Thursday 2 May 2024

Especially for You

I made this card to send to Gail for the April Card Chain Challenge.  I used the Colour Option (Silver, Evergreen & Lilac) and the Theme Option (Friendship).


To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Be Kind' and Woodware 'Going to Seed' stamps
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Versafine Olympia Green ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Green and Lilac Promarkers
     Wink of Stella
     Snippets of white matt card and silver mirri card

I placed the white card into my MISTI and stamped the outline and sentiment a few times to get a good depth of colour before embossing them with clear embossing powder.  The panel was trimmed, layered onto silver mirri card and attached to the centre of the card blank.  I used green and lilac Promarkers to colour the flower and circles and then highlighted them with plenty of Wink of Stella.  To finish I die cut three tiny butterflies from silver mirri and attached them to the front of the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     As You Like It Challenge - Soft or Bold Colours (I do prefer to make cards with bold colours, especially CAS cards as I think bold colours give more impact)
     Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamps
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes

This is the lovely card I received from Julia:

Kath x

12 comments:

Julia Aston said...

Oh what a lovely floral border stamp you used on your card Kath! So pretty with the purple and green coloring on the blooms! Julia xx

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love that stunning border and how you've used the CCC colors, Kath! Sweet bitty butterflies too!!

Pat said...

I love that really pretty frame Kath, and the added lilac flower and the bit of green on the circles, together with the sweet little silver mirri butterflies all make perfect finishing touches on this beautiful card. A lovely card you received from Julia too. x

crafty-stamper said...

Gorgeous card and love the beautiful stamps,lovely card from Julia too.
Carol x

HilaryJane said...

I bet that lovely flourish looks so good in real life with the shiny embossing. love the tiny silver butterflies too. Julias card looks very special as well xx

Dena J said...

Very elegant- love the spot of color with black and silver. Thank you so much for joining the challenge at Allsorts.

papierelle said...

Your card looks amazing and so elegant!!! Well done!!

Linby said...

What a pretty design it looks lovely. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.

Dotty Jo said...

Such a stylish card! I love this. Thanks for being a link in our chain at CCC, Jo x

Arlene said...

So elegant. So glad you're part of the Card Chain Challenge.

Ink Outside The Box With Diane said...

Love it! CAS and beautiful filigree. Perfect touch of colour. Thanks for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this past week for our Stamp theme :) Hope you join us again soon.
Diane - DT KCC

Brenda said...

What a wonderful card. I love the bold purple you have chosen. Thanks so much for joining us over at As You Like It Challenge!