Etsy Inspired

The EtsyInspired blog is celebrating their 100th challenge so I thought I would make a card! The inspiration is from Cathy Walters Etsy shop. She makes beautiful pendants and this butterfly one caught my eye. Love the blues and purples!

Here is my card inspired from the pendant.

I used Alcohol Inks in blues and purples to colour some glossy paper and them embossed the butterfly in black on top and added a bit of shimmer with a Stardust Pen. The background was done in Distress Inks and all was mounted on the Big Scalloped Circle die cut. I didn't add a sentiment on the front, instead I stamped it on the inside of the card. I do this quite often to have a cleaner looking front.

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Journey Back

I'm sharing a few cards I made using Vinnie Pearce's new digi kit here called The Journey Back Collection.  There are so many lovely images in this kit so go take a peek!

I love leaf images and there are quite a few in the collection. I especially love this fern in a ghost-like white colour against the teal shade.

Who can resist butterflies? Vinnie has some beautiful ones in this kit and I used a couple of them on cards.

On this butterfly I thought that the girl image looking up at the night sky would be perfect for a Thinking of You card.

Some more leaves (I just couldn't resist)!

And my final card, soft and serene.

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Just because...

There's a new monthly challenge over at Hero Arts called Keeping in Touch and Back to School. Go check out the details here.

I embossed the dandelion image with Zing Embossing Powder in Leaf. I love how the colour pops on the black glossy cardstock. The sentiment is also embossed and I used my new nestie shape Big Scalloped Circles for the card base.

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White Wedding

Todays card is for the monthly challenge over at Hero Arts and for the Classy and Elegant challenge at Moxie Fab World. It incorporates bookbinding but on a card.

I just got this new butterfly stamp (so elegant) and thought it would be perfect on a wedding card. The butterfly has 3 layers, with the top one being out of vellum and it's embossed along with the flourish.

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Ice Cream

The challenge over at Hero Arts this month is Travel, Food and Bookbinding. I don't have any stamps related to food or travelling so I had to be a bit creative. I came up with this ice cream cone card using ribbon, stamps and some embossing. Fun and colourful!

























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Birthday Tulip

This is a hybrid card, a mix of digital (the tulip from this kit here ) and traditional stamping. I used Prismacolors on the tulip, added my grass buttons and some paper piercing.

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Apronettes ATC's

As part of the Hero Arts Hostess group (the Apronettes) we decided to have an ATC swap and now that everyone has received their cards I thought I would share them with you.





















Such a wonderful mix of cards and I love how something so small can make such an impact! Thanks to Tami, Sue, Jill, Vera, Arlene and Linda!

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Sewing

I just love all the cards out there that have sewing on them. It's a fantastic element on cards and adds visual interest and great texture. I have wanted to try sewing for some time but just thinking about it brings back awful memories of my home ec teacher. Well I finally decided to give it a go and this is my first card with stitching. It's not the straightest sewing and I see some things that definitely need improving but overall I'm pleased and I think I'll attempt it again!

For some really great sewing stop by Heather's photostream here and Lucy's blog here. They have the most fabulous cards!

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Faux Silk

I saw a video at Papertrey Ink a couple of months ago on making a faux silk background. You can view it here. I played around with the technique today and here's my card. It was gray and rainy most of the day, hence the black and white colours. I threw in a bit of red for some pizazz!

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Missing You

This card is made using Vinnie Pearce's Bucket Full of Sunshine and Forecast digi kits over at Two Peas. The sparkley bucket with bright yellow flowers really caught my eye and I knew I had to use it on a card and I love the whimsical text background which says "sprinkle me love".

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Winner and Canada Day Invitation

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and entered the giveaway. I enjoyed reading about your fun summer plans! So the winner of the blog candy is.....Nancy! Congratulations Nancy! Just email me your address and I'll mail the goodies to you!

This is a party invite I made for the monthly challenge over at Hero Arts. Canada Day is July 1st and I made the invitation based on the Canadian Flag.

I wanted the flag to feel like it was blowing in the wind and I think the Woodgrain stamp on the red parts (which is clear embossed) and the Flourish stamp on the white section adds to that feeling. I added an eyelet, some braided string and a maple leaf charm I made from Shrinky Dink.

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Congrats

Sharing a quick card I made using Vinnie Pearce's Placid Digital Kit here and here and the Forecast Digital Kit available here at Two Peas.

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