tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14225574560145778452024-03-28T17:40:16.014+00:00Shine Bright and Createhttps://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-52976862128315665742024-03-26T00:17:00.008+00:002024-03-26T11:14:23.510+00:00Easter Cards<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have a few Easter cards that I'm sharing today and I've been using the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/mpuWL">Signature Series Digital Florist Everything Anemone Cardmaking, Flower Forming and Papercrafting Kit by Opulence by Design Crafts.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl33cGioQ5ke84KMak7iyKETibEYDjTStN_rBSSpTWgp49F5Bmtx1XBxb-cKMSp-opQizrO-XxiRr8_HTtAilJLqNk_iQgpNDzZE_1IQ1X9IoBpMCu_z-UGO2WJBkGB_n-k6spEpYZX8dFNl_7TFcxPQC1csYIrWkEV1iZvrbyGpa7scjoGxF9Qw8OSVt8/s1040/Slide4a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="654" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl33cGioQ5ke84KMak7iyKETibEYDjTStN_rBSSpTWgp49F5Bmtx1XBxb-cKMSp-opQizrO-XxiRr8_HTtAilJLqNk_iQgpNDzZE_1IQ1X9IoBpMCu_z-UGO2WJBkGB_n-k6spEpYZX8dFNl_7TFcxPQC1csYIrWkEV1iZvrbyGpa7scjoGxF9Qw8OSVt8/w454-h654/Slide4a.JPG" width="454" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This is a huge kit, comprising of 25 x A4 pages from topper, tags, panels, card front designs, flower forming sheets, leaves to sentiments, bows, floral inserts and backing papers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Have a peek at the sample of just what is in this kit as I have only used a fraction of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My first Easter card is a diamond flip shaped card and I used a 8 x 8 inch white card base that had unfortunately been squashed in my draw but as it was going to be chopped up it came in very handy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNz_RgXwcFPUbKj6iqh0tAz17Wr-2OksnJBxCbhnZ6dt5_cqWEHVbRGfgIA0QiYdiEfPfiVcplAV8AX5z6rKVZA7Js2ZFGU6XiyQ8eeB2C0XBD8ZP9Vwkn9FufANtpneE-ydXhZQ0iIJCQ7bY3cJyHhcJkd9wQyJx5lPvseHYInKxFDLh-Uu0lafAs_J1/s1040/Slide21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNz_RgXwcFPUbKj6iqh0tAz17Wr-2OksnJBxCbhnZ6dt5_cqWEHVbRGfgIA0QiYdiEfPfiVcplAV8AX5z6rKVZA7Js2ZFGU6XiyQ8eeB2C0XBD8ZP9Vwkn9FufANtpneE-ydXhZQ0iIJCQ7bY3cJyHhcJkd9wQyJx5lPvseHYInKxFDLh-Uu0lafAs_J1/w600-h417/Slide21.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I used one of the toppers from the kit and some square dies from my stash to die cut the layers for the diamond flip topper. I layered it up with the purple block paper from the kit and then a piece of gold satin mirror board.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEupG1wxIR_HMRS_f57FtHOw0yhDa6i7hY5uCyqaOoWmQRr9KMa-6RIxbiOYRq8jJASGysHNo-4BHRsg6iQ6LWfUuHTgt0XzRQWmKyPLsUlasgWdPdh1f2CaGbISm2TbFk3-PKSBe9V1NBkGoo2dGNhyRwfQhRPlkrgMKvKoX5QfJSEyrxmm-PGNqpI8b/s1040/Slide5a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEupG1wxIR_HMRS_f57FtHOw0yhDa6i7hY5uCyqaOoWmQRr9KMa-6RIxbiOYRq8jJASGysHNo-4BHRsg6iQ6LWfUuHTgt0XzRQWmKyPLsUlasgWdPdh1f2CaGbISm2TbFk3-PKSBe9V1NBkGoo2dGNhyRwfQhRPlkrgMKvKoX5QfJSEyrxmm-PGNqpI8b/w356-h513/Slide5a.JPG" width="356" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Inside the card I've added a posy of flowers to accompany the insert and added a few leaves too. I have also added this to the front of the card too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOmLGBsMGbyUETDeEOf9IU0fS4-62UasaEAnab3rmgJq5TuGtn4Yzwm7A0_fbPUfh8Tef3x6cWkx6epAcTMt4L8FZfHNHE5VbRzLBrXfhuqtQ6s15vEcSPirzlMIrMxXB-pzmKh3n1bozVzCMTQbxgoCEznKQlDwqZ0Tsf_Jo_TkPMWoLH9SWv6wpFPkN/s1040/Slide22.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOmLGBsMGbyUETDeEOf9IU0fS4-62UasaEAnab3rmgJq5TuGtn4Yzwm7A0_fbPUfh8Tef3x6cWkx6epAcTMt4L8FZfHNHE5VbRzLBrXfhuqtQ6s15vEcSPirzlMIrMxXB-pzmKh3n1bozVzCMTQbxgoCEznKQlDwqZ0Tsf_Jo_TkPMWoLH9SWv6wpFPkN/w565-h392/Slide22.JPG" width="565" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've used one of the sentiments and added shimmer to my card and blooms using</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">my Sakura stardust gel pens. This card measures 8 x 6 inches.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZB9YOz6eIBc3SSX2egHvBLA9eQH0NNSKohIgan2vgqOWc4ehSUMDqpIm9nIfgA0W7mc4yzZDXe6N5uBb4sytwiEo9YkgOH5XKHlLin5QC9yoDCBM3ZggD9atZR7vAgkRcslY5ywv0qscfxU1oAgYkZYs7grRP8H_pSAn1kKlQeBK1G0534mxXQ5o3UAJ/s1040/Slide27.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZB9YOz6eIBc3SSX2egHvBLA9eQH0NNSKohIgan2vgqOWc4ehSUMDqpIm9nIfgA0W7mc4yzZDXe6N5uBb4sytwiEo9YkgOH5XKHlLin5QC9yoDCBM3ZggD9atZR7vAgkRcslY5ywv0qscfxU1oAgYkZYs7grRP8H_pSAn1kKlQeBK1G0534mxXQ5o3UAJ/w557-h386/Slide27.JPG" width="557" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My second Easter card is a hexagonal stair stepper and when I saw the hexagonal topper sheet, it inspired me to make a stepper card. My card measures 11 x 6 inches.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJfnIFqMbJQRk9jfNVoFz1493O5lQzFLNZWxz62P47Q2z5oVCGFEwNiLnXq3iBtKeXqnpRfcnZixfMuJCGrSaHcp2-Uay6E-RfSTc2i5kls-DNYlrWGHXz64707i2v5uwLnnnc9KYnyeeQCKE83od7EU8zo3wyhyjzfHGiN9BKyIRBksSI34rzeUpzxu7/s1040/Slide28.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJfnIFqMbJQRk9jfNVoFz1493O5lQzFLNZWxz62P47Q2z5oVCGFEwNiLnXq3iBtKeXqnpRfcnZixfMuJCGrSaHcp2-Uay6E-RfSTc2i5kls-DNYlrWGHXz64707i2v5uwLnnnc9KYnyeeQCKE83od7EU8zo3wyhyjzfHGiN9BKyIRBksSI34rzeUpzxu7/w540-h375/Slide28.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used the purple block paper on the panel of my card, as I thought it would really make the toppers pop. I then die cut my toppers using hexagonal dies to create the layers and then mounted them on foam tape to add a little dimension.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also decoupaged the flowers on the toppers and added two of the bows to the largest topper. Using my sparkle gel pens, I've highlighted around the flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yijmCTr-X8mFAryyQjUgVd76qkCZaemAgKaEDepHuUAB5_v7Vy2jQjN7jYUIJurcSTrEW0UouoGA4qvcEHQe-l1uM2ReRoGyqfz8y58aFYXajwgvhn6hMSGpklz8CS_mrlj_iCRrVj0tgEtSMM9xtMqdT0FYRU8iHBuKf4hsPNPvhw8u4GTcdPfFB9uG/s1040/Slide29.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yijmCTr-X8mFAryyQjUgVd76qkCZaemAgKaEDepHuUAB5_v7Vy2jQjN7jYUIJurcSTrEW0UouoGA4qvcEHQe-l1uM2ReRoGyqfz8y58aFYXajwgvhn6hMSGpklz8CS_mrlj_iCRrVj0tgEtSMM9xtMqdT0FYRU8iHBuKf4hsPNPvhw8u4GTcdPfFB9uG/w548-h380/Slide29.JPG" width="548" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My card folds flat but I have made an envelobox for it as I did add a little dimension on the toppers.</span></div><div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEglQWEOJKT2JX2DIW3eHnD-Q1unx3IjJuab_ChzvDodCxh-Bl7qYaDjadNPtPrnNpYZY3QEgeonrDjblFJuTPwKToy7_FwQXGZBmb5k0Xm2DbY1LvMv8CDkJronmkQe_mu8Itgytg_4jfkFxjucYJ9YVzOh1bnH3DURFJmWXIM40dP11IDuCApQ0sw1q/s1040/Slide30.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEglQWEOJKT2JX2DIW3eHnD-Q1unx3IjJuab_ChzvDodCxh-Bl7qYaDjadNPtPrnNpYZY3QEgeonrDjblFJuTPwKToy7_FwQXGZBmb5k0Xm2DbY1LvMv8CDkJronmkQe_mu8Itgytg_4jfkFxjucYJ9YVzOh1bnH3DURFJmWXIM40dP11IDuCApQ0sw1q/w557-h387/Slide30.JPG" width="557" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've left a space on the back for the message.</span></div><div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6dIrYcTCp_CjN_GZCZ3BL_-klmMYFamfEcne9uFskFjeB6AMlW5qBTYYekuLkf08lxCOQXBgG5fOrw3wHMLN_DLzggprdeyHAvtL-zSEIkrJdEdQOnZyQDJtQItbDEoUH9gxRXbOsZiTAHaTtPhZNbhIx6ZKPJapF36KQ53TpmqVhzgPju-g710zc0PN/s1040/Slide23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6dIrYcTCp_CjN_GZCZ3BL_-klmMYFamfEcne9uFskFjeB6AMlW5qBTYYekuLkf08lxCOQXBgG5fOrw3wHMLN_DLzggprdeyHAvtL-zSEIkrJdEdQOnZyQDJtQItbDEoUH9gxRXbOsZiTAHaTtPhZNbhIx6ZKPJapF36KQ53TpmqVhzgPju-g710zc0PN/w568-h394/Slide23.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My<span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> third Easter card is a double staggered Z fold card and this one measures 9 x 6 inches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I cut one of the insert sheets into strips and then layered them onto the yellow card strips</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">that were to form the front of my card.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've added a few tulips in the corner and two of the purple bows for a little dimension.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-D4jxJX9_h28eTpXRddiM4OR01Bmdg2mjbqt_4XFku_NZTVQGPzfjwIFlbCb72rAMqbjOGp5_tPPXLy0Kisce7h_9UQI_W1klS4yj52lC4g2JjmR_V2PX3ktxO3spW1tLETXSi6P5FMigYXikVdnX966mbFFxb5AqChMtqrspl_cd1qGcxxxetoLfy3W/s1040/Slide26.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-D4jxJX9_h28eTpXRddiM4OR01Bmdg2mjbqt_4XFku_NZTVQGPzfjwIFlbCb72rAMqbjOGp5_tPPXLy0Kisce7h_9UQI_W1klS4yj52lC4g2JjmR_V2PX3ktxO3spW1tLETXSi6P5FMigYXikVdnX966mbFFxb5AqChMtqrspl_cd1qGcxxxetoLfy3W/w514-h357/Slide26.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used one of the beautiful floral sheets for the centre panel of my card.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8Ibes0ynG2LGj__XribS4XGfPQyko8fiTB1MPFSGMNL8GNOOyFzTPRMfvpW0QLj4vttruEgitn_I72kpgcR9eFMY1gRb-CKHk3h53vfmbT3_RMZqs6FG0ZIBN6BsN5mOMah3B6ARBngoUU7etZazpzxJbt3uWd6p9MVQ7RFD2UJwTXQiriuL3XHDQbkp/s1040/Slide24.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8Ibes0ynG2LGj__XribS4XGfPQyko8fiTB1MPFSGMNL8GNOOyFzTPRMfvpW0QLj4vttruEgitn_I72kpgcR9eFMY1gRb-CKHk3h53vfmbT3_RMZqs6FG0ZIBN6BsN5mOMah3B6ARBngoUU7etZazpzxJbt3uWd6p9MVQ7RFD2UJwTXQiriuL3XHDQbkp/w575-h399/Slide24.JPG" width="575" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div>This card will also go flat into an envelope and I have added an insert on the back for me to write a sentiment. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">This is a bumper kit that will cover so many occasions to take you through the year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y5qVgWE81kwgw6zgAb0GCGXWTbBRxdcyhu_I0hTfTS2CliO_QX5wpQy1BQg2r8A2lfUv2kEkUbCowVmjG7wjB01qF-_vvNijixWzN1EkZAKOc9jAjKTS0EDBuio5Ajmqhr8L0yWLCt0SXip1C1bf7m86tnMDQVa9B9CKSL0ZbSVZcYBCXsycNd9hlegh/s1040/Slide31.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y5qVgWE81kwgw6zgAb0GCGXWTbBRxdcyhu_I0hTfTS2CliO_QX5wpQy1BQg2r8A2lfUv2kEkUbCowVmjG7wjB01qF-_vvNijixWzN1EkZAKOc9jAjKTS0EDBuio5Ajmqhr8L0yWLCt0SXip1C1bf7m86tnMDQVa9B9CKSL0ZbSVZcYBCXsycNd9hlegh/w576-h399/Slide31.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">It's really easy to add sparkle and shimmer your cards and projects made from these kits. I have a growing collection of Stickles glitter glue but I also love using Sakura stardust gel pens. They are really effective for outlining the edges of your projects as well as highlighting detail too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">There is much inspiration for card styles and folds on<a href="https://mixedupcraft.com/"> Mix It Up Craft by Sam Calcott</a> and lots of these you don't need even need to use dies for. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and</span> inspirational<span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> craft videos you can find her gallery here or even follow on Instagram: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Flower making has always been one of my favourite things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(204, 204, 204) 100%, rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1292ee; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZWYRuuNIci9yrO4SZenIIFoQ6D2K3aJvIeX0maxGy4i1qsekEY9x2V7YMwHI6Ja1YLGihvj6vkqPzRjmTMukbyY0MrVo4ukGKwo65B4wUAci_C31Ve5VUhHG02WCps_OOla2sn4z3teSCRlicKBeMMrBjkic3H6k3EPZWVjXtdIaO63LvZJgTIr7MWe3/s4000/Picsart_24-02-16_20-08-30-148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZWYRuuNIci9yrO4SZenIIFoQ6D2K3aJvIeX0maxGy4i1qsekEY9x2V7YMwHI6Ja1YLGihvj6vkqPzRjmTMukbyY0MrVo4ukGKwo65B4wUAci_C31Ve5VUhHG02WCps_OOla2sn4z3teSCRlicKBeMMrBjkic3H6k3EPZWVjXtdIaO63LvZJgTIr7MWe3/w542-h407/Picsart_24-02-16_20-08-30-148.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For the card base, I used the dainty trellis die set from one of Tattered Lace's retired collections. Between the white card base and lattice layer, I added a die cut piece of white vellum.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0QdVXYBwELh39K85dpbC3sbTQybHRu9lnfeFOBFjKapu_SZ5rC1OauDa6DeWnLWgRp7QuAQkpiV8h6QhjZ6_L-5SQWwlmjYVtILUym-LIkKKnSYntHJi0MJPJdMaNNTfmtjyeFeWBx2xYjca6kwAXnbpBYHDzQ1afsrguavgHqmdm6K1Cna0acJ7fe4E/s4000/Picsart_24-02-16_20-12-16-377.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0QdVXYBwELh39K85dpbC3sbTQybHRu9lnfeFOBFjKapu_SZ5rC1OauDa6DeWnLWgRp7QuAQkpiV8h6QhjZ6_L-5SQWwlmjYVtILUym-LIkKKnSYntHJi0MJPJdMaNNTfmtjyeFeWBx2xYjca6kwAXnbpBYHDzQ1afsrguavgHqmdm6K1Cna0acJ7fe4E/w552-h414/Picsart_24-02-16_20-12-16-377.jpg" width="552" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Iihrz">Digital Florist Ice Queen Poppy print, cut and form set with 2 colour plain sheets</a>, by <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/collection/all?&page=">Opulence by Design Crafts</a> to make my flowers. These flowers are so very pretty just as they are. I just enjoy to add dimension to my blooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">On this card I have just cut into the petals and layered 3 flowers up to add some dimension and then finished them off with some diamond Stickles glitter glue in the centres.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YRyjEQ6oXkbmnijHVApRAoCI-lhGLbwbxFmU1NgXpwD1i62aKQQz41Nhdiiv4bEy2LQXaegMzqskqX65yt3TIh8DIq3dKvJ0v8W2sou0JYXlEVzCPHnXIya8oYlrSkhBL_3rWo2pUymO-TqNMEGrvQt93VpwfY932-gyYyGgwgHeSVN3amNGQT24NykS/s4000/Picsart_24-02-16_20-10-41-931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YRyjEQ6oXkbmnijHVApRAoCI-lhGLbwbxFmU1NgXpwD1i62aKQQz41Nhdiiv4bEy2LQXaegMzqskqX65yt3TIh8DIq3dKvJ0v8W2sou0JYXlEVzCPHnXIya8oYlrSkhBL_3rWo2pUymO-TqNMEGrvQt93VpwfY932-gyYyGgwgHeSVN3amNGQT24NykS/w472-h629/Picsart_24-02-16_20-10-41-931.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have also added a few of the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/yjlLB">Variegated Ivy leaves</a> and 2 of the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/q2gOr">Digital Florist Poppy Heads </a>(which have been reduced in size), also from <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design Crafts</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Finally, I've edged my card with a clear sparkle overlay pen, for a touch of shimmer.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Sympathy cards are not easy cards to make and although this one wasn't made for a significant time, I thought the white poppies would suit this theme well.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2xvsrR3C3999CHOWbd5DrlCxhS_zSqFax1MBg-575sI5J8pHUhXxMzv9QM1Z4-twtfDTzlFzyWQTFmCu6vPDZdNlwGyFzBpiL7gYFuDyNcnDBT6DkSt8ZFCXRIwktaQSD1LkoxiF_KoJb9oR2opJizDD7NKWCF6g77NAPPccyCTesf97Ca1rpH_g7YNr/s4000/Picsart_24-03-04_19-40-16-787.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2xvsrR3C3999CHOWbd5DrlCxhS_zSqFax1MBg-575sI5J8pHUhXxMzv9QM1Z4-twtfDTzlFzyWQTFmCu6vPDZdNlwGyFzBpiL7gYFuDyNcnDBT6DkSt8ZFCXRIwktaQSD1LkoxiF_KoJb9oR2opJizDD7NKWCF6g77NAPPccyCTesf97Ca1rpH_g7YNr/w554-h415/Picsart_24-03-04_19-40-16-787.