Wednesday 6 June 2012

A Touch of Eastern Promise

Good afternoon everyone from a sunny East Kent!! I've been continuing my 'being a good crafter' and using up the cutoffs etc from my scrap box, and whilst tidying up my card and paper drawers, came across some egyptian themed borders that I had forgotten about!
And it was these borders that inspired me to create the card below . . . .
The base card is 8" x 8" (my favourite card size to work with) layered with cutoffs of Tim Holtz grunge paper and gold mirror card, all edged on two sides with these borders from kanban.
A couple of diecut flourishes, marabou feathers and some contrasting turquoise blue gemstones with white pearly hatpins give it the bling factor, and the flowers (from my local pound shop) and an organza bow finish this card off a treat and hopefully I've captured a little taste of the eastern mediterranean with the design and colour choices.

Thank you as always for popping in. xxx

10 comments:

  1. stunning card, love all the colours and textures

    Sue

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  2. Beautiful card and it certainly has got a touch of Eastern Promise

    Joan x

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  3. Following u now too! gorgeous card, very opulent :) x

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  4. This is brilliant, what a good way to use your offcuts.... the card is stunning x

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  5. Oh my goodness this is absolutely AWESOME!!! I love the colours and those feathers look absolutely gorgeous with the papers and flowers.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  6. This is beautiful Briar and has a real Morrocan Feel to it with all that gold and turquoise bling. xx

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  7. Really gorgeous, the flowers, feathers and pins are all so beautiful
    Lindsay xx

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  8. Wow I love this card it's stunning xx Jan

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous as always, love the card, love the colors also the bling xx

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  10. OH WOW, what a stunning card.... I love it xx

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