Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Tilda with Armful of Tulips

Hello Friends! I have a short post today with a card I made for the Magnolia-licious Highlites Easter-Spring Extravaganza Contest. It’s for category #2 - "Magnolia Minis Only" on an Easter/Spring themed card.

What a great opportunity to use my new mini Tilda with armful of Tulips. She is water colored with Distress Inks by Ranger. I have to be honest, this is my very first completed card using Distress Ink water color. I’ve been learning from the fabulous Angie Hunt at the Color Me Creative (CMC) Classroom hosted by the exceptionally talented Suzanne Dean. It is my favorite place to learn new techniques with a variety of mediums and make lots of great friends along the way.


My Spellbinders Scallop die is perfect for my flower shaped easel card. I used some pretty SEI and KaiserKraft DPs from my stash and cut a circle for a shadow box effect for Tilda. For the flower petals I sprayed some white Prima flowers with Glimmer mist and cut the petals apart and glued them around the opening of the shadow box. Then I added pearl ribbon around the edge. This was so simple and took very little time.


To make the stem on the inside of my easel card I freehand cut a strip of green cardstock and punched some leaves with my Martha Stewart Fond punch. I adhered it with dimensional foam tape and finished it off with a bow from some scrap ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my card. And as always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit.

Hugz,

11 comments:

Unknown said...

This is adorable! And .... BEAUTiful!!!!!!

Chrissy said...

This is so beautiful Cathy...really gorgeous..what a wonderful idea with the flowers..Beautiful card
Luv CHRISSYxx

Maire Gamber said...

This is just beautiful Cathy! I love the flower easel card and the coloring is just gorgeous!Smaller images are not always easy... and you did such a fantastic job! Very creative!

Lisa said...

Cathy! This is so clever and I just love it! Beautiful and you coloring is fantastic as usual!
Big Hugs!

Patricia St Martin said...

Cathy, Love you card. So wonderful. Your card is so creative loce the flowers around the easel and you colored it so wonderful.

Patricia St Martin said...

Cathy just wanted you to know. Stop by my blog when you get a chance. I have something for you.
Hugs...

Lori Aragon said...

Oh so pretty Cathy! I'm such a softee for pearls :D

Have a great week!
Love n hugs,
Lori

XxJULESxX said...

Hi Cathy, this is stunning!!!!

Kathy Gerace said...

Your flower petal border looks like it would take hours to do! What a gorgeous card. Great job on coloring.
Huggeroonies,
Kathy

XxJULESxX said...

Congrats to you!! i just knew you would be up there!! stunning work!!

Arts by Sara said...

Your card is wonderful! I have been so busy lately, I have not been visiting many places! But now that the stress is over, so to speak... I am back! Michael and I have started our own site and it was just unveiled today! So when you have a chance come on over and visit us! www.PaperCreationsInk.com

I have missed chatting with you! How is your back doing? We need to catch up! Have a wonderful week! Happy Creating! Sara

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