Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A card for a friend

A good friend of mine is recovering from surgery, so I decided to make her a card to take along when I went to visit her this morning. I used this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Coloured Kissing, which turned out to be a little more challenging than I'd thought. I tried several different stamps with this technique, all on one of my beautiful butterflies stamps, but I kept getting a splotchy image. I finally had some success with using a stamp from my Lace Bouquet set...


I used PTI cardstock (sweet blush), stamps (beautiful butterflies, lace bouquet, communique sentiments) & dies (beautiful butterflies, limitless layers ovals). The patterned paper is MME & Fancy Pants & the bling is Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking!

14 comments:

Joyce said...

Such a pretty card. I hope your friend is doing well.

Unknown said...

Great card..and well done on the kissing technique. I'm giving it a try tonight. I hope your friend is feeling better really soon.

Jen Adcock said...

What a lovely card. I am so glad you persevered. The colors are so sweet as combined. Your friend is sure to be so pleased.

Unknown said...

Great card, your friend will love it! I love the color you picked and how you kept going! Awesome!

Mayol said...

What a sweet card! i love the color combination - ok, i love the yellow a lot! :) and you did a wonderful job with the MIM technique. Your friend will surely love it.

Unknown said...

Hey thanks for the comment on my blog! I never knew I got "shouted out" on Nichole's blog, cool!Too bad it was with the worst of the two pics I posted!! Your card is so soft and sweet and you used one of the butterflies from Beautiful Butterflies, too. Very pretty:)

cards by cara said...

Love this!! I had some issues with my coloured kissing technique too ..

Elena said...

I haven't tried the technique yet, but is it because your hand slips a bit? I have such a shaky hand, that I was thinking that might be the problem... either way, you got it to work! Your card is beautiful :)

victoria h said...

A beautiful card. Those butterfly stamps are perfect for this technique.

Kristin said...

so pretty! I'm trying this technique today and am looking around :)

Marybeth said...

Very pretty card, I'm sure your friend will love it and the visit from you.

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Very pretty Leigh! Love the woodgrain background...

LEG Studios said...

What a beautiful cheery card! Hope your friend has a quick recovery!

Suzanne Russell said...

Such a sweet sweet card, Leigh. I love the background color and woodgrain texture.