2015 Card Girls Challenge 3 : Handmade Flowers

I made two different flowers.  The big ones were made with punches. I added distress ink and Perfect Pearls mist and stickles for a bit of shimmer. The 5 smaller flowers were cut with a Marianne Designs die. I added pearls to the centres and Perfect Pearls mist. The leaves are also a die by IO which I cut in half. I added hald a beaded swirl.

I laid the flower arrangement on a doily which was distressed. My papers are from Prima Delight Collection and a sheet of Fabscraps.

I ripped a piece of cardboard off a box, added some white craft paint and a strip of lace to the side. Some pearls,  Say it with Crystals and a bow finish it off. The Happy Birthday was part of a freebie stamp set in a magazine.

Close up view of the flowers

2015 Card Girls Challenge 2 : Pretty in Pastels

My card is more muted than pastel but my ribbons and swirly pearls are pretty and pastel.  

My stamp is LOTV cut out on a Nestie. The heart, leaves and fence are dies. I love this fence die and was able to use it on 2 cards. I coloured them with Copics and added some moulding paste and Flowersoft to the bottom of the fence. A few swirly pearls and flowers finish it off.

My papers are Heartfelt Creations which is fabulous.

2015 Card Girls Challenge 1 : Disney Paper Piecing

This was a fun challenge chosen by my sister. She cut the paper piecings on her Cricut and we had to put them together. I got Donald Duck and made this card for my niece's little boy turning 2.  I used corrugated paper for the stripe and tag backgrounds.  The sentiment stamp is LOTV.  The bumblebees and stars are from 2 different Disney sticker packs. 

2014 Card Girls Challenge 39: Nativity

I used a Precious Moments stamp.  For my background I used a brick stencil and modelling paste.  Once it dried I rubbed Tea Dye and Scattered Straw distress inks over the raised areas then sprayed it with Biscotti Pearl Mist and dried it with my heat tool. It left a lovely shimmer.

I added eyelets to the four corners  attaching the burlap ribbon. I used the bird and cage dies which I distressed and added Glossy Accents to the cage. The sentiment is LOTV which I stuck in a Jolees sticker frame. I added two Petaloo burlap flowers.

This is the last challenge for the year and when we come back in 2015, we will be all fired up and ready for some new challenges.

2014 Card Girls Challenge 38 : Steampunk

This is one of my favourite cards and I gave it to my sister for her birthday. The clothing style reminded me of her as she's got a few velvet evening dresses with a vintage flair.

I cut the easel card out on my Cameo. I used a Paper Shelter digi stamp called "It's Tea Time", coloured with Copics and Glossy Accents onthe clocks, tea, glasses and eyes. I added tea dye distress ink around the edges and cut her out on a Nesties. I added some ribbon through eyelets and some Prima metal clock hands attached with a brad. The paper and flower are by Prima. The two lace cog/gears are Jolees stickers. The black clock and gears are all from a sticker pack.

For the inside I used a another part of the clock sticker set and my LOTV sentiment is framed with a Gorjuss metal frame and attached it with clock hands and brads and glue dots.

Front of card

Open Easel Card

2014 Card Girls Challenge 37 : Swing Card

I made a triple swing card and used a LOTV stamp set of bears. I cut the card on my Cameo. The patterned paper is Prima Indeed collection called "Enchanted". I punched scalloped circles and stuck them behind the bears. I added 3 sentiments. For the inside right border I used a Fiskars border punch and added Black crystals along the edges. I added some adhesive lace and a crocheted doily with a brad in the centre.

2014 Card Girls Challenge 36 : Splat

I used a Paper Shelter digital stamp called "Not Big Enough". I coloured her with Copics,  added Stickles to the ice cream splats and the dots on her dress, and Glossy Accents to her shoes. I used Tea Dye and Tumbled Glass distress inks for the background.  I cut the image out with a Nesties. 

I embossed the brown paper with a Couture Creations folder called "Smooch" and then heat embossed the raised areas with clear embossing powder.  I punched a border with a Fiskars border punch for the pink triangle.  All my edges were distressed with a little distressing tool.

I added some ribbon through a ribbon slider, added an ice cream brad to the sentiment and a few sticky pearls.

The white blobs are modelling paste which my sister and I recently bought to try out.