Sunday 10 June 2012

CR84FN56 - Sorry I'm late ....

.... it's time for our new challenge at CR84FN; our colours for CR84FN56 are yellow, grey and neutral - so many possibilities!  The photos are courtesy of Style Me Pretty and aren't they super?


I made a card for my team mate - Andrea - she celebrated her birthday last week on 7th June and I was late!!  Sorry Andrea - I hope this card gets to you soon.

I like the strong grey colour in the photos and decided that I would try to make that a feature of my card, so I made the card base grey and then promptly covered most of it with a really pretty paper in soft yellow and white!!  I kept the strong grey in the background shape of the butterfly and topped that with the floral filigree butterfly in a stronger yellow.  I stamped the birthday greetings in pale grey and added some lovely pearl flourishes.


Stamps:  Stampin' Up! - Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess set); Uniko Stamps - Extra Time
Inks: Memento - Grey Flannel
Dies: Serendipity - Butterfly Outline die and Floral Butterfly Die
Accessories: Papermania Capsule Papers - Lemon Sorbet; Want to Scrap - Pearly flourish; Card from stash

For more inspiration using our fabulous colours visit the rest of the CR84FN design team:

Mona PendletonLisa SomervilleAndrea MathewsSue LelliPauline PollingtonSuzanne CzosekShannon WhiteHeather Jensen.

In May, my blog buddy Jeanne Jachna became a Mischief Maker at the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge and she offered a prize on her blog of a WM stamp set and I won!!!  I was delighted but as I've already got (all) Claire's stamp sets, Jeanne kindly sent me the wonderful Serendipity butterfly dies that I used on this card!  They're fab!

I am submitting this card into this week's Just Add Ink - JAI121 challenge, where the ladies would like us to Just add pearls!!

That's all for now.  I look forward to seeing your creations with these wonderful colours!

21 comments:

Jackie said...

Good morning Deborah, you have made sime beautiful cards since my last visit :o)
Jackie xx

Pauline said...

Love this gorgeous butterfly Deborah! I wonI the heart from Jeanne how funny!
Love that paper, and the swirl of pearls so elegant and dainty!

Stamps and Paper said...

Deborah this is so pretty love your colour palette

Anne

Ardyth said...

So pretty and soft! Love those colours together and that butterfly is so fancy!

Mona Pendleton said...

So very pretty Deb! That butterfly looks outstanding and I love the pearl flourish! Adds such a touch of elegance!

Lynn Mercurio said...

This is lovely Deb. I am just a big fan of anything flourishy and your pearls are divine!

Karin Åkesdotter said...

Your card and your butterfly are AMAZING! Wonderful colors this week too! Love your card! Hugs, Karin

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful! Love the flowery butterfly die over the gray backdrop! Sweet card!

Christine Blain said...

This is really beautiful, Deborah. The soft colours are lovely, and I really like the pearl flourishes - perfect with the gorgeous butterfly. It's so nice to have you play along with us at Just Add Ink this week!

Mae's Cachet said...

What a gorgeous card, I love the two-toned butterfly and the use of pearls is so appropriate. Thanks for joining in with our challenge at Just Add Ink this week.

Vicky Hayes said...

What a fabulous butterfly Deborah and oh those pearl flourishes! Vicky x

Helen Berry said...

Wow Deborah - totally stunning! The butterfly and pearls are SO gorgeous - bet Andrea absolutely LOVES this card.

Mynn xx said...

LOVE the beautiful soft tones you used, Deb! Gorgeous butterfly--and fabulous accents! :)

Andrea M said...

Oh, Deb! This is so pretty! WOW! Love the scrolled butterfly - just GORGEOUS! Great job!!!

Jo said...

Debra, your butterly and the pearl flourishes look fantastic. I'm sure your friend will forgive such a beautiful birthday card being a little late. Thanks for joining us at JAI this week.

Kathy @ Stamping Still said...

Your butterfly is gorgeous and I love the way you've used the pearls on the card too. Thanks for playing at JAI this week.

Sue Lelli said...

Deb, I don't think Andrea will mind that you were late since you sent this GORGEOUS card! LOVE that FAB butterfly and those pearls are so ELEGANT! Super Pretty card!

Shannon White said...

Wow! Andrea is going to LOVE this Gorgeous creations Miss Deb! Your Butterfly is just Fabulous and I love all the pretty pearl flourishes too! Just Wonderful! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon

Jeanne J. said...

How did I miss this? Your card is beautiful and elegant! I love the summery yellow and drooooool... that flourish of pearls! Just beautiful!

Mary Dew Lee said...

Deborah - Jeanne sent me a link to your blog - beautiful! So glad she sent you the Serendipity Stamps butterfly dies!

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful BD card! Love the layered butterfly!

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