Monday, April 5, 2010

Fred She Said Lilly of the Valley


Good morning bloggers. I trust you all had a very Happy Easter. Today's card is made with the Lilly of the Valley Fred She Said Digi which can be found here. This flower evokes memories of my beloved Grandmother. She had Lilly of the Valley in her garden every spring. They are such a beautifully fragrant addition to your garden with these delicate little bell shaped flower.
I colored my image with pencils and blended the colors in the leaves and left the flower part of this digi white. I cut out my image and created some dimension by adding an extra stamen pop-dotted into the middle. I added crystal effects to the entire image and then put a touch of stickles on top of the flower. This picture shows you the effect achieved which adds a special effect.
Martha Stewart - Loopy Around the Page Punch, Deep Lattice Border Punch, Large and Small butterfly punch
Sizzx-Corner Die Cut
Spellbiners- Lattice Pendant Die Cut, Lattice Border Die Cut
Paper - K & Company
Embellishments - Crystal Effects, Pearls, Stickles, Rhinestines, Ribbon, Versa Magic Oasis Green Chalk Ink.
Envelope Kit - 6 x 6 from Priscilla Styles found here.

This is a picture of the inside of the card. The edges of the some of the papers were inked with chalk ink described in detail above in the recipe. I just enjoyed making this so much! My Grandmother would have loved this card! She also had white and purple lilacs every spring - so stayed too for something I have in mind for that!!! LOL Lilacs are another fragrant flower. We used to have a bouquet in the house for as long as they bloomed.

Thanks for stopping by today. I really appreciate it. If you have a moment, I would love for you to let me know what you think. It would really make my day.

CHALLENGES ENTERED
KL Stampin N Scrappin - Recipe (1 image, 2 Desiger/Patterned Paper, at least 3 embellishments
Little Red Wagon - Rolling into Spring
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Order of the Opus Gluei - Sparkle
Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
S2G Challenge - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Nature

29 comments:

Anneke klerks said...

VERY VERY VERY BEAUTYFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anneke

Allison said...

sooo pretty
AllisonX

jjcreations said...

These are gorgeous. I LOVE lily of the valley.

Ann English said...

What beautiful cards outside and in! Thanks for joining us this week for Twisted Thursday at Shirleys2Girls!

Deanna said...

Wow, very detailed!
Thanks for playing!
Dee - LRW

Joey said...

Hi Carol

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH WOW the detail in this card is stunning, gorgeous design and beautiful colours, thanks for sharing it with us at Pollycraft

Joey.x

Sue said...

WOW,this card is stunning and such gorgeous colours,thank you for joining us at pollycraft

sue
xx

Jennifer said...

Amazing work! So Pretty!!

Emma said...

Stunning card, such gorgeous colours and details.
Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft & good luck.
Hugs Emma x

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, and such amazing detail gorgeous image too, Thanks for joining us over at OSAAT hope to see you again soon good luck
Sarah xx

Jan scrap said...

Hi Carol, you left a lovely comment on my latest card on SCS, so I had a look at your gallery on SCS and was really impressed with your cards. So here I am, now following your blog. I just love what you've done with the cut outs and layers, very inspiring. I have some myself and as a newby not sure what to do with them, but you have answered my 'prayers'.
Many thanks

Karen~The Barely There Primitive Bear said...

Your cards are just beautiful! Do you
have the Civil War bears? I have
the the four of them...I just posted
the first one, if you would like to
see it...Hope you had a great weekend!

Bear Hugs~Karen

cheryl said...

wow this is just stunning so much work must have gone into this brilliant,
thanks for joining us over at OSAAT hugs cheryl xxx

Cat said...

OMGosh! Absolutely gorgeous card! Thanks for joining us at S2G!

Georgia said...

Wow! These are beautiful. Thanks for playing at S2G TT.

Unknown said...

Beautiful, beautiful details, carol. Thanks for creating with us at TPE!

Joanne said...

Your cards are beautiful! Thanks so much for joining us at LRW:)
Joanne xo

Denise @ kc242 said...

Absolutely beautiful inside and out! Wow!
Denise
Midnight Madness DT

Sam said...

Hi hun. Thanks for joining us here at OSAAT with this beautiful card. I hope you'll come back and check out our winners and our next challenge on Sunday.
Sam x

Unknown said...

wow so much going on here! Its all beautiful


Thank you for joining us this week for a Pollycraft challenge, hope you come back again soon
love emma xxx

Jeannie said...

Just beautiful and thanks so much for joining us for Twisted Thursday at Shirley's 2 Girls!

Peace & Luv,
Jeannie

stitchy said...

What a beautiful card, I love how you colored and the image is awesome, flowers are always so beautiful...thank you for sharing your talent with us at OSAAT, good luck

stitchy xx

Kim said...

WOW!!!!YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....GOOD LUCK
ON WINNING....
Thankyou for joining us here at
OSAAT.
I HAVE BECOME A FOLLOWER AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO FOLLOW ME TOO AT COWGIRL UP STAMPS
BIG Hugs CJ

Stampin Lucy said...

Oh this is just lovely!! What a beautiful work of art!! Thanks for joining us at OSAAT

Chat Noir said...

Hi Carol, this is my first visit to your blog. Love your work. Flowers are such instant reminders aren't they? Looking forward to seeing what you create for lilac.

Susan Says (Stupid Stuff) said...

Fab creation, and thanks for joining in the Anything Goes challenge at OSAAT. Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see who won and find out all about our next challenge :)
Good luck!

Rosemary said...

Love your projects; your cards are always mini masterpieces and so fun to look at. This is no exception, I love lily of the valley and this is exquisite. Thanks for participating with us at Opus Gluei!

Kelly L said...

This is stunningly beautiful. As Rosemary said above -- definitely a mini masterpiece! I also enjoyed the personal story in your post of your grandmother. So sweet! :) Thank you for joining us at KL SNS this week! Hugs, Kelly

Tracey Lynn 'Fred' Miller said...

Gorgeous, darlin'! That colour combo is just fab.