Thursday, January 05, 2012

Flourishes #150

It's time to try a new challenges. The Flourishes Timeless Tuesday is the challenge ai made this card for. Since this challenge is #150...I guess there have been 149 challenges that I missed. The challenge is to make a tri-fold card.


The front is stamped with my new Cherry Blossoms stamp set. A Copic marker was used on the edges of the satin ribbon for a little contrast. The same marker was used to color the pearls on the bottom left corner.


The fleur de lis square was sprayed with a water and "Perfect Pearls" mixture followed by a misting of a "Perfect Gold" and water mixture. The flowers were colored with Copic markers, embossing folder is Cuttlebug,  butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch, wire for antennae is from Walmart, pearls from Want2Scrap and the edging was done with a Marvy Gold Calligraphy pen.


The stamp on the second panel is also from the Cherry Blossoms set.


The center of the card was also stamped with the Cherry Blossoms stamp set and colored with Copic markers.


Yellow acrylic paint was applied with a toothpick to the center of the blossoms.

Loved making this card and will probably be making more of them.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

12 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

Oh goodness Marie this is just stunning! Love the pretty floral branch in your fleur de lis frame. Of course I am smitten with the dotted swiss and you ribbon treatment looks great! Great way to start the new year!

Mona Pendleton said...

WOW Marie! What a BEAUTIFUL trifold card! You did an amazing job coloring the pretty cherry blossoms and I love the pink butterfly! So soft and feminine! Thanks so much for the big shout out and for joining along with FTTC :)

Beebeebabs said...

Marie your card is absolutely gorgeous thanks for sharing!!!

Chris said...

Simply gorgeous! I adore the cherry blossoms and your colouring is fab!

KimCreate said...

Wow, so pretty! What a great idea, to put a toothpick in yellow paint for the flower centers. I'm going to try to remember that!
Kim

Tammy Hershberger said...

Oh my word, even though you missed the first 149 challenges, I'm so glad you discovered us now for 150! Your coloring is absolutely gorgeous, and your card is beautiful!!! Thanks for much for joining the Timeless Tuesday challenge, and I hope we see you playing again and again!

Maria said...

Wow! So so pretty! Awesome coloring for a gorgeous card...great job!

Beate said...

Marie, your card looks amazing! I love everything about it.
Hugs and smiles

Silke Ledlow said...

WOWZER Marie, your fold cards are GORGEOUS! Of course I love all the white :) and the beautiful Flourishes Set you used (one of my all time fav's)!!! The inside and outside is so elegant! Thank you for joining in the fun...hugs ~S~

Julie Marshall said...

Marie, your colors are fabulous and the coloring is perfect. Beautiful card!

Cheryl said...

Oh my gosh, Marie, this is so beautiful! All the work on the details really shows, and your coloring is stunning. Great take on the challenge. Thanks for joining us at FTTC! ~Hugs, Cheryl

stampqueen said...

Beautiful card - I love the cherry blossum set!!!