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My second card is a birthday card and I've used the retired Fresco collection by Tattered Lace for my card base and to build up the layers to use the papers that came with the poppy download. I really like hues of green that come in these downloads sets, as I find I can match up my colours a lot easier and I never run out. The right shade of green card can be hard to find sometimes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my flowers I have just cut into the flower where you can see it is shaped and gently given the flower some shape. For the second and third layer of the poppy, I have simply given it a little bit of shape before sticking them together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWmpaOpwkTy0S0_TPCh_v0pfG6TqHFKliZgoAdj9p8MjbvjGOeYTG9LrGI9GmBhq8MabJypyzE78ZiYKH92836_n9RMuZN_aWCZniiTiXJdmk2ZM6MkGdBkl8759vr8MbJ1gQ6JVnl_a2m7J2jnziemjLHzFPXSTeEOrZqcucQ_EYyLRlJYFvsxjlQf9T/s3024/Picsart_24-03-04_19-34-00-168.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="559" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWmpaOpwkTy0S0_TPCh_v0pfG6TqHFKliZgoAdj9p8MjbvjGOeYTG9LrGI9GmBhq8MabJypyzE78ZiYKH92836_n9RMuZN_aWCZniiTiXJdmk2ZM6MkGdBkl8759vr8MbJ1gQ6JVnl_a2m7J2jnziemjLHzFPXSTeEOrZqcucQ_EYyLRlJYFvsxjlQf9T/w559-h559/Picsart_24-03-04_19-34-00-168.jpg" width="559" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">It isn't visible in the picture, but I have added a little shimmer to the centres of my blooms and the edges with a Sprectrum Noir clear sparkle overlay pen. These poppies have just a sheer hint of pink in the petals and I think that the shimmer just highlights the flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have also used the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/2jVkp">Poppy Leaf Fussy cut set</a> also by Opulence by Design Crafts. You can print the pale green paper from the poppy download on the back of your poppy leaf sheet if you would like your leaves to have colour on the reverse side when you cut them out, or just simply ink them. You don't have to be too precise cutting them out, I just went over the edges with a little ink which adds some tone to them anyway.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have also added a few of the variegated ivy leaves and poppy heads too on my card and downsized the poppy heads for my projects. Using a gelly roll stardust pen I have outlined the variegated ivy leaves and the tips of the poppy heads, which again isn't visible in the picture but I just like adding that fine detail to catch your eye.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Also, I don't worry about adding a sentiment to the front of my cards if I don't have a suitable place for one. It can be handy sometimes as some recipients like to display their cards past the occasion that it was sent.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and</span> inspirational<span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> craft videos you can find her gallery here or even follow on Instagram: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Flower making has always been one of my favourite things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e6Ct-Ejz3gSA44o6I89jyQuSIiMTyJusTN-IP4OUYb5PivKGerdJMGjaRtQPNyieDZ7SsyflzXdZ4rl1JLyiv7Q2S6Bx3kVHemq8uo5MprIgFbsHM9vWy25MwpslplIqlL93qmYHa77v_aHjiouKGoG3Y7OCbc2mD_KZFu9bnlRe5aGG25yKBIoeKXss/s3728/Picsart_24-02-10_21-01-09-223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="3728" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e6Ct-Ejz3gSA44o6I89jyQuSIiMTyJusTN-IP4OUYb5PivKGerdJMGjaRtQPNyieDZ7SsyflzXdZ4rl1JLyiv7Q2S6Bx3kVHemq8uo5MprIgFbsHM9vWy25MwpslplIqlL93qmYHa77v_aHjiouKGoG3Y7OCbc2mD_KZFu9bnlRe5aGG25yKBIoeKXss/w629-h482/Picsart_24-02-10_21-01-09-223.jpg" width="629" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have been meaning to make one of these card shapes for sometime since I first saw this design made many times by Carol the <a href="https://crafty-stamper.blogspot.com/">Crafty Stamper</a> who is also a very talented crafter. Pop over to her blog and follow her, she makes some amazing projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbAAeyu1FB4NGtP54Z5sWxOHxIrUfm2Y3eRuANa3i-wYS3RQblAOG64cVrBgnyG7Sz7MoL524MvPU9gzmb92rmFUndrQmt1agcsZMhA3j_R_AKM30FZsEaIK41CZD4hP2gjltx7zOZ5-s-DHcFvvXPFrIlHt3PSqDT6w_MXdF6FQa0jiMfUKT2hG_26BU/s4000/Picsart_24-02-10_21-02-54-106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbAAeyu1FB4NGtP54Z5sWxOHxIrUfm2Y3eRuANa3i-wYS3RQblAOG64cVrBgnyG7Sz7MoL524MvPU9gzmb92rmFUndrQmt1agcsZMhA3j_R_AKM30FZsEaIK41CZD4hP2gjltx7zOZ5-s-DHcFvvXPFrIlHt3PSqDT6w_MXdF6FQa0jiMfUKT2hG_26BU/w630-h473/Picsart_24-02-10_21-02-54-106.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used a 7 x 7 inch white card blank to create the card shape and I used one of the backing papers from the mini card making kit with some mint green mirror board. <i> </i>For this card I also used the second topper that came with the sentiments on the sheet. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">As the background on the topper was a different colourway to the paper that I was using, I cut around Maeve and placed her onto a die cut square of matching paper to co-ordinate with my project.</span></div><p><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/23rpm" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The Bright Lights Maeve PDF digital collection download mini kit</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> by </span><a href="https://www.obyd.co.uk/" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Opulence by Design Crafts</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">, comprises of toppers, sentiments and 4 fabulous design sheets to use with your projects.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLfB7MVhPU8h4RqZGYnju-Xk4Y3al8wbYr8uUzR7J3R1UQ8ZHa-ia7GC0eZzjhX3oYsxu2erKCjB99AvvFwWKzaPEQ6CDbfvhH99bvel0167PPoTr7BzEu7x6Y1zbtXWBP7U52xWz15LPE9eHpxOBHr2G-tyoRIUaoaevV6qNXS3UbAhVAlJ6kPbvwaur/s2836/Picsart_24-02-10_20-57-23-791.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="2659" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLfB7MVhPU8h4RqZGYnju-Xk4Y3al8wbYr8uUzR7J3R1UQ8ZHa-ia7GC0eZzjhX3oYsxu2erKCjB99AvvFwWKzaPEQ6CDbfvhH99bvel0167PPoTr7BzEu7x6Y1zbtXWBP7U52xWz15LPE9eHpxOBHr2G-tyoRIUaoaevV6qNXS3UbAhVAlJ6kPbvwaur/w614-h655/Picsart_24-02-10_20-57-23-791.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I also thought a small band of pansy's/violas would look pretty at the top of the card, so I made a few of </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">the </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/7ca1V" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Digital Florist Purple and Lemon Pansies</a> <span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">and few <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Hu8gx">Digital Florist Pink and Lilac Violas</a> with some <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT">Pansy leaves</a> in between.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">My flowers have been reduced in size a little and I have also added some glossy accents to the centre of blooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and</span> inspirational<span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> craft videos you can find her gallery here or even follow on Instagram: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(204, 204, 204) 100%, rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1292ee; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71oAIP2rH2Myz5RudNzEnEsPmhE0HesL1QlAe86HQzmBpTuFvuXPNs4BZmNyq1u2nOPEzoxrQJZzWeWagTrncuo53Spb5hWjYllSOZ_LPo86yS13GsZGpVOS5jzOyl07K_ipOdjAq19n-NrVWkamUzGwdGKZfDfJ9WyDyfhhgJSFqIezOyZC6ONE2uJzF/w481-h362/Picsart_24-02-24_21-34-36-572.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used some of the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1493055619/say-what-digital-collage-set?click_key=2492b094dc57bcdc32f89aff75ee0b8688b467b3%3A1493055619&click_sum=d616598b&ga_search_query=retro&ref=shop_items_search_19&pro=1"><i>Say What</i> Digital Collage Set</a> digi images by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1493055619/say-what-digital-collage-set?click_key=2492b094dc57bcdc32f89aff75ee0b8688b467b3%3A1493055619&click_sum=d616598b&ga_search_query=retro&ref=shop_items_search_19&pro=1">Gecko Galz</a> and layered them up with some of the backing papers from the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/808702782/retro-home-front-craft-kit?click_key=22b4be0a6c4dcf85f5ce36dfd692ce515d99398d%3A808702782&click_sum=b5c19037&ga_search_query=retro%2Bkit&ref=shop_items_search_2&pro=1">Retro Home Front Digital Craft Kit</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XGUJCGk4_6mm3rnl4lt9ck8VKZdF9vdDZLcU6QjQdW6-zUJNjOGdbdRG1t04zaouk0t0-JGnFIqakHOPqfznuD71pGxAzbIL9UrInVmdHMHDxGMF9LWHFGYtjNcIug-uUkvlm9XwRBekGQvszVMZ64uIL6x3YDkq453tBdymi0WlSNO4ZoKnzrSi35LA/s4000/Picsart_24-02-24_21-36-02-980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XGUJCGk4_6mm3rnl4lt9ck8VKZdF9vdDZLcU6QjQdW6-zUJNjOGdbdRG1t04zaouk0t0-JGnFIqakHOPqfznuD71pGxAzbIL9UrInVmdHMHDxGMF9LWHFGYtjNcIug-uUkvlm9XwRBekGQvszVMZ64uIL6x3YDkq453tBdymi0WlSNO4ZoKnzrSi35LA/w496-h371/Picsart_24-02-24_21-36-02-980.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I found a small pack of postcards in my craft stash whilst having a sort out a while ago and decided to use them for some stamping projects but I also scanned the back of one so that I could use them for my postcards on this project.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToKRexZm0dIVlWiqkW_Dr1wwWXCV5lCgHksc_NnATZOCCK5p23DqOEWnbsLkVLG5c7UfXOnRpDcG8ESKaT0qEzDfL_YZEOvvmyddnWJAdtiLhblKO-z01NbZ-iOQCOQvIrunmGawzkB2rxFDD8hTWN2EHRnBW2O7Nafvx5G7lir4YvSAK3MgDr_8BsBNl/s4032/IMG_E4654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToKRexZm0dIVlWiqkW_Dr1wwWXCV5lCgHksc_NnATZOCCK5p23DqOEWnbsLkVLG5c7UfXOnRpDcG8ESKaT0qEzDfL_YZEOvvmyddnWJAdtiLhblKO-z01NbZ-iOQCOQvIrunmGawzkB2rxFDD8hTWN2EHRnBW2O7Nafvx5G7lir4YvSAK3MgDr_8BsBNl/s320/IMG_E4654.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have added 'make more postcards' to my list. They are a simple little project - 'happy mail' - that you can pop in the post at the price of a 2nd class stamp.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3jP53ZTBcOpD0VODMw5mC8Tfw4smFu1lf9JY19ats9QqfiRWa3st-npBy_yeAevfKaIuuA9SH4_wK9LaMcA81iYrrvb0vcs7Zeb01WA40Qugt077rNO8Z41yGCmkKxbvH18t9IaE_QKGOmI3yU-eg-7RjcLknJDyypEpxgElNpGhYJ0xiKYet3alCsxd/s4032/IMG_E4648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3jP53ZTBcOpD0VODMw5mC8Tfw4smFu1lf9JY19ats9QqfiRWa3st-npBy_yeAevfKaIuuA9SH4_wK9LaMcA81iYrrvb0vcs7Zeb01WA40Qugt077rNO8Z41yGCmkKxbvH18t9IaE_QKGOmI3yU-eg-7RjcLknJDyypEpxgElNpGhYJ0xiKYet3alCsxd/w521-h391/IMG_E4648.JPG" width="521" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">These images really made me smile as I was die cutting them, they are just perfect for journals, tags and cards too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEaI_M1N3Ld2qcXERF8xdVZ5Cd5vmMkD-K7c4TTsCqXQeT7K0DZ5AU9TbY6vUvdIyunq8W6rsAViLsDre9nTI5C9uLUjChzaqII2pdKL8kaD9RS6tMRPqm7sZj6HRoXBWY7IJKxzLeLXyUnBv7Sw8XkIcwC7hcs87C7_-vUVv2quTYWHIMte2dBtv6jP2/s4032/IMG_E4649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEaI_M1N3Ld2qcXERF8xdVZ5Cd5vmMkD-K7c4TTsCqXQeT7K0DZ5AU9TbY6vUvdIyunq8W6rsAViLsDre9nTI5C9uLUjChzaqII2pdKL8kaD9RS6tMRPqm7sZj6HRoXBWY7IJKxzLeLXyUnBv7Sw8XkIcwC7hcs87C7_-vUVv2quTYWHIMte2dBtv6jP2/w512-h384/IMG_E4649.JPG" width="512" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Gecko Galz offer loads of inspiration on their blog along with challenges to enter and free images to download to craft with. Pop over to their page follow and subscribe to their monthly newsletter. They also have lots more on their Etsy page.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/p/blog-hop-pages.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="255" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgtNEip2BSxuBaFyKDUrzhWxIvPugklCD32f35s2aQRwO9yACQpkqSczOXmqNPmSeP5bwAhc8i5_qAGhSQzMd5058MKhIgdAZx5tCzy5Cao5YHaOQp1ahTFbCC3hyphenhyphenx3ZL68EI5SCLESRAXR4yapTblhn397BMHR1Fc5CZH_MI1c5l3-Ub1BDbGbwUPxH6/w215-h149/Gecko%20Galz%20blog%20Banner.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #797875; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRvWkgP0a7pnRMfQ4jBtpJ_WftCGbMtrztWom4F-ApwSuO3O62HpW96LNaSbdameoy_8h-44Fro-Uo4-6OKhQIVAKNnWWKUeb9ck7lKJ69osSLiebP-bPwHigb0IB9PRKsT9K4oTVBxMbYdny6bBYqc3KzDOEwCMDxL7lz0u2w6PMyEbJu-DiXJXjZ1gf/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_14-53-05-834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRvWkgP0a7pnRMfQ4jBtpJ_WftCGbMtrztWom4F-ApwSuO3O62HpW96LNaSbdameoy_8h-44Fro-Uo4-6OKhQIVAKNnWWKUeb9ck7lKJ69osSLiebP-bPwHigb0IB9PRKsT9K4oTVBxMbYdny6bBYqc3KzDOEwCMDxL7lz0u2w6PMyEbJu-DiXJXjZ1gf/w541-h406/Picsart_24-01-27_14-53-05-834.jpg" width="541" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I think this beautiful design and these vibrant papers will be just perfect for the person I have made this card for.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/23rpm">The Bright Lights Maeve PDF digital collection download mini kit</a> by <a href="https://www.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design Crafts</a>, comprises of toppers, sentiments and 4 fabulous design sheets to use with your projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_bQE65SzXI2zjz1a0l6ldyU03gpHruNudeFDM-fIemUrjA_b7Rih2SmKytWuMwdLWxrW-d9atnb7wxKsMkGDiqQBQrQsjUg0QsdlkDg4if81vq-Pni4lk4PRh2g7EaLnvmdlu1GZad13xozGL94CaleXLJrnWu9Ogxr38FHYDObWyV4XGp_uh4EAhsU7/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_14-55-43-882.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_bQE65SzXI2zjz1a0l6ldyU03gpHruNudeFDM-fIemUrjA_b7Rih2SmKytWuMwdLWxrW-d9atnb7wxKsMkGDiqQBQrQsjUg0QsdlkDg4if81vq-Pni4lk4PRh2g7EaLnvmdlu1GZad13xozGL94CaleXLJrnWu9Ogxr38FHYDObWyV4XGp_uh4EAhsU7/w552-h414/Picsart_24-01-27_14-55-43-882.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I started with a white 8 x 8 inch card base and have added some black cardstock between some of the layers. The purple layer was one of the colour block sheets from the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/ZmgXr">Purple Anemone flower forming sheets</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">To get the shimmer on the top layer of my paper, I used a textured pearlescent cream paper that I have had for ages and think it was really intended to be used for wedding or special occasion crafting as it has a luxurious feel to it. Using this in my printer has changed the look of my design papers and I'm also making the most of my craft stash too.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_2AKc4WX0YSSHAi_HgGX1uECBhNCmG8dyfKThShfcMsFsaWl-EsAecj16u3MRgUMtinsGSJ9amSeqNkK4Qfi3gurgtVrznsv-qwf2BO0YqSzzYicWg4y7xYtGGSHyBUUDnsZuzvMMrTJGkADZj0v5Vd_8ODkj3mtbQ9Ycd8sr_cqFW90sGlF9euDYV8m/s3647/Picsart_24-01-27_14-49-41-958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3647" data-original-width="3024" height="666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_2AKc4WX0YSSHAi_HgGX1uECBhNCmG8dyfKThShfcMsFsaWl-EsAecj16u3MRgUMtinsGSJ9amSeqNkK4Qfi3gurgtVrznsv-qwf2BO0YqSzzYicWg4y7xYtGGSHyBUUDnsZuzvMMrTJGkADZj0v5Vd_8ODkj3mtbQ9Ycd8sr_cqFW90sGlF9euDYV8m/w552-h666/Picsart_24-01-27_14-49-41-958.