Judy has chosen our challenge for this week and it's one with a feminine touch. I've chosen to use Daisy Delight for my card and used a technique which is called the Easel Card.
I have used some of the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper and the elusive Daisy Punch - I say elusive because it was hard to get when it was first introduced in the new catalogue. The sentiment and the little daisies are from the Stamp Set Daisy Delight. These little cards are very simple to make and I've added a tutorial below. Let me know if you make one - I'd love to have a look. Please visit the rest of the Design Team and check out their inspiration for you.
Sometimes demand just outstrips supply - sadly this has happened with the Daisy Punch and there is a back order for this popular little punch. I was lucky enough to get one initially but in case you haven't but you have the gorgeous Daisy Delight stamp set - fear not - there are lots of lovely projects you can do with this stamp set and not include the punch. Here's one of my cards using the stamps and the Delightful Daisy DSP.
I've added a touch of one of our new ribbons here also to show you. Ribbons are such personal things - don't you think? I think they are very tactile and sometimes we need to touch and see them to appreciate their beauty. Well, I do anyway. I joined in with a ribbon swap which is a great way of getting to see the ribbons without the cost of buying all of them just to see which ones you like. The one I have included here is definitely on my must have list. It's Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon in Night of Navy. Funny though I have heard some people say they would need to iron the crinkles out - nooooo!! Here's a You Tube tutorial for you
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Wow - how quick did that week go - and here we are with another challenge for Watercooler Wednesday. This week its Judy's All About Birthdays challenge. I've chosen to use Jar of Love and the new Daisy Punch for my card.
I fancied a chnage of colours to some blues for a change. The Jar of Love was cut with the matching framelits and I also cut out a piece of vellum for the jar to make it look like glass. It doesn't quite show up in the photo. Just at bottom left you can see a stamped image of one of the flowers from the Delightful Daisy set - I cut this image out and put it at the bottom of the jar cause petals and flowers often fall off and land on tables don't they? I've also used some of the gorgeous new DSP from the Color Theory pack which has that lovely crackled effect.
The sentiment comes from Beautiful You. The centres of the flowers are filled with some of those gorgeous Glitter Enamel Dots - you really need to see them in the flesh to appreciate them.
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A very busy card from me today - using some of the Delightful Daisy DSP and the Daisy Delight stamp set and punch. This punch has proven very popular with availabililty not being able to keep up with demand at present so I'm glad I got my order in early.
I used Tangerine Tango and Night of Navy for the cardstock. The daisy was stamped twice in Night of Navy and punched out with a Glitter enamel dot in the middle. I used the Stitched Framelits for layering the daisy and added a little punched out butterfly. The sentiments are from the same set. I'm adding this to As You See It Challenge #152 which is a sketch challenge.
Marsha is hosting this week's challenge and the theme is Fireworks. Wow - what a tricky theme but that's why its a Challenge! lol! Click on the Fireworks image above to go to our site and join in with us.
I had to turn to my Daisy Punch for my card as I really didn't have any stamps that look remotely like fireworks. But I think these daisies in our new In-Colours do a great job. The Celebration sentiment is from a retired Project Life set. It was embossed in Silver Embossing powder and some of our new Glitter Enamel dots help to make it shine even more. I think these colours against the Basic Black really do pop.
For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking the fireworks image above. We'd love to have you join us.
Although my birthday is in May - Sam allows us to join in with her Birthday Blog Hop if we also have birthdays falling within that month - June is one of the busiest months for me birthday wise with a total of 4 family birthdays (it should be five but I lost my sister in 1999). Four friends also have their birthdays in June so I need a lot of cards. My card today is all about the Daisies - Daisy Delight Stamp Set, Daisy Punch and Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper - I just adore these papers. I've gone for a Bursting Technique - I'm not sure if that's its correct title but that's what I'm calling it. Where the images bursts through the paper. My image is the punched out Daisy on top of a stamped daisy popping out of the DSP. Dazzing Diamonds are covering the middle of the daisy.
The papers show the two sides of this particular sheet of DSP. The butterfly is from the Bold Butterfly Framelits and has been cut out in the same DSP with some added Basic Rhinestones. The sentiment is from Bella and Friends and has been embossed with White Embossing Powder.
Our challenge this week is Libby's Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge #122. I've chosen to use these gorgeous Delightful Daisy Designer Series papers - they are fast becoming my favourites in the new catalogue and I have gone through nearly a whole pack already!
I've used the new Daisy Punch to punch out some of the papers as a daisy and popped a Metal Rimmed Pearl in the middle. The butterfly is from our Bold Butterfly framelits.
The card is known as panel card and you will find a tutorial I have done previously in my Tutorials page listed above. For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking the image below. We'd love to have you join us.
