Nov 05 2009
Silver-White Winters that Melt Into Springs
Hello! Today I’m here to share a card I made for my favorite-to-date Flourishes challenge. This is what we call the Pre-Release Challenge, which means next week we’ll begin sharing previews of the November releases. Everyone can participate in the Pre-Release Challenge, whether you have Flourishes stamps or not. Even if you don’t have a blog or gallery where you can post your card publicly, you may enjoy playing along with the challenge. Please read the Flourishes Newsletter here for all the details of entering the challenge. As always, the randomly selected winner will receive every stamp set that’s being released this month. It’s well worth the effort because you never know when your day to win will arrive.
The gist of the challenge is to be inspired in some way by the words to the song, My Favorite Things, which has become a Christmastime favorite, even though it was not originally written as a Christmas song. We’d like to know which line of the lyrics you used for inspiration when you share your card or project. I’ve never looked at these lyrics from this point of view before, and I find there is no single line which doesn’t inspire me. I must tell you, I’ve been walking around singing this song, hearing Julie Andrews’ beautiful voice, and just generally feeling happy because of it. We’ve condensed the lyrics to include only the list of favorite things:
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
With hardly a second’s thought I was inspired by the line, Silver white winters that melt into springs. So here’s my silver white winter that looks a long way from melting into spring — a snowy white card base with silver embossed trees, sponged with a winter sky, and speaking of Christmas.
Don’t you love those big close ups when you click on a card, that really let you see all the detail and texture? WordPress blogs won’t let you do that. There’s a limit on the file size, so the best we WordPress folk can do is make the original photo as large as possible and perhaps show an isolated area in a larger view.
For those of you who may wonder, here’s a photo of how I cut the card with the curve along the bottom:
The card when folded is 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. Place the die over the folded card so the cutting edge rests only along the lower edge of the card. You can easily cut through two layers of cardstock at once. It will cut about 1/2″ off the lower edge, but you’ll gain that many times over in aesthetics.
To wrap things up… I’ve enjoyed seeing the teams’ cards and reading which line in the song inspired them. Let’s take the tour: Christine, Cindy, Julie, Latisha, Laura, and Stacy I hope you’ll enjoy this bit of fun and inspiration today. Product links are in the recipe, below. Have a wonderful weekend!
Stamps: Forest of Trees, Holiday Greetings Paper: Classic White Ink: Versamark, Soft Sky, Bayou Blue Accessories: Ribbon, pearls, Spellbinders Curved Rectangles Nestabilities and Flourish Accents Shapeabilities, silver detail embossing powder, Scotch brand foam mounting tape
Oh my goodness, how stunning is this card? So very beautiful.
HOLY COW!!
….Picking my jaw off the floor!
This is one of the most beautiful christmas cards I`ve seen!
You are amazing!
I can never get enough of your work……it is just stunning!
Gorgeous! As is the card before hand, a truely stunning piece of art work. Lovely!
An absolutely exquiste card. ………ash
OH MY!!!! This is GORGEOUS!!! There’s something about the stunning beauty of winter cards!!! I’m not a fan of snow (hellooooo… I live in the Midwest) but I’m always on the lookout for the gorgeous winter cards!!!
BTW, on my blog, the title I have on my favorite blogs (yours is listed there) is “Raindrops on roses & Whiskers on kittens…” It certainly is an infectious song, isn’t it??
Thanks for the beauty, Leslie!!
Oh, Leslie! I’m gasping here and I just don’t know when I’ll be able to get my chin up off of the floor! This is incredibly beautiful!!! Amazingly elegant!!! Breathtakingly perfect!!! (Can you tell that I like it a lot????)
Leslie, this is GORGEOUS! It’s just stunning. My daughter is about to start playing in the orchestra for our local production of Sound of Music. She’ll appreciate seeing this card. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful card.
This is stunning, Leslie — my jaw dropped when I saw it! I have that song dancing in my head now — it’s one of my favorites!
This card is absolutely, positively stunning! This has got to be one of the best cards I have ever seen!
