Multi Challenge Card :o)

Hi folks! Hope you are all well...I'm still recovering after the busy Craft Extravaganza last weekend. Great to meet so many crafters and demo alongside so many crafting legends! Thanks and *waves* to everyone who came and said "Hi". I'll be sharing some of my creations with you soon. You'll be able to see the rest on the Craft Barn blog.

Anyway, on to today's card. I made this one for my wonderful sister-in-law and followed no less than 6 challenges in the process. The sketch and 2 Magnolia Butterflies are for Just Magnolia, A Spoon Full Of Sugar wanted to see Butterflies, The Saturday Challenge wanted 'Bling' ( I have used foiled card and added glitter to the wings) Cute Card Thursday urged us to use punches/dies (I used my Nestabilities and Woodware leaf punch) Lili of The Valley has a theme of 'Summer fun' (nothing says 'Summer' to me more than fluttery butterflies) and lastly Charisma Cardz has the colour challenge of Pink & Brown.

All the card, patterned paper and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards. I die cut the aperture and sandwiched between the layers a piece of acetate that I had first stamped with a decorative swirl stamp and Stazon Ink. I tied the ribbon bow and ribbon around some of the layers before adding the scalloped frame. My gorgeous character is a Hanglar stamp, coloured using Copic Markers and glitter. I have used Prisma flowers and topped them with self adhesive pearls.

Ciao for now!
Sandra x

My Biggest Challenge Combo Yet!

Hi folks!

I think I may have covered 7 challenges with this card.... let's see... I followed the 'anniversary' sketch over on Friday Sketchers, Just Magnolia wanted to see stitching (mine is faux), over on The Saturday Challenge they are asking for Brads or Eyelets (I had a perfectly coloured flower brad to go with these papers) The Cupcake Challenge wanted a card for a man or boy, Paper take Weekly has the theme of 'Animal Antics', My Time to Craft also has the theme of Kids and lastly Cute Card Thursday wants us to include Letters or Numbers....Phew, I think that covers them all :o)

For my card I used Imaginisce papers, Edwin (Magnolia) has been coloured using  Copic Markers and Koi water colours.  The large butterfly is a Quickutz die and for the smaller ones I used my Martha Stewart punch.  There is a coil of copper wire behind the butterfly which I hope suggests movement and goes nicely with the sketch.  I used my Go-Kreate Amsterdam alphabet to create the sentiment.

Thank Heaven for You....

Hi folks!

Phew, what a weekend.... lots of working and driving kiddies to and from grandparents.  What would I do without m'Ma & Pa??  Hope you all had a lovely weekend and the weather didn't spoil your plans too much.

My card today is a multi-challenge card.  The Sketch is by the lovely Bev for Just Magnolia challenge,  the Saturday Challenge wants to see Flowers, Charisma Cards has a theme of 'Thank You' this week and Cute Card Thursday would like us to use something shiny for their 'Mirror, Mirror' theme.

I know I have only recently made a card with these Imagininsce papers, they were still on my desk and crying out to be used on this card.  I have also used my Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch and Doodlebug paper frills.  The swirl in the corner is an adhesive sheet, die cut with a Quickutz revolution die and sprinkled with glitter.  I added flower gems and leaves.  I coloured the cute Tilda Magnolia image with Copics, Koi watercolours and glitter.  The sentiment is from a Precious Moments angel set that I have.  There are lots of 'shiny' bits to this card, the glitter, the gems and the mirri card.

Hope you like it.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x