This pansy card is for today's Ways to Use it Challenge (WT230), Just Pleat It, to include pleats in our projects.
To make my pleats, I cut a strip of copy paper and dragged my SU certainly celery ink pad across it. Even though I have certainly celery cardstock I could have used for this, I figured it would be much easier to fold and pleat thinner paper.
I colored in the pansy with colored pencils and sponged lavender sachet ink around the edges of the oval die cut.
The sentiment is from the Flourishes Strawberries set and the corners were stamped from an image from the Basic Grey Insignia set. I love these corners!
This card will be my birthday card for my big sister, whose birthday is in just a few weeks. Her favorite flowers are pansies, so I think she will be pleased with this card!
Thanks for looking!
Emily
Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009 GMT Views: 701
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Thu, Aug 06, 2009 @ 7:39 PM
Pretty card, Emily! The colors are beautiful and your pleats look great! I'm sure your sister will love it. Pansies were my mom's favorite flower, too - I think of her every time I see them...
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Thu, Aug 06, 2009 @ 10:21 PM
Your flower is gorgeous, as is your coloring of it. Love your pleats plus that ribbon treatment is awesome. Such a lovely card with wonderful colors. TFS :0)
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Mon, Aug 17, 2009 @ 1:54 PM
You are REALLY good at creating DP by dragging ink pads across it - you have just the right touch I guess! I like the pleats and how your 3 cute little eyelets balance the 3 loops of ribbon. And such nice delicate sponging around teh oval's edge too.