I sponged the edges liberally with my favorite Creamy Caramel. The next layer down is split. Half was stamped with the SU Script background stamp in Creamy Caramel and clear embossed. The other half is Cosmo Cricket Gretel DSP which I ripped diagonally. Both are distressed along the edge. The top corner elements were cut with the CB Vintage die and embossed with Tim Holtz Distress Vintage Photo embossing power.

The inside top panel features two Inkadinkado stamps, plus the SU Script BG stamp. The Ecclesiastes verse is from SU. The bottom panel again features the Mega Rectangle Nestie with the CB embossed corners. The back is also prettied up with more of the same stamps, colors and textures.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: SU Words of Wisdom, Garden Collage and Script, Inkadinkado flourishes
Paper: Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White, Cosmo Cricket Gretel, vellum
Ink: Versamark, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Copic markers to color image on front
Accessories: Nestabilities - Mega Rectangles, Rectangles, Ovals, Cuttlebug and Fancy Corners embossing folder, Vintage dies, KaiserKraft chocolate pearls, SU Pretties Kit, button from Jo-Ann's, Prima paper roses, lace from Lace Heaven, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Power

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