Jun 14 2007
Ways to use…Flourishes
Bonjour!
I am filling in for Julia today, and hostessing the Ways to Use It challenge on SCS! My challenge is to use flourishes! Click on the link, and come on over and join us! Everyone is welcome! If you don’t want to post your card on SCS, post a link to your blog for me here so I can see!! 
Check out Michele’s card, too!! It’s hilarious!! LOL!!
I got this new Brocade designer paper from SU! and could not wait to use it! I love this River Rock color. It’s so soothing!
The river rock card base measures 5 1/4″ square. I used a salad plate to cut the curve from the lower right side of the olive designer paper, then adhered it to the river rock patterned paper. I stamped the flourishes (from carte postale) along the curve in artichoke craft ink, then heat embossed with olive embossing powder. The sentiment was also stamped with artichoke craft, and heat set to dry.
I dug through my stash of Primas, and found an exact match to river rock! They are from the Deep Woods collection. I attached them to the patterned paper using the anywhere hole punch and antique brass snaps.
I mounted this entire panel to the river rock card base, then I added 3 curly “vines” to the lower right Prima. I created these using a tiny shaving of river rock cardstock from my fabulous new Tonic trimmer (same as the SU! one but wayyyyy cheaper!). Then I wrapped them around the end of my embossing stylus to create the curl. They are attached under the petals using a mini glue dot! They showed us that little trick at SU! convention last year.
PS: Craft Critique has an “organization carnival” going on right now! Check it out HERE if you need some ideas!! How cool that they linked my ribbon storage!! Thanks, Craft Critique!
Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!!
Get outta my head, girl — I”ve had this exact same layout sitting on my desk for 2 days, trying to make it work!! Used a plate for the curve, too! I’ll snap a photo as soon as I get kids off in two different directions this morning. Gorgeous card — love all the flourishes & those Primas.
Gorgeous. Love it, love it, love it.
Beauiful, Trudee! I love flourishes and swirls! Love your little curlicues, too!
Gorgeous!!!! Love the Primas and those curly vines!!
Pretty Trudee!!!
OOOH, how gorgeous!! LOVE the colors, prima’s, little swirley paper things…LOVE IT!!!
Great card, love the flourishes.
OMGosh girl. That is such a pretty card! Wowza!
Gina K.
lovely card! love the color combination!
I LOVE that layout! And the colors are so gorgeous, I can’t wait to get mine. (Can you believe I am just now doing my preorder!?!)
Wowzers! What a great beauty!
~Angie
So, so swirly gorgeous. Love how your primas match the River Rock and your cool curve on the rt. side of your beautiful card. TFS
You rock my world… I know, I know, I just keep saying it…. but one day, I will totally just fall off my chair! All that rockin ya know. LOVE your style!!
Love the 3-d swirls peeking from behind the prima! Gorgeous card and stellar layout!
This is one gorgeous card!
This is just gorgeous Trudee! I love the colors and those embossed flourishes! So pretty!
Linda