Sunday 18 September 2011

As Requested

























Good Sunday morning to all!  I had a request from follower Craftypurpledragon (love that name!) to put this card up on my blog.  Ask and you will receive, huh? LOL  See, I do read (and love) all the comments you leave!  I do have to apologise for the crooked pic, though.  I had planned to take a better photo of it before I put it up, but the card is not in my possesion any longer so this one will have to do.  I used the ironworks borders, eight of them to be precise!  There are two on each side of the vintage ribbon ruching on this card.  The focal die is the Picot edged circle.  It is dificult to tell from my 'er "photography" but the turquoise background is the negative from the die and I have raised it up with mounting foam pieces.  The very centre circle with the text is also raised.  I inked the inside of the text circle with a combination of broken china and forest moss Distress Ink to match the background.  Just add a bow, couple of decorative stick pins, pierce around the edge and you are finished.  Not a difficult card, but not a quick one either, but it was a whole lot of fun to make!
On another note, I would like to say a huge thanks to Mandy and Dawn who emailed me yesterday about how to go about fixing my blog!  I was beside myself trying to get it back and they talked me through it.  It still isn't how I would like it, but it is 100% better than it was.  At one point on Friday, I had lost all my followers, my blog candy and my counter for several hours but I managed to find them!  For now, I think I will leave it be for awhile, but I did manage to add a few new features including an email alert you can sign up for so it will let you know when I put up a new post, a search button, a list of popular posts and a fun traffic feed! Thanks again for your help ladies, it was much appreciated!  All for now, Sue x

35 comments:

Kim said...

Another fab card, love the colours. Glad you got your blog problems sorted
Kim
X

Uta said...

A wonderful card again. You are so talented.

Hugs, Uta

Liz said...

Another wonderful card

eileen.fj said...

Hi Sue
Another lovely card and great colours.
Looking forward to your shows this week.

Eileen x

Bee and Dee said...

Beautiful card, so sorry the blog monster attacked your blog and so glad the blog fairies help you. Hugs bee

Unknown said...

Very elegant card, Sue. Love the Vintage ribbon. See you very soon. Lots of love, Julia xxx

Hellma said...

Sue i love this card, when i seen it on POTW show i just thought WOW what talent this ladie has got.

Clai01 said...

I do like the broken china distress ink and the the colour turquoise they seem to go well together. Another lovely card to see.

Olga said...

Very, very nice!

Craftypurpledragon said...

Hi Sue,
Thank you so much for posting this, it is one of my favourites from the shows. Looking forward to seeing the new shows.
Take care and Love and Light as always.
Suz x

Sheila H said...

Hi Sue.
Another fantastic card.I have the ironwork dies,they are wonderful to work with.Can't wait for Tuesday..........
Thank you for all your inspiration.
Love Sheila x

gill said...

Glad to see your blog is back as I was unable to access it yesterday. love the card and have been making some today using the ironworks die as a snowflake
Gill x

Rhonda Miller said...

What a gorgeous card.

Carole Z said...

Beautiful card Sue X

Carole Z said...

Almost forgot - the ironworks set of Dies was part of the selection I bought from POTW and I absolutely love it - they are all beautiful, but I am using this one a lot at the moment! x

LellyJelly said...

You're back! That's good news.
Lovely colours on this card.x

Christine B. said...

Hi Sue, so glad you managed to get some help. Another beautiful card. Hugs x ChrisB

Lorraine said...

this is such a beauty i do love the colours Sue and i think your blog looks just fine its clear and very pretty love pink n black together xx

CathyinMN said...

Very beautiful card -- thanks for posting it. I love the colors.

Rufus said...

So glad that you got your blog back together! I certainly couldn't help you. Very pretty card, love the overlapped ironworks borders and ruched ribbon.
R/

Barbara said...

Love this card, but then I love them all....I'm in Australia for 2 months, so enjoying time to checkout this blog every day. I've been trying to find some nice lace & ribbon, but it's all so expensive, when suddenly the 'penny dropped'....the ironworks border die looks just like very pretty lace, and I can use any coloured card I need to match up with my project. And the great thing is....I already have this set at home...yay! Thanks for all the inspiration. x

Moni said...

Gorgeous card, great colour combo. Love the ribbon. Hugs,moni

Janet said...

Another beautiful card Sue, you are an insperation to us all
Janet

Mimi said...

Wow Sue, I really love the colors in this card!! I just got the picot and the teardrop ones in and love how you use them one your cards. Hugs, Mimi

KimberleyG said...

Glad you're up and running again. I love the pins you used.

PaulaB said...

Thank goodness for tech savy people! Great card once again. Also thanks for the new email alert button. P.

Bernie said...

Fantastic card! Love the colors, design, ribbon and really love how you use those dies.
Glad you found some help I sure couldn't do it.
Blessings Bernie

Susanne said...

Lovely card... and I´m so happy for you and your blog!!! Hugs Susanne

scrapper said...

Love the way you've used the borders with ribbon on this one and just lellyjelly's colours!!!!
See you on Saturday at Ally Pally

Eemeli said...

Beautiful card and love those colors you have used. Ribbon fits just perfectly to this and looks yummy ^^
Hugs from Finland, Eemeli

PaulineC said...

These new dies are fabulous especially when you use them Sue. Glad you managed to sort out the Blog.

Vee said...

glad you were able to get your blog back in working order. i really like the complementary way in which you used the dies. i have got to learn how to layer like you. lol

sue said...

beautiful card as allways. sue xx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. I tried the ribbon pleating on my sisters card came out not too bad but must practice.

Sue

ILARIA said...

I made a mistake and comments your previous blog Candy... This i s really fab!
Congrats and hugs
ILA