Shabby Chic Thinking of You
Hi readers! Happy Sunday to you! Today I’m pleased to welcome Wanda Guess as a guest on our blog today with a gorgeous and bright shabby chic card featuring some lovely elements from Taylored Expressions! Please be sure to leave Wanda a kind comment for sharing this with us today!
Enjoy!
This card is a shabby chic creation, full of lots of textures and colors. I used several Taylored Expressions Dies and the beautiful Taylored Expression Sheet Music Embossing Folder. I started with a cream card base and gently inked the edges with a sponge dauber and some Antique Linen Distress Ink.
Next I placed my patterned papers down on the right edge of the card. I ran the Sheet Music Embossing Folder through my Big Shot on some cream cardstock. After I trimmed it down, I also inked the edges with Antique Linen ink. If you take your sponge dauber and run it gently over the embossed images it gives a little more depth. I used some Ripe Persimmon Distress ink mixed with water on my water brush to flick drops of color onto the panel. Then I set that aside to dry. I stamped my sentiment in rich brown ink and trimmed it to size for the bottom of my card.
Then I had fun using the butterfly dies and the postage stamp die to create my focal point. When I was done, I die cut the Shade Tree Cutting Plate from green paper and trimmed off the leaves to use as a little background color under my butterflies. As a final touch I used some pretty gold Doodlebug Sprinkles in the centers of my butterflies.
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Very pretty! I love all the layers, especially the butterfly, and your colors are terrific!
I love Wanda’s cards and her wonderful blog. Her use of layers, color, embossing, and shabby chic sets her cards apart. I love her distinctive style.
Wanda, what a lovely springly card! Thanks for tutorial)
Very pretty! Love the colors!
Oh how pretty! :-D
Beautiful card!! Thanks for the inspiration:)
Love the color combo. TFS
This is really cute-going off to try it now!
Beautiful! Love the colors!
Wanda, your card really IS lovely! A wonderful job on it for sure.
So pretty, love all those fantastic layers!
Love it!! Great bright colors and layers!!
Love all the layers.
Love it!! Great card thanks
Love this!!…so beautiful and very inspirational, thanks so much for sharing!
Lovely card!
Love this card. I’m feeling inspired
So pretty, love all the gorgeous layers.
The colors you used are so pretty. Thank you for sharing. =)
Stunning card! The layers and embellishments are amazing.
What a beautiful card!
Lovely layers!
What a sweet card – love all of the layers and die cuts!
Thanks, Wanda, for sharing your inspiring talents!
What a gorgeous card! Love the bright butterflies and layering!
This card is just gorgeous with all the textures and colorsl
Wanda your card is awesome. I love all the layers and the music sheet embossed paper. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Cute and love the colors……so spring!!
So, So pretty! I love all the layers.
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Love the layers and the embossing folder! Thanks for sharing!
Love all the layers and how it comes together!
Sweet! I especially like the sheet music embossing!!
Love colors and layers!
Wanda – well let me just tell you about her – SHE AMAZES ME!!! This card of hers is extremely well done and way beyond super AWESOME!!!!
Beautiful layered card!!!!
Wow, so bright and cheerful! Love the layers :)
I really like all the layers that you have on your card, they really look nice. Thanks for sharing how you put this together.
So pretty. Great colours. Hugz
Great card with so many elements. Beautiful!
I feel so fortunate to be sharing here on the SSS blog today! Thank you to Heidi and Stephanie for the opportunity! And…thank you to everyone for the very lovely comments! You make a girl feel good! XO
Wanda, what you can do with paper layering is beautiful! I love, love, love the TE sheet music embossing folder—-perfect on this card!
The music embossing folder is awesome!
Ohh I just love the layers, embossing and the butterflies. Beautiful work. Thanks so much for sharing you’re nice ideas.
So beautiful!! Love all your details!
This card is gorgeous–thanks for sharing!
Love the butterflies, but REALLY like the Music Embossing Folder.
Beautiful layers and colors!
Love all the texture and details.
Very pretty and I love the embossed panel!
Very fun card. Love all the layers.