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Happy Birthday Darnell!

The wonderful Darnell from djcardkreations is celebrating her birthday today! 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY you sweetheart! I wish you many more. I love seeing your new creations and your blogposts - they are a treat to read! You have inspired my at so many levels - thank you!
I am sure everyone knows Darnell - if not you better head over to her wonderful blog.....

Darnell, this is for you:


I hope you like it!



I got inspired by this weeks "Masking with die cuts" over at Make it Mondays. The super talented Erin Lincoln is showing us how to do this expertly. Its a great video to watch! So I went to "work" on this card. I diecut post it notes for masking, sponged around them and then stamped in the flowers, deliberately leaviing an off center white border around the stamps. the happy is die cut from a paint chip. All supplies are by Papertrey. Added some tiny white dots and some sprinkles of Mr. Huey.

There is a linky Party going on over at Ardyths blog Maskerade in honor fo Darnells birthday - you may want to join in!  And Bev is hosting a mega party for Darnell over at her blog Happy Dance - go over, say Hi and join in the fun!

Of course I have to link this up with another challenge...
Inkspirational - blue with white or cream

Also edited to add this card to the Wonderful Words Challenge over at Moxie Fab
and to Virginia's View challenge #5 - Die Cut


Comments

Deepti said…
This is such a stunner Cornelia, I love the dreamy look of the flowers with the inked BG!
Hannelie said…
A beauty in blue... she's going to love it!
Joyously Noelle said…
Wow what a beautiful blue card!
papierelle said…
Wow, die Karte ist grandios, ich bin begeistert und Darnell wird es ebenfalls sein!!
LG Gundi
maria f. said…
Ooohhh, flowers and blue. Such a lovely, but seldom combo. Great job, Cornelia. Ms. D.'s gonna want some of those blooms in her garden.
Kristie Goulet said…
So very pretty, Cornelia! I love the blue. Darnell is going to love it.
Patti said…
Lovely!! This card really pops!

Patti
Pia Larsen said…
Stunning, absolutely stunning!
Thank you for sharing at Inkspirational challenges. Hope you will join us again for more fun :o)
Pia
G Peplow said…
Gorgeous card, love those bright blues :D Gay x
shirley-bee said…
This is gorgeous, Cornelia! I love the background, and you've offset the flowers beautifully. I'll have to check out that video.
ThePurplePlace said…
What a stunning card! I'm sue Darnell was extremely happy to see it and all the others creative for her!!

PS: Extra special Congrats to you on your brand new DT Position. I was so happy to see both you and Barb now on a team together. I love both of your talent and will looking forward to playing in this challenge more often!!

YIPPEE!!
Love all the blue. You nailed the challenge.
Kim Heggins said…
Just beautiful Cornelia! I love your masking, so perfect.
Marina said…
What fabulous masking and sponging - quite inspiring! Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges. Come back next time! Marina
Barb Ghig said…
What a gorgeous work of art this is! I love how you inked around your die cuts and how you created a 'dreamy' look with your inks and sprays! I'm sure Darnell is going to treasure this beauty!
Kim M said…
This is stunning! Love the colour and design and that technique is cool! Love it all! :-)
Happy Dance said…
This is soooo pretty, Cornelia! I know our Miss D. is going to love your card and good wishes. Those blues are just heavenly. So glad you could party along as we celebrate Darnell! Very pretty. Bev
Taunya Butler said…
This card is just SO very lovely and so well done!! What talent, what creativity, and knack for color you show with this card!! It truly is breath-taking!!
Brenda said…
Oh man this card is gorgeous Cornelia! The blues are just beautiful, love those flowers and I love how you put a white shadow on your "happy". I'm sure Darnell loved it too! Hugs, Brenda
wonderful card .. great work Cornelia, blue and white really is great fun isn't it???

Also thanks for the tip, I have linked my card over, am not very good on challenges, so handy to have someone tip me off like that :D
Shaz in Oz.x
Rosmarie said…
Ahh, diese verschiedenen Blautöne sind wunderschön und der große Schriftzug gefällt mir total gut!
Darnell said…
Wow, Cornelia, this is a real standout in the gallery! If stars were flowers, this is what the night sky would look like!! It's very beautiful, especially since blue and white are a favorite combination for me!

Thank you for making me a special birthday card, linking up with the surprise hop, and for your very kind compliments, too!! It means the world to me!! Happy weekend! Hugs, Darnell
Virginia L. said…
Gorgeous card, Cornelia! I love the dreamy feel that you have captured in your design with your awesome inking and masking!So glad that you join the fun over Virginia's View Challenge!
Manuela said…
Hallo Cornelia, wunderschöne Karte! der Farbverlauf sieht super aus, im ganzen ist die Karte einfach nur super :-)) LG Manuela
Vicki Dutcher said…
This is SO FABULOUS!! Dang girl seriously awesome sponging and I love that shadowed Happy!
Anita in France said…
Stunning, Cornelia ... all those blue hues are gorgeous ... how fabulous for the delightful Ms Darnell! Anita :)
Margaret said…
This is beautiful! The colors are gorgeous.
Cathy said…
Such a pretty card Cornelia, the colours are stunning. Love the look of that technique too, Cathy x
sentsue said…
Striking card! You did a great job blending the colors.
Taunya Butler said…
I just knew this card would be a winner over at Inkspirational!! It is just amazingly done and so striking and extremely beautiful!! Love how pleasing it is to the eye!!
Kim Heggins said…
I knew you would win....a big congrats to you!
Anonymous said…
Hi Cornelia!
This is GORGEOUS! Thanks for linking your pretty card up to the MFW challenge!

Teri

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