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Wednesday 23 January 2013

A plain card

Good afternoon everybody and a very warm welcome to my two new followers.  I hope that those of you who live in the "snowed in" areas are managing to keep warm.  Thank goodness we still have had no snow here where I live but it is very cold..  I wanted to share two things with you today.  The first is just a plain card which I thought would be useful for many different occasions.  I did see the ribbon idea somewhere in blogland quite some time ago but unfortunately I do not remember where - but the idea stayed with me.  My apologies to the lady who thought of it first.

                                           
The second thing is my very first attempt at rolling flowers.  I do realise that these are not very good but hopefully I will improve.  I used a little Marianne Die to cut them but as I have a touch of arthritis in my hands rolling them was not easy.  However any and all hints, tips and suggestions will be very gratefully received.
           
                                 
Thank you for taking a look.

                                           

30 comments:

Christine Harrop said...

Lovely card Marie-Louise. Your rolled roses look absolutely fine to me. I have never done these, only the Rose Creations ones. The two colours are pretty. Christine x

Stamps and Paper said...

A beautiful card Marie-Louise such a petty die cut and love that ribbon bow...I think your rose are lovely..

Anne

Wendy said...

Beautiful card Marie-Lousie and your flowers are gorgeous.
Wendy xx

Anneke klerks said...

very lovely
schitterende kaart
liefs anneke

Patricia said...

I love all your very elegant cards.
You use a lot of white on white which creates beautiful cards.

Patricia. XX

Jacqui's little piece of England said...

Lovely Marie-Louise I really like that card a lot. Nothing wrong with your roses they look fine from this angle
jacqui xx

craftieodmae said...

you rock! This is gorgeous!

Gerrie's kaarten said...

Wat een prachtig kaart
Groetjes Gerrie

Unknown said...

Another beautiful card Marie-Louise, your flowers look fine to me.
Carol.x

juscrap said...

you rock! This is gorgeous! hugs

Sue said...

Gorgeous card Marie-Louise your roses look fab!! I have carpel tunnel after years of being on a computer everyday and I bought a quilling tool to help me do mine, but as I've said yours look stunning hugs hun xxxxx

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Beautiful card, and love the flowers. Sue x

Marian said...

Beautiful card Marie-Louise
Gr Marian

Jolanda said...

Your rolled roses look good . . You made a beautiful card . . .

cuilliesocks said...

Very elegant card Marie-Louise, the white on white is stunning. Your little roses are just lovely, and for someone with athritise too, they look good to me, kate x

Jenny L said...

Hi Marie-Louise,
superb card. Love the style and grace of it.
Your roses also look superb to me too.
I just love those colours together.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

nnalorac said...

It's gorgeous Marie-Louise and love the roses. Carolxx

pam said...

gorgeous card Marie-Louise, love the white on white, fabulous roses pam

Nellie said...

Heel mooi Kaartje Marie-Louise,echt super mooi,
bedankt voor je berichtjes iedere keer weer.
altijd leuk om te lezen.
Lieve groetjes Nellie

kathi17 said...

Your card is beautiful, I love the ribbon. I think your roses look very nice. I have that same Marianne die, but I'm not very good at it.

Jules said...

Hi Marie-Louise

Your roses look perfect to me .. .. I love them.

I did a little tutorial thingy on my blog here a while back if that helps

http://jules-alwayswithaheart.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/happy-handy-hippo-monday-week-10.html

Loving your card by the way. I love the shaped die you use on the edges of the card.

Love Jules xx

Christina Griffiths said...

The white on white is gorgeous and far from plain. It is so clean and that big bow is wonderful. The stripes in the paper are very subtle and match the flower perfectly. The paper roses you have rolled look pretty good to me and can't wait to see them on a card xx

coops said...

beautiful card marie-louise.i love the elegant white on white design and your rolled roses look perfect to me :D

xx coops xx

karen said...

Great rolled Roses Marie Louise and a beautiful card! Re fistail dies I think you could work with just one set, you would just have a bigger border then if you had both :O). I have to say I have lots of dies but these are my absolute fav so far and although I only tend to use them one way at the moment they are so versatile, check out the mini video here http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/?paged=11
Karenxx

Alison Scott said...

Very pretty card. I do like white on white cards.
The rolled roses look great. Have you tried using a quilling slot tool to hold it for you? That might help.
Thanks for visiting my blog today.

May said...

Beautiful card, Love the design & that ribbon looks fantastic... I adore your rolled flowers..they look perfect to me! Hugs May x x x

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Pop's Cards said...

Good Morning sweetie your card is so elegant, and your roses are fabulous I still cannot do one that resembles a flower mine are a huge mess, well done hugs Pops x

Planetsusie said...

You don't need much on this type of card to be honest Marie-Louise it looks just beautiful as it is. Love the ribbon and bow and blogs are for inspiration as well as chatting so I am sure this lady won't mind you borrowing the bow idea.

As for your rolled flowers- they are lurvely!

Big hugs to you Sue Pxxx

Unknown said...

I too have this die and not used it much but wow looking at this I will have to use it often and get the brain juices working. Love your rolled flowers, they look like the one I did in psp....gorgeous card.x