Little Things

Hello friends,

Today I want to share a card I made for the Lili of the Valley Challenge “Anything but a Square”.  I used some of my brand new crafting stuff to create this card –  my hubby spoiled me with a Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine and on my January budget was the XXL dies from Go Kreate to use with the Grand Calibur. I received the XXL Go Kreate dies from the UK about two weeks ago and they are gorgeous and tons of fun to cut card shapes.  I was so impressed with the service received from Go Kreate as they really walked that extra mile for me to get the dies to South Africa. I can recommend the company with confidence to South African crafters  – and they stock really gorgeous dies in their online shop. The image is from the new stamp release of Lili of the Valley and just perfect for Valentine’s day – tooo cute!

The card seems fit for the following challenges:

• Lili of the Valley Challenge #82 (ends (02/02) – Anything But a Square
• Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge #16 (ends 02/13) – Love is ..
• Pile it On (PIO)#5 (ends 02/06) – Punch It! (Oak leaves and hearts)
• Creative Cowgirls Challenge #6 (ends 02/13) – Love is in the Air Valentine’s Day or Love card
• Papertake Weekly Challenge (ends 02/08) – Anything Goes + Flowers
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #43 (ends 02/07) – Bling on Your Love
• Whoopsi Daisy Challenge (ends 02/06) – Any Shape but Square
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #96 (ends 02/05) – Whateva!
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #4 (ends 02/03) – Valentines / Love
• Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #67 (ends 02/04) – Flowers
• Try it on Tuesday (ends 02/08) – Feel the lurve
• Craft your Days Away (CYDA)#12 (ends 02/03) – Love
• Simply Create Challenge #36 (ends 02/11) – Give your Heart Away
• Sundays with Crissy February Challenge (ends 02/28) – It’s All About Love

 

I used the following to create the card:

• White and red cardstock
• Graphic 45 designer paper “Potpourri”
• Lili of the Valley stamp “Little Things”
• Lili of the Valley sentiment stamp “Circular Sentiments For You”
• Go Kreate XXL dies “XXL Frame Frilly #2” No. 380002 
• Spellbinders Nestabilities die “Ovals” and “Labels Ten” 
• Marianne Design Creatables die “LR0116”
• Martha Stewart punch “Oak leaf”
• Paper roses
• Pearls
• Satin ribbon
• Faber-Castell Aquarelle and Lyra Rembrandt Aquarelle watercolor pencils
• Skwiglues “Crystal”

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card. Have a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Greetings from South Africa,

Amelia