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Saturday, April 28, 2012

All Things Beautiful

Happy Sunday!  The  CR84FN53 challenge this week has some beautiful soft colors... I combined the challenge with the ODBDSLC106 No Designer Papers.
 
I had a nice piece of cardboard sitting on my desktop.....


The piece of cardboard became the base for my project.  The background was covered in  paint (white, pink) and embossed with white embossing powder using the lovely Honeycomb Background stamp.

I pulled out a piece of canvas and gave it a coat of paint smeared across the surface (pink and white).  Distressed the edges. Tore it along the bottom. Stamped the cattails form ODBD With Heartfelt Sympathy colored them with watercolor.  The Dragonflies are from the ODBD Faithful Friend set and were stamped in black on white cardstock and glimmer misted to get the shade of blue.  Stamp the sentiment from ODBD Faith.  Accented the whole hanging with roses, seam binding and flourihes.  Distressed all the edges with a touch of brown distress ink.


Here are the soft and dreamy colors:


For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog. 

Please visit the fantastic CR84FN Design Team:

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli  * Andrea Matthews *  Suzanne Czosek (me)  *  Heather Jensen * Mona Pendleton  * Lisa Somerville * Shannon White* Pauline Pollington

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

25 comments:

Dawn said...

Another stunningly beautiful project Suzz. Love those soft pinks and aqua colours. Just beautiful

Barb said...

Love that honeycomb background, Suzz! So many beautiful layers and the pink and aqua combo is so yummy!

Pauline said...

What a beautiful piece of artwork Suzanne! A great use of the card board! I love the reed image and the colours are just perfect for a soft sunset scene.

Sue Lelli said...

Suzanee, this IS a piece of ART! LOVE that you created it all with paint and stamping! LOVE your dragonflies and flowers and that honeycomb image! FAB card!

Mona L. Pendleton said...

What a beautiful project Suzanne! Love the gorgeous scene on the upcycle cardboard!

Carol Q said...

love your layout on this Suzz and the way you've combined the colours. the turquoise ribbon is a lovely splash of colour.

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Love your use of cardboard here Suzz and the honeycomb stamp is wonderful embossed in the background . You have some lovely images in your stash and this cattails is another beauty. Love the subtle colours, they work beautifully here. Tracy xc

Sanne said...

LOVE that color combo Sue - sweet card!

Ros said...

Absolutely gorgeous!

Basement Stamper said...

beautiful card, love the little flowers in the dragonfly centers.

Cindy C. said...

Awesome BG!

Lin said...

Really lovely, Sue - the tiny pink roses look so pretty!

Linda R said...

Looks amazing.. What fun colors to work with..

Hugs~

Vickie Z said...

Love the honeycomb and cattails!!! Fabulous card!!

Jacqueline said...

Another beautiful creation!!

craftimamma said...

What a wonderful, delicate colour combination and as always, you have used it to perfection Sue. The stamped images you have chosen are beautiful. Love the background. I've never managed to make anything I like with cardboard yet but you have inspired me to keep trying.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Shannon White said...

So Beautiful Suzanne! Love your Wonderful custom stamped BG and Lovely Dragonflies and touch of bling too! Soo Fabulous Lady! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon

Mary said...

Love your card...Very pretty...

Gillian .... said...

Oh how beautiful this is Suzz, so shabby chic, thanks for stopping by Snazzy's, hope you are able to join in with our challenge:) x

Cynthia Xavier said...

Your journal pages are fantastic. I think I'm lounging on the beach right now. The pink and blue card is so pretty, I really like your dragonflys.

Heather Jensen said...

What a beautiful project! Love the scene and painted cardboard. :)

Hugs~

Pati said...

Pretty colors, background and scene. Colorful and relaxing. I like your layout with the torn lower edge and dragonflies.

Shirley said...

It just keeps getting better. This is so yummy and pretty at the same time. Love how you layered the front and that BG and cattails too!

Grace said...

Amazing card Suzz! LOVE the combination of stamps you used and the color combo is beautiful! Love the torn edge! So pretty!!!

Lisa Somerville said...

How pretty - love the WC background!