Saturday, August 1, 2009

Distressed Magnolia

This card is for the challenge over on "Just Magnolia" blog this week -- distressing. And oh, yes, I did distress... Here's the distressed part: I used Tim Holts distressing tool around the CS layers, then sponged Vintage Photo ink by Ranger on the distressed edges. I layered a Lattice die cut (SU Exclusive die) over the Crushed Curry layer and sponged over it also. Over-stamped the layers with "Small Trailing Butterflies" from Rubber City Cafe in SU Basic Brown . Here's the Magnolia part: The actual Magnolia image has a teeny tiny tag and butterfly on it, but I covered them with bigger punched versions by Martha Stewart. I hand wrote "Birthday Hugs" onto the tag, and threaded a little bit of hemp fiber through the end. I stamped "Small Trailing Butterflies" by The Rubber Cafe onto Taken with Teal CS before punching out the butterflies. The butterfly images didn't match the stamp exactly but it was a pretty good fit! I added glitter to the roses -- which maybe you can see better in this picture: TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

7 comments:

Joanne Travis said...

Anne, this is so warm, rich, and beautiful. Your coloring is really flawless and everything is put together so perfectly. I love this!!

Rach said...

a gorgeous card anne, love the distressing that you have done and what a wonderful idea to use a larger tag.. will have to remember that one. hugs rachxx

Julia Aston said...

Beautiful job on this Anne! love your Tilda with the added tag and pretty glitter on the flowers!

JulieA said...

Oh wow!!! That doesn't even look like Curry anymore...I like it better! And I love the way you used your lattice. That is such a fun die! Gorgeous coloring as usual. Can I come visit TX so that you can give me a personal tutoring session on coloring?

Susan said...

well, Anne, this is fabulous!!! You have just jumped off the board in your coloring skills...must be those Copics under your direction. I love the flowers!


Happy Sunday

Joan Ervin said...

OMG, Anne...what a FABULOUS card!!!! I love the little Tilda image and your distressing looks gorgoeus!!!! I love the colors and sparkle, too!!!!

Carolyn said...

Great job on your distressing. I love your Tilda image she is darling.
Hugs xx
Carolyn