Saturday 9 June 2012

Papertrey Ink birthday card

Hello everyone and welcome to Lynn and Melissa who are new followers this week. I really appreciate everyone who follows and visits or leaves sweet comments, it is so good to know I am not just blogging to myself!

I am having a very busy weekend with friends here for dinner last night, out at some other friends tonight and then helping at an open garden event tomorrow, so I was determined to take some time this afternoon to make a quick card for  the Less is More challenge. This week we were asked to make a single layer card and to use a flourish on it with the minimum of embellishment. I was kidding myself to think it would be quick! One layer cards are so hard for me and I had lots of spoiled efforts head their way to the recycling bin before I managed an unsmudged version.


I stamped the leafy flourish from Papertrey Ink in spring moss ink and then added the roses and sentiment in red poppy. It is difficult to see in the picture but I embossed all the red elements to give a little more interest to the single layer.



I so wanted to layer this image up and add some ribbon but I followed the rules and walked away from the table!

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.

Hugs
Carol x




21 comments:

Sasha said...

Simply beautiful, Carol. Love how you stamped your roses onto your flourish...gorgeous! x

Claire said...

Lovely card, the colours remind me of christmas! I like how you embossed the flowers for extra dimension, love Claire x

Mandi said...

What a gorgeous flourish Carol
The red accents looks terrific
Thanks very much
mandi
"Less is More"

Kaz said...

This is beautiful, I just love that flourish stamp.

Joyce said...

This is absolutely perfect. I'm glad you stopped when you did. I love all the white space you left, the pretty green leaves, and just the pops of red. Hope you are having a great day.

Linby said...

It's gorgeous Carol and I love the touch of red.
Linbyx

Chrissie said...

Great stamping Carole!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Anonymous said...

So beautiful Carol! Love the colour combination.
xx

Suze Bain said...

This is so pretty - love your colour choices too. xx

sparklygirl-Tina said...

Hi Carol

This is such a pretty and delicate card I love it!

Tina
X

M said...

This is gorgeous - love those pops of red for the flowers. M x

Karen M said...

Gorgeous card - I love your beautiful flourish with the red flowers - looks amazing! Hugs x x

Viv said...

this is one beautiful stamp - great card.

Diane said...

Gorgeous. The colour combo is fantastic.

Karin said...

just beautiful!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Beautiful elegant card. I love the colours and that flourish image ! Thanks for leaving your kind comment at my blog, Shirley

Zippy said...

Hi Carol, thank you so much for visiting my blog!

This is such a beautiful card, the flourish and colours are gorgeous. xxx

G Peplow said...

Hi Carol, I love your beautiful flourish card and I'm so glad that you added nothing:0) It really needs nothing else, it's great!! xxx

Aileen said...

This is so pretty. I like your delicate touches of red. x

Sally said...

A stunning card Carol with a beautiful flourish. I love the touch of red.
Sally x

Deanna said...

Just beautiful love the touches of red:)

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