Friday 23 January 2015

Friends are the essence of life

Made a quick decoupage card last week:

I used:

- A6 white card blank

- a piece of mauve spotted backing paper from Dove craft's 'Back to Basics II' paper pad

- white snippet, die cut using Spellbinders 'Floral Oval' die

- foiled decoupage flowers from a sheet I bought ages ago (Newbury I think). I tend to use thin sticky pads for decoupage, which can be snipped into the smallest strips if necessary

- sentiment is from Kaisercraft's 'Friendship Sentiments' set, stamped using Memento 'Gray Flannel' ink pad

And a close-up to show the layers and foiling more clearly:

I love this sentiment- it sums up how blessed we are when we have good friends.

Di 
x

26 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous creation Di! I love that lacy-edged oval but those flowers are stunning! Amen to the sentiment too!

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  2. Such pretty foiled flowers Di and the sentiment says it all. The beautiful floral oval die enhances it so well too. x

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  3. Gorgeous and shiny foiled flowers with beautiful 3D effect and a sweet friend sentiment!

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  4. A pretty card and a beautiful sentiment.
    Kath x

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  5. Gorgeous card Di.Very elegant.
    Gr Elly

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  6. A very pretty decoupage card
    Jackie x

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  7. Gorgeous card Di, and a great sentiment. x

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  8. LOVE this pretty card Di. Beautifully decoupaged. xxx

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  9. This is so pretty Miss. Happy to be called a Friend! As the sign in my kitchen says....Friends are the Family we choose!
    Hugs
    xx

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  10. Gorgeous card Di.
    Hugs, Veerle xx

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  11. Di this is just beautifully elegant and I love the ornate oval frame.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  12. Lovely card, Di. The decoupaged flower is gorgeous on that beautiful frame and the sentiment is perfect. Hugs, Elizabeth xx

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  13. This is a WOW card. I love the dimension you made. So gorgeous.

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  14. Very pretty card Diane, love your decoupage.
    hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  15. Wow Di, your decoupaged image is stunning as is your card xx

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  16. Oh, my goodness.....this is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!! I would love for you to make a tutorial on your foil decoupage technique. My inner crow's eyes are gleaming at all the shine!!!! :)
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  17. This card really jumped out at me from my thumbnails. I do like oval frames, and the foil flowers are beautiful. I still like silicone gel for decoupage. I can´t be doing with peeling the back of all those little tabs! Kate x

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  18. Oh my Di, this is just gorgeous! I love that mat you used-so ornamental and so pretty! The flowers are gorgeous too. I don't think I've ever done that technique before, but I am loving the results! Hugs, Brenda

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  19. Beautiful card Di, the flower is amazing, perfect sentiment too, Cathy x

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  20. Such a beautiful card Di.
    luv
    Debby

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  21. Such a pretty card and lovely to see some decoupage

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  22. My favorite of the ovals is perfect for the delicate pink & green of these gleaming flowers. Just a very feminine, sweet & pretty card. Well done!! TFS

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  23. So pretty! It all goes together so well. I have that oval out on my desk (I think it was your using it than made me "NEED" to have it myself). I have some of that foiled decoupage stuff somewhere too.

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