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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Thank you Card

My best friend's mother-in-law needlepointed me the most ADORABLE bunny coaster set that you ever did see and I wanted to make her a Thank You note to show my appreciation.  I was SO excited when I was presented with the set!  I chose some background paper that says "Shower you with Love" that was crying out for Tilda holding an Umbrella.  I punched the bottom of the paper with a EK Success border punch for added texture.  I colored my image with Copic Markers, again matching paper to color of marker.  I had made these Rick-Rack flowers a while back and thought they would be a cute addition along with leave stick pins in place of actual leave embellishments.  It was missing something.  I had already sewn my contrasting yellow paper to the background paper using my Huscavena sewing machine but wanted another element.  Since I always follow the design rule of "three's" I added three blue buttons pulling the blue color of the background paper out.  You should see the rick-rack flowers in person0they are so sweet.  Love, Elle

6 comments:

Rosie said...

Wow, your card is adorable! I love your ric rac flowers....great idea and the button definitely make that blue pop! Your Tilda is gorgeous. I'm sure she'll treasure this awesome Thank you card. Hugs, Rosemary

Suzanne J Dean said...

So pretty--love how the paper coordinates so beautifully with this fun Tilda! Beautiful work!

PS--I did a whole article with tips on taking pics/editing/light on my blog here if you are interested: http://www.box.net/shared/8n0jbekypx

hugz,
Suzanne

bernshwag said...

What a sweet card Ellie! I love the ric rac flowers, did you make them?

Hugs,
Candi

bernshwag@yahoo.com

Norma said...

Elle, what a precious thank you card. Your friend's MIL will simply love this. Such an adorable Tilda and you've coloured her beautifully. Love how yoru sentiment fits perfectly with the image. Oh, I haven't seen those type of flowers before. Cool!
TSF

Hugs,
Norma

LINDA W. said...

Your card will make a special
thank you...love your color choices
and coloring and ric rac flowers
Hugs Linda

Sandy said...

So pretty - love the colors and your use of the buttons.
Hugs,
Sandy