This is one of the most beautiful cards I have ever seen Leslie!!! Elegant to the max!! This just makes me want to go home from work…and make one just like it!
Now what can I say that everyone else HASN’T already said about this gorgeous creation???? I love it, you always inpsire me Leslie…. truly the embossing is fantastic, the shaped frame is a FAV you know and the pearls are the final touch! Simply stunning missy…. Simply stunning…
So lovely!!
I’m still wiping the puddle of drool, but I thought I’d better leave a comment before I finish! Gorgeous, stunning…absolutely dreamy! If I saw a box of these in a store, I’d buy 2! This is one of the most beautiful Christmas cards I’ve seen.
This card is just absolute Perfection !!! Gorgeous and elegant! Beautiful !!!
There is no doubt-this is without question “The most beautiful Card I have every seen”- I`am so in love with White and Silver-but especially White.
How exquisite!
Wow, this card is just so gorgeous!! It is so elegant and I love it!
love your silver embossing with the sponged background. excellent colors.
Glorious! Wow, this is stunning.
What STUNNING silver white winters Leslie! This is an absolute beauty!
Absolutely wintery and beautiful!
What a beautiful card! The blue is so soft looking. How do you manage to get this look? What kind of sponge do you use? Such a tranquil, peaceful look.
WOW. Just wow. This is a beautiful card!
Oh girl. When I need some beauty in my eyes, I always come to your blog. It’s been awhile since I’ve had time to sit down and just surf and look at the pretties, but I am so glad I stopped by here, today. Your talent always makes me *sigh*.
Hugs!
Holly
Anyone who gets this card from you could NEVER throw it away! It needs to be framed and put out with the rest of the holiday decorations each year. Thank you for making me smile BIG TIME today!
Um… I’m speechless. Seriously. It takes a lot to make me this way and now.. well… I am!!! Absolutely stunning Leslie!!!!
Amazing! This is just a stunning card all the way around and back again!
OMG - this is one stunning card!!!
A real WOWSER card!
leslie, you never cease to amaze me. this is so incredibly beautiful, words fail me!
Wow Leslie, the effect you created is just grand! I love all the detail on this card, it truly is beautiful!
I had to tell you that this card stopped me dead in my tracks…well, at least it stopped my mouse hand..LOL!! GORGEOUS card! OK, more pictures of Wally now!!!
Oh what elegance!! Leslie this is so incredibly beautiful.. a true work of art.
OK……….all I can say is STUNNING…………….. Wow…. Your Rocked this one baby!!
My heart skipped a beat when I saw your card! Absolutely breathtaking!
Stunning card, Leslie! I am speechless… Very beautiful!
So Striking, the silver against the soft blues is wonderful, Love all your touches!
Oh my…your silver trees are stunning and so perfect with all of the white!! What gorgeousness, Leslie!!
Gorgeous, Leslie, I love silver on white and the soft blue is perfect. There is so much I admire in this card, you have done a beautiful job. Those trees just might have to be a purchase of mine, I seem to have a fixation with tree sets.
I just received a parcel from Flourishes yesterday so I am searching for some stamp time this weekend.
Leslie, I am always guaranteed a “HOLY MOLY THAT IS GORGEOUS” when I visit here. This creation also included a “thud”!
STUNNING!!!!!! My mouth is agape!
OMG! Leslie, Your cards are always so beautiful! Come over to my house to play!
This is GORGEOUS!!!
Leslie, I can’t find the words to tell you how beautiful this is.Stunning, gorgeous, inspirational. This is without a doubt one of the best cards I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing this. Hope you have a Happy Turkey Day and a Merry Christmas.
I’m speechless!!! A rare thing… I can’t find another word that hasn’t been said about your card, but had to add my appreciation. You rock!!!
This is seriously beyond gorgeous! WOW! I love it.
Oh Leslie! This is stunning! So elegant!!
Oh my this is one gorgeous stunningly beautiful card!!
Drooling over this one — LOVE your use of the die cuts on the sides like brackets — and the cut bottom is very lovely!!!