Two cards to share today. I'm on a mission to finish off unfinished cards and to reduce my ribbon mountain.
This card was in my unfinished pile, with just the leaf patterned paper (from the The Range) and the purple mat attached to the card blank. I intended using it for another card, but changed my mind and made a totally different card. To complete this card, I used a floral stamp from the Julie Hickey 'Friendship Blooms' set and coloured the flower with Promarkers. I stamped the flower head again, coloured it with the same Promarker and fussy cut it. I layered the fussy cut flower head on top of the original flower, using glue in the middle and foam pads on the petals to raise them up. A pink enamel dot was added to the centre. The sentiment was a stamp from the 'Friendship Blooms' set.
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My second card is a Christmas card as the August Rudolph Days Challenge ends in a couple of days.
I used an Inkylicious stamp 'Christmas Deer (Happy)', stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'. It was a recent charity shop buy, which I used today for the first time. I don't think it had previously been used and as it's dated 2012 on the packet, it was about time it was inked up. I used two dies from the Sue Wilson 'Double Pierced Circles' set, chopping off the bottom of the layered image. The background was embossed with a Sue Wilson 'Frosted Stripes' embossing folder. I added a strip of ribbon, layered on red panel. To finish off my card, I added three clear gems to the largest snowflakes in the image to add some sparkle.
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Lovely card Liz - I see I'm not the only one that's trying to finish my 'unfiinished' pile!
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Your cards are FABULOUS Liz! I too have a mountain of ribbon that I'll probably end up giving away since I rarely use it on cards these days! But you've used your brilliantly ... so pretty! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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PS ... don't forget about our Peace on Earth Christmas challenge!
Great combination on the DP's! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteTwo beauties Liz,a beautiful colour combo on the first and a gorgeous Christmas stamped image on the second
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards Liz, the floral one is so pretty, lovely colours, papers and stamps. Fabulous Christmas card with your charity shop find, the ribbon finishes it nicely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your pretty floral card at Stamping Sensations.
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Two super cards Liz. The blue is so pretty on the first and wow, what a fabulous charity shop find on the second candy cane coloured christmas card xx
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