Rainy Day Creations

Mar 11 2008

Beate’s Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #4

Published by rainy at 5:30 am under Beate's Inspiration Challenges, Cards

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

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.

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 Responses to “Beate’s Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #4”

# beateon 11 Mar 2008 at 5:42 am

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
# Charmaineon 11 Mar 2008 at 5:43 am

Just gorgeous, Susan! Wonderful card!
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# Pat (Just4Fun2 on SCS)on 11 Mar 2008 at 5:49 am

Oh my gosh! This is truly amazing….absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
# flossieon 11 Mar 2008 at 6:24 am

Your card is beautiful.
# Danielleon 11 Mar 2008 at 6:46 am

Oh la la!!! This is amazing! Love it!!!
# Linda Bullardon 11 Mar 2008 at 6:47 am

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
# Diane Gon 11 Mar 2008 at 7:54 am

WOW, stunning, beautiful, gorgeous!!! I LOVE it!!!
# cwilliamson 11 Mar 2008 at 8:55 am

Gorgeous!!
# bronihon 11 Mar 2008 at 10:17 am

Absolutely gorgeous, Susan!!!
# Cheryl Kelly-Van Domelenon 11 Mar 2008 at 11:49 am

This is beautiful!!! BTW, I tagged you!!!
Cheryl
# Dawn E.on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:51 pm

Wow! Gorgeous card!!! Love how you were inspired by that cutting board that Beate posted…..wonderful job!
# Silke Ledlowon 11 Mar 2008 at 5:07 pm

Susan - your card is fabulous!!! Love the image and sentiment!!!
# Pat (mspfd)on 11 Mar 2008 at 7:00 pm

Susan, this is magnificent! What a fabulous take on Beate’s inspiration piece!
# notimetostampon 11 Mar 2008 at 8:54 pm

Oh my gosh, this is stunning and it is such a wonderful take off on the inspiration piece — fabulous work, as always!!!
# Shel9999on 12 Mar 2008 at 3:21 am

What a gorgeous interpretation!! Love the layout and colors!! Wow!
# Laurieon 12 Mar 2008 at 4:44 am

Beautiful! You captured the essence of the inspiration perfectly!
# lacyquilteron 12 Mar 2008 at 4:50 am

This is just fabulous, Susan.
# Judith Cobbon 12 Mar 2008 at 5:52 am

Simply stunning! Of all the challenges shown, yours was my favorite. I bet it is even better in person.
# Jenon 12 Mar 2008 at 8:09 am

Just beautiful!!! Love how you framed the flowers!
# Sharon in NEon 12 Mar 2008 at 11:59 am

You nailed it. I LOVE it!!!
# Laura (scrapnextras)on 12 Mar 2008 at 4:48 pm

I love your version!!! Beautiful and classy!
# Deeon 13 Mar 2008 at 5:17 pm

This is gorgeous!! I love the way you did the bg and those roses!!
# Mariaon 14 Mar 2008 at 11:09 am

OOOO-LA-LA! I love it! Your card is breath taking!
# libbyon 16 Mar 2008 at 11:42 am

This is just gorgeous, what an amazing job with the inspiration piece!
# Rose Annon 16 Mar 2008 at 6:06 pm

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