Saturday 24 August 2013

In the garden



It's time for our new challenge at Allsorts and this week Helene is challenging us to use acetate on our work. Our sponsors this week are Crimson Cloud and My Heart Pieces.

I don't have any problems with acetate but photographing it is another thing as most of us know. Unusually for me not a lot of stamping other than the flowers behind the little girl as I wanted to concentrate on the pretty Graphic 45 DP. I cut the fence and flower border section from a piece of the paper and fixed it to the reverse side of a sheet of acetate and used the borders from the same sheet of paper to frame it. Next I cut out the little girl and bird from the shame sheet and placed them over the stamped background, then arched the acetate to create a dome effect over her.

Thanks for popping in to take a peek and hope you have a lovely weekend.

66 comments:

Jackie said...

Good morning Brenda, I have been wrestling with how to add you wonderful candy to my sidebar and finally got there. How? Who knows but I did it LOL.
What a beautiful card. I am not a fan of domes but this is gorgeous :o)
Jackie xx

Sarah said...

A truly delightful card B. Hope you have a good Bank Holiday weekend xx

debby4000 said...

Love your beautiful vintage card.
luv
Debby

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Lovely vintage feel, great use of the acetate too.

Inkypinkydelights said...

I love this Brenda. Love how you cut it out and used the acetate. Happy Weekend. Judy x

Craftnut said...

This is really pretty Brenda. Tracy xx

ellyscard creatief said...

Wow Brenda,this is beautiful.
Gr Elly

PS I have a blogcandy

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Brenda. I love the design using those beautiful papers and the pretty flowers stamped in the background
Sue xx

Ink Art Designs said...

Hi Brenda. There is some mighty fine cutting on this card! I love how the flowers are behind the girl...it adds heaps of dimension. A beautiful card Brenda.
Dot x

Fliss said...

What a beautiful card Brenda and the dimension looks wonderful.
All your other recent creations are gorgeous too and sorry for the lack of comments as I'm still up to my eyes in work and stuff.
Hugs, Fliss xx

Kelly Lloyd said...

This is a beautiful designed card Brenda,
Hugs Kelly x

Marianne said...

It gives a beautiful depth to your card. It's different, but I like it. Have a great weekend!
xxx Marianne

iReneM said...

This is lovely, Brenda.
It would have been just as beautiful if it had been flat but the curved acetate has given it an exciting new dimension.

Confession - I am a wee bit scared of acetate!

x

twiglet said...

Beautiful card.

Michelle J M said...

Delightful! What a sweet image. Love the way you stamped behind her. Another beautiful card. Michelle x

nacine said...

This card looks great. I love it

Hugs

Ines

Lorraine said...

Oh this is just gorgeous Brenda. The summery image and pretty colours, and I love the way you've used the acetate.
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x

rachel said...

This is beautiful Brenda. Love this x

Stamps and Paper said...

Beautiful card Brenda and what lovely images...love how you've used the acetate.

Anne

Marianne said...

This is sweet card, Brenda, even though it's very different from your normal work. I did notice that you managed to usher a bird in lol. Have a lovely weekend. I do hope the sun will make its apearance.
Marianne x

Shylaashree said...

it is such a beautiful card brenda

Lisa Jane said...

oh this is so pretty and i love the acetate "window" a great way to showcase that image
Lisa x

Liz Miller said...

Love how you've taken different elements from the sheet to create your project Brenda. It has come together to create a lovely 3D scene. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Liz xx

Unknown said...

Hallo,
Wow was für eine karte,durch die Folie wirkt das tolle Motiv nochmal so schön,
liebe Grüße Ulrike

Mrs.B said...

Hi Brenda, Gorgeous card, love how you've used the acetate. These papers are lovely.
Have a great weekend.
Avril xx

Jaya Raghuvanshi said...

soo gorgeous..love it..

McCrafty's Cards said...

This is beautiful Brenda, I like the design and the scene.
Kevin xx

May said...

