Sunday 23 January 2011

Vintage romance x


Morning I greet you bleary eyed this morning - why is it that my youngest son sleeps 'til 8 all week then wakes up at 6.30 at the weekends ? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
He is now sitting happily on the sofa with about 1000 teddies watching the polar express (he is unwilling to let go of christmas !) with a box of apple juice so I thought that I'd make the most of the peace and post one of the cards I made yesterday.

I actually made 3 yesterday - but they were all simple designs so quick to put together and all of them romantic.
This one is a wedding card made using the gorgeous sketch over at clean and simple - I have made a card using there sketch for the last 3 weeks and not posted it on time to join in so I thought I'd get it done early this week !

I used one of my Sizzix texurz boards to get the embossed hearts background and distressed them with some sepia ink for a more vintage look. Then added the beautiful flower sprig (is it cherry blossom ?) from my Rhonna Farrer digital rub on kit (had this years and not really known how to use it !). I printed it on to craft card - again for a more vintage feel and rubbed it over with a very pale pink brilliance inkpad which has given it a lovely shimmer I also done this on the sentiment which I stamped with a kanban sentiment and added some pearls to make it more weddingy !

I would like to add this card to the following challenges;

Clean & Simple
- Another lovely sketch - thanks x
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Weddings
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (lace, flowers and embossing)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Go big (my card is 7" x 5")
Crafty Sentiments Design - Vintage
Do You Stack Up ? - Pink
Papercrafting Journey - Weddings with lace and pearls (and DT call
Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - Lace and Pearls

Thanks for looking I hope you like it x
((hugs)) Suzie xox

17 comments:

WencheP said...

I love your card. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

Denise said...

Lovely CAS card. Love the colour combo. Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week - Denise

Liza said...

Gorgeous work. Thanks for joining us at CCC.

Liza x

pinky said...

Suzie this is one stunning creation, love the soft colours with the lace and pretty little pearls. I must still be a kid myself as I could lie in all week and wake at the crack of dawn on the weekend lol Thanks for sharing with Crafty Sentiments this week.
Pinky

Poppit said...

This is beaUtiful! I just love the feel the distressing gives it :-)

Miranda said...

lovely card Suzie
thanks for joining the DYSU challenge this week
hugs
Miranda

Delphine said...

Gorgeous card, very elegant! And I love the lace and pearls! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake Craft Challenges and good luck! Delphine xx

Peggysue said...

Oh, I want that texture plate! I love your card. Its wonderfully romantic & classy! Thanks for joining us at the DYSU challenge and hope to see you back...

Janna Werner said...

hi suzie, thanks for sharing this elegant and lovely pink card with us at DYSU! janna

Stella said...

Gorgeous; I love these flowers on kraft. And the combo with pink is a classic one. I've seen it before but not as gorgeous as this one. The addition of lace and pearls are well chosen; they make this card elegant, romantic and soft. love it!
Hugs,
Stella
X

Heather P. said...

Beautifully done!

Tammy said...

WOW...this is gorgeous! I really love the colors.

Thank you for playing along with us this week at Phindy's Place and hope to see you again!! :)

Heather said...

A lovely card Suzi, wonderful colour combination,fabulous embossing and distressing and I really love the beautiful image.

Glad you could join us in the Simon Says Stamp challenge,
hugs Heather xx

Sarabeth aka Sarita said...

i love your card!!!! it's gorgeous and simple :)

thanks for playing along with us at paper crafting journey!

sarabeth

Unknown said...

Very vintage!!!

kitten - DYSU team

*Alison* said...

simply beautiful.. Way to "Stack Up" and bring out the PINK in your creation.. Thanks for playing with us at www.doyoustackup.blogspot.com can't wait to see what you create next week..
HUGS
Alison
DYSU-Owner

Unknown said...

O wow THIS IS AWESOME.... I happen to love embossing and clean and simple cards.. even though I find these CAS ones so hard. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week and good luck. Hugs xx