Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Special Guest Appearance by...

Kary Lim!!! I KNOW you remember her gorgeous work with "A Year of Borders" at the beginning of wnter and I made sure before her "reign" ended she'd be coming back with some seasonal samples for us throughout the year! Spring is upon us, I am enjoying a fun and busy Spring Break with my boys and SUPER BUSY getting ready for our release party on Thursday!!* So it is a real blessing to have her beautiful work today since I can't share anything I am working on for a few more days, AND I have not gotten to play with "A Year of Borders" in a few months, so this is a treat for me too! Talk about inspiration, this card is like a breath of fresh (Spring!) air!

Kary's creation details:

"I wanted to show how pretty the border flowers are, and how one can use it to make your own pattern paper. I cut a strip of white cardstock 3 inch wide, and stamped the flowers diagonally. Then I did some colouring with copics ( I used R81, R83 & R85 for the flowers and YR02 for the flower centre, & YG03 & YG17 for the leaves). The 3 rolled flowers are also made from the stamped piece of paper. "

I am just bewitched by these beautiful rolled flowers: the stamping inside makes for perfect coordination and just takes the whole project up a notch beyond if they were just solid color, I love! (And did you jot down that marker combo, I'm in heaven!)

Fantastic design, Kary, thank you again! Be sure to leave Kary some love! I *believe* we may even be getting a bonus project from her tomorrow! :)

*How are you liking all the snippets? Figured out whose is whose? ;)

8 comments:

  1. This is stunning! What a wonderful idea, and love how you did the flowers with the same stamp. Too creative for me. :)

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  2. She is one truly amazing crafter!! I'm so glad you found her, Mel!! I enjoy her work so much!! GREAT card, as always!!

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  3. Kary and Mel, thanks for sharing. This concept would work with so many stamps.
    I've started making my own patterned paper with rolling stamps - such fun to color and embellish each a little differently.

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  4. Wonderful card and thanks for the idea for the rolled flowers!

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  5. Lovvve those flowers and Kary's card is something wonderful. thanks Mel!

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