Monday, September 30, 2013

Special To Me

Can you see the blue flowers on the patterned paper, in a tone-on-tone effect?  They almost look like dandelions, but they are Agapanthus Long by Stampendous.  Some time ago, I had a card published in Paper Crafts Magazine using a Stampendous sentiment.  They graciously offered an incentive for that, and I chose the Agapanthus stamp plus another as-yet-uninked goody.


You can see the flowers better in the photo below.  They're nice and subtle, allowing the sentiment (Hero Arts) to shine.  See the little Liquid Pearl I used for the "i"?


I'm happy to have used up some more patterned paper, plus some Groovy Guava cardstock.  It was never a color I totally warmed up to, but I like it in this combo here.

Hope you have a beautiful day!



Stamps: Agapanthus Long - Stampendous; Year Round Sentiments - Hero Arts Paper: Groovy Guava, patterns - SU Ink: Taken With Teal - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko Fibers: twine - Creative Impressions; orange rick-rack - SU Accessories & Tools: corner rounder punch - Fiskars; White Opal Liquid Pearls - Ranger

16 comments:

Sindhu said...

Beautiful card Colleen! Love the subtle flowers...and the colour coordination is awesome! :)

Sathya said...

Pretty card, Colleen...Color combo and the tone on tone effect is awesome :)

Jessi Fogan said...

Gorgeous! I love this colour combo too - bright & cheerful :)

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Beautiful stamping and colour combination. Have a great day, Shirleyx

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Wowwwwwwwwwww! This is gorgeous!! LOVING the colors and the butterflies!!!!

Benzi said...

The tone on tone is wonderful and I love the agapanthus. Beautiful creation, Colleen!

Lisa Elton said...

A pretty color combo Colleen! Love the wispy blooms too. Have a great day ;)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful Colleen!! I love the colors!!

Unknown said...

Colleen this is gorgeous! I LOVE agapanthus so when I saw them on your card I was intrigued! I also love that you used a different color combo. Wow! They really look beautiful together! Love it!!
Hugs
Ellen

~Tammy~ said...

GG was one that I actually liked, but used it more as accent then the card base, but I love it here especially with this combo. I find that most of my bases these days are kraft, cream, or white. I really need to pull more colors! :-) I love this card! Brilliantly done!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Oh my! This is stunning~

Leslie Miller said...

I've always loved that gorgeous
Agapanthus stamp, and it looks extra beautiful blue on blue and with the orange and natural twine. You couldn't have made it better. This card has tons of appeal.

Maria said...

Gorgeous card, Colleen! Such pretty colors! Love the flowers and butterflies, too!

Rebecca Deeprose said...

A beautiful card and I'm loving those complimentary colors and subtle stamping!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fabulous and so romantic with
these colors!

Emily Keaton said...

So very happy and cheery! Great use of the patterned paper. I had to go look up that lovely Agapanthus stamp--it's beautiful! I need something long and floral like that . . .

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