Sunday, August 11, 2013

Rosy Birthday


I'm back again with another card for the Little Tangles Birthday Bash challenge, Let's Celebrate.



I've used the colour scheme from this week's ColourQ challenge:


And I've taken inspiration from this week's Muse card by Laurie Willison:


After I'd stuck the roses onto the card I decided they needed pearls in the centres.  The pearls were a magazine freebie and they came attached to the acetate in a spiral.  Took the photo and was about to write the post when I moved things around on my work area (read dining table) and the rest of the pearl spiral ended up on the card, and I decided that it looked better with than without.  So I painstakingly added each pearl to the card in a spiral fashion.  Maybe sometimes less isn't enough - what do you think?


before
after
I also got to play with my new CAS-ual Fri-Dies oval tags which I won in the CAS-ual Fridays August release blog hop :)))

Stamp: Neat & Tangled Everyday Circles
Dies: Little Claire - Steve's Swirly Rose, CAS-ual Fri-Dies Oval Tags, Sizzlits Flower Centre and Leaf (just used the leaf)

15 comments:

  1. A fab and stylish card, Shirley! Thanks for partying again with us at Little Tangles!

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  2. Oh I love the addition of the pearls....great touch! Thanks for playing with us @ Little Tangles!

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  3. OH, PRETTY! Love the colours and the glimmer from the pearls! Thanks for playing with this week's Muse!

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  4. So pretty--those pearls really caught my eye!!

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  5. oh this is absolutely love. love your flower. thanks for playing along with us at Little Tangles. Feel free to keep stopping by for our Birthday Bash events. :)

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  6. Fabulous card -- love the CQ color usage and your rolled flowers are just fun! Great case card for Muse!

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  7. Super pretty card - I like both versions, although the pearls do add a certain "Je ne sais quoi"!

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  8. Lovely design! The rolled flowers are so pretty and just pop against the blue background.

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  9. Your card is gorgeous shirley and I love the pearls! Hugs xx

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  10. Hi Shirley. Fabulous card ... love the red roses with the gray and bright blue! The pearls are a perfect addition and worth all the extra effort to place them on individually. Loll xx

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  11. A cool and sophisticated card. I really like the pearl spiral!

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  12. FAB card Shirley - LOVE it :)

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  13. oh Shirley this is fabulous! I love the rolled flowers paired with the simple sentiment! A really lovely card! Thank you so much for celebrating with us at Little Tangles!

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  14. Love the addition of the pearl spiral! Totally work all the work of adding them on.

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