A card today which I made as part of this month's Quick Cards Made Easy magazine Readers Design Team. Although my card didn't make it into the magazine as one of the top three, it will be appearing on their Facebook page at some point soon, so I can blog it now. This was a real challenge for me as the main focus was to showcase this month's free downloadable patterned papers on a square card, so no stamped or die cut images or sentiments! No CAS either!
The papers were all tropical, so I chose two patterned papers and one of the printed tags. I used one of the papers as a background and, with a bit of careful cutting, used the striped paper to form an symmetrical border down the side of the embossed panel. I had a two flower punches and leaf punch similar to the design on the background paper and I added three of these to the white Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' panel. The tiny punched flower was attached to the top of the tag.
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OH WOW this is such a cool creation Liz! Love it! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Flowers Galore’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.
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Congratulations on being a Readers Design Team member for this magazine Liz and you have done well using just the papers and some punched leaves and flowers and one of the tags on top. These are very pretty papers and embellishments, and you have made a beautiful card. x
ReplyDeleteLiz, this card is fantastic! Beautiful colors and flowers. Thanks for joining the Double D, "Flowers Galore" Challenge.
ReplyDeleteWell you may Jane found it a challenge but you rocked it! The papers you chose really complement each other and the adding the tag really adds interest. Glad you joined us at Time Out x
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous, I love the embossed strip with the pinched flowers, and you've matched the colours to the papers perfectly
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Well done for making the magazine's readers design team Liz! Your card is gorgeous, lovely colours and the embossed strip really sets off the punched flowers.
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Love the tropical colours here
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tropical card Liz - well done for being chosen! Shabneez x
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Great card, love cards without stamps and this is fabulous! Congrats for your spotlight on Facebook and for your DT for the magazine! Well done and well deserved!
ReplyDeleteYou nailed the challenge with this pretty card! Well done!!
ReplyDeleteWow! The punches match the paper so well! I thought you had some some incredibly fussy cutting! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, what a challenge to make it though! I think you did amazingly well x
ReplyDeleteCute! Thanks for sharing at Sunny Day Crafting.
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This is so gorgeous, Liz!! I love the tropical papers you used!! The design is fabulous!! What a beautiful card!! I love, love it!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)
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Bright, tropical and so fun, Liz ... lovely layers and such pretty blooms! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out! Anita :)
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ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful and bright card and those papers just make you think of sunshine and holidays.
Super designing as always.
Do hope it gets shown on F/Book.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Congratulations on being a Design Team member Liz. Your card is a really pretty summery design. Barbxx
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Jane, pretty papers and great design.
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