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

Love - Flourishes Blog Challenge Entry

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a good Monday, back to work after two weeks was definitely a shock to the system but in some ways it is nice to be back but it cuts in to my crafting time...

My card below is for the Flourishes Blog Challenge and their theme is Love Letters and because i don't normally make Valentines cards i thought this would be a nice challenge.

The digital image is by Hannah Lynn from crafts and me
The Patterned paper and card have been in my stash for some time and sadly i cannot remember where i got them or who they are by.
The image was coloured using my trusty Copics and Gelly Rolls, i put some Glossy accents on the small hearts, her lips and the butterfly. Sadly you cannot really see from the photo but it gives the image some dimension and i really like the effect. This is only the second image i have coloured the hair black but i am loving it and it just makes the image so much more striking. I coloured the image back ground with C0 as i find it helps to make it pop. I added several gems.

Copics used C9, E50, C7, RV32, C0, V05, B21

Flourishes Challenge - Love Letters

Thanks for visiting 

Jox