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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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Wanda for being our guest!
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Stunning card with beautiful color combinations. I have to buy the music embossing folder, looks great!
Lovely!!
So pretty and Spring-y!
Wonderful! TFS.
wow—that is so pretty!!
Wow! Really really like it!
I always forget to use my embossing folders, but this looks beautiful!
What a gorgeous card Wanda! I love all of the fantastic layers of awesome pp!
Wanda,
Beautiful! we are a music family and I can see using the background for a teacher’s thank you card.
I follow Wanda’s Blog so It was nice to see her here at SSS. She is the master at layering and using textures. ( this is just the look I like for my own cards). I have learned alot from Wanda.
Like the layers w/ the music embossing, Butterfly & sparkle.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Such wonderful layered elements!!!
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
Beautiful card with gorgeous layers….
I love the color combination of the card and all the layers. I also have a soft spot for anything with butterflies!
You have created a great shabby chic card. Love the music notes behind the butterfly and the colors you have used!
Gorgeous!
Love all those gorgeous layers! That spritz of distress is the perfect addition!
Just lovely! So many pretty elements together!
This is a great card – especially nice for someone in the hospital to stand up on their rolling tray.
Fabulous card, love the colors and all the textured layers!
Fabulous card! Love the layers so texturized and the beautiful stiched postage stamp!!
Beautiful card! Love that musical embossing folder.
What a beautiful card! I love all of the layers!!
Love that touch of red. Just makes the whole project pop.
What great products you carry and terrific artists to make me empty my bank account!!
Wanda, I love this card, everything-the colors, the musical notes, the inking of edges, etc.
WOW, this is really beautiful!!
OMG I love your card it’s so beautiful and definitely a shabby/chic artistic piece…gosh you sure did one outstanding creative job….WOW you totally outdid yourself. Lucky so lucky person who receives it they are in for a real treat….and it’s definitely sit on an end table & display worth.
WOW YOU so ROCK!!
Nice card! Love the music background.
This card is gorgeous, I especially love the sheet music layer. :)
So Vintage!
Just beautiful! Love all the layers and wonderful details!
I love the colors and layers. The textures and distressing really pulls all the elements of this card together. Absolutely fabulous card!!
So very pretty, love the designer papers combination and the dimensions!!! It’s going onto my “to case” pin board!!
Very interesting combination of pressed parts of cut. Great card.
Regards,
Bozena
Loved the colors and layers. I like how the butterflies really stand out with the music notes embossed background.
I love all the dimension and texture.
Nice! Like a lovely Spring melody translated to paper… well done!
What a fabulous card. It’s just beautiful.
Beautiful layers and embossing. Love all the distressing done and super cute butterflies. Thank you for sharing. ~ Carol W.
Love all the layers and color…very pretty :)
Love this card and all the layers. Thx for Sharing. God Bless.
Very pretty!
Awesome card!!! Love the folded corners and all the dimention!!
Love your card and how many layers you’ve added. Embossing is lovely!!!
Shabby Chic…that’s my style! Love it..!!
Beautiful card Wanda!
Stunning color combinations…very light and pure!
Cute!
Mind blown! Love all the layers and color palette.