Yesterday I made one card for two challenges. The Mojo Monday sketch challenge and the Technique Lover Challenge on Splitcoast. For the technique lover challenge we were to use ribbon for something other then a bow or a tie.
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 10 3/4″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock folded in half. One edge of a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Gina K. Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock was cut and embossed with Eyelet Borderabilities before a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Webster’s Pages was stitched on top of it.
The sentiment is from Verve’s Wishing You stamp set and was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on Ivory cardstock. It was cut with Petite Oval Nestabilities and sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink. A dotted border was added with a brown Stampin’ Up! Journaling marker before it was adhered to a Not Quite Navy Cardstock piece that had been cut with Label 10 Nestabilities. I stamped the flower from Because of You on the lower left side of the oval with Antique Linen ink. Over the stamped flower I layered a ribbon flower I had rolled out of Burgundy Silk Ribbon and adhered over a green silk ribbon bow.
Stampin’ Up! lace was adhered on the upper edge of a scalloped rectangle cut out of Chocolate Chip cardstock with Classic Rectangle Nestabilities. The sentiment layers were adhered over the scallop rectangle with dimentionals. Lush Kaisercraft Pearls on top of the Label 10 cutout finish off the card front.
For the inside of the card I cut another 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of cardstock with Eyelet Borderabilities and stitched a small strip of Webster’s Pages over the cut border (leftover from the piece for the front).
Talking about a great day……Sunday at Dick Blick was great. I had a lot of fun talking about and playing with Copics. The best part though was that I got to meet sweet Charmaine. Charmaine drove all the way from Pittsburgh so we could finally meet. We had a great time first at Dick Blick, then at P.F. Changs.
Charmaine is just as sweet in person as she is on her blog. And her baby girl Isabelle was just the cutest thing. Check out the blue eyes on both of beauties. I can’t wait to hang out with her some more at the Copic Certification in Pittsburgh on September 6th. That will be so much fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.15 Responses to “Best Day Ever”
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This sounds like such a FUN day! Gorgeous card, Beate! Hope you have another wonderful day today!
This is a gorgeous card, Beate. So was your Cherry Blossoms card – beautiful! Glad you had fun at your Dick Blick class.
Love this card (I don’t think I’ve ever seen that eyelet borderabilities before, I REALLY like it!!)
Your ribbon rose is just GORGEOUS!! Makes me want to go out and buy a whole bunch of different ribbons that I will have NOOOO idea how to use! LOL
Sounds like you had a fabulous fun day on Sunday with the icing on the cake — meeting Charmaine!
Your card is beyond breathtaking. LOVE the ribbon rose you created. I hope I didn’t miss a tutorial your created for the rose, because it is spectacular! Mine are so bad, I usually toss them.
Your card is GORGEOUS Beate! LOVE the pic of you and sweet Charmaine!!!
Your ribbon rose turned out so beautifully, Beate!! I love the images and pretty papers as well!! What a great photo of you, Charmaine, and Isabelle!!
Gorgeous card!! Love the ribbon rose! Love the photo too!
GORGEOUS card, Beate! I so enjoyed getting to hang out with you! Counting down the days until next time! 🙂 Sending you BIG HUGS!
Beate, this is gorgeous! Your flower turned out beautifully!!!
Wonderful picture too!!!
what a gorgeous rose . . . the interior is such a shot of creativity, too! Hugs, M
Eine wunderschöne Karte liebe Beate und das Foto von Euch ist wunderbar geworden.
Liebe Grüße
von Anke
gorgeous card, Beate! love the layering of elements and details!
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Neat combo of dies, and love your flower so pretty!
Love the layers and embellishments, and that rolled silk flower is fabulous! I tried my first rolled ribbon flower recently and was amazed at how simple it was to get a great effect! The eyelet border and the lace really go together well, and the inside of the card is great!