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;">I used a very fine gold string bead instead of ribbon that I found at Christmas as a set of 3 colours on a roll and thought it would come in handy. I then chose my flowers, some of which I had previously made up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used the the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/ZmgXr">Digital Florist Purple Anemone</a>, the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/NhM6D">Digital Florist Giant Lilac Poppy</a>, the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/7ca1V">Digital Florist Purple and Lemon Pansies</a>, a few <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/q2gOr">Digital Florist Poppy Heads</a> and <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/pj3N">Foliage Ivy leaves</a> . The little pink dahlia came from one of the flower sets and it has been reduced in size. I often like to reduce the size of my blooms to suit my project.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideSNZOTpGA0LfeYlrmq2EKpxx-RC7DOCj4qBexAeV8ZQ4x0xwMw0m2yaat5BNQP1BOmVAz43JpVI5BwZC5RNjj50zob0swm2TYrEBvMOPDuMIs_oSIUuKVeomFwy-mxYOqin_JGcNs10uRLfVAqILziblmbtDPcAcZYHf684cuNYLTBq_3_ifVPev3T_2/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_14-54-43-857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideSNZOTpGA0LfeYlrmq2EKpxx-RC7DOCj4qBexAeV8ZQ4x0xwMw0m2yaat5BNQP1BOmVAz43JpVI5BwZC5RNjj50zob0swm2TYrEBvMOPDuMIs_oSIUuKVeomFwy-mxYOqin_JGcNs10uRLfVAqILziblmbtDPcAcZYHf684cuNYLTBq_3_ifVPev3T_2/w558-h419/Picsart_24-01-27_14-54-43-857.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have just added drops of glossy accents to the centres of my flowers and I love the vibrant designs of these collections.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gehOICp11WA3uKU5uvRNarpvyFzzvV4ppoZ6JTCHUS0Xa2cJR-FnPWrzhYWemXnx9GtwQfR5meKQiZUz69_YctRJljveZ3eJgmmaQxHOgo8809FV02o3Tiav8Dk5Tzvp7o40zSUjVQZNd8DroOSs45c6GMixVVZtlyjOC_GRSoNhwEjnj3J4y8_laa5f/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_14-51-46-195.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" 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Sans";">Have a great day, whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Open Sans;"><b><i>Happy Crafting</i></b></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><a 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AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-309-add-sentiment.html"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Dream Valley - Add a Sentiment</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-309-add-sentiment.html"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-53526573026761061572024-02-05T14:07:00.009+00:002024-03-04T18:33:15.516+00:00Watercolour Witches Gift Box<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">One of my favourite crafty activities lately has been decorating boxes as you can give them a unique look and they are always very useful to put things into too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For this project, I used some of the papers from <a href="https://www.magikgraphics.co.uk/">Magik Graphics</a> Watercolour Witches Collection, which is available on a CD or as a digital download, direct from their website.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSZJhKBbpJkH_Cr3OZyMhA2ihwo-k6B-sLyTqj_zy2dUVZhDq6Re7eqXmX7kD-zbqr8CRmU9-_JF_onWSHyeDKJX_0GaCuPGKALNwI0XKsmtsUbyqxgH6z_WWoKACdxOKLJurPcp5b1bL38lAPGDH1_aBD3pKSFONTpuTSm_ewGujAafkmysLwCnlHj_a/s1040/Slide6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSZJhKBbpJkH_Cr3OZyMhA2ihwo-k6B-sLyTqj_zy2dUVZhDq6Re7eqXmX7kD-zbqr8CRmU9-_JF_onWSHyeDKJX_0GaCuPGKALNwI0XKsmtsUbyqxgH6z_WWoKACdxOKLJurPcp5b1bL38lAPGDH1_aBD3pKSFONTpuTSm_ewGujAafkmysLwCnlHj_a/w511-h354/Slide6.JPG" width="511" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">This is a wonderful collection and Susan has also designed these papers to fit on these boxes, which are just under 10 x 8 inches (4 inches in depth), that a lot of crafters have been using and Susan also uses them in her Facebook live craft group.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUvC_bx_eaI1Iw9xuxVBJ-5NNlu1qR5XWKvYVHPi3vd8Sxtd75QD4Js5VA7Usxq_LeDhEiqmrfLb2nEU_k00S335yXCTXdnnhIc3ZpPUMhIUqBlNUZPbkjh1XO803KxPKBg3XXabNQjq5aJD9F3cILNFlXOWhrlJaWc8PjO5XTVVUYwaNTQPuDDMHLdxb/s1040/Slide7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUvC_bx_eaI1Iw9xuxVBJ-5NNlu1qR5XWKvYVHPi3vd8Sxtd75QD4Js5VA7Usxq_LeDhEiqmrfLb2nEU_k00S335yXCTXdnnhIc3ZpPUMhIUqBlNUZPbkjh1XO803KxPKBg3XXabNQjq5aJD9F3cILNFlXOWhrlJaWc8PjO5XTVVUYwaNTQPuDDMHLdxb/w504-h350/Slide7.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I printed these papers on my usual 120gsm colour document Navigator paper, as this works for me and since Wilkos is no longer trading, I can still find it at Tesco which saves me having to order online.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I kept decoration to a minimum as I didn't want to cover up these wonderful papers. This box isn't for me but I will definitely be making one to keep.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5OAGHElFVT_zNbqQdQV5NvEu2fejonzoDsc9njrG7agIvjoCi0nDRUu0XvulDjquIigLLNwsodfuoMRhTQYi_g1WccyXkB991jKFDIqnjxucIwImGNc1M3SG2qTf4jIVD18SWw76aKn34wE4hGcqO-cOucc2URrzPp7wziT3PNR5Ic-610jBM7-JpZye/s1040/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5OAGHElFVT_zNbqQdQV5NvEu2fejonzoDsc9njrG7agIvjoCi0nDRUu0XvulDjquIigLLNwsodfuoMRhTQYi_g1WccyXkB991jKFDIqnjxucIwImGNc1M3SG2qTf4jIVD18SWw76aKn34wE4hGcqO-cOucc2URrzPp7wziT3PNR5Ic-610jBM7-JpZye/w360-h520/Slide1.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Inside, I opted for this rich amethyst metallic paint from Finnabair Art Alchemy which is amazing to use and leaves a fab velvet rich shimmer. I also chose a different image for the inside of the lid as I thought that the colours tied in nicely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUM9juf29gw6NUsRnfWr2-BHyIlB8kDUMPS6-tBnN-kEEzj8dvWJ1smWfHd2KW5JqQB0I28VOT7fJ_cmX6g33wK2gnYOkHepCOMX4e32y4qceXLtozMrvIPnTIKlMEjMpJ3SK-erTN26W9sJfWkEsF2iCMeEHDaSJeo9HXWA9_0VZxqAzRLG5dKvsBsbr/s1040/Slide8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUM9juf29gw6NUsRnfWr2-BHyIlB8kDUMPS6-tBnN-kEEzj8dvWJ1smWfHd2KW5JqQB0I28VOT7fJ_cmX6g33wK2gnYOkHepCOMX4e32y4qceXLtozMrvIPnTIKlMEjMpJ3SK-erTN26W9sJfWkEsF2iCMeEHDaSJeo9HXWA9_0VZxqAzRLG5dKvsBsbr/w475-h330/Slide8.JPG" width="475" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I gave the box two very light coats of matt medium to seal it, making sure each layer was completely dry before adding the next, this prevented the paper from wrinkling or any colour bleed from the inks. It also left my box with a nice smooth finish. I then edged the box with gold wax.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1ITvjtg5ENgO45KTR3I8tt_p-Y-xUBDQFvnJzGYmioK6-SYviOnTlj8VYeDj6VZZIN48CZaXjeu0L7iEot4AlIZkpsVEaOOB6GfhKoYy949C3TGA4ltFz-KdP6YulZd7pzEBKl8qmLQAj_TSGWyYcR8Gm5LvM3ovWhVB9NHkcsAKx645UyrhPF3NJf2M/s4032/IMG_3969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1ITvjtg5ENgO45KTR3I8tt_p-Y-xUBDQFvnJzGYmioK6-SYviOnTlj8VYeDj6VZZIN48CZaXjeu0L7iEot4AlIZkpsVEaOOB6GfhKoYy949C3TGA4ltFz-KdP6YulZd7pzEBKl8qmLQAj_TSGWyYcR8Gm5LvM3ovWhVB9NHkcsAKx645UyrhPF3NJf2M/w360-h480/IMG_3969.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I thought one of the mecha moths would look good in the top corner of the box. This one was made from hot glue and I coloured it with some copper wax. At different angles, you can see through parts of it, which adds to the dimension.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I did make a 7x 7 inch card to accompany my box. This collection also has a range of inserts to accompany the various designs for your cards and is certainly one that I really love and can not recommend enough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWcTuu9bbB3MOz0Il0ZNos6A7XgdLXZZ0NWKUbaPLZfdgQMq46l7o4auSMzGok6mzQ1Sa7eks03XSpV-z0Fl2yediLaxKI1iyV1djTPfwLluQIBXDOZlrA_7m0DbUJ-1NxtdmeGouFsVhhe6s94nl9I-SJfRhkEHeFd27fTggpZ7BWT3hHLrOua5GiRev/s1161/Watercolour%20Witches%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1161" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWcTuu9bbB3MOz0Il0ZNos6A7XgdLXZZ0NWKUbaPLZfdgQMq46l7o4auSMzGok6mzQ1Sa7eks03XSpV-z0Fl2yediLaxKI1iyV1djTPfwLluQIBXDOZlrA_7m0DbUJ-1NxtdmeGouFsVhhe6s94nl9I-SJfRhkEHeFd27fTggpZ7BWT3hHLrOua5GiRev/w500-h486/Watercolour%20Witches%20card.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">All this one needed was a trio of flowers from my box that I had previously made up using some blooms from Opulence by Design Crafts and a little moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">My decorated box has been on a bit of a tour (collecting various stamps along the way) before eventually reaching its destination safely.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great week, whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div><span><div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div><span><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Open Sans;"><b><i>Happy Crafting</i></b></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBp2L1q6qQADXKrIIQ1pgEyJ7zJQT0NV3Az15ILM5y0EgfZHZ8lE0pJJRe6GodHYq2fhDkl7dvcy_z6lgQvqIC5aTgBMAZ5pzssrKZK32JhjNisPDnNtBmSxG9I4M_0pqP-gaQ2fiGgR-jLvn08at-oAdSx1XnxguVxJgj99q04GjqIgB4sLt-g8iL9wHX/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_15-42-25-124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBp2L1q6qQADXKrIIQ1pgEyJ7zJQT0NV3Az15ILM5y0EgfZHZ8lE0pJJRe6GodHYq2fhDkl7dvcy_z6lgQvqIC5aTgBMAZ5pzssrKZK32JhjNisPDnNtBmSxG9I4M_0pqP-gaQ2fiGgR-jLvn08at-oAdSx1XnxguVxJgj99q04GjqIgB4sLt-g8iL9wHX/w515-h386/Picsart_24-01-27_15-42-25-124.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my card I used one of the dies from a past Stephanie Weightman - Tattered Lace collection, which made up a 7.5 inch x 4 inch card base.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also used one of the very pretty <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/P1Tf8">3 free f</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/P1Tf8">loral print papers</a> from <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design Crafts</a> website, for my envelobox.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANezgk_xDFkNsy2Rbh85BaxYnkye5w5UnAS1C0AM_uvF4vwH8h46COVde_hR-oFLItFzB-vx3_1zm3KoGHIw_OEvikcSzLYhu9G6zUVKQKFuLRlmbZt9fSZ9dYW_eeC0kFKZ23WTdVcjJXJIdEP_rYL0z9wKca0uv664bbRuoqkS5IUJtEiWe2BIvh-jv/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_15-01-16-430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANezgk_xDFkNsy2Rbh85BaxYnkye5w5UnAS1C0AM_uvF4vwH8h46COVde_hR-oFLItFzB-vx3_1zm3KoGHIw_OEvikcSzLYhu9G6zUVKQKFuLRlmbZt9fSZ9dYW_eeC0kFKZ23WTdVcjJXJIdEP_rYL0z9wKca0uv664bbRuoqkS5IUJtEiWe2BIvh-jv/w379-h505/Picsart_24-01-27_15-01-16-430.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/DUdci">The Digital Florist Orange Nasturtium Flower print & cut form set</a> comes with 2 A4 colour block sheets which are great to use to co-ordinate with your crafting or you can use one of the sheets to print on the back of your flower sheets so that your flowers have all round colour.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z27iPgWLo32w25zj8OXyyCVeW8SLcbKzrAamnFbCrfzkWldDsJf0qf_6JdzJ3tC7jYnDZlfqxwh480ARECSLcfmofdWkQ2ZnZVdOMV9k4LYGtLfGCuwFOKVdfUQxu1zwCj7hvSpAL6cUvsgu-eyF4rrNeqNXouOpUJCSz8qWbY2vtrByK4tZ1rtdSqG_/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_14-59-24-601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z27iPgWLo32w25zj8OXyyCVeW8SLcbKzrAamnFbCrfzkWldDsJf0qf_6JdzJ3tC7jYnDZlfqxwh480ARECSLcfmofdWkQ2ZnZVdOMV9k4LYGtLfGCuwFOKVdfUQxu1zwCj7hvSpAL6cUvsgu-eyF4rrNeqNXouOpUJCSz8qWbY2vtrByK4tZ1rtdSqG_/w393-h523/Picsart_24-01-27_14-59-24-601.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">On this little card I layered up my flowers to add some more dimension to them. I also curled the petals gently with the end of a pokey tool as these have been printed onto 120gsm colour document Navigator paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRGg0-WQgYFmHNnzl7PWdMWDXcYxNcJ-sxiakd5GkiAovLnOKBImlShK2dGnHibk_TIfiuitqB6zNpVKyWW-Zg90kkSlOkU2OMlI2P4CLPLDiGlz1ukFPovzPk3kJgYtM695bCbhX79-UpZDZF0sAXOd3XDelvb4IQnBacVw5oNWSknucaeD0Z5T68duz/s3262/Picsart_24-01-27_15-39-21-914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2723" data-original-width="3262" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRGg0-WQgYFmHNnzl7PWdMWDXcYxNcJ-sxiakd5GkiAovLnOKBImlShK2dGnHibk_TIfiuitqB6zNpVKyWW-Zg90kkSlOkU2OMlI2P4CLPLDiGlz1ukFPovzPk3kJgYtM695bCbhX79-UpZDZF0sAXOd3XDelvb4IQnBacVw5oNWSknucaeD0Z5T68duz/w513-h428/Picsart_24-01-27_15-39-21-914.jpg" width="513" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The centres of my flowers have drops of glossy accents to highlight the centres.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDnsXuNaba7i5aw7KwImF_iwhOyT9L0ZKms3TcKXirvTaJO26sZX_YDx0HvtxizYqB6_lfYqN4zoEQ58q1swMxyZn0EbTBRdcBBrabTQsKr2e6bOAj2CaFMctobQ9H_QzcqjTUv1EfHzVkoZDr1zgZHT58dXOqsjAJ9hxbe75JHvn2qH4jhxvhFVkh-88/s4031/Picsart_24-01-27_15-37-19-296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2940" data-original-width="4031" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDnsXuNaba7i5aw7KwImF_iwhOyT9L0ZKms3TcKXirvTaJO26sZX_YDx0HvtxizYqB6_lfYqN4zoEQ58q1swMxyZn0EbTBRdcBBrabTQsKr2e6bOAj2CaFMctobQ9H_QzcqjTUv1EfHzVkoZDr1zgZHT58dXOqsjAJ9hxbe75JHvn2qH4jhxvhFVkh-88/w511-h373/Picsart_24-01-27_15-37-19-296.jpg" width="511" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">My little card has a die cut vellum layer followed by a gold pearlescent layer. To get this colour, I used the palest colour block sheet from the Digital Florist Cream with Blush Edge Ranunculus set and printed it onto some white pearlescent paper from my stash.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I enjoy being able to print what I want onto different mediums for the projects that I am making.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEffc0a2xSp10PXe5MHCQxUFJO8QriZTbPej9UgFA4iUR315IH8Iab6PmTkkT2y3rbpGmwRhDR4L45LV87RWKmhN_Mp71B-gAGzBQpye_I_l9dDDLGRuHOKece6FCXALjBic6qitRNuj1asAxl0Qy59gT95eP0cmqvyif2BebCG6aG9G0UCvfvgNbWIIu/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_15-17-32-337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEffc0a2xSp10PXe5MHCQxUFJO8QriZTbPej9UgFA4iUR315IH8Iab6PmTkkT2y3rbpGmwRhDR4L45LV87RWKmhN_Mp71B-gAGzBQpye_I_l9dDDLGRuHOKece6FCXALjBic6qitRNuj1asAxl0Qy59gT95eP0cmqvyif2BebCG6aG9G0UCvfvgNbWIIu/w509-h382/Picsart_24-01-27_15-17-32-337.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">For the third layer of my card I used a script embossing folder, which I also used for the matching oversized pearlescent envelope. The flowers sit in the middle of a</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> frame, die cut from cream glitter card.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXCjCEzkzt5zz0y8oJSGMblwk4ADbLHrXGiZpUJgSY8eRpelrNsNzogg-GKBMlm9Ss3nhfK9g0eNPw5zLybRlahQaJZR73AsxZDWzR-lNVS3JCRHsrKHK4EzffkvvU3Q84h2UkdpCerMOY3rA1gvOcMMoDVFPj0SnA8PRo0MdZsBgEIJbFgYCKfzVArd1/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_15-40-17-004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXCjCEzkzt5zz0y8oJSGMblwk4ADbLHrXGiZpUJgSY8eRpelrNsNzogg-GKBMlm9Ss3nhfK9g0eNPw5zLybRlahQaJZR73AsxZDWzR-lNVS3JCRHsrKHK4EzffkvvU3Q84h2UkdpCerMOY3rA1gvOcMMoDVFPj0SnA8PRo0MdZsBgEIJbFgYCKfzVArd1/w504-h378/Picsart_24-01-27_15-40-17-004.