Cupcake Craft Challenge (24)

This week's challenge at Cupcake Craft is 3,2,1, (3 card, 2 embellishments and 1 ribbon). I think this card has a few more than that ha!ha!

I made this Bookatrix card for a friend to give her daughter tomorrow, I hope she likes it.

First I embossed and cut out the two largest pages using the Bookatrix embossing board from the Glitter Girls (one of my favourites). I then printed the verse onto a sheet of parchment and heat embossed it in silver while the ink was still wet. I then embossed and cut it out as above. I added peeloff borders and corners to these. The six-sided (forgotten what it's called) behind the flowers was embossed etc. using their Majestic board. I made the bouquets and stuck them on using silicone glue and added vellum butterflies. Having added the organza ribbon I made a matching box and a little stand.

Card Recipe

Bookatrix & Majestic Boards - Keepsake Crafts
Pearl cardstock & paper - stash
Flowers - Hobbycraft
Peeloffs, ribbon, butterflies - stash

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Thinking Of You/LOTV Challenge (16)

I was asked to do this one for my son to give to a friend who is having health problems at the moment, I hope it cheers her up a bit.

I used the 'masking' technique to create the two flowers. I diecut the slider using a cuttlebug die.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Woodware, Hero Arts and Studio G
Papers - Summertime Designs
Brad - Stash

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Secret Crafter Challenge (16)

The challenge at Secret Crafter this week is '1,2,3,' in other words, 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments. I hope this card qualifies as it has a deoupage image, two different colour cards (counting the base card), a ribbon, charm and peeloffs. Although it doesn't show up in the photo, I have glittered the edges of the butterflies wings with Stickles. I did this one for my auntie who had her birthday on Sunday, she loved it!

Card Recipe

Decoupage - Avec

Bubble Base Card - Create & Craft

Cardstock - Scrapbox

Ribbon, Charm, Stickles & Peeloffs - Stash Thanks for looking.

Creative Inspirations Challenge (1)

A new challenge called Creative Inspirations has started today and their challenge is 'Valentine' BUT you have to include the colour black. I think this card might just qualify, what do you think? I must admit I made this card some while ago so can't remember where the image came from. The sentiment is computer generated and the black heart paper was a freebie download, again I can't remember where from.

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Charisma Cards Challenge (3)

This week's Charisma Cardz challenge is 'Love' so I have made this wedding card. The main image and sentiment is a decoupage freebie by Penny Wessenauer. I have covered the dress with a layer of 'Frosted Lace' Stickles and the veil with 'Star Dust' Stickles. Unfortunately these don't show up very well in the photo. I embossed the right side of the card and added some gems.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - Craft Creations

Decoupage Sheet - Freebie

Embossing Bar - Keepsake Crafts

Gems & Stickles - Stash

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Purely Stamping Blog Candy Challenge

I just happened to come across Linda's blog today and discovered that to celebrate getting 10,000 hits on her blog 'Purely Stamping', she is giving away a set of Stampin Up stamps. To be in with a chance of winning this very generous prize she has challenged everyone to make a card or scrapbook page using her lovely sketch. You have to be very quick though as it ENDS TOMORROW, 24th January.

Do go and have a look at her blog anyway as she is a very talented lady and has a great blog.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - My scrapbox

Stamps - Jolly Nation & Papermania

Diecut Vines - Cuttlebug

Prima Flowers - Stash

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Lili Of The Valley Challenge (15)

This week's theme at the LOTV challenge blog is 'Valentine'.

I decided to combine pink and red for this card and use a sketch from Sketch Saturday challenge blog. The sentiment stamp is Penny Black and the teddy was a freebie on a magazine, coloured with watercolour pencils. I have layered the teddy using my nesties. I added a piece of cardstock that I embossed using the cuttlebug heart embossing folder and inked with a versamagic inkpad. The paper border and gems are from my stash.

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Pink Champagne Bottle

Thought you might like to see this other bottle that I made a little while ago for my good friends Mike & Claire who were celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. The card recipe is the same as the previous post.

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Papertake Challenge

This week's Papertake challenge is to include 'three different shapes' onto your card. A friend at work asked me to make her a Golden Wedding card so I decided to make this champagne bottle for her. As you can see it has quite a few different shapes on it so I thought I would enter it for the challenge.

Card Recipe

Template - Arty Farty

Pearl cardstock - Craft Creations

Mirri Cardstock - My scrapbox

Flowers & Leaves - Hobbycraft

Peeloffs & Gold Bow - Stash

Organza Bow - Recycled from box of chocs

Crinkly Foil - Recycled lid from my sandwich spread

Thanks for looking.

Missed this one as well, duh!

Well! at this rate, I shall end up doing the challenges one or two weeks AFTER they are due ha!ha! This one WAS going to be for the Forever Friends ATC challenge but never mind, thought I would show you anyway. I don't as a rule make ATCs and I will probably end up using it as a topper on a card. I watercoloured the FF bears with my pencils and coloured the dragonflies wings with Sakura glitter pens.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - My scrapbox

Inks - Archival & Adirondack

Stamps - FF/Whimsey/Clarity & See D's

Thanks for looking.