Wednesday, May 25, 2011

one little wish...




Hi there. Hope you're having a great week. Thanks for stopping by. Today I am sharing a card I made for this month's Papertrey Blog Hop and I'm sending it to my aunt who's celebrating a birthday this weekend. :)


Our hop this month focuses on using flowers as a part of our card.  Well, I am a total nut for flower embellishments. I really like the ones that are kinda odd flowers...not necessarily "real looking", ya know? 


Here is the card I made using my favorite kind of flower embellishment:




I decided to try my hand, also, at using the Papertrey Clearly Creative card stock.  It was fun to work with, though I found my OCD coming out every few minutes when I was using Windex to clear off my fingerprints..LOL. 


Well, there are lots of blogs to see, so get going. Thanks for stopping by!




Stamps: Big Birthday Wishes (Papertrey)
Ink: Basic Black (SU)
Card Stock: Clearly Creative, Lavender Moon, Black, Vanilla (Papertrey); Crate Paper - portrait collection
Extras: Well Worn die set from MFT; Photo Corner die from SU; Prima Flower from Two Peas in a Bucket, get it here




56 brownkowments:

Audrey said...

What a great card! Love the colors, and your new blog design is SO adorable!! :)

Cathy Weber said...

I love the clear cardstock on this one Keva, and those great mats again! They look so good with that sentiment you chose. I also like flowers that aren't exactly true to life looking. Great job today.

Marge said...

What a fabulous flower and absolutely gorgeous card -- LOVE it! That sentiment is awesome too -- need to do some PTI purchasing soon!

Amber said...

Ooooh!!! Way to start off the hop! Love the layered sentiment frame.

Lisa Elton said...

Keva this is so pretty! Is that a Prima Marketing flower? Love it!

Luanne said...

How pretty! Love the colors and the wonderful sentiment. Your Aunt will love it too ~ TFS!

Sue Lelli said...

Can't believe you were first! And the windex remark is ME, too! LOVE this card ~ the colors, the flower, the clear card ~ just FAB!

Carol's Ink Spot said...

Beautiful card! Lovely flower embellishment. Had to laugh at your cleaning the card with Windex!

Debby said...

Love the clear cardstock with the flower overlaid. Great colours too - very pretty.

Ally said...

Beautiful card. I love the color scheme, and that flower is gorgeous. ;-)

Linda said...

Lovely card. I had to giggle about the windex. I'd do the same. And congrats on your tweet today. It was well deserved. You always do beautiful work.

Unknown said...

that flower is so pretty. I love that well worn die, gorgeous card!!!

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a pretty card, gorgeous flower. I hvae been meaning to try out the clear cardstock myself.

Jen Carter said...

Love your flower! It is so fun! Beautiful card and I love the clear cardstock!

Lisa said...

The lavender and black are a fab color scheme! I love to see how people use the clear cardstock- I'm so intimidated by it! Beautiful job :)

Unknown said...

This is a stunning card, your aunt will love it. I'm really liking that flower also.

Marisa said...

Wonderfully done, Keeva! The flower is fabulous and I love the dramatic black and grey stripes.

Jen Adcock said...

Just Gawjus! Brava! For using the clear stuff (and windex) because your card looks a million bucks. Your fave flower is so very pretty. Lucky aunty.

Sara Mac said...

Beautiful card Keva! I love that you used clear cs. I totally know what you mean about the OCD thing. Drives me crazy while making the card. Really love the layers for the sentiment.

Cyndie said...

Oh, this is so cute! The flower reminds me of the little ballerina outfits my grandmother made for us when we were little!

Jill said...

Very elegant, Keva! I love your use of the clear card stock with those elegant.papers and embellishments. SO lovely!

Renee said...

Gorgeous!
I love that flower...
and I think it's fabby on this clear cardstock!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

clear! Fun, although I'm not one for windex use, but great use of stripes too.

Becky said...

That flower is beautiful! I'm cracking up that you were cleaning your card with windex, sounds like something would do!

Margaret M said...

Great card! I've never used the clear cardstock before. It makes for a really neat card!

Mary said...

Adorable flower and I love that you used the clear card...beautiful!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Hi Keva!

This is amazing! the flower is truly gorgeous and I love it with the black and white and the transparant! Really stylish, love it!

Hugs, Wendy

Gina said...

So elegant! I love the lavender and black. And I had to laugh about the Windex. I'm OCD as well and I'm sure I'd do the same thing!!!

Sue Ann said...

Lordy girl ........ I love that flower ~~ I bet Jenn could make a FABBY ring with the center part of the flower .... just stunning. Hope Ava is feeling better. xoxox

Terri said...

Very nice, Love all the different elements especially the flower.

BethieJ said...

Keva this is BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the purple flower!!!
Have a GREAT day!! Happy Blog Hop!

Teresa said...

I don't see any finger prints. It turned out wonderful. That photo corner is perfect.

Eva said...

Gorgeous and fun color combo. The flower is so pretty with the jewells in the middle.

Maureen said...

i can see why you love that flower...it's just gorgeous! Love the bling center :)

jen said...

that flower is sooo pretty- love the fring-y look! :) fab creation!

Teresa said...

Love the stripes and the clear cardstock.That flower is gorgeous too!
Your new blog design is just way to cute...love it!

Julie said...

WOWSERS! Love that big gorgeous flower, Keva! You're so brave to try that clear cardstock...I think it would give me fits! Love your card! :)

Amy Kolling said...

I love love that flower!!! Keva...you do such beautiful work with the sentiment always at the forefront. I love that about your style!

 

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