Rustic Elegance

Hello and good morning!

Today's card was made for the challenge over at The Shabby Tearoom, the theme of which is "Rustic Elegance."  Participants are to use the colors in the inspiration photo and include something rustic and something elegant in their card.  Here is my card...

 ...and here is the inspiration photo.

I love the juxtaposition of "rustic" with "elegance" and tried to incorporate an even balance of both in this card.  It is pretty easy to see which is which.  The card base is Blushing Bride and the first layer is Very Vanilla stamped with a wood grain stamp (name unknown) and sponged with TH Distress Ink Tea Dye and SU Pretty in Pink, then distressed with the SU distress tool and inked up on the edges (rustic).  The floral layer is K&Co. Classic K dp, then a strip of my old sheet music is applied on top.  The diecuts are Dienamics Oval Stax One and Two and SB Floral Oval underneath.  Also diecut are Mini Tabs Quartet and Fancy Flourishes, both also by Dienamics.  This card is 5x7 so as to be able to accommodate everything.

The image, IO Simple Pleasures, was stamped onto watercolor paper with black Staz-On and colored with SU markers and a Blender Pen, and the butterfly is embellished with Dazzling Diamonds (elegant).  I used a Gelly Roll sparkle pen on the little curls and flourishes on the image as I have several teacups in my collection that are embellished with gold on their surfaces.

The bow is cream seam binding, and the felt rolled roses were made with Dienamics Mini Rose dies with the addition of a small bit of burlap underneath (another bit of rustic).  I made the sparkly pearl and bead decorative stick pin myself and finished things off with two pink SU rhinestone brads and a tiny silver key charm as the inspiration photo had the mercury glass candlesticks which added a nice metallic gleam to the arrangement (elegant).

I hope you have enjoyed my card - I certainly enjoyed making it!  Have a wonderful day, and Happy Crafting!

Challenges entered:

The Shabby Tearoom Week #136 - Rustic Elegance
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #93 - Birthday Celebrations
Tuesday Throwdown #120 - Tea at Granny's
Anything Goes Challenge #78 - Make Your Own Embellishments
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 74 - Anything Goes
MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge #130 - Leaves (there are some on the cup!)
Drunken Stampers Challenge #102 - Napoleon's Buttons (buttons and brads)
SCS HYCCT1219 - A Birthday in Pink
and last but not least,
My Favorite Things Weekly Sketch Challenge - MFTWSC94