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Sunday, 24 July 2011

Musical Clusters

I had a little play with some Distress Inks yesterday afternoon. I made a background by blending 'Faded Jeans', 'Chipped Saphire' and 'Tumbled Glass' together on plain white card, before spritzing with water to create a mottled effect. I stamped a music background stamp (a cling stamp by Hero Arts) in 'Faded Jeans', then stamped 'Agapanthus Clusters' (a cling stamp by Stampendous) in 'Chipped Saphire' a couple of times over the top. Before mounting it on my card, I tied a simple bow using light blue satin ribbon. The sentiment is from the CCSR set by Papermania.


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32 comments:

  1. downrightcrafty24 July 2011 at 11:59

    wow love this, so classy and love the stamps used
    Hugs Kate xx

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  2. Donna24 July 2011 at 12:16

    A stunning little CAS card, love the image and design. Thank you for joining in the Digi Doodle Shop 'CAS' challenge. hugs Donna x

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  3. Kathyk24 July 2011 at 12:22

    This is a lovely and sophisticated card and would work just great as a guy card

    KAthyk

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  4. Debs M24 July 2011 at 12:31

    gorgeous stamps, love the colours x

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  5. Carissa24 July 2011 at 12:32

    So pretty and elegant. Hugs, Carissa

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  6. Jess S24 July 2011 at 13:42

    love this, your image is perfect :)

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  7. Ang C24 July 2011 at 14:14

    A stunning card

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  8. Sandra H24 July 2011 at 15:06

    This is stunning love the stamp image :) Sandra H

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  9. Hazel24 July 2011 at 15:23

    This is indeed stunning - such a gorgeous image (one to put on my wish list) x

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  10. Mandi24 July 2011 at 15:28

    Stunning card Helen
    Love those dandelions with the music background
    Fabulous! as is the blue!
    Thank you so much
    Diva LIM
    "Less is More"

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  11. Jenni's Jems24 July 2011 at 15:30

    Absolutely gorgeous x

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  12. Anonymous24 July 2011 at 15:49

    Gorgeous card. Love how you've made the background. x

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  13. Jan 24 July 2011 at 15:59

    Fab card xx Jan

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  14. Chrissie24 July 2011 at 16:03

    This is fabulous Helen, it's just the sort of technique I love to do. I've also got this stamp which I had forgotten about, I must get it out.
    Thanks for the reminder.
    A super, super card.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    Lady LIM
    "Less is More"

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  15. Brenda Brown24 July 2011 at 16:19

    A fabulous card Helen and I love the colours and your stamps.
    Thanks for sharing this with the Stamp Man for our 'Anything T!m' challenge.
    Have a great day.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  16. Kaz24 July 2011 at 17:10

    Brilliant card Helen, fab inking & choice of stamps!
    Hugs
    Kaz xx

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  17. Dolly Daydreams24 July 2011 at 18:13

    Very impressive indeed ! Love all the techniques here and the result ismperfect, great colour too !

    Marie

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  18. Riet24 July 2011 at 20:10

    What a gorgeous card Helen.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  19. Uma24 July 2011 at 20:29

    very fancy, great work with the ink

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  20. Heidi24 July 2011 at 20:30

    Gorgeous card Helen! So elegant!!

    Thank you so much for my nice birthday card! I really appreciate it. It is on display in the living room!

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  21. debby400025 July 2011 at 08:32

    Wonderful card Helen.
    luv
    Debby

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  22. skylife25 July 2011 at 09:53

    Really clean and simple card! Love the paper!
    Thanks for joining us at DDSC

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  23. Sarah25 July 2011 at 11:19

    A lovely card, I have wanted that agapanthus stamp for a long time!

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  24. GinaA25 July 2011 at 16:31

    Goergeous stamping, heavenly colours, brill card.

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  25. Pauline C25 July 2011 at 20:11

    Wow love this helen - I really love this stamp (I have the old wood mounted version) .. and am thinnking of pulliing it out this week as on my hol the defining feature of Jersey seemed to be huge blue agapanthus everywhere! Really love the look you have acheived witht his and the background stamp - fab! Also think i need some chipped sapphite istress ink lol!
    pauline x

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  26. Aileen25 July 2011 at 23:23

    Beautiful background and perfectly tied bow. x

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  27. Viv26 July 2011 at 04:40

    So pretty, love that colour too :O) Viv xx

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  28. Sasha26 July 2011 at 23:15

    Fabulous stamping, Helen. I love how the image looks as if the light is shining on it. Perfect LIM card!

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  29. WeirdCat27 July 2011 at 10:39

    Wonderful CAS card, I like the way you have coloured the image, thank you for joining us at The Digi Doodle Shop Challenge this week
    Ruth x

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  30. Karuna27 July 2011 at 15:48

    Its very impressive!! loved the final outcome! Will surely give it a shop too :)

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  31. kingstonmama27 July 2011 at 20:17

    This is absolutely gorgeous. I love the blues and your stamping.

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  32. Anonymous29 July 2011 at 22:52

    Great focal image - and the ribbon sets it off so well. Gill x

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x