Sunday 24 February 2013

A Little Bit Different


A close up of the border


Challenges

Fab 'N' Funky (159) - Flower Power
Beccy's Place (4) - Use A Freebie Digi
Charisma Cardz (7) - One Layer
Cute Card Thursday (257) - CAS
Delicious Doodles (24) - Flowers For Spring
Totally Papercrafts (155) - Hope For Spring
Less Is More - Paper Piercing

It's very rare for me to do a 'one layer' card, let alone paper piercing.  But, that's what I have done with this card.  The border has been dry embossed as well as pierced (all by hand).  It took a while but I'm quite pleased with the result.  The image was printed directly onto the card and coloured with promarkers.  The sentiment has been stamped and I have added a gem heart.  Finally a few sequin butterflies finish the card.  Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Card Recipe

Digi Stamp - Beccy Muir
Sentiment Stamp - All Night Media
Gem/Butterflies - Stash


17 comments:

Cat's sCrap said...

Magnificent card. Full of sweetness. Bravo !

Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz this week !

Hugs from France.
Catherine.

Kasey ~ in Oz said...

So pretty, the soft pastels and those sparkly butterflies are great, I like that you have the border paper pierced.

Thanks for sharing in our Flowers for Spring challenge this week.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz
Delicious Doodles DT

TwinkleToes2day said...

Visiting from LIM - I think the flowers are ever so pretty and the border is gorgeous. Lots of work. :0) Mo

Bubbles said...

Lovely card and your paper piercing is a fab addition! Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz.
Joanne x

Chrissie said...

There's a lot of very careful and lovely piercing here, but sadly you have linked it to too many challenges for us at Less is More where we have a maximum of 5 allowed.
Thanks so much and do join us again.
Chrissie
"Less us More"

Sheryl said...

Lovely card, love the image and design.
Thanks for joining us at CHARISMA CARDZ Challenge this week, hope we see you again soon.
Hugs Sheryl xx

debby4000 said...

Oh what a wonderful elegant card Christine.
luv
Debby

Sue said...

So elegant and pretty! Your lovely paper piercing perfectly compliments your sweet image.

Pat K said...

Beautiful card. Love the paper piecing on this cas design. Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky this week. Pat K x

Sylvia said...

What a very pretty mother's Day card, love the paper piercing.

Sylv xx

Jen Nelson said...

great little cards.. so sorry you entered too many challenges as we have a maximum of 5

Thanks for joining us this week
Jen xx
"Less Is More"

Gram's Treasures said...

Lovely card! Great idea to use the paper piercing. So glad you could join us this week at Charisma. Good Luck!

carol said...

Christine this is lovely really pretty, thanks for sharing with us at TPC x carol

Jenni said...

So sweet, great technique and love the little butterfies finishing it all off. Thanks so much for playing along at the Charisma Cardz challenge this week.
Jenni x

Paula Knall said...

So much work went into the detail of that piercing! Brilliant! xx

Beccy said...

I love that border Christine, it's absolutely gorgeous! All your hard work definitely paid off... it looks wonderful. I like the colours you chose for the flowers too, the match those cute little butterflies perfectly.
Cheers,
Beccy

mandy said...

Sweet card Hun love the paper piercing :)

Sorry I'm a day behind but thanks for joining us for our one layer challenge at Charisma Cardz

Hugs Mandy xxx