Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #287 - For A Special Lady

Hi Crafters,
With Mother's Day only a few days away our theme this week at Passion For Promarkers is 'For A Special Lady', so you can make a card for your mother, aunt, grandmother, sister, daughter etc. whoever is that special lady in your life.
I have chosen my youngest daughter, it is her 22nd birthday in a few days and so I have made this card using her favourite colours.

Recipe

Butterflies of Hope image by Hannah Lynn

Pro/flexmarkers

LOTV/ Raspberry Road Papers - Timeless Victorian

Tonic Butterfly Border Punch

Magnolia Frond Die

Joy Butterfly Border Die
Britannia 'Daughter' Die

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Gutterman Thread

Hobby House Bling

 

This is a first for me - distressing the edges of the design papers - I have seen so many lovely cards with this feature that I thought I would give it a try and I quite like the look I have achieved. I also hand stitched around the edge of the background layer - it took forever! this is an 8 x 8 card and seemed never-ending, but again I like the effect it gives.   

  

Challenges I'd like to enter:
I Love Promarkers - #259 Distress Those Edges
Sister Act - #96 ATG
Creative Fingers - #70 ATG
Fussy & Fancy - #134 Ribbons and Lace ( feel free to delete if this doesn't qualify)
Addicted To Stamps - #99 Use A Number
The Ribbon Girl - Birthday Theme - use any image
Come & Get It - 3-2-1- Challenge (3 embellishments, 2 design papers, 1 image)
OSAAT - #232 ATG with Women
Crafty Card Makers & More - #134 For A Special Woman
 

 

 

Back to the challenge though and our Sponsor is Polkadoodles they are offering a fab prize so pop over to the blog and enter for your chance to win.

 

 

See you soon,

Lorraine

 



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Something New

Hi Crafters,
Thanks for joining me here today and I hope that you are well.
Today it is a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday  - Something New. It could be a new baby card, new home, using new stash or a new technique to you, so come and join in the fun.
Here is my card using some new stash that I won from The Ribbon Girl Facebook page giveaway and a new technique (for me anyway) - hand stitched edges.

 Recipe

Image - Hannah Lynn, Rainbow Sky Mermaid

Pro/Flexmarkers

Distress inks for background - Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough & Salty Ocean

Rusty Hinge DI - Seahorse and Starfish

All edges inked with Vintage Photo

Stamp Set - Pink Paisley - Nantucket

Perfect Pearls Shimmer Spray - Turquoise

Guttermanns Top Stitch Thread - Nutmeg

Cheese cloth

Silhouette Cameo Files - Starfish, Seahorse & Under the Sea

Liquid Pearls - White Opal

 

I had great fun making the background using my distress inks. I pressed the ink pads on to my craft sheet and sprayed some water on to it until the colours merged. Then I laid my backing card on top and soaked up the ink, swirled it about a little and dried it with my heat tool. Using the stamp set I then inked a seahorse, shell, the small starfish, some text and the word Beauty with the same colours of DI and randomly stamped them all over the background. Unfortunately I then covered up the seahorse with the cut-out seahorse :/ Again I sprayed water all over the card and the images began to blur and fade. After drying this again I sprayed it with the Perfect Pearls shimmer spray. When it was dry I stitched around the edges - this is my NEW technique for the challenge and my NEW piece of stash is the cheese cloth.
A peek at the inside where you can definitely see the all of the stamping technique.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Brown Sugar - #129 Birthday for a Girl

Sister Act - #89 ATG

Creative Fingers - #63 ATG

Country View Challenge - Use Something New To You ( Cheese cloth)

Scribble & Scrap - #36 ATG

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #2 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #43 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers and More - #130 Something Old, Something New (Old - Distress Inks, New - Cheese cloth)

Try It On Tuesday - Add some fabric (cheese cloth)

 

 

I hope you like my little mermaid card, she was a lovely image to colour up.

Please take a look at the other DT's creations, they have produced some fabulous makes to get the ideas flowing.

We are sponsored by Hannah Lynn Art

 

..and the winner will receive a $10 voucher for the store.

Look forward to seeing what you create!

 

Lorraine