First and foremost, I want to tell my mom Happy Birthday!! The good news is that you get to see your card today. The bad news is that it won’t be there. I am woefully behind on birthday and thank you cards to my whole family but I am pretty sure they understand.
Today’s sketch from Freshly Made Sketches was created by the fabulous Tui Nathan. It is wonderful and I had such fun using it. I actually got to stamp yesterday for the first time in a long time. Most of what you have seen over the last month was created before I went to training. I was so happy to pull out my new Occasions Mini products and play!
The colors from the Twitterpated DSP were my inspiration on this card and I wanted to use the Bordering on Romance flowers again. I didn’t have much time but the watercoloring is pretty fast and I really love doing it. While I haven’t even finished putting the set together, I just “had” to use the sentiment from Apothecary Art. I used some retired Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon to create a double bow and then topped it with one of the new large pearls. Of course, the flowers needed some pearls too! My mom is a fan of flowers of all kinds so I hope she’ll like this one. Hope your day is great, Mom!!
I mentioned yesterday that I finished my training on Friday. As of today I am out on a 3-day trip to get my final sign-off. I’ll be looking at your lovely entries on my layovers and I can’t wait to see what you create. The design team has outdone themselves this week. Make sure you go see their amazing work.
As a side note, there have been some issues with Blogger this week and the ability of the team to comment. Over at the FMS site there is a brief set of instructions on how to handle the word verification issue to ensure we can still comment on your projects. We love looking at them and want to be able to comment on as many as possible!!
Thanks for stopping in today. I hope the rest of your week is great!
Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Apothecary Art; Paper: Twitterpated DSP, Basic Gray, Whisper White; Ink: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray; Accessories: Basic Pearls, Large Pearls, Blender Pen, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon
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Love these colors together – just beautiful! And your bow is perfect! Hooray to the end of training 🙂
I just know your mom will LOVE this. It is one of my favorites of yours for sure…right up there with those Bright Hope beauties. 🙂
Beautiful!!! I will be featuring this card on My Crafty Picks #54 with a link back to your blog on 2-26-12. Make sure to stop by to check out all the picks!!
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Just beautiful. So soft and lovely!! Gray and pink – can’t go wrong with those!
Beautiful card and color combination. The bow is so sweet!
Great sketch and I love what you did with it. Those colors are gorgeous.
Gorgeous card! Love everything about this beauty!
Absolutely gorgeous card! Love the colors and the pearls! I’m sure your mom will be thrilled, whenever she gets it!
Jen this card is stunning. I love the idea of posting birthday cards on your blog because honestly I still have my mom’s from last year sitting in my studio – I have to get better about that! I love you perfect little bow!
I think my eyes popped out of my head when I saw this! This is absolutely stunning! I’ve seen lots of pretty cards made with this stamp set, but this one takes the cake!
Lots of elegant beautifulness on this card, Jen! Hope the layovers are short and the check-off is successful!
Great sketch! The soft pink and gray together is so elegant, and I love your watercolored flowers!!
I can’t see the colors due to monitor issues, but I love the layout! Beautiful card!! And happy birthday to your mom!
This card is so lovely and soft and feminine!! I feel a CASE coming my way! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh my goodness … this is beautiful in every way …. loove how you have coloured those flowers and popped them up … the colours are a perfect combination and your pearl and bow embellishment – divine!!! A gorgeous birthday card for your Mum … Happy Birthday !!!
This is a beautiful card and gr
Eat rendition of the sketch
That should be great rendition 🙂
So very, very pretty! Love that DSP – can’t wait to get it here! Gorgeous little bow!
OH my gosh–I love the pink paper at the bottom-with the flowers up top. So very pretty (and I hate pink).
So very pretty. The papers and flowers are just fab. x