This is my card for today's Featured Stamper Challenge - to CASE Nicole (ButterflyEars). I was delighted to see Nicole as Featured Stamper! Her gallery is just full of beautiful cards! I had a hard time deciding, but finally chose this beautiful CAS card: BE_LSC2322_Fruity Friday by ButterflyEars at Splitcoaststampers
I kept the layout and fruit tree theme, but changed:
-the stamp
-the placement of the punched border and ribbon
-omitted the sentiment
I stamped the fruit topiary with Memento Tuxedo black onto Gina K. 80 lb. White and colored it with Copic markers. It's hard to see in the photo, but I added shine to the apples and grapes with a Sakura glaze pen and sparkle to the centers of the sunflowers and the ribbon with Spica pens. I punched the border at the bottom with a MS border punch then backed it with Old Olive CS. Added a double loop bow made with my Bow Easy and some beautiful silk ribbon from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Blogs at Splitcoaststampers
Thanks, Beth, for the awesome choice of FS and huge congratulations, Nicole! Your work is wonderful! Enjoy your special day!
Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010 GMT Views: 1738
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Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 1:50 PM
OMgoodness Carla.... this is GORGEOUS!!!! I love this image and your punched edge is soooo pretty! Love the colors... pearls... every detail is perfect!!! You rock gf!!!
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Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 2:15 PM
Carla. this is beautiful! I love your borders, inside and out, and those gorgeous pearls. Lovely card! TFSMS
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Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 2:36 PM
every part of this card is super pretty! I love that image.
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Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 3:20 PM
Just gorgeous, Carla! The layout and the superbly colored image are just perfect! Great card!
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