Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Just Had To Do Another!

I know I've already created two cards for the Lily Pad Challenge but I wanted to do another, this time in some pretty purple shades.



Using Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord distress inks, I stamped them onto my craft sheet again, then spritzed with water. Taking the white panel with the white embossed Old Letter Writing, I smeared it around in the inks. I then stamped the inked panel with the Fabulous Flourish in Dusty Concord ink.

I don't normally say this but I really like the way it turned out!

I was looking for an embellishment or two to add to the card and remembered I had some of the Hero Arts Jeweled Flowers. I thought this one was perfect to finish off my monochromatic card.

Short post this morning as I will soon be heading out the door to go to work. Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for coming by! :)

29 comments:

Lin said...

I LOVE the way it turned out, Barb - beautiful mix of stamps! And a wonderful background for that gorgeous flower! We're glad that you're enjoying playing along with this challenge at Lily Pad Cards!

Maureen Morton said...

Glorious! Barb, you are on a serious roll with this great technique. These are my favorite colors - what a great card! That flourish is so rich against that great background. And the flower is sooo perfect.

Tanya said...

This is gorgeous! Love the colors and the flower is a perfect addition!

Tanya said...

This is gorgeous! Love the colors and the flower is a perfect addition!

Judy1223 said...

Barb, I agree... I LOVE the way it turned out! You are doing such a great job with his challenge...amazing resist techniques on these cards!

maryse n. said...

Wow Barb! I love the background you created. It's stunning! Beautiful card!

Tiffany Ervin said...

Beautiful!! And you know I love these two lavender TH inks together, one dark and the other one lighter! I like how the Fabulous Flourish is off the edge of the paper!

Scrumplescrunch said...

Hello Barb
This is a wonderful advertisement on how to use dusky mauves. It is enchanting, and your flower is sublime.
Smiles:)

Lynn said...

Barb, this is a beauty! You should love it...it's gorgeous!

alexandra s.m. said...

Amazing card Barb!!
Love it!

Dawn T said...

totally amazing Barb. I am so impressed with this.

walchowDesign said...

Beautiful shade of purple on this card and love the large floursih on the bg too!

joy said...

I'm a little late to this party, but just had to chime in and say how beautiful this card is! Fabulous job with the technique and use of color, Barb!

Elizabeth Allan said...

Barb I am so glad you made another card with this technique as you have mastered it perfectly. Great embellishment flower too!

pcm said...

barb, this is gorgeous!

Donna B. said...

Gorgeous card Barb!! You know purple is my favorite color and I love Dusty Concord & Milled Lavender! The background is awesome and the embellishments are just right!!

Latrice said...

Loving your resust cards! Great job on these.

I'm not going to Scrapfest this year. Kind of a sore subject. Have a great time though.

sheila said...

Barb, this is so gorgeous....the purple is just stunning. Absolutely beautiful!

Anonymous said...

This is so stunning Barb! I love those purples!! My favourite colour!

Kathy (krolski) said...

Another gorgeous card! Love the purples and the added flowers! I hope being back to work isn't cutting into your crafting time too much. :)

donna mikasa said...

Thanks for sharing another card--this one is gorgeous! Love the lavender and purples and the distressing is so yummy! I love this, Barb!

Radhika Kapur said...

absolutely love the card!!! its just so beautiful :)

78thistles said...

What a beautiful card Barb! One of my most favorites of yours ;-) Love the different purples both in your stamping and the use of the technique you used to color the background. Lovely.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Just back from a very long vacation and looking forward to crafting more soon.

Trinh said...

Gorgeous design, Barb! I don't use much purple in my cards but I love what you have done with the different shades. And only 14 more days till Scrap Fest!!

Debbie said...

Beautiful, I need to try that technique!

Nancy K said...

Wow, this is gorgeous! I love how it turned out, those purple colors are incredibly beautiful. Excellent!

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful rich colors and love how you used the embossing. The flower is the perfect touch.

ivy said...

love your purple card here! i really need a large text BG stamp and i cannot believe i don't have one!

Lisa said...

OH Barb- this is to die for! How I love teh flourish in purple and the script over the top! WOW! Such a gorgeous card :)
(and you CAN say that you made something fantastic- It's OK!!!)