Monday, July 6, 2015

Blue Vase Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I had a lot of inspiration while making this card, using some fabulous stamps from Red Rubber Designs!


     
     I was first inspired by this beautiful sketch # 126 @ Cardabilities, which I flipped.  


     Then came the vase which was inspired by The Mixed Media Card Challenge #13 to use the color blue, with an optional vase element. 



     I cut my vase out of white cardstock with my Cricut Expression using the Serenade cartridge. Then I stamped the blue design using two shades of blue and the Victorian Embellishments stamp. To give it some shine, I applied the rest of my Glossy Accents, afraid it wouldn't be enough, which along the top of the vase I did miss a few spots. But it makes it look aged, so in this case it worked fine! 



     I also used white cardstock for the background, and started with the Script Background stamp. Then I used a stencil and some gesso to create the horizontal stripes behind the vase. Once that dried I used three different blue mists to spray all over the card. Next came the leaves, which I embossed with Ranger Blue Glass embossing powder, using the Happily Grateful stamp, which I also used to make the flowers. So that you could see more of the leaf design I decided to hand-stitch more stems to attach my flowers to. I added some light blue bling to the centers, and darker blue bling to the punched flowers along the right. The sentiment was also embossed onto blue vellum using the Darling stamp. 


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Thanks for looking!


15 comments:

  1. Stunning! I particularly love the vase! Thanks for sharing at the MMCC!

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  2. What a pretty card! Love the blue, the flowers, and the hand stitching...absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing with us at Loves Rubberstamps this week, good luck! Hoep you'll join us for more of our weekly challenges.

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  3. Lovely blue birthday card, love how you did the vase,
    thanks for "celebrating" with us at Loves Rubberstamps, hugs Blankina

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  4. Your card looks amazing, love the blue colors and love the stitching too.. thanks for joining in with Cardabilities..

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  5. Interesting take on our sketch! GREAT job! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Cardabilities! We hope you’ll join us again real soon! Good Luck!
    Darlene
    Cardabilities DT
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  6. Gorgeous! Love the effect you achieved on the vase! ! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More for our "Sentiment" challenge! Hugs, Pamellia DT :)

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  7. Great card love the vase. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More.

    Bec

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  8. Lovely card - I like your 'aged' vase! Thanks so much for playing at The Mixed Media Card Challenge!

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  9. Wonderful card !!! I like very much the background, and the vase too..... the flowers are fabulous !!! Congrats. Big hugs from spain. Caty

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  10. Very cute! Thanks for playing with us at cardabilities

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  11. beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at Cardabilities!Good luck!

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  12. What a lovely card, The flowers look crocheted! - Thank you for joining in with my challenge at Crafty Cardmakers & more...

    Jackie

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  13. what a beautiful blue card! Wonderful techniques on this - the glossy vase, the fun stitched stems and pretty layered flowers - thanks for joining us at the Mixed Media Card Challenge! Julia xx

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  14. Gorgeous card and such a great take on our 'Blue' challenge. Love it!
    Thanks for playing with us at MMCC. Hoping to see you with us again in August! ♥

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  15. what a beautiful card! love the vase - looks like a one from grannys cupboard :) thanks for playing along with us at MMCC :)

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