Love card for a few Challenges.

ED to add: I haven't had time to make a new card for the blog waltz, so I'm going to enter with this one I made on Friday, hope you likey! xx

Hi bloggers, how's your week been? I have been a bit under the weather, and my middle daughter has got tonsilitis, poor love, she's really suffered this week. However, the meds are kicking in and she's on the mend, so normal service is resumed, ie. full on squabbles with her brother and sister are back on again!

This New Year, I have made a few promises to myself - I am going to make more time for crafting and blogging (hooray!), try some techniques that are new to me (or that I'm a little bit scared of!) and use some of my stash that I have NEVER used! Well, I am trying, and today I have used a stamp set that I got last summer and had never opened.

The card I have made is based on the colour inspiration from the Play Date Cafe, one of my favourite colour combinations. I naturally gravitate towards anything turquoise/aqua shades, so I just had to play along.

Here is the inspiration photo:



LOVE these colours!

And here is my take:



I have used a matt gold card base, and layered some patterned paper by Black Market Paper Society, onto which I have randomly stamped in Memento London Fog some musical notes from Waltzingmouse Stamps Musical Backgrounds.

Then, using the flourish stamp from Papermania's Summer Bloom set, stamped it twice in Versamark and silver embossed to make a frame.


The hearts, from Waltzingmouse Stamps Sweethearts set, are stamped in Versamark onto some kraft card, and one was clear embossed. I did try the 'kissing' technique (new to me) on the un embossed heart with the musical note stamp, but it's not very clear in the pics.

Then distressed around the un-embossed heart with my scissors (another new to me technique), quite like the effect. Then went around the distressed edges with some Weathered Wood distress ink.



Stamped the sentiment also from the Sweetheart set, in Black Soot distress ink and
added a few beads on chiffon ribbon, and a turquoise button on the shiny heart.

Finally added some gems and pearls to the scrolly ends on the frame.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Play Date Cafe

Bunny Zoes Challenge

The Stamp Man

Papertake Weekly


Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend

Pauline xx