Spreading Light


Hello there blog friends!! I’m not blogging from home today — I had every intention of getting this up earlier today but as luck would have it, I don’t have good internet availability today. No worries, I’ve had this card done for a day or two and wanted to get it up. Short and sweet, my inspiration was that I wanted to take Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Five and make it into a frame with an offset oval. All went as planned except I had to flip my working sketch, that happens some times – I’ll try it the other way around another time :-).

Using Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Five and Spellbinders™ Classic Ovals LG, I determined where I wanted to offset my frame opening and cut then smudged the edges with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink . On the bottom of my shape I added three elements cut from Spellbinders™ Damask Accents and flared them before gluing. Using a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs called Spread Light, I stamped and embossed on the main panel then distressed edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress ink and attached it to my card base. This is a five wrap bow made on the Peg Bow Maker – just like a double or triple wrap but I wanted lots of loops so I boosted it up to five. For my final accent I accordian folded a 1″ x 12″ piece of cardstock, glued it down on a punched circle then added the filigree and pearl on top. This is another easy one that I’ll add to my “get a card done quick list” – in fact I have two variations on this that I’ll share in the coming month.

SUPPLIES I USED
StampsOur Daily Bread DesignsSpread Light
Paper: Die Cuts With a View, Coredinations, Neenah Classic Crest Cream
Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Victorian Velvet, Brushed Corduroy
Accessories:  Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Five, Spellbinders™ Classic Ovals LG,  Spellbinders™ Damask Accents, Spare Parts Pearl Brad, Seam Binding
Additional Ideas:  Our Daily Bread Designs GallerySpellbinders Blog

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!!

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  • FrancineMarch 24, 2012 - 5:22 pm

    Short and so sweet…with a beautiful détail . I love the rosette. It is perfectly executed.
    Have a good time where you are.
    FrancineReplyCancel

  • YvonneMarch 24, 2012 - 5:24 pm

    This card has made me gasp again. It’s beautiful! Everything you do is gorgeous and so inspirational. Thanks so much for sharing your work.ReplyCancel

  • Becky GreenMarch 24, 2012 - 5:31 pm

    LOVELY Becca!!!!!!!!!!!! :)ReplyCancel

  • Nan GMarch 24, 2012 - 5:34 pm

    Gasp! So beautiful and soft! Cool idea to create an offset frame. I like it! I feel a ‘cased card’ coming on. LoLReplyCancel

  • Nadine IllingworthMarch 24, 2012 - 5:45 pm

    Fantastic spring colours and is that orange round the edge, looks great. Going to have to work on my bows never quite look as good as yours. Loving labels 25 use it for the shape of my cards. Finishing touches are perfect.ReplyCancel

  • Gail L.March 24, 2012 - 5:52 pm

    Just beautiful!ReplyCancel

  • Dianne CMarch 24, 2012 - 5:54 pm

    Very soft but elegant. DianneReplyCancel

  • BernieMarch 24, 2012 - 5:54 pm

    Another fabulous card! It’s beautiful! What a great idea to create an offset frame! Such a simple idea yet I’d never have thought of it. Thanks for the inspiration. I do hope where ever you are you are having a wonderful time and you’re enjoying yourself.
    Blessings BernieReplyCancel

  • Yvonne WeberMarch 24, 2012 - 5:55 pm

    Love the card. Simple but elegant.ReplyCancel

  • SuziMarch 24, 2012 - 5:58 pm

    It is so elegant! Quick? Maybe for the hand of the master cardmaker! :o)ReplyCancel

  • MarilynMarch 24, 2012 - 5:59 pm

    Beautiful card, beautiful sentiment!ReplyCancel

  • mayMarch 24, 2012 - 5:59 pm

    Sooooooooo Beautiful
    your card’s are truly amazing !! can’t wait for next oneReplyCancel

  • Gloria WestermanMarch 24, 2012 - 6:01 pm

    Beautiful card and beautiful sentiment….tfsReplyCancel

  • Francie (Montreal)March 24, 2012 - 6:08 pm

    What a fabulous card! From the sentiment (a Francie favourite) to the colours, to the wonderful ribbbon to the lovely frame, they are all amoungst my favourite things. You continue to leave me in awe.ReplyCancel

  • ColleenB.March 24, 2012 - 6:21 pm

    Beautiful sentiment and card
    ColleenB.ReplyCancel

  • DeniceMarch 24, 2012 - 6:32 pm

    I haven’t written in a while. My mom was diagnosed with cancer and I was going back and forth from my home to my parents home, about ( 140 mile round trip ) since the 8th of Feb. She passed away the begining of March and now I am trying to play catch up with all that I had to leave undone. I finally got around to opening my Amazing Paper Grace e-mails and how nice it was to enjoy such beautiful inspiration. Thank you Becca for sharing the sunshine you share. God bless ……. DeniceReplyCancel