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my final card I used a watercolour image from my stash and I thought that these flowers would look really pretty nested around the picture on my 6 x 6 inch card, so I resized them to make the flowers small enough. These are an easy shape to cut out, especially with a pair of shaped decoupage scissors.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-8qFRKMQstAt6DWtIagKj7zlh7v3eurwWmijot8Xl62WfFIsi1pCTaKfDAQLXV56cTFfaqomzGEY9f6F0W0rZ2Fp3LBMIBSUEfZphgV3aaOp5Go51dmn6X2m4IOgj6HEabRB7cU9Rpi6oPFAzqHUoTrmAeEFOidsbNx6pjaHAfpK0CobA6F8NfDNpTKi/s4000/Picsart_24-01-27_15-41-10-759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-8qFRKMQstAt6DWtIagKj7zlh7v3eurwWmijot8Xl62WfFIsi1pCTaKfDAQLXV56cTFfaqomzGEY9f6F0W0rZ2Fp3LBMIBSUEfZphgV3aaOp5Go51dmn6X2m4IOgj6HEabRB7cU9Rpi6oPFAzqHUoTrmAeEFOidsbNx6pjaHAfpK0CobA6F8NfDNpTKi/w510-h382/Picsart_24-01-27_15-41-10-759.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also used glossy accents in the centre of these flowers and a green layer behind my card topper, using one of the colour block sheets from a Digital Florist set in my collection.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">With an extra piece left over from the sheet, I used it to line the envelope for my card.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also find it handy to have my flowers in a variety of sizes, especially, smaller as I can easily mix them into other projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3CQriTuUEFOXASe8EJZDf9o8yp2MjIBM2wbEjUoWWX6wkDE9xYNe9b8QSs0xGCvZH2-w4mxVKlRHEbvtFew-rXnoqTBvU2OfU4bMp0MmfVBKtw7R0lSGzS8saEfN6EZz_Q5LM1I5c8nWptdQxM29BLKCdBFVKxaDWkwrlQyGH0lZQC0ZqJ3osMk_KClO/s1135/Ella%20Card%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1135" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3CQriTuUEFOXASe8EJZDf9o8yp2MjIBM2wbEjUoWWX6wkDE9xYNe9b8QSs0xGCvZH2-w4mxVKlRHEbvtFew-rXnoqTBvU2OfU4bMp0MmfVBKtw7R0lSGzS8saEfN6EZz_Q5LM1I5c8nWptdQxM29BLKCdBFVKxaDWkwrlQyGH0lZQC0ZqJ3osMk_KClO/w482-h478/Ella%20Card%20.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My son bought this beautiful Ella stamp by BellaArt for my birthday which I have been really looking forward to using. It is just perfect for a CAS card and it's been designed so that you can extend</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> it, should you wish to.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used Tim Holtz distress inks in antique linen, tea dye, worn lipstick and scattered straw to colour my stamped image (using watercolour card) and then stamped and coloured the flowers, also in the set before cutting them out. My flowers also have gold prills in the centres for a little dimension.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This is my favourite of the 3 beautiful designs that come alive with just a little colour, which takes the stress out of colouring if you are not a natural colourist, like myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">BellaArt stamps can be purchased via <a href="https://www.debbimooredesigns.com/">Debbi Moore Designs</a>, where there is also a Facebook live in the Inspiration section from Bella where she demos how to colour her set of face stamps, which I found very useful.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span><div style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great day, whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Open Sans;"><b><i>Happy Crafting</i></b></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t-024bzjRV_OBuKpfkl4F040SobYAIKvPNgycaVkhd4-fccGtutAO8wN2O6qzQE6UbIRsb3892RjgNrnu_xyEiKYmC7I4AYnitiUXBqiyPT0idw0u8ZBLmnbDddQdsV2qvuNlcG6F1wxJ02FDjh2nJQTn65hBIGxgVVLYjn1HQx6xwuvr9Z_OvktpmQ0/s1040/Slide113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t-024bzjRV_OBuKpfkl4F040SobYAIKvPNgycaVkhd4-fccGtutAO8wN2O6qzQE6UbIRsb3892RjgNrnu_xyEiKYmC7I4AYnitiUXBqiyPT0idw0u8ZBLmnbDddQdsV2qvuNlcG6F1wxJ02FDjh2nJQTn65hBIGxgVVLYjn1HQx6xwuvr9Z_OvktpmQ0/w576-h400/Slide113.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">For this card, I used a white 8 x 8-inch card blank and the </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/eakwW" style="text-align: justify;">Bright Lights Fabulous Fashionista Mini Cardmaking Kit </a><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://obyd.co.uk/">by Opulence by Design Crafts</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://obyd.co.uk/">. </a> The PDF - 5-page digital download includes 2 beautiful toppers, 6 sentiments and 4 fabulous designer backing papers that could be printed onto cardstock and used as card blanks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">On one of my layers, I printed the beautiful floral design paper onto a textured satin paper that I had in my stash, it was a shame to cover most of it up, as it now had a luxurious feel to it. This is just one of the advantages of being able to choose what you print off from your download files using the mediums of your choice.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLfBZ4s53pVwV5PyG3ShVhyphenhyphenQPWg26Tfxg2zsSpK_a10t77DnTSdNW1pPYwlutqJ_MaQbVE8LSX2f0ZJB8NiAZo1D1vf431x1FCJNUP0x0sBif-g8cRtE71VdPgJToKbImOgQ5VZFg3F_RQr8w6AV8co8Bmn_4gz_Q6YrCbTflFFScNTlBXkpfLczIgDMp/s1040/Slide67.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLfBZ4s53pVwV5PyG3ShVhyphenhyphenQPWg26Tfxg2zsSpK_a10t77DnTSdNW1pPYwlutqJ_MaQbVE8LSX2f0ZJB8NiAZo1D1vf431x1FCJNUP0x0sBif-g8cRtE71VdPgJToKbImOgQ5VZFg3F_RQr8w6AV8co8Bmn_4gz_Q6YrCbTflFFScNTlBXkpfLczIgDMp/w418-h602/Slide67.JPG" width="418" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">I also made some flowers using a mix of </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/7ca1V" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">purple & lemon Pansies</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> with the</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Hu8gx" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">pink & lilac Violas by Opulence by Design Crafts.</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">not forgetting the</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">Pansy Leaf</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">which is a great foliage to pop in with any flower arrangement that you are using.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA6Fx_erI2V2i7R6ZxEQaUWoCXbtkczdDt7hq68aXxmWR1bsaFkqbE1TWd1FN_Z4S33lLpfKSMjEa_02FOcpwwGmf74FwuTIFvCLCH_bPYFHVKnE0wzMkbg8mmubIDx3UsaDkBzlDn5YqRTcV80P_hlwuyJ5vs4buqfSSGHzhE0HT26B2tOCwMhcmalXn/s1040/Slide68.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA6Fx_erI2V2i7R6ZxEQaUWoCXbtkczdDt7hq68aXxmWR1bsaFkqbE1TWd1FN_Z4S33lLpfKSMjEa_02FOcpwwGmf74FwuTIFvCLCH_bPYFHVKnE0wzMkbg8mmubIDx3UsaDkBzlDn5YqRTcV80P_hlwuyJ5vs4buqfSSGHzhE0HT26B2tOCwMhcmalXn/w413-h595/Slide68.JPG" width="413" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">These flowers can resized to fit all your projects, which is something I also like to do rather than having to find something to fill a space in a project.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I've added a little glossy accents to the centre of the flowers as they really didn't need anything else for this project.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2npAfkzUXwKyGA2petNmJOqA6U1je61DBkCrShLpJrsuHLc-8Sj5T_Ql52lXwrD9f0jxkR6ptuoOdj7sbnHYLTUITGSSMDtSW-N_3asUoJ1bN9snfhhbBn9VbFXmIyC3LlNf4L8bLlAAmP4zb1DzV29ocydzFolYP_BG6ORzr1uOB4RdQYLLWgjES6jf/s1040/Slide69.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2npAfkzUXwKyGA2petNmJOqA6U1je61DBkCrShLpJrsuHLc-8Sj5T_Ql52lXwrD9f0jxkR6ptuoOdj7sbnHYLTUITGSSMDtSW-N_3asUoJ1bN9snfhhbBn9VbFXmIyC3LlNf4L8bLlAAmP4zb1DzV29ocydzFolYP_BG6ORzr1uOB4RdQYLLWgjES6jf/w477-h688/Slide69.JPG" width="477" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Sometimes for occasion cards, I carry the backing paper through onto the back and for this card I have also made a matching box.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdC2iaoeFDGzeUyvGn5VCciVzNSMlax4loH1UYem3FLRdiQKR5ihpocMnSLZyx3zo5BjvfS_WNA56petA8GzEFlP2oJf0vP4wox_oQaJ2MoSIKm7O_2Z5PV1ffd4hoylaDRuUgdNzNjsRHhvaolFAyORjaIg5pBTvLL_pZA9V7srXk5vJUM1-bOpiXDOU/s1040/Slide109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdC2iaoeFDGzeUyvGn5VCciVzNSMlax4loH1UYem3FLRdiQKR5ihpocMnSLZyx3zo5BjvfS_WNA56petA8GzEFlP2oJf0vP4wox_oQaJ2MoSIKm7O_2Z5PV1ffd4hoylaDRuUgdNzNjsRHhvaolFAyORjaIg5pBTvLL_pZA9V7srXk5vJUM1-bOpiXDOU/w545-h378/Slide109.JPG" width="545" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1wcLl1cDJWZ5rv0cDhiPFfi16eB3cY9rpu52AOyby2W6i82aufJ8m1JBIy6kOvPEtmOQ9E3IrFQLL9DxVp1aTzvdXpwOAsMupq37-0IuyThH-Dq0dBo3lwpt8usJEHcVF9D7i8lYPTx53cft46pQS3NsPuthwvy5JMn-YwKtPlk7Y3DTGt7BaPHQdlat/s1040/Slide110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1wcLl1cDJWZ5rv0cDhiPFfi16eB3cY9rpu52AOyby2W6i82aufJ8m1JBIy6kOvPEtmOQ9E3IrFQLL9DxVp1aTzvdXpwOAsMupq37-0IuyThH-Dq0dBo3lwpt8usJEHcVF9D7i8lYPTx53cft46pQS3NsPuthwvy5JMn-YwKtPlk7Y3DTGt7BaPHQdlat/w660-h457/Slide110.JPG" width="660" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I do think this is such a beautiful cardmaking kit and I love this topper. From my own cardstock, I have added pink pearlescent and white glossy card.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">These papers are just perfect to add a touch of glitter to using your Stickles glitter glue or or glitter shimmer pens.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and</span> inspirational<span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> craft videos you can find her gallery here: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(204, 204, 204) 100%, rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1292ee; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: inherit; white-space: initial;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have already spotted my next kit that I am looking forward to using!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great week, whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Catz</a> - Show some flowers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Crafty%20Wednesday">Elliebelles Corner</a> - AG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-challenge-anything-goes.html">Crafty Calendar</a> - AG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-81610013349460994792023-10-05T19:38:00.021+01:002024-01-02T20:10:16.228+00:00Halloween Tags<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Sharing some bookmarks that I have just finished making and I love the new range of red rubber Halloween stamps from <a href="https://www.indigoblu.com/">IndigoBlu</a> this year. I have used <a href="https://www.indigoblu.com/a6/spooky-girl-a6-red-rubber-stamp">Spooky Girl</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPZzcraNYW9h2-V8cGVZpVXyfp3xbrUoPQnUZRcebfaliX-bjnS5jikScIchxs8yYfQ-kDWoqGkQIyi77JRsJLg0pXJJ_s460qZGBKNXs4l0AZkXgwyb0ch0NrHDDZI_WLqfl6avGk5hwSBXivuA3_D7Qv8NV5yW9lWSiZdGONKXcwK9RiBQwEfF30pan/s1040/Slide117.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPZzcraNYW9h2-V8cGVZpVXyfp3xbrUoPQnUZRcebfaliX-bjnS5jikScIchxs8yYfQ-kDWoqGkQIyi77JRsJLg0pXJJ_s460qZGBKNXs4l0AZkXgwyb0ch0NrHDDZI_WLqfl6avGk5hwSBXivuA3_D7Qv8NV5yW9lWSiZdGONKXcwK9RiBQwEfF30pan/w592-h411/Slide117.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I still use bookmarks a lot and they are always really handy to gift too, especially with your craft swaps. I also just enjoy making them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjvHTlZEpz60MqNfJQeCo1r2pT27ZZhsExfa2QnlnBHhI0MxsruUkpyl_E67ZeIX_PMDdS_4i0FHprzmkrzSZZAtS_ZuRBBKkqhxbWZOwTmZCghnKipzSPEmC7Iz0r44J2JnUPc_StZDFRlUBmt92HuwpG40YDknErI1HEs6EeeEV6kjEsfTDQbMpJ3k6/s1040/Slide70.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjvHTlZEpz60MqNfJQeCo1r2pT27ZZhsExfa2QnlnBHhI0MxsruUkpyl_E67ZeIX_PMDdS_4i0FHprzmkrzSZZAtS_ZuRBBKkqhxbWZOwTmZCghnKipzSPEmC7Iz0r44J2JnUPc_StZDFRlUBmt92HuwpG40YDknErI1HEs6EeeEV6kjEsfTDQbMpJ3k6/w337-h485/Slide70.JPG" width="337" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The first one I made was stamped with black Versafine Clair ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I used<a href="https://www.art-of-craft.co.uk/product/craft-artist-gold-fusion-inks-complete-collection/"> Craft Artist's Fusion Ink</a> in Hunters Gold for the background.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">It's really difficult to see the flecks of gold mica in the misty grey/green background. I used the Berry Fusion ink on the pumpkins for a shimmery glow. These inks are beautiful to use. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">For a touch more texture, I have added glossy accent to her eyes and I added a little Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss in Midnight Sparkle to the background.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAxgBD-fs6QbJQfOsaWPgShWL-iQPHWd9tIeJZ54e-BgKnPLLNAY3je4hdWuo0HPab88K6p7bmQeURRFh-xJ4yeVBw8RNGDmIt_STGCjPlC0HTOXyoTYAh0HBaUH8Oai7yp0RAuO0GTLNpuCzCr10Ls2n-pxZ5XsUkTkj23igkSoHIb1zuay56c_rmv5y/s1040/Slide72.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAxgBD-fs6QbJQfOsaWPgShWL-iQPHWd9tIeJZ54e-BgKnPLLNAY3je4hdWuo0HPab88K6p7bmQeURRFh-xJ4yeVBw8RNGDmIt_STGCjPlC0HTOXyoTYAh0HBaUH8Oai7yp0RAuO0GTLNpuCzCr10Ls2n-pxZ5XsUkTkj23igkSoHIb1zuay56c_rmv5y/w354-h510/Slide72.JPG" width="354" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My second tag was just stamped in black versafine Clair ink and then coloured in the image like the first tag. I used a sparkle dye based ink in ocean blue to add a dusky shimmer to the background. I also made use of some Tattered Lace Halloween die cuts in my stash to embellish my tags.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu5hLHio5H7JqeRQfJ7VhjiHIr0LDqvN3sugo2Cb6haVhRS1BHXVNMHdO76lXAm7IPnXajPxkjbCVyxi49-_VCQxqkTS4O_d2_0Q54Gv1Fz2GzDN5yYC_CgdXpy2VvmDxRSw0CmQdWzq4hF_EzDU3dyjEYhVixJoEg3n63JTNuUi1EsQ9D6L1PfYDKbF4/s1040/Slide71.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu5hLHio5H7JqeRQfJ7VhjiHIr0LDqvN3sugo2Cb6haVhRS1BHXVNMHdO76lXAm7IPnXajPxkjbCVyxi49-_VCQxqkTS4O_d2_0Q54Gv1Fz2GzDN5yYC_CgdXpy2VvmDxRSw0CmQdWzq4hF_EzDU3dyjEYhVixJoEg3n63JTNuUi1EsQ9D6L1PfYDKbF4/w359-h517/Slide71.JPG" width="359" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My third tag was stamped in sepia versafine ink. I bought some wool from a charity shop last year and thought that it would come in handy for projects like this. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I think this is such a cool stamp and one that you can adapt in many ways for your crafting and not just for Halloween and have been looking forward to using this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Another week is nearly coming to an end already and the days are starting to get shorter too!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Have a good rest of the week!