Well it is always a challenge for me to design a card, I am not sure why but it's true. I wanted to make a beautiful card for a dear lady that is an amazing person. She is known for her unique style and wonderful details so I knew I had to pull out everything I had to get this design. I know she'll love it even if it is kinda sloppy because she is just a good person like that. Hehe!
I don't like to measure so I just eyeballed everything and used three layers of heavy white cardstockto make my card.
The bottom layered is sprayed with Lindys Stamp Gang sprays. The edges were distressed and then it was glued to the card base. The second layer is made using ColourArte and Primary Elements powders. The top layer with the die cut out is crackle paste then LSG sprays, then watered down turquoise DecoArt paint and finally some DecoArt titanium white antiquing paint.
All the layers were popped up on foam dots for dimension. The real magic started with chipboard
feathers that were painted white. The flowers are goodies I won from Creative Artiste and the bows were made with strings from my stash. The blue ribbon and white pearl things are from my stash as well. The white branch looking things are the MS branch punch. Everything was given a flick and spritz of white paint and a flick of white alcohol ink. The little horseshoe is from a friend Sara of Saras Closet.
Hugz and Carpe Diem! ~Niki
I would like to share this card with these challenges:
I was inspired by the blues and the feathers
I chose to use winter colors
Well, luckily the cards aren't scared of you, and this one is fantastic! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI don't know why cards scare you, Niki!! You do an amazing job with them!! This is absolutely stunning!! The colors are gorgeous!! I love the texture and the beautiful flowers!! All of the details are perfect!! I love, love this my sweet friend!! It's spectacular!! I hope you have a wonderful last day of January!! Big hugs :)
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Niki! Words cannot express how much I love this amazing card! Your card makes all of my cards look bad - lol! How could I not love it!?!? Every detail in the design is to perfection, from the mounted up die cut background right down to the pearl twigs. AMAZING! So happy to see you blog this beauty! Big hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteMy goodness Niki - birthday cards should never scare you! Certainly not when you can do THIS!!! WOW it's incredible! Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie xx
ReplyDeleteWow, Punkin! You could tip me over with a feather with this beautiful mixed media card! You should NEVER be afraid of cards again, because you rocked this! I would be happy if my cards would look this good! Your colors are gorgeous--my favorite and the flower spray looks amazing!I'm so thrilled you used that little horseshoe! Now, I'm just so curious who you made your lovely card for!!! I love a who-done-it! Sending hugs, my friend!
ReplyDeleteThe card was for Autumns birthday. I just now got around to posting about it. Power tools seem to be my new gig for awhile. :)
DeleteNiki, the color and design is perfection. How can you be afraid of cards? This one couldn't be any better. You used my favorite products - Lindy's and Colourarte. Keep making cards (I have a birthday in March....LOL) xoxo
ReplyDeleteNiki, this is stunning, the colour is my all time favourite and I love the die you used to do the cut out. The feathers are gorgeous and you have managed to get some wonderful dimension in the card. You really should not be scared of making cards because you are pretty darn good at it!! Hugs, Anne xx
ReplyDeleteSuper pretty. Not sure why cards would scare you when you can make beautiful ones like this. Love the die cut background and the various colours you used on it. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
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Cec
Beautiful! I love the colour palette and the die cut background is perfect! Thanks for joining us for the "Winter Hues" challenge over at Frilly & Funkie.
ReplyDeleteAmazing creation wow lovely thanks for playing at Mixed Media Place challenge !!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Haha I don't measure paper either...just basically cut until it looks even. I would like to try something like this! The colors are ao beautiful!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, great colour choice and fab design, love it.
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Wow Doc, not sure why you're scared of making cards when you seem to be able to do it with such style and technique!! This is just incredible! From that amazing background to your beautiful floral arrangement and everything in between, this just shines! Autumn is one lucky girl to receive such a work of art for her birthday, I am sure she will treasure it forever! sending hugs my friend :)
ReplyDeleteOh, how come that I missed this awesome post! Niki, my friend, your card is absolutely beautiful! You did a marvelous job! I am sure Autumn was over the moon happy when received this stunner! I love everything about your card, from your amazing backround to those fantastic colors and a brilliant design! I love it to bits, my friend! Bravo! Big hugs to you! Branka xx
ReplyDeleteYour card is really beautiful! Thank you for playing along with us at Mixed Media Place.
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