Sunday, September 23, 2007

Happy Birthday, Bohemian style


Here's the promised upload for today. I'm still working on the rest of the gift set for a special friend who has a birthday coming up this week. I LOVE the Bohemia line of patterned paper by My Mind's Eye and buy it in sheets when Michaels has their great specials - last week 5 sheets for $1, what a steal! This one is called Backyard *Just Be You* Paisley/Teal and it is gorgeous. All my favorite colors swirl around in this paper! The birthday girl loves greens also, so I know that she'll love this card, too.

I used my Spellbinders for the first time successfully today. Once I got the kinks worked out in my brain I was able to figure out to use my Cuttlebug to emboss the white layer. It is such an elegant touch, no need to gussy up the edges or add anything, it stands beautifully on its own.

The rest of the card is pretty straight forward stamping and simple embellishing, so I won't step by step it. Finished card is 5 x 5 square.

V.~

p.s. See anything else new around here?


Supplies: Stamps: Stem Silhouettes, Amazing to Zany, Inks: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Paper: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye, Accessories: Spellbinder's dies, Cuttlebug, Brown mini brads (American Crafts), Blue Bayou striped grosgrain, Dimensionals


17 comments:

reflections:0) said...

Great card!

I also like the new photo...:0)

reflections:0)

Jenn said...

LOVE the new shot. Your sparkly personality shines right through, my friend! The card is lovely, too, naturally! HUGS!

Laura said...

Great new Photo! (Not meaning that the other one was bad....!!!)
Thanks for sharing all your talented work with us!

Andrea Walford said...

I love the card! It is so serene, and so beautiful!

Tandra said...

Your new pic Val is perfectly you!!
Thats the smile I know!!
LOVE the card!!

CaraDee said...

Great new photo and I love the card!

Trudee said...

Love the card, Val! I totally agree about the Nestabilities. They add the perfect finish to the card! Great pic, too!!!! :D

Kathy D said...

Really pretty card!

Great new head shot, too!

Beth said...

nice head shot babe!

I love the card!

Mendi said...

I love the new photo! The card was great, too!

Otter said...

Awesome!!! Hi Val!!! Your hair dried really nicely!! LOL!! Great card!!! I have that set on it's way!!

Anonymous said...

Hope you are feeling better. Love your new pic and the card of course.

Sue
Newbury Park

Christina Fischer said...

Gorgeous card! Love the new photo!

Melissa said...

Super cute and fabulous photo!

Lisa said...

Great picture! :)

KOstvig said...

Love the card,Love the paper and I love the picture wish I was photogenic!

Rose Ann said...

This is soooo beautiful!!