This challenge could not have come at a better time for me because my sweet SIL's birthday is April 15th so this card is currently enroute to Louisiana :)
To create this card, I combined beautiful images from: Flourishes Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 and Country Charm Labels. I stamped the pretty label from Country Charm Labels using VersaMark ink, heat embossed using white embossing powder then cut using a Spellbinders Grommet Tags die template. The sweet birthday sentiment is from Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1.
This challenge could not have come at a better time for me because my sweet SIL's birthday is April 15th so this card is currently enroute to Louisiana :)
For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current cardabilities challenge:
Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Flourishes blog for complete details and for some fabulous inspiration visit the entire DT: Heather, Silke, Makiko, Cindy, Beate, Amanda, Geri Utterback and Kazan Clark (April Guest Designers)
For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current cardabilities challenge:
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flourishes Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1, Country Charm Labels
Paper: Flourishes Classic White, Prima Meadow Lark
Dies: Spellbinders Grommet Tags, Bitty Blossoms, Picot Edge Circles, Classic Triple Scallop, Grand Calibur
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49 Sweet Comments So Far:
Beautiful, card! Gorgeous bird image!
Sweet and beautiful, Mona! Your SIL will love it!
Very beautiful, Mona! Love those Flourishes images and the pretty embossed detail on the label! Wonderful birthday card! TFS!
I like it!
Beautiful! ... I do love the paper you used here ... and the embossed tag is so pretty ...
This is gorgeous Mona, what a pretty design on that lovely paper!
Love your card, Mona! That embossing of the label is beautiful and I love the DP you used!
Just beautiful! Love how you put that flower cluster under the brach...perfect!
Wow! Mona, your card is gorgeous! I love that you incorporated the image from the patterned paper into your card. Beautiful!
Hugs and smiles
Eeeaak! How fun to be working with you again - it seems like it has been 4eva :) Your card is divine - as always! Specially love the way you incorporated the pretty paper to compliment the delicate stamps! Hugs
Kazan
Super pretty Mona! I love the soft colors & DP! The Country Charm Labels set compliments the card design very well!
Oh, wauw, this is gorgeous, Mona!! I love the bird on the paper and the soft colors! Sooooo pretty!!! And the white on kraft looks gorgeous!!
Hugs, Wendy
Mona, this is a Stunning card with so many soft and feminine touches! I always love the vision you have on your cards, It's Class all the way! I know your SIL will LOVE it :)
Mona this is GORGEOUS!!~
This beautiful paper practically makes a card all by itself Mona! Love the stamping on that label and your pretty flower! A lovely b'day card for your SIL!
What a beautiful card. I love the gentle spring colours - so much so that I've ordered the Prima papers. :o)
Gorgeous card, love the design paper..
Lovely spring birthday card Mona!
Love these beautiful images! Your label is gorgeous!
VERY pretty birthday card!!! Your SIL will adore it!
What a beautiful design! love the soft colors of the images.
I know she will love this beauty
My Mona, this is ever so lovely!!! The softness, the DP and your layout make one gorgeous card!!!
Magnificent card, Mona! Love the Flourishes stamps you used and the pretty dies as well! Very inspiring project!
Mona, I hope for you a restful Sunday after your grueling Saturday! Nurses never get the credit they deserve - which I know as a patient, as the daughter of a nursing professor, as a mother and as a sister of two nurses! I have to tell you a teeny, tiny nursing story -- Mom was having trouble breathing so I called 911 (it was me, dad, and mom on Friday the 13th). They took her to the ER (her O2 was 60 so they worked on her in the ambulance first). In the ER she talked to the ER nurse about where she, mother, had had her eyebrows tattooed on (she was a 78 yr old breast cancer survivor and her brows never came back in). Eventually they moved her up to the Critical Care Unit where we waited and waited to say goodnight. They called a Code Blue - which I now know is called something else in real life, my sister rushed us in, they stabilized her, we were giving the nurses additional information and my sister had just started to say, "DO NOT call her honey or sweetie or any of that stuff -- it's one of her biggest pet peeves." Before my sister got it all out, mother had given the instructions to her CCU nurse! AND told her (the nurse) that her (mom's) leg had slipped off the bed. She taught psych and making patients feel comfortable was very important to her as a nursing skill -- her second biggest pet peeve (I am not making this up) was not taking the coffee off the breakfast tray for Mormons! Anyway, we said "see ya tomorrow" about 3:30 a.m. and by 6:30 a.m. they called us to her bedside! She went the way she wanted to -- fast. She was a HUGE quality of life person. We had chatted with the nurses and explained one brother was in Baghdad, one in Riyadh, and they called the Red Cross to find them as soon as they called us -- AND they stayed past their shifts to give their condolences to my dad which was huge for us because we knew how tired they had to be and how little "real" time they had with mom. So anyway, thanks for what you do -- keeping those doctors in line!
PS, The card is beautiful!
Mona, such a beautiful card! Love the dp and pretty tag. Fab job as always. Have a great week ;)
Lovely card!!! Beautiful bird image and sentiment!!! Perfect birthday card!!!
What a beautiful card. That bird image look so sweet.
Hugs, LInda
This is so soft and lovely..just one gorgeous card. Pat
So soft and beautiful! Awesome design and card Mona! Hugs~S~
Sooooooo beautiful, Mona! Love these colors! Your SIL will be so thrilled!
Sweet birthday card for your sister in law! Love the pretty Flourishes images! Great job!
Awesome B-day card, Mona!!! Love the pretty DP! The stamps are gorgeous! TFS!
Woah, what a beauty - That Prima paper is so soft & beautiful, infact so is the whole card. I love the pretty white embossed grommet tag label and the sweet sentiment, that gorgeous flower and pretty border along the bottom - your SIL will love it!!
What can I say Mona except AWESOME!!! Your SIL will love it. GF, you really rock.
Your card is Beautiful! I love the soft colors used and the layout to make it.
Gorgeous birthday card for your SIL! Love the bird image and the beautifully embossed label! TFS!
How pretty! Love the paper and beautiful label tag. I am sure your SIL will love it. :)
Hugs~
Beautiful DP and LOVE that flower with the embossed label! Pure elegance, Mona!
Beautiful card for your SIL! Love the soft Spring colors! That bird is so sweet!
So beautiful and elegant, Mona! You will have a very happy SIL!
Sweet card Mona, love the sweet soft bird too!
Beautiful birthday card!!! Love the Flourishes images! Beautiful flower and embossing on the label!
Beautiful card!!
Oh my, This is just Gorgeous Gorgeous Mona! 8-) Love the Wonderful dp's and Beautiful embossed label! Your Pretty flower and lacy edge at the bottom are So lovely! Your SIL is really going to treasure this! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
very pretty. delicate flower/bird image. nice arrangement
Once again a magnificent card, Mona. Kraft paper is my favorite paper and the white embossing on Kraft is simply stunning.
Beautiful card Mona - that stamped label is so pretty. Your SIL will be sure to love it!
Wow--lucky SIL! Gorgeous card!
I like your take on the sketch.
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