Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Happy Birthday, Cris!

One of my dearest friends, Cris, has a birthday on September 11th. Her birthday dinner was abruptly cancelled 7 years ago during that terrible day in our country's history. Tomorrow, she is having a birthday dinner again. We won't be able to make it because of a previous commitment at Kalino's school. I hope she has a great party and a great day.

This card was created for Kristina's
Color Inspiration Challenge #22 . The colors this week are:

This is one of the rare weeks that I have all the cardstock colors. I don't have all the inks though. I was inspired by the collage in the Stampin' Up catalog on p. 161.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Eastern Blooms & All Holidays (SU), Asian Flair (Verve)
Paper: Soft Sky, Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, Regal Rose, white, & white textured paper
Ink: ColorBox Frost White, VersaMark, Soft Sky, Rose Red
Punches: Scallop square, 1 1/4" circle, 1 1/16" circle, Martha Stewart butterfly
Edited to Add: Forgot to list the SU scallop border punch...duh!
Other: foam tape, dimensionals, SU button, Felt Fusion flower, Making Memories rhinestone brad, silver beads (Michael's), rhinestone sticker (Michael's), white cording, white embossing powder, clear embossing powder, corner rounder

35 comments:

dawn said...

Very nice card! You did a good job.

Stacey Schafer said...

perfect layout! I love this card:)

Shelly Koskinen said...

Your card is so pretty!

Karen Giron said...

This is so pretty! I love everything about it and now I need to unwrap my square scallop punch! Great job.

Karla said...

cute cute cute!!

Kathryn said...

This is super cute -- LOVE all the details! :)

chloe said...

this is too cute! Love the layout!!

Carol Dunstan said...

fantastic card, love all the scallops

Becky said...

WOW! Your card is fabulous!

Cassie said...

Great card! I love the scallops!

Bobette said...

Cute card, great texture and dimension.

Anonymous said...

PERFECT and it shopuld be "the" winner this week. I absolutely love that you seperated the colors into blocks...just perfect!~Donna

Anonymous said...

Very cute! I love all the dimension.

Monica Dotson said...

I really, really, really, really, like it!!!

Sherri said...

Love this! ..so cute - love the dimension and the flowers!

Shelly said...

This card is probably one of the best I've seen for this challenge...I absolutely love all the dimension!

Moonegirl said...

Yay! I love punches-little bits of card candy. Definitely a fave!

Deanna said...

Ah yeah WOW! Go Jus!

Brooke S said...

I just love it... I is just alive.. It draws you in and you want to look at ever little detail... I vote you. So when you win!!! send me some love...
Hugs
Brooke

Anonymous said...

Great design!

Cindy

Brooke S said...

WAHOO!! top ten... Send me some love I voted for you...

Savitri said...

This is awesome! Yes, I think it's top ten material!!

Savitri said...

Ha ha! We're right! Congrats on top 10!

Sankari W. said...

Wahooo!! Congrats on the Top 10 delicious-ness! Beautiful idea for the colors and the composition is beautiful!!! Simple, elegant, layered with texture and beauty! Lovely!

Kristie said...

Gorgeous card! Congratulations on making the top ten...well done!

Traveling Mama said...

This is stunning as usual! No surprise on top 10!

Andrea said...

Beautiful card. Congrats on making top 10.

Sharlene said...

I love it! Congrats on making the top 10!

Bev said...

Oh my golly! I love the color on color and texture! Awesome! :) Congrats on top ten!
-Bev

Liz Goldhawk said...

love the way you used the punches! Great card!

Sherri said...

congrats on being in this week's top 10!!

Anonymous said...

WOW - what a clean, graphic look - but with lots of dimension and texture! I really love what you did. This was my first introduction to your blog - but I'll be checking it out again!

Crafty Mom said...

Anthonette, your card is wonderful! I envy your creativity.

Dani Fender said...

Congrats on top 10! I really like this card! It is soo stunning!

Jenn Muraoka said...

Beautiful card! I love how you used the punch. I just got my punch in the mail a week ago but haven't had a chance to use it. You've inspired me once again! I love everything about this card.