Tuesday 8 March 2011

Serene In Green

Good afternoon all and hope you have a lovely sunny day as we've had on the South coast. I actually managed to eat lunch in my sun lounge as it was so warm.
A quick post today with my entry for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge which is a colour splash - black and white with a splash of whatever you fancy this time.

As you can see, I decided on green for my simple card. I made a background panel with white card embossed with the gorgeous Craft Concepts Wings butterfly folder and adhered this to a white ribbed card  with a small piece of green paper trimmed with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch peeping out.
I stamped the grasses from the My Paper World set (Flowers and Butterflies I think) in black and cut this out with a Nestabilities scalloped circle doiley . I die cut a further one from green paper and stuck them together so that the circles overlapped. I stamped the butterflies from the same set and coloured them with a Meadow Green Promarker. The stamp set is from the Craft Barn.
I made a central partial border with a strip of green card and a piece of white punched with the Martha Stewart Linked Trim double edge punch (my new toy and I love it!). I finished off with some green pearls.

Thanks for looking,
Fliss xx

9 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely card, and very effective with just a splash of colour.

Fiona said...

This is very elegant Fliss and lovely stamps too. BTW I saw your sets in the Craft Barn this morning. Thanks for your lovely comment.
x

Zue said...

Very pretty and its simplicity is lovely. I like the choice of green as it matches your nature theme!

Sue xx

Netty said...

Beautifully constructed card Fliss, lovely and classical. Annette x

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card Fliss! Lovely composition. Thanks for letting me know about my being a 'G gem' too! xx

Fiona said...

This is a pretty card Fliss! Love your combination of butterflies in the foreground and background! Thanks for playing along at the Play Date Cafe :)

Brenda Brown said...

Beautiful card Fliss, love the colours and design.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

The Dolphin Inn said...

Lovely elegant design, one of my favourite colours is green and you have used it to great effect here, looks gorgeous with the white , lovely stamped image too , thanks for sharing xxx

Jinny Newlin said...

So pretty, Felicity! LOVE all your scallop details! Thanks so much for playing along with us, this week, in The Cafe!