Hello! I hope you all have had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! I went to a parade this morning…Nothing makes my heart swell like it does standing and honoring the American Flag and our soldiers and veterans (except for my family, of course!) We had a great time, then went to the beach for a picnic. Now, let me tell you, if you’ve never been to the beach in Maine in May you don’t know what you’re in for! The weather changes from minute to minute. It was sunny and warm when we left, but by the time we got to the beach it was cold and cloudy. We stayed long enough for the hotdogs to cook on the grill and for us to eat them! The air conditioner was on in the car on the way there, but the heater was on on the way back! I can’t wait to get back home to Florida so I can thaw out!
Ok, on to my card…I made a shabby chic card for a challenge over at Our Creative Corner. I also made it so it satisfied challenges at Just Us Girls and Unscripted Sketches. I’m 
teaching my daughter-in-law how to make cards, so we’ve been using some of the challenges so she can get used to them.
The card base is Bashful Blue Card Stock (105120), cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and folded at 4-1/4″. I used my Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (120175), which was inked on one side with Bashful Blue Ink (126961), a mat of Whisper White Card Stock (100730), and ran it through the Big Shot (113439) to make the second layer of my card. I cut out 2 strips of Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper (122357) with my Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362) and adhered them under both long edges of another strip, which was torn and sponged along the edges. I placed it across the center of the card. The greeting is from the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set (wood-125545; clear-125547). It was stamped in Crumb Cake Ink (126975) onto a label of Whisper White Card Stock. The Whisper White was matted with another label cut from Bashful Blue with one of the dies from the Labels Collection Framelits Dies (125598). The large flower was made with 6 Whisper White scallops cut out with the 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch ( 119854). The edges of the scallop circles were sponged with Bashful Blue Ink before they were made into the flower and Dazzling Details Glitter Glue (124117) was added to the edges of the petals when the flower was finished. The small Bashful Blue flowers were all punched out with the tiny scallop circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309) and a Basic Pearl (119247) was adhered in the middle of each one. By the way, Basic Pearls only come in white, but they can be made any color with permanent markers!
I hope you like the card. Purchase any of the items used to make this card by clicking on the “Order Stampin’ Up! Online” button in the right column now! Some of them will be retiring in just a couple of days.
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I am delighted to view your Shabby-Chic Card, your inked embossed Bg looks gorgeous; I love the subtle look this technique gives to Bg’s and it sets the tone for your look wonderfully, your flower is perfectly made, love the added lace to create that bit of softness too. Your card is beautiful.
Thank you so very much for joining us this week at Our Creative Corner we are just so pleased to see your work.
Smiles:)
Sue
Thank you so much, Susan! I love the shabby chic style, so it was a great challenge.
Love those tiny little blooms … so glad you joined us at Unscripted Sketches.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful card! The rose is stunnig and I love how you curled the edges of the bitty punch flowers! Your daughter-in-law is fortunate to have such a talented teacher !Thank you so much for choosing to play along with our sketch this week at Unscripted Sketches
Thank you so much for your kind words, Geri! I love the Unscripted Sketches. Terry
What a beautiful vintage looking card – love the lacy look! Thanks for playing this week at Unscripted Sketches!
such a pretty card!!! thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches.
beautiful!!! love the soft colors and the embossing folder. So glad you shared you card with us at Unscripted Sketches.
Love those tiny little flowers with the pearl centers – thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches this week!
Absolutely stunning! Love the color and texture…what a wonderful design in itself! The pop of soft brown really adds to it as well! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Our Creative Corner!
All those details are so pretty! I adore the embossed background. Thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches this week!
Thank you all so much for your kind comments! I loved making this card!
I have not heard about shabby chic card and after reading your blog I have not understood much so please elaborate this topic.