A Silver Heart

Hello friends,

It is such a long time since I posted a card, time is just running away with me the last couple of weeks. We had a busy time at work and at home but I am glad to be back with a quick wedding card I created for a friend.  As she likes the clean and simple style, I used an embossing folder for the background and added a metal heart, some satin ribbon, a few gemstones and two paper roses. I love how the fleur-de-lis pattern of the embossing folder compliments the metal heart. Well, as a shabby chic and vintage junkie, I just had to add roses somewhere on my card! The sentiment is from JustRite stamps.

I would love to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Card Mania Challenge CMC#69 (ends 06/30) – Use a Metal Embellishment
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge (ends 06/16) – Anything Goes With a Twist…. Let’s See Some Bling
• 613 Avenue Create Challenge #127 (ends 06/14) – Anything Goes
• Sisters of Craft June Challenge (ends 06/30) – Anything Goes
• Use Your Stuff Challenge #187 (ends 06/15) – Sentiment
• Simply Papercraft Challenges #6 (ends 06/19) – Anything Goes
• Craft for the Craic June Challenge (ends 06/30) – The Big Occasion (Wedding card)
• Little Red Wagon Challenge #292 (ends 06/10) – Use It Up! (Metal heart and ribbon)

The sentiment

A close-up of the embossed background and metal heart. I love the vintage look of the roses.

A peep at the all-white inside with just a few gemstones

Project details:

• White cardstock
• Elizabeth Crafts Design embossing folder “Fleur de Lis” (109)
• JustRite sentiment stamp “Victorian Nested Frames & Occasions” set (JB-09205)
• Metal heart
• Gemstones
• Satin ribbon
• Paper roses

Thanks for visiting today, I always appreciate your comments. Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Regards from a cold winter’s day in South Africa,

Amelia

Little Birdie …

Hello friends,

I have two clean and simple cards to share with you today.  A few weeks ago I bought my first Elizabeth Crafts dies and embossing folder from a local craft shop and what fun I had to play with these dies. I used the dies with some of my older Spellbinders dies and really like the outcome of this quick cards with a spring feel. It was ages since I last used an embossed background and doing so with these cards inspired me to take my forgotten stuff out of the cupboard and use them again.

I would like to enter my first card in the following challenges:

• Little Red Wagon Challenge #279 (ends 03/11) – Birds of a Feather
• Allsorts Challenge Week #301 (ends 03/13) – Spring is in the Air
• Scrapy Land Challenges #13 (ends 03/15) – Anything Goes using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells ( I used Elizabeth Craft Designs dies: 709 – Birds ; 724 – Best Wishes ; 722 – Hello ; Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites “Sprigs” and Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Small”)
• Creative Corner Challenges (ends 03/13) – Nature Inspired
• 613 Avenue Create Challenge #114 (ends 03/15) – Anything Goes
• Time Out Challenges #26 (ends 03/19) – Photo Inspiration (Inspired by the colors)

A close-up of the bird and button flowers

My second card with more shabby elements

A close-up of the distressing, roses and sequins

Project details for both cards:

• White, blue, green and yellow cardstock
• Elizabeth Craft Designs dies: 709 – Birds ; 724 – Best Wishes ; 722 – Hello
• Elizabeth Craft Designs embossing folder: 118 – Spring Leaves
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites “Sprigs”
• Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Small” (Card 1)
• Buttons (Card 1)
• Roses, sequins and wax cord (Card 2)
• Tim Holtz distress inks “Barn Door” (Card 1) and “Peacock Feathers” (Card 2)

Thanks for visiting today and looking at my card. Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Regards,

Amelia