Gorgeous card Brenda...Such Beautiful images & colours... Love how you used the acetate..Have a happy weekend... Hugs May x x x

Tanya said...

Gorgeous card Brenda, so vintage and reminds me of the books I read as a kid that were the same books my parents read, illustrated with those kind of gorgeous pictures :)

Tags xx

Paula (PEP) said...

YOur combination of patterned paper with stamping has really set the scene & made the whole design an integrated whole. A lovely concept indeed.
Paula (PEP)

Anonymous said...

wow Brenda, this effect is amazing, using layers really is a good technique for a card isn't it! thanks for your lovely comments on my blog!
xxxxxxxxxx
Mimi

Karen Petitt said...

Beautiful - fabulous effect, will have to try this one day. Have a fab weekend Karen x

Герцогиня said...

It's fine vintage card!

Judith said...

This is just so pretty Brenda - I love the little girl image and your design is fabulous xx

ALI said...

Beautiful card, great effect with the acetate.

Crafting Queen said...

Such a lovely card.

Vicky said...

Simply gorgeous as always hun...:o)

Hope you are having a lovely weekend too...

biggest of hugs Vicky xx

Marlies said...

A beautiful card Brenda, you've created a lovely garden! Have a nice weekend, hugs, Marlies

Sarah said...

Such a beautiful card B, I love the design x

Donna Ellis said...

Very pretty card, B, with a lovely effect from the acetate!
hugs,
de

Claire said...

Hi Brenda, I'm just playing catch up after a hectic couple of weeks at work. this is a beautiful card, love that little girl and such clever use of the acetate. Hope you're having a good weekend
Claire xx

Misiówa i Spółka:-) said...

Piękna kartka, mogę patrzeć i patrzeć....wspaniała:)

Mummylade said...

this is such a great effect! And a great contribution to the challenge even if Blogger didn't agree with me at all today =)

joolaa said...

interesting idea! :)

Kathleen said...

What a card, very clever and using acetate which is a minefield in itself. Brilliant.

Kath x

Rossella said...

This is so pretty
Rosie x

Crafty Loops said...

Absolutely beautiful card.....I wish I was in that gorgeous garden. Lee x

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Really gorgeous Brenda, I love the dimension to it and the images are so pretty
Lindsay xx

Merry said...

Brenda this is just so pretty and love how you added the flowers behind the girl.

Unknown said...

fabulous card!

Beryl said...

This is so different for you Brenda but oh so pretty. A gorgeous card.
Beryl xx

Bits N Bobs said...

This is so pretty Brenda and I love the fact it can sit on a mantel/shelf all year round.
Would even look fabulous on a wall :)

Shirohana said...

Lovely one:)

Bridie said...

This is fantastic, a really unique use of acetate

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walchowDesign said...

Great card with the arched acetate, Brenda!

Lynn (delphinoid) said...

Such a pretty card. It's lovely. X X

Danica said...

Brenda this is so pretty.
Hugs Danica

Unknown said...

What a gorgeous effect! Love this card Brenda, and love the ffect of the acetate! Hugs Frea

mags said...

A beautiful dome card Brenda.
Mags
x

Nikbee said...

A beautiful card. I can never think of what to do with acetate.
Nikki x

Sally H said...

Beautiful, Brenda! What a fabulous image

scrappymo! said...

Oh my goodness Brenda...another masterpiece! I have not used acetate...but now I want to!
The domed look is fabulous and love the way you made the look of perspective but curving the acetate into the dome.
These truly are beautiful papaers. I have some and have been hoarding them as they are so pretty!!! lol

Anonymous said...

ooh lots of awesome fussy cut work, Brenda! you did awesome! Love the use of acetate, great design paper xoxo

Debbie said...

Wow this is a stunner Brenda.Such a beautiful scene.Love the acetate bubble.Hugs Debbie x

Words and Pictures said...

So lovely - and wonderful use of the acetate as well as great depth and dimension.
Alison x

Tracy said...

This is so pretty, I love the way you used the acetate. Beautiful.
Happy crafting
Tracy x