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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
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16 comments:

  1. SindhuSeptember 30, 2013 at 3:15 AM

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

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  2. Sathya September 30, 2013 at 4:06 AM

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

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  3. Jessi FoganSeptember 30, 2013 at 4:36 AM

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

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  4. Paper Creations by ShirleySeptember 30, 2013 at 7:51 AM

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

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  5. Julie Tucker-WolekSeptember 30, 2013 at 7:55 AM

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

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  6. BenziSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:40 AM

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

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  7. Lisa EltonSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM

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

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    Beautiful Colleen!! I love the colors!!

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  9. UnknownSeptember 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM

    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

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  10. ~Tammy~September 30, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    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!

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  11. Vicki DutcherSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM

    Oh my! This is stunning~

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  12. Leslie MillerOctober 1, 2013 at 1:49 AM

    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.

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  13. MariaOctober 1, 2013 at 5:57 PM

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

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  14. Rebecca DeeproseOctober 2, 2013 at 6:31 AM

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

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  15. Vicki DutcherOctober 2, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    Fabulous and so romantic with
    these colors!

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  16. Emily KeatonOctober 7, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    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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Thank you so much for your visit today! May God bless you!

Hugs,
Colleen

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