Benzi Stampz: Lovely Hearts and a Flower Soft Chain

Monday, January 17, 2011

Lovely Hearts and a Flower Soft Chain

I'm excited this week to play for the first time with The Play Date Cafe. My friend, Colleen, has joined this team as Private Blend Designer. I am sure I am going to love this color challenge. Here are the colors we are challenged to use this week....and I really love them, especially the soft blue.

I used Baja Breeze and stamped it with a polka dot background in white and then clear embossed. For the gold color, I have used a heart charm, sheer ribbon trimmed with gold, and Flower Soft braid for a chain ...can never get enough of it. It is great for hanging ornaments, hearts, etc.
For the silver/gray color, I stamped my heart image in StazOn Dove Gray.

My card is also entered into these challenges:
Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge #38 (Mark's Finest Papers)-use hearts on your card
Technique Tuesday TTSC11-polka dotty dots ( I embossed white dots on my cardstock)
TLC308-Silhouettes (hmmm-some of my leaves)

Recipe:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers-Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Stampabilities-Polka Dot Background
Paper: Stampin'Up! Baja Breeze PTI white cardstock
Ink: StazOn Dove Gray
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Three nestabilitie, heart charm from Mark's Finest Papers, Flower Soft gold sticker (for chain), sheer ribbon trimmed in gold, Cuttlebug textile embossing folder

23 comments:

Marisa said...: Love the flower heart and the nestie you framed it in. Lovely BG embossing and touch with the gold heart. Well done :); January 17, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Pam~ said...: How cute is this card with the heart charm ... adorable! At first look I actually thought it was a necklace that you had attached to the card.; January 17, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Brenda said...: Love your design and beautiful charm and ribbon!; January 17, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Bonnie said...: How elegant with the silver and gold! I love the charm hanging on the card. Very Princess worthy!; January 17, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Fiona said...: Love that unusual heart/wreath stamp! Very pretty card Benzi :) Lovely to have you join us at the PDCC this week - hope to see you again next week!; January 17, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Monika/Buzsy said...: So pretty. Love that heart shape image. :o); January 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Harriet Skelly said...: Oh this is beautiful - I love the soft colors and the embossing (and of course that heart wreath!). Thanks for playing with SPeedy's Friends!; January 17, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Carol Hurlock said...: Oh my gosh that is so pretty Benzi. I thought there was a real necklace on there until I read your post. How clever is that. This is simply delightful!; January 17, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...: This is gorgeous Benzi!! I just love the flower heart. The colors are stunning and the embossing beautiful!!
hugs,
Chris; January 17, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Andrea Ewen said...: Gorgeous, Brenda! Love the gold accents, the beautiful embossing and that wonderful stamp! An all around lovely card! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!; January 17, 2011 at 7:57 PM
Julie said...: This is so pretty Brenda! I love those soft colors and your necklace embelishment! Love it! Thanks for your comment on my blog post today ~ I'm super excited!; January 17, 2011 at 9:04 PM
Emily Keaton said...: Benzi, this is so beautiful!! This card looks way more like Tiffany's than the state fair :D . I love how you strung the heart on that Flower Soft chain (so cool--I've never seen that before). Yup, the prettiest jewelry box card I've ever seen!; January 17, 2011 at 9:30 PM
redwasher1 said...: Great card, great colors!!
Thanks for sharing it with us at Speedy's Friends.; January 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Carol L said...: This is just gorgeous Brenda! I love the heart charm on the chain against that beautiful white embossed background! The blues are so pretty, and so is this wonderful card!; January 17, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Colleen Dietrich said...: BENZI!!!!!! (((((Big hugz))))) I am so so so happy to see you here at the Play Date Cafe!!!!!

I thought that was a real necklace, too, on your card (I see Carol thought the same thing). wow. Love that bling. I think I have the same ribbon you do, and I know I have that embossing folder. You combined them all beautifully!

I really mean this: thank you soooo much for coming to play with us at PDCC. :D; January 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Lynne in NI said...: Oh wow, what a beautiful card my friend! That colour combo had me totally stumped as I thought it was quite dark, but your card shows me that it isnt! Lovin your little 'necklace' too!; January 18, 2011 at 2:21 PM
Davi said...: This is really beautiful Benzi...I love the way the aqua pops with the bright white! Great texture and the pretty embellies help show off the pretty image.; January 18, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Sarah Anderson said...: Welcome to the play date cafe Benzi!! Love the heart necklace. Thanks so much for joining us at the play date cafe this week :); January 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Tracey said...: Such a beauty Benzi!! Thanks for joining us at the PLay Date Cafe :); January 18, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Jaclyn Miller said...: What a great addition that gold charm is to an already gorgeous card! Thanks for playing at the Play Date Cafe.; January 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Vicki Dutcher said...: Well let me get in line - I thought it was a real necklace also! Very pretty~ Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!; January 19, 2011 at 7:38 AM
Ruby said...: Lovely card! It's so different to what we've had entered so far, a great take on our challenge. Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!; January 19, 2011 at 6:42 PM
Joanne (jojot) said...: so very sweet.....very feminine...love the FS effect...thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends; January 19, 2011 at 11:28 PM