  • Ann robbinsMarch 24, 2012 - 8:49 pm

    Love everything about this card! Truly amazing ~ everyone is different in its own way. I have a friend who makes very pretty cards but for some reason they all seem to look alike. Each one of your has its own diversiveness. (sp) I look forward to everyday and what you will have created. I only wish I had all the dies you have. TFS!!
    Mstgane
    AnnReplyCancel

  • janeyMarch 24, 2012 - 9:11 pm

    I love the subtleness of this card….so guietly beautiful. I received your bow maker weeks ago and I have not had time to play with it…..3 more weeks of tax season and I will be making bows, bows, bows!!

    thanks, Becca

    hugsReplyCancel

  • RebekkaMarch 24, 2012 - 9:19 pm

    This is a beautiful design Becca, love the colors.ReplyCancel

  • Claire SMarch 24, 2012 - 10:20 pm

    Do you CREATE in your DREAMS???. Your designs continue to be extraordinary and flawless. LOVE ALL of them! Thanks for sharing your passion.
    Creative Wishes,
    Claire S.
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  • JoannMarch 24, 2012 - 10:44 pm

    Becca this is yet another beautiful card! I love your five loop bow!!! So pretty!ReplyCancel

  • Ursula UphofMarch 24, 2012 - 11:08 pm

    Really like how you did the frame. Totally beautifulReplyCancel

  • ChelseaMarch 24, 2012 - 11:14 pm

    This is very different. I love it! There are so many good ideas at play here. Thank you for such beautiful inspiration.ReplyCancel

  • Lindyloo, South Wales, UKMarch 24, 2012 - 11:43 pm

    Hi Becca,
    Hope you get your internet working better soon.
    A really delicate and feminine card today. I really love the softness of all the papers and colours you have used; it’s the type of card I really love.
    Hope you have a good sunday. All the best LindaReplyCancel

  • Lori AMarch 25, 2012 - 1:31 am

    Gorgeous!!! Thanks for the inspiration…LOVE it :)ReplyCancel

  • MaryannMarch 25, 2012 - 3:37 am

    Just as gorgeous as always Becca. Your work is always so perfect no matter how you turn it around and this loks amazing. I love it sweet friend.ReplyCancel

  • Anne DaviesMarch 25, 2012 - 4:12 am

    Love the way you have off-set the oval. A very pretty card with gorgeous papers and rosette. Welsh AnnieReplyCancel

  • Christine Harrop, Oxfordshire, UKMarch 25, 2012 - 5:06 am

    This is so lovely. I have been making some wall hanging frames lately using various quotes, and this would tie in just beautifully.ReplyCancel

  • AnneMarch 25, 2012 - 5:51 am

    Beautiful card. You have such an amazing eye for color and mixing of colors. The label/oval makes such an eye appealing frame. TFS. Have a blessed Sunday.ReplyCancel

  • conniecrafterMarch 25, 2012 - 6:35 am

    so soft and beautiful, love the paper framing the great quote!ReplyCancel

  • Anne McIntoshMarch 25, 2012 - 7:20 am

    Another beauty from Becca! This is one I could manage with a minimum of frustration. Your layered cards are always beautiful, but when I try them at home, they always look overdone and messy. I guess I just haven’t gotten the knack yet (I’ll keep trying, though!). I have a birthday card to make for my niece today, so I’ll be CASEing later. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Have a blessed Sunday!ReplyCancel

  • JessicaMarch 25, 2012 - 9:26 am

    Beautiful as always Becca. Thanks for sharing your lovely talents with us
    Hugs,JessReplyCancel

  • TheresaMarch 25, 2012 - 2:00 pm

    As always another lovely card with an amazing saying on the front. Thank you.ReplyCancel

  • eveleneMarch 25, 2012 - 4:09 pm

    Another amazing mark of brilliance–the nice combination of dp’s, the medallion over the ribbon, just wonderful, Becca.ReplyCancel

  • Jean CMarch 26, 2012 - 9:51 am

    Love your card. Thanks for sharing.ReplyCancel

  • Barb GhigliottyMarch 27, 2012 - 12:48 pm

    Another GORGEOUS card, Becca! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talents with us ~ HUGS to you!!!ReplyCancel

  • Colleen HornerMarch 31, 2012 - 2:54 pm

    Becca
    My husband did make me a peg bow maker from your first post as he is a woodworker as your husband was. He has built fixtures for my craft room. Pictures of it are posted on SCS. I am a person long on age and short on memory, so I refer to your tutorial again and again. Now they are gone so I would like to have the DVD that you sell with your bow maker if I may. Please tell me how to purchase it.

    Colleen HornerReplyCancel

  • Carol loveApril 1, 2012 - 12:57 am

    The consistent mastery of your cards is amazing.It would help me a great deal if you would always state the size of each card posted.
    Thank you, I follow your blog every day.

    Carol LoveReplyCancel

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