Of course, the good thing about it being Wednesday is that it's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This week Rita is our hostess and her sketch made me dig into my never-going-to-be-depleted patterned paper stash.
The colors at Can You Case It gave me my palette and I had some of this patterned paper hanging around and even though it's meant to coordinate with off white I think it looks pretty good with white too (even in real life)! I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with that big white space so I started perusing my dies and came across this bamboo one and cut it in vellum to give the card some subtle color. It's big enough to take up some of that space without overpowering it. I layered the flower in blue and stamped off on the top one so that my layers showed up better. No sentiment on this one because I couldn't think of one I wanted to use and I like to have some blank ones on hand in case I need an odd-ball one at some point.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Our Freshly Made Sketches design team has some outstanding cards to show you this week so be sure you stop on by to check them out. I hope to see you in the gallery!
Supplies
Stamps: Modern Blooms (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Sweet Tooth (My Favorite Things); Midnight Muse, Brushed Gold, Vellum, Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Midnight Muse (SU); Black Tie (Ranger)
Accessories: Bamboo Shoots die (Memory Box)
Love it....that patterned paper is one of my favs from a couple of years back, and it looks divine with that awesome flower and white diecuts! Smashing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful in blue for sure! And I love how you tucked some vellum on there.....gorgeous touch!
ReplyDeleteFabulous colour combo Jen and you know how big a fan I am of your amazing layering techniques! Those pretty vellum leaves are just the icing on the cake! Have a very lovely day! Hazel xx
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Beautiful card made in simplicity, love the vellum
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Jen! What a amazing card. Thanks for joining us at CYCI--Christine
ReplyDeleteJen I love your card, the blue chevron paper on the side is fabulous and that flower is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI hear ya on the patterned paper stash, OY!! This is fabulous Jen, love the white die cuts!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Jen! Thanks for joining us at CYCI this week.
ReplyDeleteI've got that flower stamp, but have never layered it as you have, Jen - it looks so beautiful - will definitely do that in future!!!! Great idea to use the vellum leaves to fill the open space!!! This is such a stunning card - I might just CASE it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!!!
Oooh I love the look of that bamboo die in the background - a perfect companion to that gorgeous flower.
ReplyDeleteReally love the lay out, Jen! Love it! Thanks for joining us at CYCI! Laura
ReplyDeleteI love how you handled all of that white space -- the vellum branches are perfect! Beautiful card, Jen!
ReplyDeleteI love this card, Jen! The flower, in two shades of the blue, is gorgeous and your idea for the bamboo in vellum was brilliant! And if you haven't asked for the 4-day work week yet, good luck!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I totally love this card! You use blue like no other Jen! I still have some of this DSP myself - it was one of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteThis is a classic Jen beauty! I love the patterns and colors for sure!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Gorgeous card (again!) Jen! I love the blue! So rich and elegant! Good luck getting a three day weekend! I wish my "boss" would let me have a three day weekend. Heck, I'd take a day off of laundry and cooking and cleaning!!!!
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