LET'S CRAFT & CREATE #111

Good morning!

A new challenge starts today over at
LETS CRAFT & CREATE

And the prize is
A beautiful embossing folder from Marianne Designs

Here is my inspiration card

I saw this on the blog of a very talented Polish young man named
Mariusz, also known as Scrap Man in the blogger world.
This card is posted with his kind permission...thank you Mariusz!
I love the work of the Polish, always so beatifully made.
Please do visit his blog and see for yourself.
http://scrapkiart.blogspot.co.uk/

So credit really must go to him for this beautiful creation...I merely added a few extras to it.

So I started of with a 6x6 base card turned to make a tent card.
I used the G45 paper pad ONCE UPON A SPRINGTIME.
I am a G45 addict Im afraid lol. This particular pad is ideal for springtime creations.

I cut two pieces of contrasting card, one 5.75x5.75in the other 5.5x5.5.
I placed a chipboard frame in the centre.
Then I fussy cut some flowers and rabbits from the main page and placed them around the edge of the frame, the rabbits I placed more to the centre.
I cut out a piece of card the shape of two chipboard Easter Eggs and adhered one to the back of each egg and put them to the left side, putting them at a slight angle. I placed a small fussy cut bird from the pad between the eggs to give the appearance of it sitting on them.
I cut some of the border from the page I had used and placed one piece across the top and down the left side, the other in the opposite corner. Then I added a sentiment banner at the top.
I placed several flowers and leaves around the bottom of the card and one flower with leaves in the top right corner.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

Mary x

JADE'S SPARKLING BUTTERFLIES #14

Hello, hello!

A new challenge starts today over at
JADE'S SPARKLING BUTTERFLIES
with the theme
MONOCHROME
 

Our lovely sponsor for this challenge is
STARSTAMPZ 
The prize is 
2 DIGI IMAGES 

Here is my inspiration card

I used a cute baby image from a paper pad I had in my stash.
I started by making a 6x4.5in base card. I lined the inside with one of the papers in the colour I had chosen...light brown/beiges/white. I cut out two mats from contrasting papers and layered them to the front of the card. I used a chipboard fancy doily embellishment, some tan coloured flowers and white leaves, made a bow from some tan coloured jute and finally a pair of chipboard baby shoes.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

Mary x

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS #122

Hello again!

Im back with yet another challenge for you.
A new challenge over at
CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS
 

And our lovely sponsor is...
SCRAPPERS DELIGHT

Here is my inspiration card

I used the JUST TO SAY CIRCLE digi from Scrappers Delight.
I distressed it with TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS INK colour SPUN SUGAR.
It just toned the white down a little.

I made a 6x4.5in card with the fold at the top. I lined the inside with the first contrasting paper I used on the front. I then layered the front with two slightly smaller mats in contrasting papers, one glittered for the challenge theme. Then I placed two pieces of different sizes on top of the glittered paper and added some flowers, a chipboard embellishment, some string pearls, one green and one pink bow made from crumpled seam binding ribbon, a few leaves and some butterflies cut out from the glittered paper. I added another butterfly to the right of flowers also. I placed the 'THANK YOU' circle sentiment in the bottom right corner.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

Mary x

THE CRAFTY ADDICTS FACEBOOK GROUP CHALLENGE

Good morning!

This is my halfway post for THE CRAFTY ADDICTS FB GROUP challenge.
As a member of ANNABEL'S ALL STARS DT I am here to show you my inspiration card.

And our lovely sponsors for this challenge are...

INKY IMPRESSIONS

  & DI'S DIGI STAMPS

Here is my inspiration card

I used the image WEDDING DAY CIRCLE

I didnt need to colour this image, I just printed it out. I placed this in the top right corner of the card.
I cut out a card on my Silhouette Cameo which I purchased from TINA FITCH
I cut out the three horseshoe layers and embossed the top two.

