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: 1741
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Registered: July 26, 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 11788
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 4:09 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!! Wonderfully coloured image, love your border and fabulous use of white space highlighted by vibrant colour!!! Fabulous ribbon treatment too!!!
Registered: August 29, 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Posts: 20999
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 4:33 PM
Carla, thank you so much for casing one of my cards.
I love this beautiful topiary card, your coloring is perfect. I love the colors "old olive is one of my favorites", the Nestie rectangles look awesome, that punched design is gorgeous and I really like the tiny pearls/perfect bow treatments.
Hugs, Nicole
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Registered: April 6, 2005 Location: Stuarts Draft, Virginia Posts: 14401
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 4:47 PM
This is a real beauty, Carla!! Love the crisp, clean, CAS style!
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Wanda Cullen ~ Dirty Dozen Alumni, On design team for Papertrey Ink, Designer for Color Throwdown and Fusion Card Challenges Cullen-ary Creations[/URL]...my blogHERE'S MY GALLERY[/URL]
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44981
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 4:50 PM
Beautiful card.....love this border punch!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 6:19 PM
Woo Hoo Carla, this is totally STUNNING. LOVE the clean feel, your image, coloring and that awesome border punch with pearls is to die for!! FANTASTIC!! TFS!
------------------------------ Pam Co-Founder of The Punchkateerz! Fan Club Member FS149, QFTD44
Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 9:51 PM
This is so lovely! It couldn't be more beautiful!
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Judy
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