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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Birthday Card with Rolled Lace Flower

Just had to try the rolled lace flower as shown in Anita's Hero Hostess Blog video!  Luckily I had some yummy purple lace sent by my sweet friend Barb along with some thread and buttons for Deborah's February Card Chain Challenge.  Thanks Barb for that AND the gorgeous card!  She knows I loooove purple!!  The lace flower came together so quickly thanks to Anita's great instructions - I used the method of starting with a button to anchor it.

Decided to darken up the lace I didn't roll with some Dusty Concord Distress Ink for a bit of contrast.  Stamped 1/2 the daffodil card base with Hero Arts Happy Definition CG269 and the other 1/2 with the new Life of the Party Dots CG298 using Scattered Straw.  Stamped one of the leaves from CL457 Real Leaves with Peeled Paint and clear embossed.  Sentiment from CL497 Find Joy (love that set!) was cut apart and stamped separately using Dusty Concord.  A few gems and I'm done! 
Here's the card:

And close-up of the flower:


Thanks for stopping!

9 comments:

Barb said...

Love the way the lace looks with this technique! So pretty, Linda! Glad you're enjoying the goodies!

Dawn T said...

LOVE PURPLE.... so this card took my eye straight away Linda when I saw it on Flickr... looks even better here.... I'll have to try this,

stampingandstitching said...

Linda, this is such a gorgeous card! Love the colours and mix of stamps! Your rolled flower looks wonderful!

Lin said...

Love these intense colors! Beautiful, Linda!

CinnamonSally said...

Linda this is fabulous, your flower is stunning in the purple. Just beautiful.

Tiffany Ervin said...

This is such a beautiful rolled flower, so eye-catching, great color combination on your card!

Trinh said...

Love the purple flower and design, Linda!

Anita Rex said...

I love your flower! :> Love it in purple! :> I also like how you darkened the lace, it really works so well together!

ivy said...

love your flower! and of course in purple!!