'What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday, 30 May 2010

I was really enjoying playing with Brown and Cream – I consciously tried to avoid it for a long time, after using these colours WAY too much for years :)  So, I carried on, did another Image transfer and made this:-

vintage card b

The background is walnut ink.  I’ve added some Mica flakes to the d/s tape behind the lace and some micro beads to the centre of the embossed flowers.   Hard to see the Mica flakes in the photos but they really glisten nicely, without too much glitter ;)

vc close up

This went to a lovely friend of mine whose birthday is today, so hopefully, she’ll have received it in the last few days :D  Happy Birthday, Lynne M!

15 very kind comments from lovely people:

G Peplow said...

A beautiful card, very ethereal, x

Carol Q said...

Gorgeous Cath. I love your colour choice and the image transfer has worked really well.

Martina said...

This is absolutely brilliant, Cath!!!
I really Love this card!

Knerten said...

Beautiful card, with great background and .. all is so lovely !!

sam21ski said...

What a lovely card Cath, love the torn edges, beautiful xxxx

Anonymous said...

Absolutely amazing Cath! Lynne will love it! x

Chris said...

What a beautiful card. Love that image. Just Lynne's style - pink and vintage

Dotpat said...

Gorgeous Cath what more can I say

Sally H said...

Cath, it's beautiful! I love the vintage feel and the way you did the flowers. Stunning!

Lynne Moncrieff said...

I am the lucky person!!! The card is sumptious - that is how I would sum it up. There is depth to it, amazing texture, it shimmers, it has a vintage, distressed feel to it. Cath, glad you outlined how you made it because guess what, I was going to ask you anyway? Thank you for everything, it all made my day extra special. Lynne x

Dana C (KyStamper) said...

Beautiful card, Cath.

Anonymous said...

Fantastic!!! You definetly have to use these colours more often

Susie Jefferson said...

I love this! Really beautiful image, adn the little bit of text behind: wistful, delicate. A lovely colour combo - you can't say it's just brown & cream, that rust really lifts it and gives it pizazz.

Chris Arlington said...

Gorgeous card love the colours.

Paul B said...

Gorgeous as always. Know what you mean about not using brown and cream for a while. I'm the same, got tired of it and moved onto colour but I was only thinking a few days ago about trying these neutral colours again. This post may tempt me further still haha. Pxx