CR84FN 24, WMSC #43

Hi all, I have a card today for the CR84FN colour challenge, and have combined it with the Waltzingmouse sketch Challenge - my second entry for this week's challenge it's a great sketch this week so check it out - there's a prize up for grabs!

Before I get onto the nice stuff, I have to have a little scream - ARRRGGGHHH!!!! Phew, that's better! I have been trying to upload this card to blogger for about 6 hours - I have had no internet connection! Oh my goodness, how frustrating!! Grrrr!!! Now, all of a sudden I have, so I'm going to get this done quickly before it decides to bail out on me again!

Here's the inspiration:



And here's my take:




I have turned the sketch on it's side - it just looked better with the image and the flowers this way.

The stamped image is a new purchase I got yesterday whilst on holiday in the New Forest - every time I got down there, I try to get to Emerald Crafts in Lyndhurst, they always have something I need!

It's by Hero Arts, called Let's Garden Silhouette, stamped in Distress Ink Tumbled Glass onto cream card, and cut with a square nestability. I then cut a larger square and edged the inner embossed edge with Versamagic Turquoise Gem. Then layered the stamped image on a slant onto the edged square.




The embossed floral background is again a new purchase from said shop, by a company called Creative Expressions - it makes a lovely, crisp, embossed effect, and here I have used it on some pale blue Core'dinations card stock, and some cream card, from which I cut some flowers for the corners.

The cream flowers were edged with Versamagic Sea Breeze, and layered onto some leaves stamped using the leaf/heart images from Say it With Style from WMS, and also a stamped text image from Text-it also from WMS, using Turquoise Gem and Memento London Fog.

The centre of both flowers has some turquoise micro beads added, using Glossy Accents.




The lovely sentiment is from WMS Earthangel set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto cream card.


Before assembling all together, I added some cream chiffon and some daisy lace, then. layered up using foam dots. Finally added some gems and a little cream flower to the corner of the sentiment.


I love this card! I love my new stamp! I love my new embossing folder! I love these colours! I think I may go and make another one! Let's hope the internet doesn't go all interNOT on me again lol!

Just one more thing - the bottom picture is taken using my light tent in the garden in the wonderful sunny weather we are having right now - and the first picture is taken in the light tent but in the full glare of the sun - I don't know which I prefer, but I thought I would use both for a comparison.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline xx