This is one of those rare times when a card exceeds your expectations. I saw this fun chalkboard with the chandelier chalked on it at our inspiration site, The Bella Cottage. I had picked up some chalkboard paper the other day and actually had a chandelier image so I decided to give it a whirl. I stamped them image and sentiment in Whisper White Craft ink then embossed with white ep. I sponged a bit more ink in the corners. I inked my Weathered bg stamp with Baked Brown Sugar and stamped it off then laid my piece of Vanilla cs over it and rubbed lightly and unevenly. I cut my frame and laid it over the chalkboard piece. I had started with just the one cream rose in the corner and it had a bit of green with it so that drove me to the Pistachio base. It looked a bit bare, so I pulled out my Elegant Lines ef, I used it sideways and the sideways again to fill the whole card. I lined the inside with a piece of Vanilla since it was also embossed now. I made a double brad bow with a candy dots brad base and a pearl with crumpled Very Vanilla seam binding and frayed the ends. Now I couldn't figure where to put the bow since it made the one flower look lonely. I didn't have any cream flowers that were smaller so I pulled out the spray and I'm really pleased with how it ended up looking.
More views and step by step of the bow on my blog
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013 GMT Views: 1826
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Registered: August 18, 2008 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Posts: 31972
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 @ 4:45 PM
Wow, this is amazing, Gail - so elegant and such an unusual and uniquely beautiful colour combo and floral arrangement, not to mention fab chalkboard art!
Registered: June 23, 2008 Location: da U.P. - Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula Posts: 14987
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 @ 7:39 PM
Gorgeous card, Gail! I love the eye catching splash of red against the pistachio. The embossing on both sides of the card was a stroke of genius... such an elegant touch!
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