Saturday, February 7, 2009

Waiting for the Mail

I followed the sketch for Fridays Sketches for this card. I love this Magnolia stamp and it works wonderfully with this layout. I got the idea for the little letter from Carol from the UK. Our cards are similar and she must be given credit for this. It does make a great card and I know our little Megan will get a kick out of the little letter on the front.
I used my Prismacolored markers for coloring and added a bit of my Inkssentials pen for highlighting. I used mulled lavender Distress ink on all the edges. I do like edges distressed with this ink. It really adds to the sketch by allowing similar pages to be used on a sketch.
The papers are all from the DCVW Pocket Full of Posies Stack. They are truly the most gorgeous papers. They all have a bit of sparkle added to them and we know how I love sparkle! I bought those great sparkly flowers at the fantastic $ store. Oh, what a fun place to buy some cute little embellishments. You never know what you will find.

On the inside of the card I used larger pieces of the trim papers used on the front. You can see some of the sparkle.
On the back flap I used my long rectangle scalloped die to cut out the spaces for our sentiment and our signing. I also attacked a little envelope.
I had fun doing this layout and recommend all of you checking out the Friday Sketchers site started by Claudia of Pretty Pressings. Off to do some weekend jobs so I`ll sign off for now. Thank you all for your kind comments and wishes after my fall. I am almost back to perfect so things are good.
Hugs
Heather

7 comments:

Stressed Stamper said...

Beautiful card...really beautiful...

Sarah

Sew This N That said...

oh I adore this card Heather! Beautiful :0)
**Hugs** Heather x

Maria said...

Hey Heather!! I love your pretty card! The image is so cute and you did a FABULOUS job coloring the image. . .so perfectly done!! I have those papers and they are pretty and sparkly!! They sure are pretty and they go so nicely with your card design!!! Beautiful job on your card!!

Maria

Kraftin' Kimmie said...

Very pretty card, Heather.

Happy Crafter said...

Gorgeous card Heather love it :)
Val xxx

Raymonty said...

WOW! Dark and mysterious!

Shirley said...

She is adorable and the colors are fantastic~!