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Challenges</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Daisy Chains - Halloween</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/">Lets Craft & Create - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Love to Craft - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/">Sisterhood of Crafters - Shapes</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/">Creatalicious - ATG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/">As you like it - Halloween</a> - I love this new 'Spooky Girl' stamp and have been looking forward to crafting with it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/">Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/">Paper Funday - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/">Sheepski Designs - Halloween colours</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/">The two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - mood board</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/">Double Trouble - Trick & Treat</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com/">Park Hopping - My Happy Place - Halloween</a> (Spotlight project for October)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-54203456416607590212023-09-25T16:38:00.012+01:002023-10-03T11:07:28.399+01:00Fashionista Birthday card<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">A birthday card to share today and I do love the vibrancy of this card kit along with its beautiful toppers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JxECc2_Pb-D0a3Metk0xIgeZc8BpXnS8p3zDTYcGq9bGfbeIIDqOrETF55fPaWdoAWmcbKb1ZuSiG5hKutbykD9oxNaUmqkjr7SCi0tQ4E8iTFpe717tTB6245xIr5IhBdgpVxo3OFw1JPDRo6WTmPJE2h_ZMFG4_p2_L_ELS6dpqdLbXre5SaPaXy7g/s1245/Fashionista%20card%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1245" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JxECc2_Pb-D0a3Metk0xIgeZc8BpXnS8p3zDTYcGq9bGfbeIIDqOrETF55fPaWdoAWmcbKb1ZuSiG5hKutbykD9oxNaUmqkjr7SCi0tQ4E8iTFpe717tTB6245xIr5IhBdgpVxo3OFw1JPDRo6WTmPJE2h_ZMFG4_p2_L_ELS6dpqdLbXre5SaPaXy7g/w627-h569/Fashionista%20card%202023.jpg" width="627" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">I used a white 7 x 7 inch card blank and part of the </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/eakwW" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">Bright Lights Fabulous Fashionista Mini Cardmaking Kit by Opulence by Design Crafts</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">. The PDF - 5 page digital download includes 2 beautiful toppers, 6 sentiments and 4 fabulous designer backing papers that could also be printed onto cardstock and used as card blanks. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I printed my topper onto glossy photo paper (170gsm, Wilko brand) and I added some pale blue mirror board between the layers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Of course, I had to add flowers and I used a mix of <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/7ca1V">purple & lemon Pansies</a> with the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Hu8gx">pink & lilac Violas by Opulence by Design Crafts.</a> Not forgetting the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT">Pansy Leaf</a> which I think is a great foliage to pop in with any flower arrangement that you are using.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LubNpYAGlsqAbcRExNlqfN3ZJx41ebkx070hmAsliYSStWTKDzg9iVwCMHb_hTupNmEqSwlipqNgTA7hv_FMzrXFC62JQHZhy8NoMW5EWS19HcvonqLnariKG3CyOSz3TMX5r2pKEWwzYu0I4puLbyYEvKePgz9GTKym181WNt4yWREqFDLXaCVKG58Q/s1040/Slide115.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LubNpYAGlsqAbcRExNlqfN3ZJx41ebkx070hmAsliYSStWTKDzg9iVwCMHb_hTupNmEqSwlipqNgTA7hv_FMzrXFC62JQHZhy8NoMW5EWS19HcvonqLnariKG3CyOSz3TMX5r2pKEWwzYu0I4puLbyYEvKePgz9GTKym181WNt4yWREqFDLXaCVKG58Q/w622-h431/Slide115.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've added glossy accents to the centre of the flowers and a little diamond Stickles glitter glue to embellish.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This card does actually fit into its envelope. Normally when I add flowers to my cards, I need to make an envelope, especially if it has to be posted and that's where I find the </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">12 x 12 plain cardstock pads from The Range come in really handy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have only used part of this brilliant kit to make my card but will be sharing another card next month that I have made using the rest of the kit, as I have made it for a special birthday, I need to hold onto it until then.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">if you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and craft videos and tutorials you can find her gallery here: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(204, 204, 204) 100%, rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1292ee; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: inherit; white-space: initial;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;">My flower box is getting a little full now, I think I need another one! I must admit, it is one of my favourite crafty things to do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcQhIJT_bsVeTM_lMvC64vBcos-7PUFcxmHa6asEZuFFUGq0D7VY6J58TvyGzQQb4cjebDayQ7PaYGKlgK40MViI95IVyB4ijNUSIOx-srGGxh5CQTIzlSRfaClFWpz0TAeiTXE3D1ccp5RaUSK6K3wIgLfRTdGIAGmlXDF6xtB1uHnjENRdEfIh0yXOI/s4031/IMG_E3384.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2914" data-original-width="4031" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcQhIJT_bsVeTM_lMvC64vBcos-7PUFcxmHa6asEZuFFUGq0D7VY6J58TvyGzQQb4cjebDayQ7PaYGKlgK40MViI95IVyB4ijNUSIOx-srGGxh5CQTIzlSRfaClFWpz0TAeiTXE3D1ccp5RaUSK6K3wIgLfRTdGIAGmlXDF6xtB1uHnjENRdEfIh0yXOI/w373-h269/IMG_E3384.JPG" width="373" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great week, whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-transform: inherit;"><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #797875; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;" /></p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Challenges:-</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/">Daisy Chains - Dots/Stripes</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/">Triple B - Blooms</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/">Lets Craft & Create - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Love to Craft - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/">Classic Design Challenge - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/">Crafts Galore Encore - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/">Creative Fingers - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/">Creatalicious - ATG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/">A Perfect Time to Craft -ATG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-15734826544973834852023-09-10T16:26:00.016+01:002023-10-05T19:47:17.322+01:00A Frosted Christmas cards<span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have a few Christmas cards to share with you that I have been making from the gorgeous Frosted Christmas collection by <a href="https://obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a>.</span><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF7A3SfqlXaYeOB8SyebjT8Fu4nb4ToVyPPZZU6Gv7fwlhsWCdUWW6lVCpuJCGwuryoyMP13gZjcqv-VDa_CTWdbg9uK_jt_rJNrpQs_Ag1jXG08ZVmwYpQftk0oav9L6GuyI1BrzzFgCq7mv2YR55ngELULUrT8jg9NekFcLU6J6AXgJR8YNSX8VE4jR/s1040/Slide105.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF7A3SfqlXaYeOB8SyebjT8Fu4nb4ToVyPPZZU6Gv7fwlhsWCdUWW6lVCpuJCGwuryoyMP13gZjcqv-VDa_CTWdbg9uK_jt_rJNrpQs_Ag1jXG08ZVmwYpQftk0oav9L6GuyI1BrzzFgCq7mv2YR55ngELULUrT8jg9NekFcLU6J6AXgJR8YNSX8VE4jR/w595-h413/Slide105.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/3lzc8">Digital Florist Frosted Christmas cardmaking Kit</a> comes as a 15 page PDF digital download featuring a selection of toppers, tags, sentiments, flowers, inserts and outserts for your cards (if your printer allows you to print onto card) and of course backing papers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used the Tattered Lace Trifold die as a card base for my card and added the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Cq62c">rose leaves foliage</a> along with some extra fillers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9Z7g2ngQOnEvqn1h1skWjfG4cX7Ek_K2eWzaTS8Aa4Ob844LhE2_SXlEp-mkQ1z9NLgKgE9FK3_KIo2Oz1XyDKn_Dhbxlyxzh0quX-XGkPbTMr6fToy1DZxH4UJUVKU30TsDoMyPVmLsZNMyl00xqdKhG_JfYG1_cuWw29G02GngD8S9CaN3OP7lNe8F/s1040/Slide103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9Z7g2ngQOnEvqn1h1skWjfG4cX7Ek_K2eWzaTS8Aa4Ob844LhE2_SXlEp-mkQ1z9NLgKgE9FK3_KIo2Oz1XyDKn_Dhbxlyxzh0quX-XGkPbTMr6fToy1DZxH4UJUVKU30TsDoMyPVmLsZNMyl00xqdKhG_JfYG1_cuWw29G02GngD8S9CaN3OP7lNe8F/w653-h454/Slide103.JPG" width="653" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">A smaller 6x6 inch Christmas card using the blue colourways and layering up the papers. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">In the centre of the flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have used Crystal Stickles glitter glue (which brings out the colour of the centres of the flowers). </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Once dry, I added droplets of glossy accents on top to give the appearance of little glittered crystals.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxYvKostjcMvjYtUnli97Zc5G_126qg8Fk-lUPTGGbxWrwvkq3WvYswrgZ9CSsY39uM9iHP-Jr5W6xCC8ejdBOcgRzOSC_w19Vhfgbz1AVPoZ5EBNq_0sKivUtAlfQvQtQtXauWN9X0U6URyQm0Ntv-NdCGromBWWpth6GWiDIAawBulZ0FfCS6tbeS_i/s1040/Slide104.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxYvKostjcMvjYtUnli97Zc5G_126qg8Fk-lUPTGGbxWrwvkq3WvYswrgZ9CSsY39uM9iHP-Jr5W6xCC8ejdBOcgRzOSC_w19Vhfgbz1AVPoZ5EBNq_0sKivUtAlfQvQtQtXauWN9X0U6URyQm0Ntv-NdCGromBWWpth6GWiDIAawBulZ0FfCS6tbeS_i/w624-h433/Slide104.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Finally a 7x7 inch Christmas card. I have used a poinsettia embossing folder with one of the plain backing papers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">These Christmas roses are so pretty and they are flowers that can be used in your cardmaking all year round. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have only used a fraction of this kit so far, if you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and craft videos and tutorials you can find her gallery here: </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgb(204, 204, 204) 100%, rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1292ee; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: inherit; white-space: initial;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I do love those kits, especially the flowers and the shading of the papers is fabulous, which means you will never run out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I like to sit and cut out my flowers first whilst watching TV and when I am not making anything specific I may make a batch and put them in my flower box, it's always handy to have some ready.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great evening, whatever you have planned for yourself, it's certainly been a warm few days.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #797875; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;" /></p></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Challenges:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/">Lets Craft & Create</a> - ATG (Won Top 3)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/">Daisy Chains</a> - Dots & Stripes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Love to Craft</a> - ATG</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/">Classic Designs</a> - ATG</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/">Crafts Galore Encore</a> - ATG</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Creative Fingers</a> - ATG</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a> - ATG</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/">Little Red Wagon</a> - Square/ rectangle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/">CD Sunday</a> - ATG </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/">Beautiful Blossoms</a> - Flowers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Catz</a> - ATG / Twist Ready for Christmas</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-78647146259402299892023-08-16T09:00:00.007+01:002023-08-16T10:55:22.688+01:00Shabby Chic Trinket Box<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have finally got around to decorating an mdf jewellery box a friend gave me some years ago. It has been sitting in a box waiting for some inspiration and when I saw this new Dimensional Dahlia collection by <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a>, it gave me the idea to use some of these beautiful papers as rice papers to decorate it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHdl_LtAU6V0rqjU1hpR6einobdDn4dvBcclyhmVHKZgjIM1327epsmbDV5ohugzPQs8YvFI3qEBCpESzBhmb5sAxciOhzmpY1j3sQWCP2J7fhiZFry9LI5Gd9C8ntkfTltZT6iF-tNPFo67_6bJo74-6aPQOiObuin0mCJ9kW8CB-SdtvWfD3C9QMV4c/s1040/Slide94.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHdl_LtAU6V0rqjU1hpR6einobdDn4dvBcclyhmVHKZgjIM1327epsmbDV5ohugzPQs8YvFI3qEBCpESzBhmb5sAxciOhzmpY1j3sQWCP2J7fhiZFry9LI5Gd9C8ntkfTltZT6iF-tNPFo67_6bJo74-6aPQOiObuin0mCJ9kW8CB-SdtvWfD3C9QMV4c/w606-h421/Slide94.JPG" width="606" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The Collection I am using to upcycle my mdf box is the</span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/mgEZd" style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> Digital Florist Dimensional Dahlias Cardmaking Kit by Opulence by Design</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">. This is a 20 page downloadable PDF kit, with a mix of design papers, tags, toppers, sentiments and flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">My Epson Ecotank is great and economical for digital printing but a bit more sensitive when it comes to tissue paper/rice paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Nevertheless, it is happy to take printable sumi paper, which is what I had in my craft stash to print on. I attached the Sumi paper with a tape pen to a piece of A4 copier paper to feed it through my printer rather than using a removable adhesive spray, leaving a small border of copier paper adhesive free for my printer to pull it through.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKiYxkrgodSghirzV2C_i93580x_dpXHw1vsrXc6rmXMNB8njtIxa98dASEeet6RhQUll2Hz_jfhqkjA_gdqPTRSbFwhluVh58PazJTRwYVEh4XZrD_VhYaNeWvy2FGRxOoWcYDexSFprInAMqaRoJpnXhqaEuGBEl_rSTmIbuhmZDgNyX-0UZI2hyPsE/s3962/IMG_E2804.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3962" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKiYxkrgodSghirzV2C_i93580x_dpXHw1vsrXc6rmXMNB8njtIxa98dASEeet6RhQUll2Hz_jfhqkjA_gdqPTRSbFwhluVh58PazJTRwYVEh4XZrD_VhYaNeWvy2FGRxOoWcYDexSFprInAMqaRoJpnXhqaEuGBEl_rSTmIbuhmZDgNyX-0UZI2hyPsE/w478-h340/IMG_E2804.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The Sumi paper has a textured thread running through it which is lovely for background papers and has a great woven feel to it too. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rUMvAgKo6anUPPaU4rLsrcSzrG_O-gYigUMGrH_TeU3EMKfOK5H9MQ7GnwnKo6yOsNKd5ykFvDnv5hzyoRVfyM0rewuSboGKeym1dZnKTnqiNJN6zuzOSMJANMfSGjfU1MqWo_bMIutfXMuUo02LDvaJz2eWlWvpotEF9xCZ1C72qwtNoNvBY009X1_9/s3916/IMG_E2790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="3916" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rUMvAgKo6anUPPaU4rLsrcSzrG_O-gYigUMGrH_TeU3EMKfOK5H9MQ7GnwnKo6yOsNKd5ykFvDnv5hzyoRVfyM0rewuSboGKeym1dZnKTnqiNJN6zuzOSMJANMfSGjfU1MqWo_bMIutfXMuUo02LDvaJz2eWlWvpotEF9xCZ1C72qwtNoNvBY009X1_9/w438-h311/IMG_E2790.JPG" width="438" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">In order to make sure the colours did not bleed, I just left them to dry out for a few days. I would also recommend using a good quality decoupage glue. I used Mod Podge as that was what I had at the time but I would use another medium next time out of preference.