Hello and Happy New Year! I'm rolling out my first card post thumb surgery. Things are getting better. Still working on movement and strength. I thought going the route of die cuts and letting the electric machine do the work was the way to go. But then I had to glue all the pieces parts together! Couldn't squeeze the glue bottle, so I had to go lefty. Let's just say it took a LONG TIME to put this baby together! Oh, and then I had to try to photograph it with the hubs heavy camera ~ holy smokes! I sure hope the ladies at Color Hues like it!
I treated myself to this pretty set of peony dies from a Birch Press Design sale for Christmas. They were cut from paper with a soft pink pattern on it. I love the leaves and centers all dolled up in gold! I used matching gold paper on the PFS frame. The embossed panel is from my sweet friend Greta. A simple sentiment went onto an old Spellbinders label. My hubby thought it was a classy card!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'll be back this weekend with my card for Just Us Girls. We've switched things up in our weekly rotation by swapping out a couple of a challenges for couple of new ones!
23 comments:
Beautiful. Love the soft pink flowers with the gold leaves. Glad you were able to get this die in the Birch Christmas Sale. TFS
What beautiful layered peonies, Lisa! Love them atop that embossed background too!! Happy New Year!!
Agree with hubby… this is classy and beautiful!
Yay to crafting again! Wishing you health and happiness this coming year!
all your hard work definitely paid off as your card is just beautiful (and i can't tell that you had any problems!), lisa! happy new year!
Very pretty!, Way to persevere! 👍
It's an elegant design and so lovely! I can certainly relate to the thumb issues having been there before. Hope the strength comes back quickly. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Hues!
Happy New Year, Lisa! Sorry to hear about your surgery, I hope the recovery is swift. Your herculean efforts paid off with one gorgeous card! Love the embossed background and the dainty pink and gold flowers. Classy indeed! So glad you were able to share this beauty with us at Color Hues even with a post-surgery thumb!
Looks like you came through your crafty session unscathed, my friend! Yes, very classy, but even more feminine and beautiful, Lisa! Isn't that such a gorgeous color combination? Love the embossing!
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Don’t overdo it. Your card is beautiful and worth the efforts you put forth.
I agree with your hubby, Lisa. This is a very classy card! The paper you used for the flowers is perfect and the gold is stunning! Love that embossed background too!
LOVE the gorgeous soft pink peonies paired with the gold frame and accents, Lisa. The embossed background adds so much texture and is so pretty ... what a lovely gift from Greta. Take care with your recovery, my friend. Love, Loll PS - happy birthday ... your card is in the mail! :) xx
Definitely a classy card Lisa...LOVE it!! I'm sorry to hear it was more work than you anticipated, but the end results are absolutely beautiful!! I love the soft pink papers you used for your die cut flowers and they look fabulous with those gold leaves!! The embossed background is so pretty too! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. 😊
That paper worked great for the flowers so you didn't have to color, Lisa. The peonies are so beautiful with gold centers and leaves. So glad you can now do some crafting. Isn't is amazing what you can now do with your left hand? ;)
I absolutely DO love this, Lisa! I admire it even more knowing you had to put so much effort into it. Hope you hand improves every day. The flowers and deep embossing are gorgeous!
Beautiful, that's what it is, Lisa! Love the pink and gold, and the flower is definitely pretty
Hurrah for making a card! Your efforts were certainly worth it as this is one beautifully elegant card! So glad you were able to use the embossed panel!
Woohooo! She is back, well nearly! Sounds like it was a bit of an effort to make this card, but I bet it felt good to create again. What a great die purchase as those flowers are cute as can be, especially with the gold centers. Happy New Year my friend and thanks for joining us at Color Hues, we certainly appreciate it!
WOW! This is absolutely gorgeous, Lisa. Well worth the time and effort. Hope your holidays were lovely. Happy New Year!
This is gorgeous, Lisa! The touches of gold just add to the richness of this beautiful card. Glad to hear you're slowly getting back in to the swing of things.
Definitely classy! And oh so lovely! The print on the paper added such a depth of beauty of. those petals! Gorgeous creation Lisa!
Lisa Happy New Year and I hope your thumb heals quickly. Who would have ever thought that making a card would be so time consuming and painful--a lesson I have had to learn over the years. The results are absolutely gorgeous, all the hard work and details make it so fabulous! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us at the Color Hues!
oh I love this so much... gorgeous..
This is absolutely STUNNING!! I love those peonies and the gold leaves are fabulous. I hope that your thumb feels better soon and you are back to regular crafting!
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