Sunday, March 7, 2010

Wonderful Favorites - Curtain Call Crew

Well, today is the day! I have been looking forward to this since the moment I was contacted by Stacey. I am so excited to be a part of the Curtain Call Crew from Stacey's Stamping Stage. Act 20 is a real showstopper! A beautiful inspiration photo and some of my favorite colors!I guess you could call this Clean & Simple. There isn't a whole lot going on here except for this gorgeous rose! The original came from Julie Williams over at Simi Stamper. She has a great tutorial and believe me it's not complicated. I will be making more, for sure.
The other notable element of the card is the stamped background. I used the En Francais background stamp, not with ink, but the Frost White Shimmer Paint. I applied the paint with Sponge Daubers. I worked pretty fast because I wasn't sure about the drying time. I'm pleased with the effect and I am excited to try this again with different stamps.If you're worried about applying paint to your stamps, no worries! Mine washed up with plain water. I even had an old toothbrush standing by, to work it out of the crevices, but it wasn't necessary.

I was so tempted to repeat the ribbon technique I used two cards ago, I love the ruffled ribbon look! I managed to refrain and went with a more simple approach. I don't think I've even done a ribbon this way, so that's three new techniques for me on one card. Gotta love trying new things!

I hope you've enjoyed checking out my addition to the Curtain Call! Please make sure you check out the other Crew members today! And join us! Post a card and use Mr. Linky on Stacey's blog so we can see YOUR creation!

Amy White @ Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose @ Andrea's Scrap - und Stempel-Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) @ Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith @ Paper and Such
Lea Lawson @ Lea's Cupcakes & Sunshine
Marisa Ritzen @ Rosemary Reflections
Melissa Hubert@ My Paper Obsession
Sue Kohler@ My Inner Reflection

Have a great Sunday!

17 comments:

  1. This is just gorgeous! I adore that beautiful paper rose!! Great job using the colors!

    ♥Lea

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  2. WOW!! LOVE the pop of red from the flower. Stunning card and a definite mojo winner!!

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  3. oh my goodness, Shelley! I have to check out this rose tutorial...it is stunning! LOVE the dimension, stitching, trinket pin...and all still so clean, crisp and simple...truly amazing!

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  4. clean and simple and very very stunning, just love this card!! will definately be making at least one of those flowers.:)

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  5. This card is so beautiful. I love the background.

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  6. Shelley - just WOW! I really like this card, it's so creative, and I want that flower! LOL
    Great work...

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  7. WOW! I Love that rose! Great use of the challenge colors. The red really pops!

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  8. Shelley,
    Such a beautiful card! The rose is incredible. I love everything about this card and will be attempting this for my Mother's Day cards for my mom and MIL.
    You are very talented!
    I'm off to visit the other team members and see what they did.
    Jane

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  9. Gorgeous card! The stitching is perfect, and the rose is over the top beautiful!

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  10. INCREDIBLE! This is an award winning creation if I ever saw one! WOW!!!

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  11. Ooooh! So, so pretty! I LOVE that flower and just wish we had that punch in the UK catty - sob! Also adore that shimmer paint background with the script stamp - must have a try at that myself!

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  12. Can I echo everyone else with my own "WOW"??? This is superb and that flower looks like it could be real. Awesome job!

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  13. First time visitor and I LOVE your blog! Hope you'll visit mine soon, too.

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  14. Gorgeous card! I love the rose and the shimmer paint stamped in the background!

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  15. that rose is to die for. So pretty, you have made a lovely card here!

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  16. That rose is so gorgeous! Love, love, love it!

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  17. LOVE that rose. Thanks for the link to the tutorial. I was planning on ordering that punch yesterday, too, and then it got bumped from my list by something else (can't even remember what it was now...). I'll have to make sure I get it on my next order.

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