The challenge at Dies R Us this week is Life Events...birthdays, anniversaries,
retirement, graduations, weddings etc. I send a lot of birthday cards so I always need them. I found this Poppy Stamp Large Iceland flower in my flower box and wanted to use it along with a pretty sentiment from Stamping Up that is embossed on black card stock in gold. I decided I wanted to frame the sentiment so I cut the deer from the bottom of the Memory Box Deer Grove Oval and positioned the poppy in his place. As I look at the picture, I realize the card looks a bit bottom heavy if there is such a thing.
Here are the dies I used.
Memory Box Deer Grove Oval
Poppy Stamp Iceland Poppy
Cheery Lynn Floral
Elizabeth Craft Daisy for the leaves
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I would prefer to say that the beautiful poppy is the center of attention. I love that you repeated the gold of the sentiment in the leaves of the flower. Great way to use the oval die in another way. Just right for framing this poppy. I still have some of them left from the ones that you sent to me. I love poppies.
ReplyDeleteLoving the gold embossing on black, it really POPS and makes it look so regal and elegant! Clever of you to crop your die cut, gives you more bang for your buck, love that! That poppy is out of this world gorgeous....may have to go buy one myself! lol This is beautiful....that's all I see!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Kathy, I love, love the poppy being center of attention and love how you have used the oval die in another way..a very creative idea!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty, I LOVE that poppy. And doing a dark background for the greeting against the white of the die cut is so spectacular!! This is simply gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI love your gorgeous card. The gold embossing looks fantastic with the black background and I love the dies and sentiment you used. And, the poppy you added is so beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteOh, what a fabulous birthday card! Love the oval die cut frame and the gold embossing! Gorgeous orange flower, too!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I think this is gorgeous Kathy! I LOVE the poppy at the bottom and how clever of you to cut the deer out of this frame die to use to showcase your sentiment! I think it is AWESOME!!! Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Love your flower and leaves... so rich looking!
ReplyDeleteThis card is PERFECT! I love the poppy at the bottom and cutting the deer out was a brilliant idea! This is one of the prettiest birthday cards I've seen in a long time!
ReplyDeleteThat poppy is gorgeous! Love the gold leaves and sentiment, and cutting out the deer was a genius way to stretch the usefulness of the die. No, I don't think it looks bottom heavy. No one has a more critical eye than we each do when looking at our own stuff. It's simply fantastic!
ReplyDeleteSo elegant & beautiful! I love the touch of gold! ♥
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