Beate’s Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #4

Isn’t this beautiful! It’s a textured cutting board and is the inspiration piece this week over at Beate’s blog.

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Here’s the card I made for it. I love this sentiment. As soon as I saw the set with it from See D’s, I knew I had to have it. It touched my heart as I truly believe that everything that is alive has a soul.

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Since there was so much I loved about this piece, I decided to use several elements from it for my card. The split background, the colors, the black silhouettes and those wonderful swirls were all included. For my background swirl panel I used my Cuttlebug’s “Divine Swirl” embossing folder on Barely Banana card stock. With a Stampin’ Spot in Ruby Red Craft, I pounced the “back” side of the embossed paper intentionally going for an uneven color coverage. I then stamped it with the “Sanded” backgrounder and sponged around the edges with Ruby Red Classic ink. The butterfly from “Essence of Love” was stamped in Ruby Red Craft on River Rock card stock. After cutting it out I took a Ruby Red marker and outlined the image.

Stamps: Kitchen Sink “Hearts & Roses”, See D’s “Silhouettes of Nature”, SU!’s “Essence of Love”, “Sanded”, “En Francais”
Paper: Barely Banana, River Rock, Basic Black
Ink: Ruby Red Craft, Classic and Marker, River Rock, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Jet Black Stazon
Accessories: GG Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad “Fire”, Black Brad, Corner Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Cuttlebug and “Divine Swirls” Embossing Folder

Be sure to check out yesterday’s post for some…

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26 Comments so far

  1. beate on March 11th, 2008

    Susan, that is soooo amazing! I kept staring at it! It’s gorgeous!!! What a fantastic sample! Thank you so much for agreeing to be on my Inspiration team!
    Hugs and smiles

  2. Charmaine on March 11th, 2008

    Just gorgeous, Susan! Wonderful card!

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  4. Pat (Just4Fun2 on SCS) on March 11th, 2008

    Oh my gosh! This is truly amazing….absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

  5. flossie on March 11th, 2008

    Your card is beautiful.

  6. Danielle on March 11th, 2008

    Oh la la!!! This is amazing! Love it!!!

  7. Linda Bullard on March 11th, 2008

    You have captured that inspiration piece beautifully! This is so striking and stylish!!! Wonderful backgrounds, and I love what you did with those Kitchen Sink roses. Thanks for the inspiration again. Linda

  8. Diane G on March 11th, 2008

    WOW, stunning, beautiful, gorgeous!!! I LOVE it!!!

  9. cwilliams on March 11th, 2008

    Gorgeous!!

  10. bronih on March 11th, 2008

    Absolutely gorgeous, Susan!!!

  11. Cheryl Kelly-Van Domelen on March 11th, 2008

    This is beautiful!!! BTW, I tagged you!!!
    Cheryl

  12. Dawn E. on March 11th, 2008

    Wow! Gorgeous card!!! Love how you were inspired by that cutting board that Beate posted…..wonderful job!

  13. Silke Ledlow on March 11th, 2008

    Susan - your card is fabulous!!! Love the image and sentiment!!!

  14. Pat (mspfd) on March 11th, 2008

    Susan, this is magnificent! What a fabulous take on Beate’s inspiration piece!

  15. notimetostamp on March 11th, 2008

    Oh my gosh, this is stunning and it is such a wonderful take off on the inspiration piece — fabulous work, as always!!!

  16. Shel9999 on March 12th, 2008

    What a gorgeous interpretation!! Love the layout and colors!! Wow!

  17. Laurie on March 12th, 2008

    Beautiful! You captured the essence of the inspiration perfectly!

  18. lacyquilter on March 12th, 2008

    This is just fabulous, Susan.

  19. Judith Cobb on March 12th, 2008

    Simply stunning! Of all the challenges shown, yours was my favorite. I bet it is even better in person.

  20. Jen on March 12th, 2008

    Just beautiful!!! Love how you framed the flowers!

  21. Sharon in NE on March 12th, 2008

    You nailed it. I LOVE it!!!

  22. Laura (scrapnextras) on March 12th, 2008

    I love your version!!! Beautiful and classy!

  23. Dee on March 13th, 2008

    This is gorgeous!! I love the way you did the bg and those roses!!

  24. Maria on March 14th, 2008

    OOOO-LA-LA! I love it! Your card is breath taking!

  25. libby on March 16th, 2008

    This is just gorgeous, what an amazing job with the inspiration piece!

  26. Rose Ann on March 16th, 2008

    Your inspiration card is amazing and beautiful!! Such a perfect sample for the challenge!!

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