Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Papertrey March Blog Hop


Its Blog Hop time! Thank you for stopping by to visit - it has been a while since I've played, and I'm so glad to get back into it.


I have always been attracted to art nouveau patterns, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Roses have been a favorite.  I took the rose pattern as a starting point for my project.  I love building backgrounds, and pulled images out of a number of different stamp sets to put this one together.  Check my recipe below for a list of the materials used. I thought Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, and Hibiscus Burst would be perfect together.  Here's my finished paper before I added it to my card.
You can see I had a little oops there in the bottom corner, but no biggie, my paper was going to be trimmed down for my card.  I chose to go with a larger size card (finished size is 3 1/2 by 7 1/2) so I could showcase that pretty paper (you can click on the photos for a larger view).
I trimmed my background paper and shabbied it up with some Antique Linen distress ink. I wanted to keep everything else nice and simple, and just added a small strip of Sweet Blush to the top before tying a Hibiscus Burst ribbon around it. The sentiment is from the Mega Mixed Messages set (*love it*) and is stamped on a Spellbinders Double Ended Tag, which I trimmed down to size. I added a coordinating Hibiscus Burst button, and I called it done!  I am very pleased with the result, and I know my mom will love it too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you'll come by again soon. I have another project I created for the Blog Hop but put on the back burner when I made this beauty. Stop by tomorrow and I'll share the deets on that one!

Have fun hopping!


Supplies:
Stamps: Flower - With Sympathy, Flourish - Remember, Circle - Simply Stationary, Dot Cluster - Borders and Corners Circle, Mother - Mega Mixed Messages
Cardstock: Ocean Tides, Sweet Blush, SS White
Ink: Ocean Tides, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)
Other: Hibiscus Burst Luxe Satin Ribbon, Hibiscus Burst Vintage Button, Spellbinders Double Ended Tag, string.

36 comments:

  1. So pretty and it has a Christmassy feel to it too!!

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  2. Oh my goodness, what a great combination of sets! And it's all stamped so perfectly! Fantastic finished card as well!

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  3. Oh my gosh - simply beautiful! This makes waiting for my mail so hard!!!

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  4. So pretty, love your design. (Go Pens!)

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  5. Great job! You brought together lots of different elements for a beautiful background! I love your colors too!

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  6. oh this one is so different & I love it!! great colors too!!

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  7. what a unique background. love the design and the colors. turned out wonderfully!

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  8. Really fun card. I like your color choices as well. You rocked the background challenge.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  9. WOW! Way to use your stamps! This is absolutely stunning - I love art nouveau too!

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  10. You did a great job of showing off your pretty paper! The ribbon, tag and button finish it off without taking away from the amazing paper you made :)

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  11. That is super pretty! Great color choices.

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  12. This is STUNNING! I love the different sets you used to make this. You have very creative and beautiful results

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  13. This is quite lovely - thanks for sharing how you created it!

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  14. Wow, this is awesome. Love your BG!!! Stunning card.

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  15. Love your card!!! Very pretty!

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  16. So pretty. Great job to combine so many sets.

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  17. Wow! Your background paper looks so professional, actually better than professional! Your color combination is gorgeous as well as your design. I love it!

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  18. Love what you have done with this background! PERFECT!!

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  19. love it - haven't used this size in a long time for a card - I really like it

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  20. This is a beautiful background! Very pretty combination of stamps from different sets.

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  21. Very beautiful Anya! Love the colours you chose! Beautiful card!

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  22. love, love, love that background and the colors!

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  23. I don't know what to say, other than AMAZING! Pure genius...

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  24. Brilliant, stunning! So unique! Must have been a lot of work putting it together.

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  25. Such a beautiful card, and such a unique size! I'm sure your mom will love it!

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