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The Playdate Cafe #186 and Make It Monday #121


Uh, oh - I just checked The Play Date Cafe when Linky expires - and that was in 3 hors and 39 minutes!!!! Well if you think about it  that is plenty of time, given that at the Hero Arts flickr group scramble the time limit is 90 minutes and that includes uploading your pics....




I already thought about the vellum flower thing that Betsy Veldman so expertly demonstrated on the weekly Make it Monday post from Papertrey. Originally I had something different in mind and I already had started it, but id did not work with those colors....And I don't really have a good Papertrey flower, that would work for this technique....So I pulled out one of my favorite flowers from Hero Arts, colored the vellum after heat embossing it and cut it out. I used the Papertrey Harlequin embossing folder to make the background. I first cut it, but I did not like how it shined/shone? through the vellum.




So I just embossed the paper with the Harlequin embossing folder. I glittered up the flower with Stickles. The sentiment strip is cut with a papertrey die and the sentiment is also from Papertrey - Global Greetings.
Here is a close-up:



I wonder if Papertrey likes the Hero Arts flower?

And then I changed my mind... - clearly I do have too much time at hands..... so I took the flower off, scored a white card stock and mounted the flower on that with a different sentiment (Papertrey Cutting Garden);


I like the white card the best - waht do you think?

And what does Mr. Linky say? 1 hour and 49 minutes - shall I try something else? Just kidding....




Comments

Cathy said…
Your vellum flowers are beautiful, I must check out the technique Cathy x
Nancy Penir said…
The flower is so beautiful, it could go anywhere. Gorgeous on the embossed orange or the scored white. Like them both!
Kathryn A said…
Gorgeous flower! I love them both ways!!
tonyamaries said…
I like them both! Your flower is gorgeous!
Beverley said…
Such a beautiful card, colours work perfectly and the glitter really makes the card. Hugs Bev x
I like the white too - really helps the colors in the flower pop! :)
Danielle
Jocelyn Olson said…
Oooooo....I gasped when I saw the vellum flower. It's stunning! I like it both ways!
Carolanne said…
Beautiful flower! I absolutely love the glitter you added.
Kanan Pandya said…
I like both your cards, Cornelia. So elegant. Love that flower. :-)
Gorgeous! I love the glitter you added!
Cecilia Hsieh said…
I prefer the white card Cornelia, the colours on the vellum flower stand out more.
maria f. said…
Sooooo pretty. For me, the white works better but that may be because I find that sentiment so perfect to balance the flower.
Monika Reeck said…
this flower from Hero Arts is really lovely and I love both cards from you...great creation Cornelia
Rosmarie said…
Einfach zauberhaft ....vor allem die zweite! Die hingehauchten, pudrigen Farben auf der embossten Pergamentblüte kommen auf der weißen Karte wahnsinnig gut zur Geltung. Ich bin begeistert!
Diane said…
Beautiful...love the glitter...both are pretty!!
Jutta said…
Lovely card! The white makes that beautiful flower pop!
Kim Heggins said…
Wow...both of your cards are stunning! Love your choice of colors too, that soft peach is fabulous.

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