Thursday, April 11, 2013

Magical Magnolias


This is our Tuesday Trigger this week at Moxie Fab World.  We have one of these trees just outside  a corner of our house, and it is just as lovely as this picture, a most wonderful shade of pale pink.  I knew immediately that I would use this Hero Arts stamp called Large Blossom for my card, and I'm sure lots of others entrants will too, because it is, to me, a magnolia also.  So I knew I'd have to do something a bit different to make my card stand out from the others.  So I looked through lots of papers and finally decided that the scale of this one from My Mind's Eye Quilting Bee was just what I wanted.  I clear stamped my image, then heat embossed it with white.  The Hero Arts white embossing powder covered the pattern in the paper perfectly.  Then I trimmed out the image, leaving a bit of the paper as a frame, and simply mounted in on a plain white card.  This May Arts silk ribbon is the perfect match to the paper, as is the VersaMagic Malted Mauve ink that I stamped the sentiment (from Hero Arts Luscious Frames) in.


I'd also like to enter this card into Flourishes Summer Lovin' challenge,

25 comments:

Kelly Booth said...

GORGEOUS Inspiration and Card...Love that Pink Bow!! xoxo

Barb Ghig said...

I am in awe that you hand cut this entire image...this is absolutely STUNNING, Lin!!!

Jacqueline said...

Love how you trimmed out the image Lin, just gorgeous!

Cecilia Hsieh said...

Gorgeous card for the MFW TT!!

LauraJane:) said...

BEAUTIFUL results!

Jingle said...

Oh, wow! This is so pretty!

Pam W Merwin said...

This is amazing, Lin! I love that you used the pattern paper - so creative. AND that ribbon is gorgeous :)

Felicie said...

What a beautiful card.I like it a lot.
Greetings
Felicie

Jackie said...

I never thought of using white embossing powder on patterned paper - what a great idea! I love your card.

Paru Mahtani said...

What a fab idea!! Your card is stunning!!
the coulurs are a perfect interpretation of the trigger!
Thanks for inspiring!

Barb said...

Stunning card !

Leni said...

Perfect and just lovely!

Kim M said...

This is so gorgeous, Lin! Love the stamp you used.

Angela said...

Lin, this is so very beautiful stamped on patterned paper!

rcwidow (Linda) said...

Perfection!

Dawn T said...

This one certainly stands out Lin. It is just beautiful. Love the soft colour of your PP.

Michelle said...

What a fabulous idea, Lin! This card is so pretty!

Sophie said...

Traumhaft schön, und eine super Idee :-)

Liebe Grüße von Sophie

Amanda said...

What a perfect card! That bow is just delicious and I love the way it all looks paper pierced!

Stacy Morgan said...

Now this is delicate and very pretty Lin. Wonderful card. Thanks for playing in Flourishes Summer Lovin challenge~

Karen Davis said...

This is so pretty Lin.

jintyoo7 said...

Hi Lin, my initial reaction was *GASP* - this is BEAUTIFUL :)

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Lin! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

My Paper Epiphany said...

Very clever idea! Love the result!

Daria said...

I love the way this turned out! Great idea.