Friday, August 16, 2013

Upsy Daisy in Blue & Yellow Herringbone

Here's another herringbone background I made using blues and yellows from a MME Moments paper pad. I embossed the SU! Upsy Daisy image with clear detail ep on white cardstock, and sponged yellow and blue inks right on top. I die cut it with a SU! top note, trimmed around the piercing, and matted it with a navy blue panel, also cut with the top note die. The sentiment panel was done with the SU! 25 years best of stamp sets from March. I stamped the mini upsy daisy image with daffodil ink, then stamped the sentiment on top using Navy ink. I layered it on a SB grommet tag and used some SU! candi dots in daffodil. The ribbon is from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Since I used all those snippets of leftover paper to create the background, I'm entering this into the Snippets Playground #85.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

ETA: in response to a request to learn how to do the herringbone technique, there's a tutorial here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/herringbone/

10 comments:

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Wowzer, do I love this card! Awesome colors, and you used a set I have always wanted to play with. Might need to borrow that one day, please.

jimlynn said...

Really liking that mini Upsy Daisy stamp! Great background too. LOVE IT!
Lynn

scrappymo! said...

Oh Carol, this is a great card...love the colours and how well they match! The inks and papers look identical...well done!

JD/ Jill said...

Beautifully done, Carol. You always do a fantastic card with that Herringbone technique...great color choice!

Benzi said...

Gorgeous, Carol. I love the Upsy Daisy and it pops right out with your pretty sponging. The sentiment piece looks great, too, with it stamped there. Another super card!!

~ Kathy said...

Love this card - can't pick a favorite part, it all came together so beautifully! Thanks for sharing your work and inspiring us all!

Karen P said...

That's gorgeous! Never seen the background technique before and I love it! Any chance of a tutorial? Fab way to use snippets and such a glorious outcome hugs Karen

Di said...

Absolutely STUNNING Carol! LOVE the background and yes please to a little tutorial. The colours work so well together and the image is beautiful!

Hugs, Di xx

Darnell said...

Fantastic snippets card, Carol! I love that image and the lovely background you've given it. Thanks for the herringbone technique link!!

Kim S said...

Gorgeous use of the paper - I love the herringbone. And it gives such a sweet and comforting look to the daisy silhouettes. A beautiful card!