Pearls and Pastels

I think I actually gasped when I saw the inspiration photo for this weeks challenge at

The Shabby Tea Room.

Isn't it just to die for?

This is my style to a capital letter T.

Oh! And the colors! I'm in love!

Even though it has been a hectic week at work with a lot of overtime hours,

how could I not join in!

It's now 4 a.m. and I just finished my card and photographing it.

Here is what I came up with.

The beautiful background paper I got from Raspberry Road Designs.

She has some of the most BEAUTIFUL digital papers I have seen.

The off white paper is actually glitter embossed although it doesn't show up well in the photo.

I scored it at a local discount outlet store nearby,  24 sheets for $2.99!

I believe it is from Memory Makers and it is just lovely.

All the beads came from a kit I picked up at Joann, Etc. a while back

and was just waiting for the right project to use them on.

I think my absolute favorite embellishment on this card is the acrylic butterfly.

Again, at a local discount store, this butterfly was attached to a tape dispenser.

I loved the dispenser as it is all vintage shabby but the butterfly was just the cherry on top.

My dispenser looks a little naked now but I can live with that.

I couldn't decide where to put the wording on the card so I used a technique I saw where you print on a transparency and transfer the wording to your project.

It worked perfectly on my satin ribbon.

I just love how my card came out and I hope you enjoy it too.

Thanks for looking!

Until next time,