Saturday 16 April 2011

Feel Better Soon!

Hi there, and a happy Saturday to you all!



Supplies: Card Blank: Craftwork Cards. Stamps: Penny Black Love Blush; Sentiment Stamp - Paula Pascual/Personal Impressions. Letraset Promarkers: Flowers: Red, Poppy, Crimson, Burgundy, Leaves:
Leaf Green, Pear Green, Forest Green. Background Paper {inside panel} Pink Petticoat Mocha Grannies Wallpaper.

I coloured the roses using the three shades of red mentioned, and when finished, added a touch of the blender pen to the centre of the petals to remove some colour. I decoupaged the petals also for a more reaslitic effect.

What a wonderful day it has been today - the sun has been shining, and I don't know about you, but it always gives me a rosy outlook on life too. Over the past few weekends I have been working on decorating my craft room, and having a good old sort out, and the transformation is nearly finished. It's so much better than before and I can 't wait to show you the results, including some new storage ideas (well, new for me anyway!). I have a few finishing touches to achieve, so as soon as I've done this I'll post some before, during and after pictures on here.

This afternoon I've really enjoyed myself making the card above. Again, it's on the clean and simple theme, and I just love this style at the moment. The stamp is from Penny Black, and I coloured with Letraset Promarkers. The gorgeous card blank is from Craftwork Cards, I just love these little cards! I covered the inside back panel with paper downloaded from Pink Petticoat. The sentiment stamp is one of the lovely Paula Pascual's designs from Personal Impressions. It's for my friend Chris, who had an operation yesterday. I hope it cheers her up.

Anyhoo, we have another and final Performance of our Festival play tonight, where I play the dippy and naive Joyce (do you think I'm typecast?!) so I'd better get the grease paint on!


13 comments:

~ Ali Robertson ~ said...

Oh my Clare this is simply stunning!!! Love Love Love it

Ali x

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card Claire, love the dimension of the roses. Classy and elegant, well done.

Hugs, Barbara x

Fab said...

WOW ! Another one for PaperMood.com ! :) That's gorgeous Clare ! Hope you're ok... xoxoxo Fab

Wiccababe said...

Hi Clare, didn't realise you had promarkers, you've done a bonny job with them
Debz
x

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

How beautiful!

The Crafty Goat Girl said...

Hi Clare, so lovely to actually meet you at Ali Pali last week. Love this card, so elegant and glorious! Have a lovely weekend, hugs Heidi xx

McCrafty's Cards said...

Beautiful card clare, your colouring is perfect I love those roses.
Kevin xx

Sarah said...

Beautiful card Clare! I love how you've decoupage the floweers and the card blank is very elegant!
Sarah xx :0)

Jennifer said...

Hi Clare! Love this card soooo much! Such a simple card yet has whopping impact. The added dimension to the flowers really makes the card. Love these card blanks ( I have some of these too), love how you used it. xx Jenny xx

melsanford said...

Beautiful card. Love the colouring and the layering :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

Lee said...

a really Beautiful card.xx

spikesbitch said...

When I first saw the picture I thought the petals were enamelled, just shows how effective the promarkers can be. I can't wait to hear about the craft room. I'm trying to design mine at the moment and storage is the real stumper. Looking forward to hearing about your ideas.

Ruth said...

A stunner!! Ruth x