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClBA5FQuLphOpfHM4erjTkFMZ_NkIq_6XThJPY0O87G7DO_LvEJucrwa-MBipYZEuMd4gYww5i8vXZaGDHNvkRyy6_9lBxm10SJMmj3WVhgBeO_Epl0Jzr6d7ofLuXvBy2vm_QlbtiMC8U07lyihCduwPpNAQ9XlhTJrrHkU4NU2jgTSfpdu9Q7AuWK2_/s1040/Slide53.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClBA5FQuLphOpfHM4erjTkFMZ_NkIq_6XThJPY0O87G7DO_LvEJucrwa-MBipYZEuMd4gYww5i8vXZaGDHNvkRyy6_9lBxm10SJMmj3WVhgBeO_Epl0Jzr6d7ofLuXvBy2vm_QlbtiMC8U07lyihCduwPpNAQ9XlhTJrrHkU4NU2jgTSfpdu9Q7AuWK2_/w412-h535/Slide53.JPG" width="412" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I painted all the areas that needed painting first, using a Sparkle Reinker pearlescent dye based ink in Kiwi by The Dreamees. Once Dry, I gave it a coating of Matte Mod Podge to seal it. For a more shabby look, I lightly sanded all the edges of the box.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRPCX8p_qKoEVQIFHBElREWUYIPxOk7DJR4GbPF0JWX0THUqHboBg85CnLQyrvyMJqxwfSaqQCAbRPPOhmCbMZX5AwFInRSlhxB_0B0jYETtQBnsjPwW7rgK8GU-ypAWAuNC6soYoPgMqHMavPGL6w-AdeLe7axjATeRXx02gI6aAhYD8zVtVYHmhSYoU/s1040/Slide97.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRPCX8p_qKoEVQIFHBElREWUYIPxOk7DJR4GbPF0JWX0THUqHboBg85CnLQyrvyMJqxwfSaqQCAbRPPOhmCbMZX5AwFInRSlhxB_0B0jYETtQBnsjPwW7rgK8GU-ypAWAuNC6soYoPgMqHMavPGL6w-AdeLe7axjATeRXx02gI6aAhYD8zVtVYHmhSYoU/w574-h397/Slide97.JPG" width="574" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I then started to add my sumi/rice paper to the edges of my box, being careful not to add too much Mod Podge to start off with as once dry, I would go over the whole box to completely seal it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAeiEyCpSrEri26y0GdOa1IRWL0ZxuD1hnkbMMaL3fDTOOfE4wamVJ8oAKqK4cxcageMWwSqOaGrm8pFPwBR0BC-u-vH4YfNSLUtDuwLle8PlFjJGHR7N6OARZx-oV2Fio3GIoFFWDef_hhX2-dFJBKJ_HEZvyWpkYL4x7nKT-HDE6kn1MmQ3KgDtDtD8/s1040/Slide91.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAeiEyCpSrEri26y0GdOa1IRWL0ZxuD1hnkbMMaL3fDTOOfE4wamVJ8oAKqK4cxcageMWwSqOaGrm8pFPwBR0BC-u-vH4YfNSLUtDuwLle8PlFjJGHR7N6OARZx-oV2Fio3GIoFFWDef_hhX2-dFJBKJ_HEZvyWpkYL4x7nKT-HDE6kn1MmQ3KgDtDtD8/w501-h348/Slide91.JPG" width="501" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Along the lid of the box, </span>I've added metallic green microbeads, they just mixed in really well with this project.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXNH29WtIpVXSRsYJUII5S4QkvI2X0OSYGxM7pXfn0NsOFyv3xwy0ji48sJI-7EVGK2Qk2NH4ZcwCDGIC1B8zx4SQi-eyrJYMVkcNFuRdIRKFmL751Zf0A7LSn9qCIGlc-p4EuLyJv16IraW88EkOGCGykUJXtNj4J7zAXYIc6Attk_qduD4yWEiSBo8X/s1040/Slide96.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXNH29WtIpVXSRsYJUII5S4QkvI2X0OSYGxM7pXfn0NsOFyv3xwy0ji48sJI-7EVGK2Qk2NH4ZcwCDGIC1B8zx4SQi-eyrJYMVkcNFuRdIRKFmL751Zf0A7LSn9qCIGlc-p4EuLyJv16IraW88EkOGCGykUJXtNj4J7zAXYIc6Attk_qduD4yWEiSBo8X/w621-h431/Slide96.JPG" width="621" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">On the lid of the box, I chose this design because I think these flowers are so beautiful and have added the single blooms to sit on top as embellishments, alongside the crystal berries but I needed to give my flowers some more texture to protect them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggr7MdCrIqm7k7UhP23HN1Fx7QT7LFqmQ26uAX7TVYW51DqfwN9QnKu9gG-zwbIFTnwTNCE8SamjI-MCMWUxi4Rnh-hkX-sA9F6yofOoPOlggs9jGQAp_spmWb7snudS7vDEIf9KxIDf-xNQTHRbZkmPZGu4H-jqjzox-qxp-jDbkf5CbZ6mG613ExBMJg/s1040/Slide90.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggr7MdCrIqm7k7UhP23HN1Fx7QT7LFqmQ26uAX7TVYW51DqfwN9QnKu9gG-zwbIFTnwTNCE8SamjI-MCMWUxi4Rnh-hkX-sA9F6yofOoPOlggs9jGQAp_spmWb7snudS7vDEIf9KxIDf-xNQTHRbZkmPZGu4H-jqjzox-qxp-jDbkf5CbZ6mG613ExBMJg/w545-h378/Slide90.JPG" width="545" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I still printed on 120gsm Navigator paper) I first embossed the leaves with clear embossing powder, happy with how that looked, I added some iridescent embossing glitter to the veins of the petals and then covered the flowers with a layer of Mod Podge to give them a light vinyl </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">feel to them that I could still mould them in my hand with a flower tool.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31l6XvVAh5CqVvf_TjXOEcApdizs1MnItoeLkRFJ07ItlATyOHDELzDDa3WVmKt12FbaTlyNl6PUGHIvqMEKLsYvI8mGJF3pQwcUhry19V8WN6bFWeiJKEWZSkRVAgyuDarodPeolNhH_Ux0QWsgHQ8rDtRPVSJRojeQTpw945771TfqClnpFare_301I/s1040/Slide89.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31l6XvVAh5CqVvf_TjXOEcApdizs1MnItoeLkRFJ07ItlATyOHDELzDDa3WVmKt12FbaTlyNl6PUGHIvqMEKLsYvI8mGJF3pQwcUhry19V8WN6bFWeiJKEWZSkRVAgyuDarodPeolNhH_Ux0QWsgHQ8rDtRPVSJRojeQTpw945771TfqClnpFare_301I/w584-h405/Slide89.JPG" width="584" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For the bottom of the compartments inside the box, I cut up some of the patterned paper. This box is a lot bigger than I had originally thought and think it will come in very handy now that I have given it a facelift.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT70Cz52coWpYYKDX-sC__4rItm2TQ0Opc_6mPO7VHTo7kZy5ReNHZ-Rpg4H_00D97KmxxZ2sJm1mptK3x8sZe9zGAsFfvPSABtuaKzQuLVPPI1RQuRCzJ-1nZY236KYJBaANrJoPt7OfNIAAg6c0OAW14XyGWLv-RmCNILegqWkHmHoLztH2Y1oeshQao/s1040/Slide93.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT70Cz52coWpYYKDX-sC__4rItm2TQ0Opc_6mPO7VHTo7kZy5ReNHZ-Rpg4H_00D97KmxxZ2sJm1mptK3x8sZe9zGAsFfvPSABtuaKzQuLVPPI1RQuRCzJ-1nZY236KYJBaANrJoPt7OfNIAAg6c0OAW14XyGWLv-RmCNILegqWkHmHoLztH2Y1oeshQao/w616-h428/Slide93.JPG" width="616" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The final thing to do was to go over it with wax, which is what I normally like to do, and for this project I used, Prima Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance wax in Lucky Clover and Prima Art Alchemy Opal Magic wax in Vintage Silk. In some of the pictures, you can just catch the shimmer from the Vintage Silk wax.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I like making my craft stash stretch further like any other crafter and having more options to use my craft stuff. It's also really handy to be able to just print off what you need sometimes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have really enjoyed working with this kit, especially using these beautiful papers as rice papers for the first time, which I will definitely be trying again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you are interested in the link to Opulence by Design's Website, you can follow the link below including the YouTube channel where you will find lots of really inspirational card craft and some brilliant flower making tutorials that I have certainly made use of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">opulencebydesign - YouTube</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Have a great week whatever you have planned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i1dBp0DgrnaX033z2lxegXNUXnT4NFa_ZLvItldthCBXz-9jJ0OQ8-2Gv0mVwEMtVvmB838wp02hSapzXE3EZOuRXU4OBeacJS39PijEfQ17-WLcVs2N5dhsP38jgTmAWlXwegHPMYsRVxClavVke3KTeDhVBkblxzaLNler3dOvmG8rvSE8SuSYAntC/s1040/Slide32.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i1dBp0DgrnaX033z2lxegXNUXnT4NFa_ZLvItldthCBXz-9jJ0OQ8-2Gv0mVwEMtVvmB838wp02hSapzXE3EZOuRXU4OBeacJS39PijEfQ17-WLcVs2N5dhsP38jgTmAWlXwegHPMYsRVxClavVke3KTeDhVBkblxzaLNler3dOvmG8rvSE8SuSYAntC/w409-h590/Slide32.JPG" width="409" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">For my daughter's birthday card this year, I thought I would go with something a little different. I started with an A5 card base using a piece of A4 Centura Pearl 300gsm snow white card stock by Crafters Companion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="text-align: justify;">I used a white acrylic mousse through a Pretty Script stencil by </span><a href="https://prettygetsgritty.co.uk/" style="text-align: justify;">Pretty Gets Gritty</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> and as this dries quite quickly I was then able to highlight the text and later fill in the background with a touch of Art Alchemy metallique rose gold wax.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_Tk1pWXqRoeTXFIkeDRQP1CqLSSNvvkGQpr1vvLi8WMXF4d_kAfIexgwK1vUlVNjDSc6gINsPHdrpVrWR55PVsDpONeCY26ZbBlg0ovkkD2mosgmOa7iOepHzRDM90wMVYHU2wmP_HyjX5Rio5pujL3CcPfCvxUB2B--Rui8Ko4Lp_d64FzINTfaBdGo/s1040/Slide35.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_Tk1pWXqRoeTXFIkeDRQP1CqLSSNvvkGQpr1vvLi8WMXF4d_kAfIexgwK1vUlVNjDSc6gINsPHdrpVrWR55PVsDpONeCY26ZbBlg0ovkkD2mosgmOa7iOepHzRDM90wMVYHU2wmP_HyjX5Rio5pujL3CcPfCvxUB2B--Rui8Ko4Lp_d64FzINTfaBdGo/w348-h502/Slide35.JPG" width="348" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Before I could add the gothic arch, it needed to be die cut a few times from white card and stuck together to form a substrate to add more mediums onto. The Pretty Gothic Window die set by Pretty Gets Gritty also comes with a smaller window and a set of brick wall dies that are really handy for your projects. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I painted my gothic arch first with white gesso and then added sand texture paste to give it a more aged look. I also rubbed in a little patina blue Art Alchemy antiquing matte wax to highlight the sand texture and to add some highlight to the arch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Y-NFNc9YspkFWDtXNFBKnYNI0zqOhkKJSiRkl5BBXST3iCywY3hOv2QhrlMQa6WwJ8lC95Fu2cd8JrlglhOko7D4PwpJCp8UyBXaXu2wVpxLy3qUXvyOY-hhrU2GjPrZgrYLbQTII5i5c1YtE3cU3c_tWEinP2uQVVIZt9sSiHqrFUwdev8pNFGjZAI/s1040/Slide34.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Y-NFNc9YspkFWDtXNFBKnYNI0zqOhkKJSiRkl5BBXST3iCywY3hOv2QhrlMQa6WwJ8lC95Fu2cd8JrlglhOko7D4PwpJCp8UyBXaXu2wVpxLy3qUXvyOY-hhrU2GjPrZgrYLbQTII5i5c1YtE3cU3c_tWEinP2uQVVIZt9sSiHqrFUwdev8pNFGjZAI/w420-h606/Slide34.JPG" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I added a few of my bricks die cuts in white Centura Pearl card stock, I thought they looked like a rustic broken wall and I then started to add my flowers up the aged gothic arch. These are a mix of pink and blue dahlias from collections by </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Opulence by Design</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> along with the Variegated ivy leaves.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also made the rolled roses and added the smaller die cut flowers to add more volume.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GgZJIRmtqzfc0EDTt6ETiIipi5lcOgoVkd9nVIUs86LS_idkVd1AqSx6gKdjh67iIPAdheVvLsEe6DOaG5p4Q1gzAcM-mAxXhxyjkpXr86VImv8Y--U5LHrSXiKX8aP5wYw7zdPB8Mh5mHREksZKK-OWdo99Zps_m3Vk1CvI9rzYnv_2XAuODELUQIdR/s1040/Slide37.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GgZJIRmtqzfc0EDTt6ETiIipi5lcOgoVkd9nVIUs86LS_idkVd1AqSx6gKdjh67iIPAdheVvLsEe6DOaG5p4Q1gzAcM-mAxXhxyjkpXr86VImv8Y--U5LHrSXiKX8aP5wYw7zdPB8Mh5mHREksZKK-OWdo99Zps_m3Vk1CvI9rzYnv_2XAuODELUQIdR/w431-h621/Slide37.JPG" width="431" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I didn't think a birthday sentiment looked right on the front and quite often I don't add one if I don't think that there is a place for one, so I added a little '<i>with love</i>' in the centre which fitted in nicely and I put a personalised sentiment inside to finish the card off.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The little droplets in the background of the card are glossy accent, I've also used it as dew drops on the petals of my flowers too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="2048" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfSX4mTDF6iYh-_OLPa79O7ngVbE5wKrO6oP3gFeAoIQZv3VIHStmZOmFU6_qz78P3BJwO-qZC8qsPV4sWgj8rQ6YyS0HLldNXJ_q_xnbfv0MkWxtMWQRIjqUK1jgOqdPnzRr9ssbqzyTh1b9CdlOje5E9N1EWTjTuQYoyeFvfZh5ucBuIlT-GxHCNxGN/s320/Paper%20Funday%20Blog%20Badge.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="text-align: left;">Have a look a some of the great inspiration over on Paper Funday this month and why not enter the challenge too!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">What have you been making? or have you just been enjoying spending time outdoors.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Have a great day whatever you have planned for yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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Like many crafters, I tend to collect and keep 'things' that I think might come in handy one day and this particular cookie box from a pizza place enters my house regularly when my son is home from Uni.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiop22wvswFaI5qVPd9FzJ4vg3Aofgy1cugDPe0R4RXGcWaKuecoguvj9yM5jvEF6RzpPCqtTizmfDJg0PrPjU24qvCXy8HT7PRHoYWNYpywSnCsmG4fOUeKDHaiN5vtTi8U-jKyhJX1KKfHf3hPF7WaeFZ31jO_7uBs8WZnM9mddMBO8JV4rcMBEaWJvEe/s1040/Slide40.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiop22wvswFaI5qVPd9FzJ4vg3Aofgy1cugDPe0R4RXGcWaKuecoguvj9yM5jvEF6RzpPCqtTizmfDJg0PrPjU24qvCXy8HT7PRHoYWNYpywSnCsmG4fOUeKDHaiN5vtTi8U-jKyhJX1KKfHf3hPF7WaeFZ31jO_7uBs8WZnM9mddMBO8JV4rcMBEaWJvEe/w394-h530/Slide40.JPG" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This is the type of project that I really enjoy doing; making something out of nothing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7CxcXD4B3fWW7UJfQWhkhgnkjDIFfgLHLg-SLuDO2V69YecuJD-cQ1MLaktzSZrGrpW5P8oqN5LeqfhiItXYutGSYVfO7HaXRIMoXFCWjhjWymQORFD4K65WpcqbotpyCgiZVqyzslGIdGzLlbMVHWhoNRgHxu5DHpMubPWkR6JwIwkx6MK-GKlbJPUe/s4032/IMG_E2251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7CxcXD4B3fWW7UJfQWhkhgnkjDIFfgLHLg-SLuDO2V69YecuJD-cQ1MLaktzSZrGrpW5P8oqN5LeqfhiItXYutGSYVfO7HaXRIMoXFCWjhjWymQORFD4K65WpcqbotpyCgiZVqyzslGIdGzLlbMVHWhoNRgHxu5DHpMubPWkR6JwIwkx6MK-GKlbJPUe/w441-h331/IMG_E2251.JPG" width="441" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This is how my gift box started its life. I have saved a few of these that are clean inside, deconstructed and put away as they are a good size for a dimensional shaped cards, mdf or more cookies!!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I went through my Tattered Lace dies to see what delicate lace dies I had to fit on this box as I was sure that I had one for my flowers to sit on and I found the Nested Quatrefoil die set from the Winter Solstice collection that was the perfect size for this box.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I die cut the lacy detail from the lighter colour block paper from the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT">Digital Florist Pansy Leaf Former Sheet</a> by <a href="https://obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a> and the solid shape from that beautiful salmon pink colour paper in the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/z5xPV">Digital Florist Ranunculus Flower Former Sheet</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uasZICQZo3r0U2yzxWxoR56-HGDv3YXYsvPdMAII8fnEJ9p19ArMQB61_nz5ytMfBgV0e8roGXLa5xLeuaEA9EUjrh48z1WrnuQwTBriUZKrDVlOf7jejzJA_QH3zDgO1LtY1KDEZPR3oAknFpBTOG5-pCuDbRh-Bs-N5qipGMUSJO30kDzv0HngavYS/s1040/Slide85.