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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

MMM week 33 Flowers and leaves

Hi everyone, what a miserable drizzly day it's been here! Been to aquafit this morning and decided to spend the afternoon crafting:)
Over at Make my Monday the continuing theme is still NATURE but this week they want to see Flowers and Leaves. I shouldn't have posted my last card so quickly as it would have been just right for this challenge! Anyway this is what I came up with.


The base card is pearlised and stamped with a Darkroom Door image in Victorian Velvet DI and distressed with Spun Sugar and Pumice Stone DI. The frame is a cut and emboss frame that has just been embossed, the centre removed and Victorian Velvet and Pumice stone sponged on top. The flower is a Papermania build a flower stamp set that I stamped in Versafine grey ink and coloured with the same DI inks.The centre of the flower I put a blob of silicone glue and pushed lots of yellow seed beads into it. The leaves are from the same set and coloured with PM's, shaped and attached with silicone glue. The sentiment is from the same set as well and matted on card inked to match. I added some pink pearls within the frame.
I'm also entering my card into the Crafty Cardmakers challenge which is to use beads on a project.
Thanks for taking the time to visit it's much appreciated and a big welcome to my new followers:)
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24 comments:

  1. Always with a Sentiment24 January 2012 at 18:13

    Hello Valerie. This is absolutely beautiful with gorgeous colours, fab design and the floral arrangement is fantastic. Happy crafting.
    Love Sandra xxx

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  2. paulaexuk24 January 2012 at 18:23

    Absoluely stunning. I love the colour and the stamping and the frame in fact the whole thing :-)

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  3. Anonymous24 January 2012 at 18:50

    What a beautiful, elegant card. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers. xx

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  4. Kim x24 January 2012 at 20:06

    This is lovely Valerie. Thank you for joining us over at Crafty Cardmakers. hugs Kimx

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  5. Cazro24 January 2012 at 20:11

    Your card is stunning Valerie. I love your main flower. The colours are so delicate. Many thanks for your continued support of MMM. Caz

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  6. Meggymay24 January 2012 at 20:16

    Wow, love your card, the rose is gorgeous as is the backgrounds. Thankyou for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this time.
    Yvonne x

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  7. Christine24 January 2012 at 21:04

    Beautiful background and the flower is in a great colour!
    Hug
    Christine

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  8. Sally24 January 2012 at 21:27

    A lovely card & gorgeous flower. Love the colour tones & sentiment.
    Thanx for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week.

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  9. Sasha24 January 2012 at 21:34

    Fabulous work, Val. I love your stamped background, frame and beautiful flower. Such a lovely idea with the seed beads for the flower centre:)

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  10. Stamps and Paper24 January 2012 at 21:45

    Beautiful card love your background and the colour of your flower is gorgeous

    Anne

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  11. SYLVIA-ANNE24 January 2012 at 22:45

    A beautiful card Valerie - love the colour scheme and the lush flower.
    Hugs, Sylvia xx

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  12. Suzanne B aka brookfies25 January 2012 at 10:25

    Hello Valerie, such a lovely dreamy card. Thank you for entering the Make My Monday challenge again! Suzanne

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  13. Dolly Daydreams25 January 2012 at 16:04

    Hi Valerie, what a stunning card, loves those gorgeous colours and that beautiful flower. Gorgeous stamping and the lovely beads in the centre are just perfect. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and good luck.

    Marie

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  14. Unknown25 January 2012 at 21:11

    Great card Val - the sentiment goes so brilliantly and the DRD stamps for the background is lovely.

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  15. Vicky Hayes25 January 2012 at 21:50

    I love your beady flower in that gorgeous frame Val! Good on you for the aqua fit - I was supposed to start zumba in the new year and I haven't managed to get to one class yet! Vicky x

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  16. Stampindamour26 January 2012 at 18:26

    Val - what a lovely card! The accents are fab! xo

    -pamela :)

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  17. Vicky26 January 2012 at 19:27

    A lovely elegant card, very pretty,

    hugs Vicky x x x

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  18. G Peplow26 January 2012 at 21:54

    Hi Val, Beautiful flower, love the background too, in fact I love the whole card LOL Gay x

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  19. Monia - Monika Jakubowska26 January 2012 at 22:49

    Gorgeous card! I love the flower, it`s really a masterpiece :)

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  20. Mynn xx27 January 2012 at 01:02

    This is soooo pretty, Valerie!!! LOVE the colors you've chosen--and that flower is AMAZING! Thanks for joining us this week at MMM! :)

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  21. Val28 January 2012 at 13:10

    Just fabulous! And beautiful creation for Make My Monday. Thanks so much for joining us.
    Hugs
    Valxx

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  22. Suzi B29 January 2012 at 00:05

    Hi Val, thank you for sharing this lovely card with us at MMM gorgeous flower. :)

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  23. Anonymous29 January 2012 at 12:31

    Hi
    Oh this is not only gorgeous but so elegant.
    Wishes
    Lynne
    P.S. Off to become a Follower

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  24. Fliss29 January 2012 at 19:45

    Very pretty card Valerie and such a lovely flower.
    Thanks for sharing this with us at MMM this week and wishing you good luck.
    Fliss x

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