Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Cupcake bling...


As promised when showing my card for the Pink Elephant Challenge here is some more of my Cuttlebug embossing on glitter card. On this card I used two different colours of glitter card and embossed the pink using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.
The effect doesn't really show up that well in the photo, but in reality the extra dimension created by the embossing makes the light bounce off the glitter in all different directions.
My card is for two challenges...
Bring on the Bling at the Cuttlebug Spot and Cupcakes at Charisma Cardz.
Materials used:
  • pink and lilac glitter card
  • silver mirri card
  • Hero Arts Clear Cupcake stamp set
  • gems and sentiment peel off from stash

The inside of the card has 'You deserve a day sprinkled with fun' and a tiny cupcake stamped on it which was done using stamps from the same set.

Monday, 16 February 2009

All that glitters...

may not be real gold, but it could well be gold glitter card! It's week 2 at the Pink Elephant Challenge and this week Tina has set us the challenge of using glitter and bling in our work. Oh what a hardship ? LOL!!!

I decided to use glitter card in Cuttlebug folders and had a wonderful time experimenting and checking out the different effects. If you haven't used glitter card in the Cuttlebug yet do try it out - great fun and stunning effects.


After a lot of playing I decided to use quite a subtle gold pearlescent glitter card in conjunction with one of the folders from the Cuttlebug Frills border set. It's one of my favourites from that collection.

Unfortunately it doesn't show up quite as well as it could do in the photo, but in reality it has a very softly sparkly look. Quite regal.






The stamp I used for the central image is a huge stamp called 'How do I love thee' by Stamps Happen Inc. I stamped the whole image on to cream card, overlayed this with vellum attached by brads and embellished with cream organza ribbon.
Then I stamped another layer of the rose on to cream card finally topping this with yet another layer of vellum with the rose stamped and embossed in gold.
Not the easiest card I've ever made !!!
I'd like to take this chance to say thank you to everyone who joined in last week's challenge at The Pink Elephant. We were overwhelmed by the number of people who entered and the amazing cards. There is such an enormous amount of talent out there - it never fails to amaze me.
Hope you will have chance to join in this week - do pop over here and have a look at the gorgeous samples by the rest of the design team. It would also be great if you came back to check out my other experiments with glitter card too. They will be appearing each day this week. Watch this space!!

Sunday, 15 February 2009

Gold Birthday Card...


It should be safe to post this card today as it was my dear friend, Max's birthday yesterday and the card by now should be on the mantel shelf with all the hundreds of others on display.
Another very simple card using gold peel offs on vellum to create a vase of flowers. Each of the flowers has a jewelled brad through the centre to give it a bit of oomph!
As my card is done in gold it is perfect for the 'Going for Gold' challenge at My Time to Craft and also for the challenge at Created by Hand.
It also fits the floral theme at Arty Girlz.

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