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uasZICQZo3r0U2yzxWxoR56-HGDv3YXYsvPdMAII8fnEJ9p19ArMQB61_nz5ytMfBgV0e8roGXLa5xLeuaEA9EUjrh48z1WrnuQwTBriUZKrDVlOf7jejzJA_QH3zDgO1LtY1KDEZPR3oAknFpBTOG5-pCuDbRh-Bs-N5qipGMUSJO30kDzv0HngavYS/w493-h342/Slide85.JPG" width="493" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I printed my flowers as usual onto 120 gsm colour document Navigator paper, which I like to use as it works well for me and then layered them up. They look quite different to the ones I made on the pearlescent paper. I inked the edges with a violet rose sparkle dinky inky by The Dreamees and added some springtime Flowersoft to the centres of my flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OIAVulfslNMIUC4iw2R07GJLn-yv8Gvulm8HGi_7F0mGLnP7_ZlRmLhpXNtI0Np1U47kJcaetHvYAe_uNJ2W2UtH1zHiC-xWDZu_3dg4SoXpnFXORLOA-FYdtOue0OkXy1ZcMFz0qVcq__xgOBytdzblNrbKzyuNWwbFyLdNseTFlZ5_elxdLSf_p4oP/s1040/Slide82.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OIAVulfslNMIUC4iw2R07GJLn-yv8Gvulm8HGi_7F0mGLnP7_ZlRmLhpXNtI0Np1U47kJcaetHvYAe_uNJ2W2UtH1zHiC-xWDZu_3dg4SoXpnFXORLOA-FYdtOue0OkXy1ZcMFz0qVcq__xgOBytdzblNrbKzyuNWwbFyLdNseTFlZ5_elxdLSf_p4oP/w517-h359/Slide82.JPG" width="517" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">It was then just a case of building up the layers on top of my box. I edged my die cut toppers with my stardust gelly roll pen. I have a few of these as I go through them. It adds enough of a shimmer to your projects without too much glitter and without the mess of glitter.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I then added sisal, pollen head stamens, frosted berries and the<a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/zJHWx"> variegated ivy leaves also by Opulence by design</a>. I like the different sizes on this sheet as they work so well to just poke into little corners of your project. I think these Ranunculus flowers work really well on gift boxes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB119o5JGDRljQVj7VoNod-VqBMDeMrUO261uIYlhLg2JlT4j5FnsID3wvEVC3T1DkffCFXJeHDfuqr4VcCYw_VDH0vrB358901ahvTAXrD2YdLlHgASL0qAW8Oi3ETiHscYDMdQpqFTG-blR25Tlk_yr8pQxU2KeXoFYqG2bln_8Fm4M-aToXdjpoonx6/s1040/Slide83.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB119o5JGDRljQVj7VoNod-VqBMDeMrUO261uIYlhLg2JlT4j5FnsID3wvEVC3T1DkffCFXJeHDfuqr4VcCYw_VDH0vrB358901ahvTAXrD2YdLlHgASL0qAW8Oi3ETiHscYDMdQpqFTG-blR25Tlk_yr8pQxU2KeXoFYqG2bln_8Fm4M-aToXdjpoonx6/w586-h406/Slide83.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">A few 4mm mint pearls to finish off and my little cookie box has a new lease of life. I just have to decide what I am going to put in this one now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">If you are after some crafting inspiration why not pop over to YouTube and follow Opulence by Design. There are also some wonderful flower-making tutorials</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;">https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div>Have a great week whatever you have planned for yourself</div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=s274" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Challenges:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Love to scrap</a> : ATG</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/">Crafts Galore Encore</a> - ATG</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-25069738123959940322023-07-07T09:00:00.135+01:002023-07-15T14:28:27.494+01:00Earth Queen Shadow Box Frame<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I'm really excited to be a guest for this month's challenge over at <a href="https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/">Creative Artiste Mixed media Challenge</a>. The theme is always anything goes with mixed media so decided that that my shadow box frame would be a good project to share with you all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTZpV532orH0muO42P9yTlQLAC1xRlITzs4r8_5fEjaPdzmvuInX47QLODSA5Sa4yuBvX8LH__fHF-91MkO8fZJCtXBkA6hVNiW1-YQGRVC6k67EUA0cNx9IDc-jmpFGmUpvjlNS2WBAaMF3G2rsW0MRPnRMbg2f7NiZ5fWmi8ST9_LLfhYKnoFk61sHy/s1040/Slide74.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTZpV532orH0muO42P9yTlQLAC1xRlITzs4r8_5fEjaPdzmvuInX47QLODSA5Sa4yuBvX8LH__fHF-91MkO8fZJCtXBkA6hVNiW1-YQGRVC6k67EUA0cNx9IDc-jmpFGmUpvjlNS2WBAaMF3G2rsW0MRPnRMbg2f7NiZ5fWmi8ST9_LLfhYKnoFk61sHy/w607-h421/Slide74.JPG" width="607" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a lot that I really like about this Magic Forest collection from Stamperia and in particular the Earth Queen mold. I am still quite a novice with mixed media and gradually building up my stash so tend to use whatever I have in my stash to compete my projects, with a bit of experimenting along the way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I finally found a use for a 6 x 6 inch wood box frame that I had bought a few years ago and decided to make a paper mache textured base for my box using torn up tissue and pva glue. I then added lots of texture to resemble tree bark with a pokey tool. I thought this would give me a more rustic base rather than texture paste and its cheaper too!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS6ZVGg_rHEfxuw6iaGCwP7Yzrgrh6qkqzE3__iDB3DcET6Se02Ap2Hrf5mg242V8RlEMDuaD5kpMqbmWyB-hPuNBbgWtQYK-M0LUqBdf94qkYSy1YJjXArWgK68CBtmmnolqryrLNGFp98YYPF3yCHE8KNbzkKxncYmsKZDGaqF_BtiH0YgT7K-JU1qB/s3129/IMG_E2403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="3129" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS6ZVGg_rHEfxuw6iaGCwP7Yzrgrh6qkqzE3__iDB3DcET6Se02Ap2Hrf5mg242V8RlEMDuaD5kpMqbmWyB-hPuNBbgWtQYK-M0LUqBdf94qkYSy1YJjXArWgK68CBtmmnolqryrLNGFp98YYPF3yCHE8KNbzkKxncYmsKZDGaqF_BtiH0YgT7K-JU1qB/w424-h342/IMG_E2403.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once dry I planned to paint it first with black gesso and then with burnt sienna acrylic paint, leaving a hint of the black to show through.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZr6KMTY3uKaJ2_waEWKlVZenJUU0keE2AVASV7pPyByWHsEIdc-Ax3YPoVbx0oxUi-lazdaL3KzCN8CbdYt0jf6g0dKKTc9sKlp8QKIih_7fs1SlMmHi-mxtWuH-4AeX0MbE3sK4gvGpErsPA_VVJ5Q5OOLfMYrSlSkBtmp0pB8_9IJuHxsblrQzMKPv/s3868/IMG_E2404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3868" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZr6KMTY3uKaJ2_waEWKlVZenJUU0keE2AVASV7pPyByWHsEIdc-Ax3YPoVbx0oxUi-lazdaL3KzCN8CbdYt0jf6g0dKKTc9sKlp8QKIih_7fs1SlMmHi-mxtWuH-4AeX0MbE3sK4gvGpErsPA_VVJ5Q5OOLfMYrSlSkBtmp0pB8_9IJuHxsblrQzMKPv/w425-h332/IMG_E2404.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I also experimented with colouring my air dry clay. The closet colour that I had in my stash to a skintone ish colour was Pebeo studio acrylics paint in buff, and it worked out fine (although its not a great picture). This saved me having to worry about a streaky face and it did look a lot better when I added some highlighter blusher all over (that I no longer use) to add some tone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FOmCxx88QAUAGEP52k7wPofMgpDWVrtxcusPken_flRgrg1XfeOMS9sccyrCyGDSmgJmsOpQR0ZiGYZFMAYG7t5lLvzHDsxtfBpoFCZgutUVbOj6rNUaa1vWSYHTssNgaEiVTB8o1N1Jp0_32zkmkKI-cFSHsGgiInRPFDTF4aCaJscgNIDQDPuzgDFo/s1040/Slide76.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FOmCxx88QAUAGEP52k7wPofMgpDWVrtxcusPken_flRgrg1XfeOMS9sccyrCyGDSmgJmsOpQR0ZiGYZFMAYG7t5lLvzHDsxtfBpoFCZgutUVbOj6rNUaa1vWSYHTssNgaEiVTB8o1N1Jp0_32zkmkKI-cFSHsGgiInRPFDTF4aCaJscgNIDQDPuzgDFo/w593-h411/Slide76.JPG" width="593" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Being a very slow crafter these days the painting of the Earth Queen mould was probably what took me the longest to finish purely because I use a very fine paintbrush as I find it easier to paint with less mistakes and do a section at a time. I also used burnt sienna acrylic paint for her hair too and LuminArte H20 watercolour paint in gold for her hair band.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBL9VkSMvvg9g88MxoFV6_JcF1KdTc1o2nVBK_iy-sCjxCuRR7JEUwe-iYx1BDxHQM7yBhzv2V1OYOJTrCIG6I44mjQkp6gTJETn1RedoDhfyPLwpBmf_I9LYGNYR2SdnulPOgxs6e-Dv5r4b_2llF_tBexd5cZN9XBQZoRLRr9qap4uGBjAVEry0luw6/s1040/Slide77.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBL9VkSMvvg9g88MxoFV6_JcF1KdTc1o2nVBK_iy-sCjxCuRR7JEUwe-iYx1BDxHQM7yBhzv2V1OYOJTrCIG6I44mjQkp6gTJETn1RedoDhfyPLwpBmf_I9LYGNYR2SdnulPOgxs6e-Dv5r4b_2llF_tBexd5cZN9XBQZoRLRr9qap4uGBjAVEry0luw6/w605-h420/Slide77.JPG" width="605" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I painted my leaves with Stamperia Allegro paint in avocado, adding a touch of ocra acrylic mixed into the centres for more tone and then edged them with Art Alchemy antique brilliance lucky emerald wax. I love using wax, it really brings out the detail in your projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvk9yrKOqA3tOWSD5kdsVAmSO3SV1fh-49gvI9B0PufjZ8f3YBC8ocPW6CXjj05sqaVwrJyhAg0DaYBs0BSQWbvvBXQ4sKRhEoOLkXdSc2qB_dNMUVx8QJMVn1lMJPoG_pFg3bH-fqsiE72EHyDSLak8yVmPZW51i9tmr-pTlBT9ShVio_CsF2itM1WLz/s1040/Slide75.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvk9yrKOqA3tOWSD5kdsVAmSO3SV1fh-49gvI9B0PufjZ8f3YBC8ocPW6CXjj05sqaVwrJyhAg0DaYBs0BSQWbvvBXQ4sKRhEoOLkXdSc2qB_dNMUVx8QJMVn1lMJPoG_pFg3bH-fqsiE72EHyDSLak8yVmPZW51i9tmr-pTlBT9ShVio_CsF2itM1WLz/w629-h437/Slide75.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used part of one of the rice papers from the Magic Forest collection on the base of the frame and used Art Alchemy rusty brown matt wax, a little antique gold wax and patina antiquing paste wax on the jewelled piece at the front to finish my frame off.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2639" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTa6td4WnDKFrJ_DrLB1Ewwggs0ve2v3uiglzludE-PYsWtKua07V6vRg19tzbEZTERbW2V0KIWTTjUdZtb7g7v4myjeRby6hOW2jKrpUS6cY2hbR6yd_vqkCNMRliJUHQodwiJmaE1lQeZyQftHsrzWdF3DWrKa2SMbjAnWIpMg3ctWaTNgJqiZlShhW/w262-h357/Creative%20Artiste%20GDT.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have really enjoyed creating this shadow box frame and hope join the in the challenge this month too. There are some amazing projects and inspiration over on the blog to follow too every month.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Have a fab week, whatever you have planned for yourself</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=s274" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-31813377536581314702023-07-05T09:00:00.010+01:002023-07-05T21:02:23.678+01:00Birthday Ranunculus flower card<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">A special birthday card to share for a friend today. I knew what I wanted to make for this one and by changing the type of paper that I decided to print my downloadable file on, totally changed how my card turned out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewwG_N0gwXE73vQD6_Y9-khhGn3i6w6YvSmSxgLMBiqFn0cTKdpxTVLynUtpDFCtHmY5Z3iWPZuiUY6Exf5hWYD2jZNXyyzmKEIwax7HBlUwPwMYaT9V23pdEv2z3Q95uUlJO-qRcbFyQeiGVBH1Oa1aswGK9zzng95UN5mVTM7b_uMw4pRFiAleOtkuf/s1040/Slide84.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewwG_N0gwXE73vQD6_Y9-khhGn3i6w6YvSmSxgLMBiqFn0cTKdpxTVLynUtpDFCtHmY5Z3iWPZuiUY6Exf5hWYD2jZNXyyzmKEIwax7HBlUwPwMYaT9V23pdEv2z3Q95uUlJO-qRcbFyQeiGVBH1Oa1aswGK9zzng95UN5mVTM7b_uMw4pRFiAleOtkuf/w606-h421/Slide84.JPG" width="606" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I used the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/z5xPV">Digital </a></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/z5xPV">Florist Ranunculus Flower Former Sheet by Opulence by Design</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/z5xPV">,</a> which comes with 2 bonus plain colour sheets. I printed these onto Centura Pearl snow white pearlescent paper from </span><a href="https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/?gclid=CMjKwcml77wCFdHLtAod9VAAag" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Crafters Companion</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">. I love this paper and use this to die cut my flowers too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ONQGuAEfh8LHFam4j95S9cTbDdNQqWw541w6qPNkyLkN9VK-HRRFq1GOSSP4vqq9iENJiISTePsQGqQFxlXAAk8XvqyZk1_Rl0B5eVP71cXpvLoqRBpMGikoomCoZw4wYE0RKyHP3GbLY2s5MCThLw7K7XZaKwGYNebC7kr0N5xXt2rjafmrzQvo6grb/s1040/Slide42.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ONQGuAEfh8LHFam4j95S9cTbDdNQqWw541w6qPNkyLkN9VK-HRRFq1GOSSP4vqq9iENJiISTePsQGqQFxlXAAk8XvqyZk1_Rl0B5eVP71cXpvLoqRBpMGikoomCoZw4wYE0RKyHP3GbLY2s5MCThLw7K7XZaKwGYNebC7kr0N5xXt2rjafmrzQvo6grb/w375-h541/Slide42.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">These flowers are so beautiful on their own but by printing onto a different paper you can create a totally different texture and fantasy flowers for your projects especially if you layer them up and edge them with a gold ink pad as I have done here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"> I have used the my pokey tool to curl some the petals very slightly and thought the pearls finished them off nicely. These were large beads, you can hide the holes easily, I find sometimes flat back pearls don't nest as well in the centre.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SUURTwQ4UGCHWey1nVJW-ztZoUaEtK0RvP2t6y-xWqKphudfhedeR7APFipBXJjPoU7qEVNYpY-hZN6tnXyi-SNvtex6Hsh-zrJkHIMQ_Fp8qda5hPiaDB0IJiAmvx2hr54fi4dJwqPHiKrVSJx3KO24M8a41yVt_rWagY55pedIkmrOzO6mxx_7KJtM/s1040/Slide43.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SUURTwQ4UGCHWey1nVJW-ztZoUaEtK0RvP2t6y-xWqKphudfhedeR7APFipBXJjPoU7qEVNYpY-hZN6tnXyi-SNvtex6Hsh-zrJkHIMQ_Fp8qda5hPiaDB0IJiAmvx2hr54fi4dJwqPHiKrVSJx3KO24M8a41yVt_rWagY55pedIkmrOzO6mxx_7KJtM/w477-h688/Slide43.JPG" width="477" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I printed the lightest colour sheet </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">onto Centura Pearl snow white pearlescent paper</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> to coordinate with my flowers and used the papers to die cut too. The dies I have used for this card are the Centre of Attention die from the Portmanteau collection from Tattered Lace. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOuYu0SCxjd9ycvbz1yGAxXZBUwJhFytjohIm30S4TFIJBsPs75ZIXgR27wyaXZ2rLfF5Msujlc3CnnDdNmbpeylG01pWwFVKhXEx302G-gqzke9fKnrN_fGSJNdQ4xV7BuJL_OqWiAZvIUtMcW8B_aiyvnfTQcJFywOyN6oXfQFOXNg6aOPMX2fbhg6l/s1040/Slide41.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="733" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOuYu0SCxjd9ycvbz1yGAxXZBUwJhFytjohIm30S4TFIJBsPs75ZIXgR27wyaXZ2rLfF5Msujlc3CnnDdNmbpeylG01pWwFVKhXEx302G-gqzke9fKnrN_fGSJNdQ4xV7BuJL_OqWiAZvIUtMcW8B_aiyvnfTQcJFywOyN6oXfQFOXNg6aOPMX2fbhg6l/w508-h733/Slide41.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I do love this die collection by Tattered Lace and I have layered the dress on the mannequin with the papers to add some dimension.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I normally make an envelobox for my cards that have a bit of dimension to them and as this is A5 in size I know that I can easily make one out of a piece of 12 x 12 inch cardstock so that it will hopefully reach its destination as it left.