Saturday, July 25, 2009

Moonlit dove

This card is a bit different from what I usually do and I don't quite know what to make of it. Starting to grow on me though and was easy, so maybe I'll try some more. I bought this beautiful dove stamp at the stamp show but the image doesn't turn out anything like how theirs did. Their sample was all white with touches of blue and green, with pink flowers and green leaves--very striking. But MY stamp just comes out all one color like it's nighttime, and theirs looked like daytime. Is it possible there were 2 versions of the stamp? Anyhow, I almost threw the darn thing away because I couldn't do anything I liked with it. But I just don't know how to give up and kept playing with different colors until I found one I liked. This is vintage sepia, and after stamping it, it seemed natural to go with torn and inked edges. The dark brown background is some mica paper I had put through the cuttlebug a while back. Inked the card and threw together a flower and some "skittles". I don't know--what do you think??? Thanks for taking a peek!

9 comments:

  1. I think it's gorgeous, is what I think. That dove is so elegant and understated. If you're throwing it out, you can sure throw it my way.

    Beautiful job.

    eileen xoxo

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  2. i like the dove and think u r right on about the sepia, and inked edges. looks fabulas!

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  3. I think it came out beautifully!!!! I wish I could perfect the edges like you did. Gorgeous!!!!

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  4. Hi Ramona,


    I've left something for you on my blog.

    hugs, eileen

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  5. Lovely, Ramona ... I'm happy you didn't give up on it!! I have a little something for you on my blog.

    Jo xx

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  6. Hi there sweetie, hop on over to my blog and pick up an award please!

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  7. Ramona, it is a gorgeous card!!! Very soft and shabby chic looking. Love it!

    Lisa Sturgill

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  8. This is beautiful! I'm so glad you didn't throw that stamp out! I love the vintage look of this card!
    Lauren

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  9. This is really pretty! You should enter this in the Frosted Designs Ink/Chalk challenge! (frosteddesigns.blogspot.com)

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