Apr 19 2007
Balmy with Bling
My friend Julia, who hosts the WT challenge on SCS, decided that this week we would use metal! I remembered these copper metal tags that I bought from SU! years ago as a “must have” item, then ended up using like *three* of them, LOL!! I thought they would be cool for the challenge!
I wanted to use some of my new Bazzill Bling cardstock for this card. I got it at my LSS, and boy do I ever love it. It has the signature Bazzill texture, plus a beautiful shimmer built right in! And we all know how I feel about things that shimmer….. 
This color is a pretty close match to garden green.
I reached for one of my very favorite sets, Balmy Breezes. I stamped the tree on watercolor paper using memories black ink. Then, I watercolored it using a combination of reinkers and markers (see colors below). I heat set it to dry, then punched 3 holes on the left side so that I could add these copper grommet things with eyelets. I held the grommets in place, inserted the green eyelets, then set them with the cropodile. I like to use hemp with this stamp set, so I looped some through the eyelets, pulled the ends through, and tied a knot. Then trimmed the ends for a cool little accent. I tore the right side off for some texture, and mounted it on dimensionals to a piece of chocolate chip cardstock that I had pierced down the left side. Then, I tore the chocolate chip as well.
Hmmmm, now how was I going to embellish this some more? I dug through my stash of ribbon and found this cool gauze/mesh May Arts ribbon that I got from StarLitStudio months ago. (another “must have” item )That seemed to work great with this image, so I trimmed a length of it, and machine stitched it to the card using a caramel colored thread. I mounted the focal image to the cardfront at an angle, added Stickles to the water, and decided on my sentiment.
I have used Circle of Friendship with this set before, so I stamped the sentiment on cool caribbean cardstock, punched it using the 1″ punch, then mounted it on a 1 1/4″ punched circle of garden green. I attached that to the cooper metal tag using redliner tape, and set a chocolate chip eyelet at the top. I used the same hemp treatment as the grommets, and attached to the card using a pop-up glue dot.
I kinda wanted this card to be all about the metal, so I hope I succeeded?
Thanks for coming to visit! I hope you have a great day today!! NEW Grey’s Anatomy is on tonight!! WOO HOO!! *happy dance* 
| Stamps: balmy breezes, circle of friendship |
| Paper: green bazzill bling, garden green, choc chip, watercolor |
| Ink: cool caribbean, garden green, sahara sand, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, choc chip, memories black |
| Accessories: aquapainter, copper metal tags, hemp, stickles, may arts gauze, sewing machine, caramel thread, eyelets, cropodile, paper piercer, dimensionals, pop up glue dot |
WOW! That gauze/mesh is absolutely perfect for this card. As always, I love your total attention to details and all the copper! I love his image and hae never gotten it…ok, it’s back on my short list!!
love this card and that ribbon is wonderful!!! Balmy Breezes is one of my favorite sets too. And we all know how hard it is to narrow down favorite sets! janet in nc
Great card, T! OMG — LOVE that shimmery textured c/s, great find! And that trim is the perfect touch, along with those copper grommets!
Stunning card, Trudee! Really nice attention to detail with the grommets and trim. I love this set.
Beautiful Card, Trudee!!!
This card makes me want to be there. Beautiful!
I haven’t checked out the challenge for today yet - I’ll do that now.
OH I love it! I have always loved this set. . .so glad you used it!
Love that mesh ribbon! The card is gorgeous as always.
Beautiful, just beautiful! Feels like a little vaction!
Ohhhh, perfect Trudee! Love all the textures!
This card is so fun. I just love your gauze/mesh ribbon, colors, and metal and main image. TFS
Ooooooh, love that mesh ribbon and the shimmery paper! You always do such cool things with this set!
Love the layout! Especially the “tablet” looking layer. I am the one who cased that feature on my recent beach “flip-flop” card on SCS (that you were so nice to post on). Giving credit where credit is due, and always love to look at the pro’s creations and learn, learn, learn!
thanks,
Valerie
What fun paper and nice colors! Such a great ‘happy place’ card! Great use of the brads and twine. This is still one of my all time favorite sets!
~Angie
I love this card!! You are so great at combining awesome embellishments!
A
Absolutely gorgeous Trudee! LOVE that bazzill paper, will have to hunt some down for myself. Your embellishments are just perfect!
Linda