Sunday, January 8, 2012

Predominantly Purple ,,,,

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend and managing to get a little crafty time :-)

When I saw the theme on the Less Is More Challenge I thought I would join in ,, I love purple ! :-) This has photographed quite pale, the purple shades are darker much more vibrant IRL, will try to take a better piccy tomorrow.



I have only used this fab Collage Background stamp from Hero Arts once before and it is about time it had another inking, unfortunately I had taped it all down before I remembered it also comes with an embossing folder and I could/should have embossed it !

I stamped using versafine ink and embossed with clear EP. I then used various purple shades of distress inks and sprayed with diamond glimmer mist ,, it looks lovely and shimmery IRL. I layered with black card and more paper inked with the distress inks. I added a ribbon and ribbon slider from The Ribbon Girl to finish :-)

I hope this is CAS enough for the challenge ,,,, please leave me a comment so I know you popped by Smile xx

Challenges :

Crafty Emma ,,,,, Anything Goes

Fabulous Friday ,,, No patterned paper


31 comments:

Catherine said...

Gorgeous card, love that butterfly...

Margreet said...

It's a beautiful card Lorraine!
xxx Margreet

Vicky said...

So beautiful Lols...

hugs Vicky xx

Kathyk said...

Coulda, shoulda, woulda!!! We've all done it! However, your card is lovely even without its embossing

Welcome to 2012

Kathyk

Suzilou said...

Now that is one gorgeous stamp and love your creation :)

Jayne A said...

Stunning card. I love these large collage stamps.

Jayne
x

Cathy said...

Gorgeous card Lols, love that collage stamp. Fab details too.
Hugs
Cathy xx

Mandy said...

Lols this is stunning hun, I love it :)
hugs Mandy xx

Creations by Shirl said...

Love the simplicity of your card, great shades of purples....

cheryl said...

oh love this hun,adore the butterfly hugs cherylxxxx

Sandra said...

Lovely card, the butterfly is gorgeous. Sandra

Evelyn said...
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Evelyn said...

What a wonderful card! I love the colors and the design

CraftyC said...

Beautiful card Lorraine, a lovely background. Thanks for taking part in this weeks CES Challenge
Clairexx

Sue said...

Hi hun
happy new year, gosh i have a lot to catch up on, gorgeous card, lovely image fab colour, sue,x

downrightcrafty said...

oh gorgeous Lols, love the purple hues but what a classy and elegant card
Hugs Kate xx
ps I have some new candy if you are interested :)

Chrissie said...

It's great to see you at LIM again!
What a fab stamp too, it's a super card!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Lynne in NI said...

Awww gorgeous card, I LOVE your BG stamp ... bet this is even more fabulous IRL with all that shimmer!

mags said...

Gorgeous card. Love the design and the colours. Beautiful.
Mags
x

Scrapmate said...

That's a lovely stamp.

Unknown said...

So gorgeous! Hugs! Leah Ann

Helen said...

Gorgeous and beautiful. Rgds, Helen

Kat said...

Stunning card Lols. Love that image and my favourite colour too.

Kat xx

catherine said...

I love the way you have made this card and it looks really effective
x catherine

Tracy Ercole said...

Beautiful card :)

Dawn said...

Stunning card! Love the look the DI gives and the stamp is gorgeous.

Hugs, Dawn

Mandi said...

Happy new year Lols hun
I'm gonan whisper..not so much white space BUT it;s stunning! lol


Thank you so much
mandi
"Less is More"

Have A Scrap Happy Day said...

Beautiful card and I love the heart embellie.

Jeni said...

Beautiful Lols! Love your satin ribbon and pearl heart buckle. Great accent. ~jeni :)

Teresa Jaye said...

oh.so.pretty! LOVE the color, the image is beautiful and LOVE that ribbon slider! Thanks for sharing with us at Frosted Designs!

Marjorie said...

This is just gorgeous hun..love purple, and I bet it's really sparkly with that beautiful heart on there..very elegant! Thank you for your lovely comments on my blog:)
Hugs,
Marjorie
xx