"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Classic Elegance @ the Tea Room

This past Monday I was so excited to learn that my card was picked to be the in Tea Time Terrific Top 3 at the Shabby Tea Room!  (The card also earned top honors from the gals at JUGs!!)   I was really excited because it was only my second time participating in the challenge.  So... this week I just had to make a card.  The challenge this week is titled Classic Elegance and we are challenged to use red, black and white or cream.  I decided to go with red, black & white. 




For my card I used some fairly new Layers of Colors cling stamps, Victorian Frame & Floweret.  The Victorian Frame stamp was designed to be used with one of my favorite Spellbinders die, Labels 14.  I stamped the frame twice on white cardstock, one time in black and the second time in red and then die cut each using the largest Labels 14 die for the black frame and the third largest die to cut the red frame.   The floweret image was stamped on the red diecut frame and then again on white cardstock using black ink (Memento Tuxedo Black).  I colored the second image with Copic markers R36, R59, C1 & C2.  This was trimmed out and adhere to the red frame.   A strip of dotted red paper was adhered to the card base and the frames layered on top.  The sentiment from Hero Arts Find Joy set was stamped using black ink.  A couple of rhinestones were added to finish the card. 

I'm also going to put the card into the current Play Date Cafe' challenge:  Black & White with a splash of color (player's choice)... red being my color.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PTI Bitty Dot Basics Pure Poppy; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Real Red; Hero Arts rhinestones; Copic Markers;  Stamps:  Layers of Colors & Hero Arts.

12 comments:

susanne said...

Congratulations on your win Rosemary!! I'm so happy for you! Your card are beautiful! I especially love this little Victorian beauty!!

Tenia Nelson said...

Congrats and what a pretty card!!

Debbie said...

So elegant and beautiful! Thanks so much for joining us this week in the Tea Room :)

Michelle said...

Gorgeous, Rosemary! Love the frame! Congrats on your JUGS win!

Brenda said...

Congrats Rosemary! I love the die cut on this card! You are amazing!

Elise said...

YES, ma'am! HUGE congrats to you, my darling and CRAZY prolific card making superstar! THIS card: *SWOON!* It's breathtaking. LOVE this combo of inspiration and your glorious results! Way to CRAFT, my sweetest sista of the stamp - YEE HAW~!

Inkyfingers said...

So stylish and elegant. Great job.
Hugs
Carol

velta said...

Hey girl ~ Your card is very simple, but very elegant! I love simple and elegant...always a clean card! TFS!!!

Linda Beeson said...

I love this, that frame is so pretty!

Michele Gross said...

Beautiful! your frame is wonderful and i love the little gems! Thanks for splashing with us at The Play Date Cafe!

Fiona said...

Love your card rosemary! such a beautiful splash of red! Thanks for playing at the Play Date Cafe :)

Jinny Newlin said...

Absolutely beautiful! LOVE that center die-cut! Yummy! And fabulous dimension! Thanks so much for playing along with us, this week, in The Cafe!