Skip to main content

A Vine and Arch


It is all about Purple in the newest Squigglefly challenge. It is our team's week off, but as usual I could not resist playing. I used a newer image by Pamela Lehto called Trumpet Vine Arch. I have had this image a few weeks, but had to think about how to use it best. I loved how Linda used it HERE, but I didn't want to copy here pretty card. I finally decided it would be great frame for some scripture or encouraging words, and I really like how it came out (my sentiment is from SU!). When I finished my panel, I decided to add some of my new Impression Obsession dies to mimic the image (fence and leaves).

Hope you can find some time to join the challenge too. Remember if you don't have a Squigglefly image, they have thousands of images from a large number of great artists and they have a large free section as well.

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday! Hugz!

Comments

  1. Audrey HiltkeJuly 1, 2013 at 6:02 PM

    Hi Nancy!! I love your beautiful card - so gorgeous in the purples, and such a wonderful message in the sentiment. Hope all is well :)!!!
    Hugs,
    Audrey

    ReplyDelete
  2. MarisaJuly 1, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Fabulous! Love the image and the added vine, not to mention the EF you used in the BG. Well done all round!

    ReplyDelete
  3. coopsJuly 2, 2013 at 1:25 AM

    so stunning nancy.gorgeous details and colours and the verse is beautiful :D

    xx coops xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 3:13 AM

    This is stunning, Nancy. I love every bit of it. Fantastic look to have one line of the sentiment in purple and popped up. Love that fence and your flowers. Outstanding job.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Carol HurlockJuly 2, 2013 at 3:52 AM

    You've got my attention with this beauty. Now that is awesome. I am totally taken with how you did the flowers on the side as embellishment and how wonderfully it matches the image. The fence and flower add another layer of beauty. This is fantastic. I love it!
    Bear Hugs,
    Carol

    ReplyDelete
  6. Darlene July 2, 2013 at 6:15 AM

    Oh Nancy this is beautiful! LOVE this gorgeous design and particularly like how you took one line from the sentiment and put it in purple! Very clever and very becoming to the piece! As always ... you are an inspiration! Have a fabulous 4th!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. TammyJuly 2, 2013 at 6:29 AM

    Absolutely wonderful card and beautiful sentiment! Love the vine and fence!

    ReplyDelete
  8. JD/ JillJuly 2, 2013 at 6:59 AM

    Nancy, you always create fabulous cards, but I think this one is one of your best yet! Wonderful just with this pretty card!
    Hugs, Jill
    PS. I will try and get my (full) mailbox cleaned out at Split coast stampers later today...
    so sorry your message didn't go through...

    ReplyDelete
  9. BenziJuly 2, 2013 at 7:35 AM

    Gorgeous, Nancy. You made the prettiest scene. Love the greenery, fence, and the purples. The vine and arch are great. Super work!!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Holly YoungJuly 2, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    Nancy how inspirational! I love the verse, and the way you have part of it on the purple piece is wonderful. Your flowers trailing up the side look like they were meant to be there. I just love this!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Holley (Tondre) BarnhartJuly 2, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    AWESOME WORK! I just love it. Cheers, Holley

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 10:50 PM

    Wow this is just beautiful. I love it.
    kaye G
    xx

    ReplyDelete
  13. Anne TempleJuly 3, 2013 at 7:15 AM

    Wow Nancy! This is gorgeous. Love your design and the dies you used and the sentiment is so lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  14. PammieJuly 3, 2013 at 3:07 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. PammieJuly 3, 2013 at 3:08 PM

      The vine has never looked so pretty, Beautiful Card!~

      Delete
  15. SueJuly 4, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    Hi Nancy, purple has always been a hard color for me, but you sure pulled it off beautifully with this lovely image and coloring. Embossed papers are pretty as well. Just gorgeous.

