March 2, 2012

Happy Friday or TGIF as my sister would say.  The weekend is here and today I have a card I made for this week's splitcoast stampers sketch challenge (posted below) and I also made this card for today's free for all splitcoast challenge in which we were to create a card with blue flowers on it.
I used a retired stamp set called Roses in Winter.  This is one of those stamp sets that I wouldn't ever part with.  I've used it a lot!  To create my background paper I stamped leaves using crumb cake and I stamped the flowers using Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  It looks like I used 3 different color blues, but I just stamped off once using Marina Mist to achieve the medium blue color.  Once my background flowers were stamped I then stamped over everything using another retired background stamp called French Script.  After that I was able to cut my background into four sections like shown in the sketch.

Next, I worked on the oval portion of my card.  I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do, but then after I stamped my sentiment it sort of came to me to try and put ribbon all along the outside of my oval and wouldn't you know, it worked!  I used some sticky strip tape and I placed it all along the back side of my oval and I gathered the ribbon so that it looked like it was ruffled and I went all along my oval.

After that was finished I stamped my sentiment (which is from a current set called Thoughts & Prayers).  I decided to use my spritzer tool, which I hardly ever use...to spritz some blue on my oval.  I used a technique called reverse masking to cover up my sentiment area.  In other words, my oval layer was spritzed with bashful blue, while my sentiment area remained white- it looks really neat in person.  I used a 1 3/4" circle punch for my mask.

I stamped and cut out a few more flowers and I placed them along the bottom portion of my oval.  It's hard to see in my photo, but I did add some dazzling diamonds glitter on my roses.  And to complete my card I decided to add a bow at the top of my oval.

This card is something a little different than I would normally have done, but I'm really happy with the results and so I hope you liked my card as well.  Thanks for stopping by.  I'll try to update my blog over the weekend because I have a baby card I made for another challenge.

Stamps:  Roses in Winter, Thoughts & Prayers, French Script
Card Stock: White, Crumb Cake,
Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake
Supplies: Ribbon, Sticky Strip Tape, Spritzer Tool, Bashful Blue Marker, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scissors for Cutting out flowers, Coluzzle Cutting system- for my oval
Technique:  2 Step Stampin', Reverse Masking

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11 comments:

Annie Lee said...

Patty, your card is gorgeous. The use of ribbon is perfection! TFS. :)

Unknown said...

That is elegant.

Unknown said...

Very lovely!

Becky said...

This is so soft and lovely. I love the ribbon.

Athina said...

What a beautiful card! Looks like you could hang it on the wall for decoration!

jimlynn said...

GORGEOUS!
Lynn

KristyLee said...

Wow Patti another beautiful card! Your just whipping them out!
Peace,
Kristy

Melina said...

This is so pretty Patty! I love the ribbon behind the oval! :)

Lela said...

Wow, the ribbon behind the oval came out beautiful! This is such a pretty card!

Ana Carolina Little said...

Patty, beautiful card!!!. Love the ribbon around the oval shape!!!

Heather B said...

Wow!!!!