Crafty Cardmakers and More #139 - Shaped Card

Hello Everyone!

Well, it's time for another challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More! This time around our lovely hostess Lin has chosen the theme SHAPED CARDS. Plain squares or rectangles DO NOT COUNT, but any other shape is fine.

I'm not much on shaped cards...not because I don't like the way they look, I actually think they are beautiful. Mostly it's because for one thing, I don't have the patience to work with the detailed die cuts and secondly, I can't distress the heck out of the edges. Shabby cards need shabby edges...so I decided to go in a completely different direction and do something off the rails! This card was for my Mom and she was over the moon when she opened it. It's actually an easel card, but I forgot to take pics before I added my sentiment so I couldn't show you the pretty inside.

Disclaimer: NO INKS, STAINS, SPRAYS, PAINTS, PASTES OR MEDIUMS WERE HARMED DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THIS CARD...seriously, I swear!

You can see the amazing shimmery background in this next shot. Unfortunately, I can't take credit for it, it's actually a piece of wall paper...although it did spark several ideas regarding some texture paste and perhaps some Perfect Pearls! Stay tuned for that one! ha!

The dies layered here are Cheery Lynn Oval Stackers, Spellbinders Oval Grand and Spellbinders Opulent Ovals. Boy my New Years Resolution to use some of my unused dies has just come flying back out of the closet!!

I took some tiny ribbon and 'weaved'...'wove'??? Whatever the correct word is, that's what I did with the ribbon, all the way around the Cheery Lynn ovals, outside and inside...zzzzzzzzz!

Since I decided to go all non mixed media, I pulled out some flowers from my stash. The only one that is handmade is the dusty rose flower that I made from organza fabric flowers that I ripped apart for pieces a while back.

The little flourish dies are from Joy Crafts, they came in a set with a frame, but I can't remember the name of the set, sorry. The sentiment was left over from a sheet of sentiments I had printed off years ago. It's not really an exact match to anything, but my Mom didn't seem to notice.

Don't take this the wrong way because I love how this card turned out, BUT now I'm heading off to my craft room to dive into my paint stash head first and I'm not gonna stop still the dogs are green and pink!!! Ahhhh, sigh of relief! tee hee

My Mother's Day card was the winner of the following wonderful challenge:

- Cuttlebug Mania - Ribbon

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.

Scrapping4fun Guest Designer - Techniques

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I'm very excited to be here today as the Guest Designer for Scrapping4fun Challenges! I was thrilled when Rachelle asked be to join in for this challenge and even more excited when she told me the theme is TECHNIQUES! I knew immediately it was time to try something new, just what the doctor ordered!!

I have been admiring this whole Finnabair phenomenon for some time now, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to try my hand at it. Mind you, I didn't have any of the proper products I have seen them use and I wanted to do something a little more bright and shabby...so I pulled out my DecoArt paints.

I took three colours of paint and watered down in little shot glasses, then I starting dripping, dropping, splashing and colouring. I used Americana Citron Green and Crafter's Acrylics Lavender and African Violet.

The frame is made from crafter's clay and a Martha Stewart silicon mold. The button is from my stash. I added some DecoArt Crackle Paint here and there for a little extra texture.

Down the edges of the banners, I added some texture with rows of Liquid Pearl drops. I just cut the fishtail banners out by hand. I splashed everything with a bit of black paint for some messy finishing touches.

On the back layer, I added some honeycomb die cuts from Crafty Ann and the black lattice stamping is done with a Kaisercraft texture stamp. The tag is Sizzix/Tim Holtz and the little rose is from my stash.

The butterfly is from the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Butterfly Duo set. I added a little extra DecoArt Ebony Black paint on the wings so it would stand out a little bit more. I painted a miniature clothes pin white to use for the body.

UPDATE:
My mixed media card won awards in the following wonderful challenges:

- That Craft Place Ltd - Tags Challenge

- Love to Create Challenge Blog (Pan Pastel) - #10 Anything Creative Mixed Media

     

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.

Crafting By Designs - Guest Designer - Spring Flowers

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An exciting day here in my crafty corner of the world, as today I am the Guest Designer for Crafting by Designs. I was thrilled when I received the email from Doris, and even more thrilled when she told me my theme would be SPRING FLOWERS!! Could that be any more perfect!! I do hope everyone will pull out their flower stamps and join me in this wonderful challenge.

Crafting by Designs requires stamping on your project, so I pulled out my favourite flower stamp by LaBlanche and got to work. For the background I decided to try a new technique, so I stamped my flower a bunch of times with VersaMark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then used my distress sprays Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters and Picked Raspberry to watercolour the entire background, dripping, tilting and splattering as I went. I did the same for three flowers individually and then fussy cut them out.

So I'm addicted to my new GARDENIAS and just had to them again. I actually think they match the stamped flowers really well. I coloured them with Picked Raspberry. The filigree leaves are from Prima, the sentiment is from Penny Black and the fancy die cut frame is from Spellbinders.

I coloured the seam binding with distress ink Shabby Shutters. The daisy and the green roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Everything else is from my stash.

Couldn't you just melt into these colours, I know I could!! Perhaps my new favourite combo?!

UPDATE:
My card won awards in the following wonderful challenges:

- Creative Card Crew - Challenge #87 - Embossing Wet or Dry

- Sentimental Sundays - Challenge #258 - Happy Mother's Day / Really Girly

  

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.