    Hugs
    Sue

    ReplyDelete
  16. Desire FourieJuly 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    This is so pretty and I love the little garden scene with the trellis fence.
    Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}

    ReplyDelete
  17. Carol LJuly 5, 2013 at 4:27 AM

    There are so many gorgeous details on this beautiful card that it's just pure eye candy! I love how you added the purple panel for one line of the sentiment, and the beautiful vine climbing up the side of your card is fabulous! The colors are amazing, and so is this entire card! WOW!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Donna EllisJuly 5, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    Nancy, what a lovely card - I have pinned it - so peaceful and delicate - Thanks for mentioning the IO dies. After visiting their blog, I found the Leafy Branch and wondered if that was what you used by cutting it apart? While the image is gorgeous, and beautifully colored, it is all the elements you've used which make it a masterpiece. Thank you for becoming my newest follower, and I have become yours as well, Nancy. Your style is so pretty, and I feel very inspired visiting your blog. hugs, de

    ReplyDelete
  19. Charlene MitchellJuly 5, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Nancy, this is stunning! wow, wow, wow! I love the added flowers and the verse is perfect! Thanks for playing along in the Squigglefly challenge this week! hugs . . .

    ReplyDelete
  20. Antoinette/Cultivate Life in JoyJuly 5, 2013 at 2:29 PM

    Wow...I am hopping by enjoying your beautiful card...it is absolutely stunning. Love your words of encouragement. Maybe you would like to come by and join us at http://twistoffaithcards.blogspot.com/ on our weekly challenges. We are a family friendly blog.

    ReplyDelete
  21. downrightcraftyJuly 6, 2013 at 2:32 AM

    such elegance a gorgeous card
    Hugs Kate xx

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Forest Goodies and Other Projects

 Hello Crafty Friends. I just got the Stamperia Forest Paper and Die Cuts in the mail so I had to play with them right away.   I have a combo creation - journal page and card.  On the journal page I used my 6x6 Dina Wakley Journal and laid a base of gesso.  I then used Dina's pastel crayons and some SU! inks and stamps.  Also added in some TH Dress Ink in Vintage Photo since I don't know how to make anything without it  (seriously).   The eagle is a Stamperia Forest die cut and is coated with gesso.  Did a bit of stenciling and distressing to finish the page off.  I am linking this the the **Art*Journal*Journey* September Texture Theme (last day - can't wait to see what October's Theme will be).  The die cut and the little smears add texture to the already very textured page.   I love the blue and green together and was inspired to made a quick card for my Son-in-law who cut down some tree limbs for us the other day.  The paper in the middle is from the Stamperia Forest
22 comments
Read more

The Snuggle or Struggle is Real

Hello friends, Isn't this new House Mouse Image the cutest?  I am so glad that Spellbinders has partnered with House Mouse and brought in new images.  I was inspired to add birch trees and snow after seeing THIS  pretty card.  The snow is done with Snowtex which is one of my favorite winter mediums, and I painted the birch trees with black acrylic paint mixed with water and painted with an old credit card.  Everything else was painted with Daniel Smith watercolors. This is being entered in the HMFMC#402 which is Anything Goes with an option of rainbow.  While you might not think of a rainbow when you see this card, I actually used a lot of colors in the painting: yellows, browns, pinks, reds, and blues.  Some are not obvious because they are mixed with other colors or a very light.   Thanks for dropping by.  I have been a little under the weather lately, but I am feeling much better.   Hugz, Nancy
6 comments
Read more

Brotherhood Wishes, a Paper Purse, and a Special Mug

Hello friends. No more fun travel or parade pictures - back to every day normal life.  On a positive note, I have been able to fit in some art. Hereis an art journal spread I finished this weekend. I am adding it to Alison's Summer Landscape challenge theme at **Art*Journal*Journey* .   I started the pages in my journal around July 4th after seeing Dina's stripes inspired Mixed Media challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com and got as far as stamping some foliage at the bottom.  I was stuck after that, and I wasn't sure where to go with it next.  A few days later, I was clearing out some things in the craft room and ran across a Thomas Kinkade book I cut up and use in my Bible Journaling.  There was a picture of  the San Francisco Bridge and another of some mountains so I tore them out and added them to my page with Gesso representing some of the beautiful things in America and also Alison's countryside theme.  They did not blend in very well and I needed to alter them to wo
26 comments
Read more