Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Design Diva's Oldies but Goodies Blog Hop

Oldies but goodies refers to any stamps we have not used in 6 months...... I find this a great inspiration to get out stamps that I have not used.....


I have this gorgeous stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs Happy Birthday set that I bought- I think a year ago....... I broke it out of it's case tonight to make my Aunt a 90th Birthday card.  What was I waiting for???  I colored the image with Copic markers and added a touch of Creative Inspirations paint to highlight the centers of the flowers.  I made the ribbon from white rayon seam binding with Rose Red SU reinker.  I will be making a few more of these cards- one for each of my sisters, one for my Mom.......
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The Design Diva's are a group of stampers on Facebook and we have a monthly Blog Hop using images that are greater than 6 months old. Our Title Acronym stands for: Divine, Inspirational, Virtuous, Artistic (or annointed) sistahs! Our group originated at Splitcoaststampers back a little over 2 yrs ago and has recently branched out to the new Facebook group. (I just joined a few months ago- so am a newbie to the group....).

 The blog you arrived from is my dear blogging sis Vicki- she sends me many appreciated blessings!  My  blog is # 8 of 18 stops , so you are just about 1/2 way through the hop.  Now, on to visit CINDY

Thanks so much for stopping by- and Thanks again for all of the Prayer Warriers who are saying prayers for my 4 yr old nephew - just diagnosed with Wilms tumor (kidney cancer). Please stop by   McMahon Five Designs and pick up this month's freebie Awareness digital image- you can see it on my sidebar!

Challenges:
Clear it out Tuesday- buttons
The Cuttlebug Spot- buttons
Everybody Art- Happy Birthday
Crafty Cardmaker-Special Birthday
Incy Wincy-embossing
Aly's Sunday Challenge-Spring
I did it creations-Spring
Paper Sundaes-Embossing
Have a wonderful day!
Shelly

33 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Great card and a good idea to use things that tend to get forgotten!

Tanya said...

Oh this is beautiful! The black is the perfect pop, so elegant.

Chrissy D said...

Shelly, this is so beautiful! One of my favorite sets! Keeping you all in my prayers! (((HUGS)))

Anne Temple said...

Love your embossing. Beautiful card, Shelly!

Joanne Travis said...

I love this image, so beautifully colored. Perfect for spring. (I think it may finally be here!)
Lovely work, as always, Shelly!

Barbara said...

Shelly, this is so pretty! I love that you used the black trim behind the white. Adds elegance and definition. Wonderful coloring, too.

Maria Matter said...

BEAUTIFUL Shelly! I love garden-y images and this is fabulous!
hugs & blessings

Unknown said...

this is just adorable, what a great card. Thanks for playing with Clear it out ;)

Cazro said...

Thanks for joining in our Special Birthday Challenge at Crafty Cardmaker's. Lovely colours on a very pretty card. Caz

Juliet A said...

This is an elegant composition - the black and white of it really makes the color of the flowers pop!

Cheryl said...

Oh this is so pretty! I love how the image pops against the white. The black is the perfect accent.

Beth Norman said...

Beautiful Shelly. I have this stamp set. Maybe I should bring it out. Thanks for the inspiration.

Terry said...

Shelly, this is just so pretty! Love the image! Hope Bryan is recovering nicely!

Gina Lindsay said...

That is a gorgeous stamp! Wow, that's really pretty. Are you like me when you find stuff like that and wonder how it got moved to the "don 't use often" pile?

Nikbee said...

A beautiful card. Such a lovely image. Thank you for joining us at Incy Wincy.

Nikki F x

Mary G. said...

Love this! I just got this embossing folder and can't wait to use it!!!! Hope my card will come out as beautiful as yours!

Vicki said...

Shelly, you really outdid yourself! The image, colors and accents are wonderful! And, way to combine those challenges! I could never keep up with all that!! Keeping the family in my prayers. Blessings to you!

Unknown said...

I love it that you hit so many challenges at once. I try to do that too but sometimes drive myself nuts!

Lorie said...

Your card is beautiful, Shelly! That embossing folder goes perfectly with that beautifully colored image. Thanks for the Spring inspiration!

Hugs,
Lorie

Sparkly Engineer said...

This is a beautiful card. I can see why your are a "Diva".

Brenda said...

Beautiful card Shelly and so wonderfully colored.

Anne said...

Great theme and a beautiful card, love the white embossing.
So sorry to hear about your nephew, will keep him in my prayers.
Hugs
Anne

Carrie said...

Gorgeous! I love the tulip border and the added scallop border on the one edge of your image. What a beautiful image too.

Linda Anderson said...

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Love the pops of black.

Linda

Rachel B said...

I love all the elements on this card like your coloring, the texture, and the little button! Thanks for playing along with Clear It Out!

Cindy said...

Shelly, this is just beautiful!! I love how you added the button and ribbon!! Your coloring is wonderful. Love the black trim!!
I hope your nephew is doing better!!

Priyanka said...

wow so colorful with spring effect

Cathy said...

Shelley, this is gorgeous, sure your Aunt will love it. Hope your nephew is doing better. Hugs to you.

Unknown said...

This is so pretty! I really love the embossed edge and the way you threaded the ribbon through the button!

Marilyn said...

This is gorgeous Shelly, so very pretty!

Joanne Gilch said...

How lovely, bet you Aunt just loved the floral arrangement! Great image.

Mel said...

Aww stunning!
A fab image and great to get to use it again after forgetting about it!
Thanks for joining in Crafty Cardmakers Challenges
Hugs Melly xxx

Unknown said...

gorjuss creation hun, such lovely colours, thanks for getting crafty with us at Crafty Cardmakers

hugs
Judie xx