Saturday, April 9, 2011

An Easter Blossom Thank You


I needed a thank you note for a friend today, but as I started it I couldn't decide how to lay it out. So as I was surfing around, I found a great Sketch Challenge to follow from Stamping 411.


I love that their Challenges are all Stampin' Up! only now! It just means that when you check out all the entries there will only be Stampin' Up! materials used. Anyone can still join, just use your Stampin' Up! stuff.



Here I added a white flower button, and I was happy that not only it's a cute little flower like the Sketch suggested, but also it matched the Easter Blossom stamp I used! Hopefully you can see the Shimmer on the background of the card here too! I told you, I still can't stop Shimmering... (It just keeps "needing" it!)


And here I hope you can see the detail on the stamping of the blossom branch, where I used Pear Pizzazz on the edges of the branches and (maybe you can see) the centers of the blossoms. Then I also used Smooch Top Coat over the Pear centers of the blossoms. Probably all that is seen much better in person!

I also used the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder for the background. Just by the nature of the folder itself, it only embosses part of the cardstock, which also fit with the original Sketch! Pretty cool!


Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

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15 comments:

  1. Dale MorinApril 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Beautiful card and perfect for the challenge.

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  2. YolandaApril 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Thatis a very pretty card. I really like all the details that you added. TFS!

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  3. Hi, I'm Lee Conrey!April 9, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Beautiful color combination Julie and love the white POP of the flowers.

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  4. Shari WintersteinApril 9, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    This is such a beautiful card. I can just see a little chickadee sitting on the branches. Thanks for blessing my day. :)

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  5. Selene KemptonApril 9, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    This is totally stunning! Thank you so very much for sharing your artwork with us! you are one talented stamper!

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  6. MaureenApril 9, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    Beautiful card - love it!

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  7. Penny HanuszakApril 9, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Wow, awesome job for the the challenge Julie. Love the colors.

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  8. AllisonApril 9, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    This is beautiful! Love the colour and how much the white flowers really pop!

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  9. Lori IngebritsonApril 10, 2011 at 6:01 AM

    enjoying and following! Thanks for sharing your lovely blog.

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  10. KerinApril 10, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    I love the pop of the white flowers! I'm so happy that the switch to all SU! is positive for you, I think it's going to be great too!!

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  11. Patti CheskyApril 11, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    I can definitely see the shimmer. The white gel pen definitely makes those cherry blossoms pop. Thanks for supporting our decision at the Stamping 411. It means a lot to us!

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  12. Connie BabbertApril 12, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Lovely card! Great job with the sketch!

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  13. gbarron56April 15, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    I love how you used the smooch top coat on the little flowers -- just beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along this week at Stamping 411! Blessings, Gretchen

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  14. Heather TApril 16, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    What a delicate pretty card and the button treatment is very sweet.

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  15. Carol VApril 16, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Beautiful!!!

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