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Tuesday 23 July 2013

Inspired by a Photograph

This week at Make My Monday we've been given a photograph as a starting point to inspire our designs - it has so many interesting elements when you really study it that it was hard to choose a direction.  Do take a look at the photo and also the various lovely items made by the design team where they've each picked out certain elements. Which  would you have chosen to use? I must say I was tempted by the little bird houses on the table but eventually decided on the pink colours with white, the oval shape, the hydrangea and the swags decorating the table. I had various pieces of left over papers from the 12" pad of vintage shabby by Tim Holtz so used a mixture of these 'bits' for the layers along with a scrap of embossed Centura Pearl left over from a large sheet.  The hydrangea was stamped onto a piece of the pink paper using white ink and embossed with detail white powder, the oval layers were cut with Spellbinder dies, the scalloped edges (tablecloth swags) were cut with a Stampin' Up scalloped edge die and embossed with matching SU folder. I decided to leave this card without a message at the moment - besides it is always handy to have a pretty card which can be used for any occasion.


12 comments:

  1. STUNNING!! Such a lovely card and that pink TH paper looks so gorgeous as a background here, just lovely!

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  2. I love the delicate pink and white of this card Val. It really is a card for any occasion.

    Sue x

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  3. Beautiful card Val lovely soft colours...love your embossed borders and background and of course a lovely image

    Anne

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  4. Lovely card from you as usual Val love the lacey swags perfect interpretation of the photo.Thank you for joining us at MMM
    Suzi B xx

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  5. A super way of taking the photo for your inspiration - the white embossed hydrangea looks super with the soft peachy pink & I love your swags.
    Paula (PEP)

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  6. Gorgeous card Val love the mix of dies and embossing, so pretty:) cooled down here this evening, thank goodness!
    Val x

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  7. A very subtle card. Interesting to see a different sort of challenge too.

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  8. Oh my word! I am loving your interpretation of my challenge theme, Val. The embossed lacey borders and your gorgeous stamped hydrangea are perfect (and the backing paper is from one of my favourite paper pads!) Thanx for your continued support over at Make My Monday.
    Hugz, Jan (DT) xx

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  9. A very fine interpretation of our photo this week at MMM - your card is beautiful - love the embossing. Thanks for joining in - Jacqueline xx

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  10. What a beautiful interpretation, thanks for sharing with us at Make My Monday this week,
    Rosie x

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  11. This is a lovely card, love the subtle colour.

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  12. This is really gorgeous Val. So elegant with such pretty layering and embossing.
    Thanks for joining in with our MMM photo inspiration challenge.
    Fliss x

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