Friday, June 24, 2011

Bamboo and Dragonflies

Hero Arts has been a tad neglected here of late, so I'm showing an Asian-themed card using Hero Arts bamboo and sentiment stamps and my (relatively) new dragonfly punch.


The color scheme is actually prettier in real life...issues with contrast in Picasa made it impossible for me to edit it to be more accurate. The red is Cherry Cobbler from SU (so it's not as dark as the photo makes it look but still a nice, rich red). The gray is Memento London Fog.

Have a lovely weekend!

23 comments:

Cassandra said...

Gorgeous Susan, you and London Fog, I think it's almost as big a favourite as Pear Tart

Rose Ann said...

I love that image, and the colors you've used! Beautiful card, Susan!!

Marisa said...

Love it! Fabulous pop of colour wit the dragonflies and sentiment - rule of three used exquisitely :)

Sheila H said...

Lovely colors - not a combo I would have thought of.

Susie said...

Really beautiful design. Love it.

Smilie girl said...

Gorgeous. I continue to learn so much from you, thank you.

Joan B said...

now that's a great color combo!

Debgem said...

Looks amazing! The oriental theme looks super. The dragonflies in cherry cobbler stand out so well. It's fab!

Cynthia Schelzig said...

Stunning piece!!!

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 said...

Love this one! Wouldn't thought of using grey myself - which is why I love coming here for inspiration

June K. said...

Very nice color combo.

cheryl l. said...

Very, very nice card! Love the color combo.

Dinahsoar said...

Love the combination of bamboo and dragonflies!! And I have stamps for both. Thanks for the great idea.

Cindy H. said...

Simply gorgeous!! Love the images and colors. tfs

Carol said...

Gosh, I love bamboo...and you made a most beautiful card with it! Just lovely.

Jenny said...

Gorgeous card Susan, so beautiful and serene :)
Jenny x

Vicky Hayes said...

Your cards always make me want to get my stamps out and get going Susan!

mustavcoffee, Gay Peplow said...

Yup! this is definitely a favourite, love the grey and red. I just painted 2 bedroom walls charcoal grey and am loving it ATM but my accent is white mmmm and wood, so far so good:0) Have a great weekend, Gay xxx

Faith A said...

A gorgeous card, love the colour combo

Jennie M said...

I absolutely LOVE this! Fabulous color combo and layout!!!

Paulette Still said...

I love your style and I love Betsy veldman's style,
I am subscribed to both. My acrylic blocks have
StazOn all over them, it drives me crazy and
it keeps the clear mount rubber stamps from sticking to
the blocks so well,but it's because I'm heavy Handed. Lol
and it's permanent,the only thing that will remove it is finger nail polish
remover for acrylic nails,but I'm out of it! So, I just craft on.
And hope to remember to add it to my grocery list. Lol

Lindsey said...

Pretty and blingy and perfect. :)

Anonymous said...

Love this - the added bling to the bugs is perfect! I'll have to go dig out my dragonfly punch now.
~ wendy