Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites - Framed Sentiments

Hello friends.  This week at Laurie's Fabulous Favorites, Laurie has asked us to show our favorite way to frame our sentiments.  Laurie loves to use FLOWERS to frame her sentiments, and I'm right there with her...FLOWERS ALL THE WAY!!


I pulled out one of my all time favorite stamp sets and in fact, Simple Sunflower stamp set was one of my first purchases at PTI many, many years ago!  I started with a cream colored card base, and then added a piece of Harvest Gold Bitty Big DSP, and then covered it with a cream colored Bold Border: Arabesque die cut frame.  I stamped my sentiment from Penned Elegance in Cocoa Bean ink, and then layered on the leaf branch from the Songbird die collection, also in the matching cream cardstock.


I stamped up 3 of the smaller sunflowers in Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, and Cocoa Bean inks and then fussy cut them out and arranged around the corner of the sentiment.  It still needed a little color, so I added some leaves from the stamp set using Simply Chartreuse and Ripe Avocado inks.  I also added some WOS to the sunflower leaves, but you can just barely see a hint of it in this photo.  To finish I added a piece of cream baker's twine and a few gold jewels (Lucy's Little Things).

You can check out Laurie's BEAUTIFUL card and play along with this challenge right HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!


11 comments:

Birgit said...

I love this Marcia! The polka dotted background is so perfect for these beautiful sunflowers. Your framing is lovely!!

Chris said...

So pretty and inspiring- I purchased Simple Sunflower recently and have yet to use it. Beautiful card Marcia!

Lisa Elton said...

I was just thinking about this sunflower set the other day! Love the way you've layered them onto your frame. This is pretty Marcia!

Julia Aston said...

What a beautiful summer card design Marcia! with that beautiful die cut framing and your lovely inked and layered flowers!

Kara Lynne said...

Such a beautiful card, Marcia! I love how you stamped right on the polka dot paper, and that die cut background is perfect. Those sunflowers are gorgeous and it all works together beautifully!

Bonnie said...

Polka dots, flowers and framing. What could make a prettier card? Throw in yellow and I'm taken with it! Fantastic, my friend!

Carmela said...

Lovely card, Marcia! Love the sunflowers and your yellow paper!

I Card Everyone said...

Daisies all day long, Marcia! and I love the frame!
=]

Susan Watanabe said...

What a perfect summery card with all those yummy yellows Marcia! Also love the arabesque frame as your base...makes your sunflowers “pop” even more. :)

Loll said...

Sweet card Marcia! Love the pretty frame over top of the polka-dots! Even better with those sweet sunflowers in the corner. Beautiful card, my friend! xx

Anita in France said...

Fresh and lovely, Marcia ... the trellis-y die cut background is fabulous with these gorgeous blooms! Hugs, Anita :)