I layered the horseshoe using double-sided foam pads then 'wrapped' it around the card front fixing it down with double-sided tape.
As it was a wedding themed card I adhered a piece of white card to the inside front to cover up the wrap ends.
I placed two white silk flowers  in the centre of the horseshoe and a white triple bow underneath the flowers. Then in the bottom left corner I placed a chipboard bride & groom.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and keep adding your creations to the challenge.

Mary x

JADE'S SPARKLING BUTTERFLIES #13

Hello there!
Im here again with yet another DT post...busy week this week!
My post today is for  
JADE'S SPARKLING BUTTERFLIES

We have a new challenge starting today and we hope you will join us.

And our lovely sponsor is...
BUGABOO STAMPS
and a huge 'thank you' to them for their sponsorship for this challenge. 

So here is what I came up with today...
I hope you like it and it inspires you to enter.

I used the image
HEELS, STRAP, BOW

which can be purchased HERE

I coloured the image using Copic markers.

I made a 6x6 base card in white card.
I used SWEET PARIS papers to layer the card front and the inside.
I cut out two vintage tags for the top left corner placing them at opposite angles to each other.
I made a jute bow and placed a button over the top of it.
I placed the coloured image in the bottom right corner.
I used some grey/blue pearls in the bottom left corner and put a tiny pearl in the middle of the bow.
In top right corner I put a sentiment.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

Mary x

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS #121

Good morning!

A new challenge starts today over at
CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS
The theme is
3 OF A KIND

And our lovely sponsor is...
SCRAPPERS DELIGHT

Here is my inspiration card

I made a crossover card using a tutorial from TERESA ALLDAY
Many thanks to Teresa for sharing her creation and allowing me to use my card.
If you would like to try making a card like this please do go to Teresa's blog and follow her tutorial.

I cut out the base card and used some lovely papers from my stash to cover it.
I cut out three pictures of vinatge ladies and backed them with some plain white card to strengthen them. I put some narrow lace along the edge of both sides of the crossover and then adhered some flatback fancy pearl embellishment on top of the lace.
I placed some co-ordinating flowers from my stash on the left side front and used some die cut leaves and butterflies to decorate around the flowers.
I used a small 'For You' sentiment from my stash also.
Finally I placed the three ladies into the pocket of the card.
And thats it!
A quick and easy card but very effective.

I hope you like what I did and it will maybe inspire you to enter our challenge...I do hope so.
Please visit our other DT members too and see what they came up.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Mary x

Would like to enter into the following challenges too...

Petal Lu Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

LETS CRAFT & CREATE #110

Good morning!

A new challenge starts today over at 

LACE & PEARLS

Here is my inspiration card

I used a 6x6 base card to start with and covered the front in a pretty floral patterned paper from FIRST EDITION BELLA ROSE paper pad. Love these papers. This one has a pearl sheen to it, very pretty.
I used two shades of pink to make two layers, one just a strip approximately 3.5ins wide, the other a square measuring approximately 5x4.5. Instead of cutting these I just ripped them to make a 'ragged' edge, making it look more 'shabby'
I wrapped a piece of Guipure lace around these two pices and adhered it to the back before adhering them to the front of the card. Across the top of this lace I placed another piece of lace, this one being finer, and placed it across the front adhering across the top. It overlaps the guipure lace.
In the top right corner I placed a white resin heart embellishment from PRIMA.
I love decorative chipboards...and I used an intricate detail border, and a small lace doily..I placed these just above the lace.
I 'fussy cut' a pretty frame picture which came with some papers in my stash, I placed it at a slight angle over the doily and border.
At the left edge I placed some flowers in shades of pink/red that were in my stash and purchased from PETAL LU. I used a few green leaves also. I put two pearl stick pins at the top of the flowers too.
To the right of the frame I added a tag, again from a paper pack in my stash, and placed a pink bow at the top.

And thats my DT card for this time.

I hope you like it and it will give you some inspiration.

Please do visit our other DT members to see their fabulous creations too.

Thank you for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

Mary x


Would like to enter this into following challenges also....

Petal Lu Challenge #10 - Anything Goes