My final choice to enter into the Flourishes Challenge

Hi everyone,

This is the final one i am entering into the Flourishes challenge but i did make several other cards which i have decided not to enter and if anyone wishes to view these they are on the Do Crafts website, my gallery is wickens36. Told you i got a little carried away.

This one i wanted to keep simple but with a bit more dimension. Here is my finished card.

The card base is from Kmart and is lovely and shimmery, I cut a small red square and then mounted on a slightly larger white square which i then mounted on the a larger red square which has a bigger border that the others. This i adhered to the card base using foam tape to make it stand out a little. The spotty paper is a download i have from Pink Petticoat, i am a huge fan of pink petticoat because not only do you get really good value for money but the number of colours you get is almost too much to chose from and it makes it so much easier to create the project you want to rather than being limited to a set number of colours. I die cut six hearts in the same size which i then folded in half and used double sided tape with stick them all together and the two halves to the card stock to adhere it. It was fairly time consuming and fiddly to do but i hope you will agree it was worth the effort.

Flourishes Challenge

Wish me luck with my entries and hopefully i will be back with some more cards soon

Jox

CAS LIM Male Valentines day card

Me again...

I really got into the Flourishes challenge this week and i ended up getting a little carried away and i totally loved it. I love entering in these challenges as it really helps me with ideas and you get so much inspiration from the fabulous entries by other very talented crafters.

I decided i wanted to make a valentines more masculine and i went with a silver and black theme and i am very pleased with it. It still has hearts but a more manly feel :)

I made a Matt black base using card from my stash and also cut out a black heart in the same card. I then used a shiny silver card stock which i embossed. I panicked a little at first as some of the silver coating flaked off a little which doesn't show up in the photo but when i calmed down i actually really like the effect, it gives it an almost weathered or aged look and now i love it. I also die cut another heart the same size as the other in the shiny silver card stock. I mounted the silver embossed panel on another black square panel just to help it pop out and i used dimensionals on the heart for added emphasis. Hope you like it.

Flourishes Challenge

Thank you for following my journey

Jo

CAS LIM Valentines card

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all having a great week so far.

I have another entry into the Flourishes challenge this week that i wanted to share with you all. I love cute cards but i don't seem to be able to get them quite right so this and my following entries are fairly simple but hopefully very effective.

This card was lovely to do and the shimmery card stock really highlights and makes the embossing really jump out at you.

The card stock i brought in a pack from Kmart, it is lovely and shimmery and makes the embossing look really sharp

The hearts were made using a die in my Big Shot, which coincidentally is one of my most prized possessions.

The embossing folder is by cuttlebug

I really hope you like my efforts and please feel free to leave a comment or two, i truly love hearing from you all.

Flourishes Challenge

I will be posting a couple of others shortly

Jo

Second Less Is More Challenge card

Hey everyone,

Me again :)

Well i ended up making a couple of cards for the Less Is More Week 75 Gold Colour Challenge. I thought about it and pondered over the two as i really could not decide which one i should enter into the challenge. Well i checked their challenge rules and it turns out i can submit two entries so that saved a difficult decision.

As always would love to hear your comments or any suggestions.

Jo.

For this one is used

White card stock from my stash

Gold Pearlescent paper

Couture Creations embossing folder

Glossy accents

Less Is More Week 75 Challenge Gold

Less Is More Challenge Card

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a great week and the weekend is a good one for you. Below is a card i am submitting into the less is more challenge. The Theme of this challenge was the colour GOLD. It was fun but found it a bit tricky. Plus I've found that the gold hasn't photographed overly well. Please let me know any thoughts, your comments really do mean a great deal.

Thanks as always
Jo

For this card i used

White card stock from my stash

Pearlescent Gold Paper which i picked up at my newsagents of all places

The hearts were made using a cutting die

Glossy Accents

Happy Birthday Stamp

Brilliance Galaxy Gold Ink

Less is more challenge - week 75 Challenge - Gold