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="text-align: left;">If you are interested in more inspiration from <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a> and love crafting and making flowers as I do you can follow her on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured">https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured</a></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div>Have a great week whatever you have planned for your self</div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></h1></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-72809677072316059502023-07-01T23:59:00.005+01:002023-07-03T16:48:29.332+01:00Pretty Primulas<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have a few more flower cards that I have been meaning to share using these Pretty Primulas flower forming sheets so I thought I'd do a quick post to show you them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR4zygUYVL575QwiLk12RHHd60H-S-VbiZzFkzzf4bQYc8Ey13LNwbohcg2ScRhX1r40Agn7Btvp2-F3Vzx-ZprH-Zo2NPxM8BY8mX4Emfx5V-2b543GiQQIwiNtmmd2wpC2jptkiEOiu6oc4Yw3xDurST8H7rMk3QDXWWWsBu9FOspnin-503wTbSwFh/s1040/Slide78.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR4zygUYVL575QwiLk12RHHd60H-S-VbiZzFkzzf4bQYc8Ey13LNwbohcg2ScRhX1r40Agn7Btvp2-F3Vzx-ZprH-Zo2NPxM8BY8mX4Emfx5V-2b543GiQQIwiNtmmd2wpC2jptkiEOiu6oc4Yw3xDurST8H7rMk3QDXWWWsBu9FOspnin-503wTbSwFh/w546-h379/Slide78.JPG" width="546" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I made this card for my neighbour who had recently come out of hospital after an operation. I used these beautiful </span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/y05X8"><span style="text-align: justify;">Digital Florist Pretty Primula Flower Forming Shee</span>ts</a> <span style="text-align: justify;">by</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://obyd.co.uk/" style="text-align: justify;">Opulence by Design</a>, along with the</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> </span><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Digital Florist Pansy Leaf flower forming sheets</a> <span style="font-family: Open Sans;">which I really love using with my flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I printed my flowers as usual onto 120 gsm colour document Navigator paper and I also printed the bonus colour block sheets out so that I could die cut the layers for my card using one of my Tattered Lace oval torn edge die sets.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vx2NmwmfCFOoicCSY486bo2o-hPghD9vg7FBF5Yc2kCQt_MlXkM5fmCCWX0-6G9UU5mMWIERQopKMSRbPiDgNlWl059XzUXRWEMDc_WOmTcskHkPwdlzuHoSYquER1ao3BBEo_CwUTOscMKOkv8VLGvPKCYskW2f42P0jV-aZ0aVvMBaVvSUW-2d-adw/s1040/Slide79.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vx2NmwmfCFOoicCSY486bo2o-hPghD9vg7FBF5Yc2kCQt_MlXkM5fmCCWX0-6G9UU5mMWIERQopKMSRbPiDgNlWl059XzUXRWEMDc_WOmTcskHkPwdlzuHoSYquER1ao3BBEo_CwUTOscMKOkv8VLGvPKCYskW2f42P0jV-aZ0aVvMBaVvSUW-2d-adw/w527-h365/Slide79.JPG" width="527" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I've added a little Stickles glitter glue to the centre of my flowers and a dragonfly die cut to the the sentiment.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIGtP2_RnXtbY2fliNjG3jgp0kI-eWz1pSDcWL4BfLCz0Zf1Az3D8EQEi4moVGtCrLA1GaUdG3awZRLzIJbIrSfU_xdAqZbc2Bbvmr5V6NcjgsfB6yO8nnrz7e-QIeOuf5H64IJhQDm5r90eYy8WRcKJQGCcSlkOlp7SFBlJe6Cy786wE6g8MQ56vxbuQ/s1040/Slide80.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIGtP2_RnXtbY2fliNjG3jgp0kI-eWz1pSDcWL4BfLCz0Zf1Az3D8EQEi4moVGtCrLA1GaUdG3awZRLzIJbIrSfU_xdAqZbc2Bbvmr5V6NcjgsfB6yO8nnrz7e-QIeOuf5H64IJhQDm5r90eYy8WRcKJQGCcSlkOlp7SFBlJe6Cy786wE6g8MQ56vxbuQ/w544-h377/Slide80.JPG" width="544" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">My second card is a 6 x 6 inch greeting card. I added this adorable topper with my favourite little bird on a branch. I also used the colour block papers with the downloads for the die cuts on my cards too, matching the green background with the pansy leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">You can download this <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/N6YM">FREEBIE Birdie on a Branch</a><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/N6YM"> </a> from the website. It also comes with another topper and a selection of sentiments. I've added the link below for you to view and download other free downloadable projects available. The papers are great to use for your die cutting and flower making too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/collection/free">https://shop.obyd.co.uk/collection/free</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyg--HobDXoqEXIb8BV382c4N4svHZrSTwDqhPoCSkgKm9QqqWMXi3gqhA-muKcLZnaToN_esX9aUsyvkxdOb3sfNecXLVuHiWrsQdBwDNRS4Dwt8sCZfEDAR9K1YoJB6QBGb8MA1M3A7RP_R5IRp6EJZI8sbQzR7WOlplMbC4l2UgUIK-Pe2niNNwO9n/s1040/Slide39.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyg--HobDXoqEXIb8BV382c4N4svHZrSTwDqhPoCSkgKm9QqqWMXi3gqhA-muKcLZnaToN_esX9aUsyvkxdOb3sfNecXLVuHiWrsQdBwDNRS4Dwt8sCZfEDAR9K1YoJB6QBGb8MA1M3A7RP_R5IRp6EJZI8sbQzR7WOlplMbC4l2UgUIK-Pe2niNNwO9n/w321-h463/Slide39.JPG" width="321" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I like to layer up my blooms and cut into the petals a little so that I can give them some shape. I think detail in these pansy leaves is very natural and I like to curl them both inwards and outwards, then cluster them altogether like they look in my garden. My flowers have a bit of sparkle in the middle from my Stickles glitter glue too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljJgBypgBLFvLT8NW4dgqYpqFObIFriFEsb2tjgevYMCHAskq692BKePE5p9_eKuUxQk-_2kgy6CJwqR1CrXYO5gi1nOgzhl4ZCdIZMSTlomlutRu_UmsQnyKtP90Bv1l7NseTpWxxZpW4_uYpwmRUfacQ0kt2T3N3YaOr1eSeQ12iLjG5xve2t7TUMQQ/s1040/Slide81.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljJgBypgBLFvLT8NW4dgqYpqFObIFriFEsb2tjgevYMCHAskq692BKePE5p9_eKuUxQk-_2kgy6CJwqR1CrXYO5gi1nOgzhl4ZCdIZMSTlomlutRu_UmsQnyKtP90Bv1l7NseTpWxxZpW4_uYpwmRUfacQ0kt2T3N3YaOr1eSeQ12iLjG5xve2t7TUMQQ/w581-h403/Slide81.JPG" width="581" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have a family of these little lovelies visiting my garden everyday and they are such a joy to see.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KRwKMzI3S5zgyCAyV0QiaEUDMai8ydBl3ErpEEooPcsq2ixdgPB41jpFEnTAarLRBwXjSfSBinqIPh9Ftw_rL2fLBmqv8baK3kAmStlMbsGlw1k57AflYP5ZtUgXKiablHwo53Z3mgA7QQhj-5glavoRr3rsBFQKeneZQDZqbfLojPjIfqUUShPpdA/s1040/Slide73.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KRwKMzI3S5zgyCAyV0QiaEUDMai8ydBl3ErpEEooPcsq2ixdgPB41jpFEnTAarLRBwXjSfSBinqIPh9Ftw_rL2fLBmqv8baK3kAmStlMbsGlw1k57AflYP5ZtUgXKiablHwo53Z3mgA7QQhj-5glavoRr3rsBFQKeneZQDZqbfLojPjIfqUUShPpdA/w515-h357/Slide73.JPG" width="515" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have used <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/y05X8">the Digital Florist Pretty Primula Flower Forming Sheet</a> which comes with 2 bonus plain A4 colour sheets by <a href="https://obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I printed my flowers as usual onto 120 gsm colour document Navigator paper, which I like to use as it works well for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I also used the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/LbIYT">Digital Florist Pansy Leaf flower forming sheets</a> which also come with the 2 A4 bonus colour sheets.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The colourways of these sheets are just perfect for die cutting your foilage too. I often find it hard to find the right shade to green for my cards and foliage. Also, if you want a perfect match on both sides for your leaves , you can print the lighter colour block page on the other side of your foliage.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">This is a Stamping Up design, originally from the famous '<i>Hallet Bag</i>' which was created by Caroline Hallet. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I have attached a link to her UTube channel below to follow the tutorial for the bag and many others on her channel.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Caroline Hallet H (Stamping U Demonstrator)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://youtu.be/CSrnexCAVFc">https://youtu.be/CSrnexCAVFc</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">For my tote bag I used a 200gsm card to print my plain colour block sheets (double sided) for a bit more structure for my tote bag.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I thought that this project would be a good example to show that this download kit is great for your card craft projects too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ffwnn4zKLXHU7kRHSniUuC533atq8kDDtOY7MDcAcZ7F8zQ7omVWASoXi0XdV07hzuzSCBRwgpOAAL7uX57N7NVsrYjyAVGiSYzf9G9c6jcgorN515hqA5KMMhRUcipBubRpJnwuR1JNXaov9Tn5mmR8RhSBUg75uGRPZjdAXMEUOGBakZ7UjBSrOw/s1040/Slide36.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ffwnn4zKLXHU7kRHSniUuC533atq8kDDtOY7MDcAcZ7F8zQ7omVWASoXi0XdV07hzuzSCBRwgpOAAL7uX57N7NVsrYjyAVGiSYzf9G9c6jcgorN515hqA5KMMhRUcipBubRpJnwuR1JNXaov9Tn5mmR8RhSBUg75uGRPZjdAXMEUOGBakZ7UjBSrOw/w320-h462/Slide36.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The white feathered edge around these beautiful primulas made it so easy to cut these out with my decoupage scissors. To give them a more natural shape, I cut into a few of the petals so that when I press into the centre of the flower with my ball tool, the petals curve more naturally. You can curl the tips of the petals with the end of a pokey tool too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2omNIffWA8u4n0IZYADZPx4rGQDr_4dc3QWca3KulAJ4E7Wo0m_HOaCDY2EKnRYAcEBe-gWKwk0md2bapwR9PTIrFGltKjmnTzfkrxUbe2aQVu8MSctK8j-xzViLVvJTaTD3BflhJQ84gM_pR0fRpAsZn0oSfwgjRoMyauQtEYGYL5IxbVpfz-kkZsg/s1040/Slide38.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2omNIffWA8u4n0IZYADZPx4rGQDr_4dc3QWca3KulAJ4E7Wo0m_HOaCDY2EKnRYAcEBe-gWKwk0md2bapwR9PTIrFGltKjmnTzfkrxUbe2aQVu8MSctK8j-xzViLVvJTaTD3BflhJQ84gM_pR0fRpAsZn0oSfwgjRoMyauQtEYGYL5IxbVpfz-kkZsg/w379-h545/Slide38.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I added some lemon pollen head stamens from The Dreamees. They sell some great bundles of multi coloured stamens for your flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I am really loving these Pansy leaves at the moment. I know these are Primulas but when I saw them online, I just thought of all floral projects that I could add them to and liked how they looked when added to these primulas too. They have a natural highlight to them, so when you shape them, they don't look flat. I like to print the lighter plain green colour block on the other side of the leaves so that when I curl them, they mirror the front.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you are interested in more inspiration from Opulence by Design and love making flowers as I do you can follow her on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured">https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JSfOGfFEia1Hda4zrag0nptKDfGUO-fvhHyge6pb21Jg9AsYwyc7IqGaH_pzrNrdA-TiVYgoDhaCwlUts9d9L8Sm5q9JDR84JhmKkPhFZfkrxJgfIWhScNiigV-oZW-rB24ghkjxRg9mE5F6-KisVJhjottWz54Ny3T7n8nu7pS6XdRg5EEH_4L-Tw/s1040/Slide37.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JSfOGfFEia1Hda4zrag0nptKDfGUO-fvhHyge6pb21Jg9AsYwyc7IqGaH_pzrNrdA-TiVYgoDhaCwlUts9d9L8Sm5q9JDR84JhmKkPhFZfkrxJgfIWhScNiigV-oZW-rB24ghkjxRg9mE5F6-KisVJhjottWz54Ny3T7n8nu7pS6XdRg5EEH_4L-Tw/w331-h477/Slide37.JPG" width="331" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The bunting came from a Tattered Lace die that I remembered I had in my stash and I added some small white peel offs that just fit onto the flags. This one is ready to go now and I've just included one more picture of my own primulas from my garden this year.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHcwjZxf4cjPlE2LNQANu8dW_rOumjR9Z858aUj6mY_72sc4pRgZ14w8jAJDjIG9oFTRqNNWivN4_tWAnTrVm8C9KMd4LS1KY9WqR_K2koxx0PLig1aQwaqwN4L4F1dUC-_fnpgXzgkV3ztst5EUdafd-KxwPJB5B1CgK3GKLhx-nJBKeBFbAa0A9ng/s4032/IMG_1382.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHcwjZxf4cjPlE2LNQANu8dW_rOumjR9Z858aUj6mY_72sc4pRgZ14w8jAJDjIG9oFTRqNNWivN4_tWAnTrVm8C9KMd4LS1KY9WqR_K2koxx0PLig1aQwaqwN4L4F1dUC-_fnpgXzgkV3ztst5EUdafd-KxwPJB5B1CgK3GKLhx-nJBKeBFbAa0A9ng/w261-h320/IMG_1382.JPG" width="261" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Enjoy your week whatever you have planned and it looks as if the sunshine is staying with us too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeZ4onUGsDVUd_ooAwJG5Y9XTLPBKhPg-baYV50m_ttwvCMTLyhstQwDkxeyIAxidpsZ1mdd6zSvdWMRj0F3NRwcFoHo-Xx8eEiVuTmYSLIRERqqim0krJbqWvJDCeKFyBoHOMWXXRvZfhs-pF5mTjKJ10kh96Ex_fYrw9KY559mwB9enZFnGGzvcRA/s1289/Anenome%20topper%20easel%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1289" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeZ4onUGsDVUd_ooAwJG5Y9XTLPBKhPg-baYV50m_ttwvCMTLyhstQwDkxeyIAxidpsZ1mdd6zSvdWMRj0F3NRwcFoHo-Xx8eEiVuTmYSLIRERqqim0krJbqWvJDCeKFyBoHOMWXXRvZfhs-pF5mTjKJ10kh96Ex_fYrw9KY559mwB9enZFnGGzvcRA/w524-h459/Anenome%20topper%20easel%20card.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">They are the <a href="Purple Anemone Bouquet Topper & Sentiment Sheet">Purple Anemone Bouquet Topper & Sentiment Sheet</a> along with the <a href="Purple Anemone Flower Forming sheets">Purple </a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><a href="Purple Anemone Flower Forming sheets">Anemone </a></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="Purple Anemone Flower Forming sheets">Flower Forming sheets</a> by <a href="https://www.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I tend to sit and cut my flowers out whilst watching TV using a small pair of curved scissors that I purchased a few years ago from The Dreamees website. I find that they are the perfect shape to cut out your floras with.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used the darkest of the bonus papers from the download with one of my lacy Tattered Lace doily dies to create the easel card and both the toppers from the sheet to decorate my card. I also used icicle Stickles glitter glue around the topper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sYSeh6ITRxUKueF4-iGgyaPOS4q9Grb-A73y0A4YBx2ZMYc5gLEHJun2SIjfBkHK32Yj-873L6Z7NBujYx-81SbKSTbCICn8muso71VXFKYN2WxW39OEgtGE_KkHqvGc8TuxjnUgKmIF6lCYd7aLm2hyuS3467UZdV9uuK48o9KgnYH1WPg4NC8DMg/s1329/Anenome%20topper%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1329" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sYSeh6ITRxUKueF4-iGgyaPOS4q9Grb-A73y0A4YBx2ZMYc5gLEHJun2SIjfBkHK32Yj-873L6Z7NBujYx-81SbKSTbCICn8muso71VXFKYN2WxW39OEgtGE_KkHqvGc8TuxjnUgKmIF6lCYd7aLm2hyuS3467UZdV9uuK48o9KgnYH1WPg4NC8DMg/w552-h467/Anenome%20topper%20card.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my birthday card I used a 7 x7 inch white card base and a strip of the darkest plain paper from the download for a contrast against the topper and background inside my card. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I decided to emboss the backing paper using one of my metal die sets on my cut n' boss die cut machine, as I liked the pattern and thought it would add a bit of texture to the paper too. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used my icicle Stickles glitter glue around the edge of the topper this time and Black Diamond in the centre of my decoupaged Anemone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrkx8Eh2F3-hcb1VHnyZWkzNvTfuWnpSzNfWbF9OcYCDWMyS-ZpbkI2ljqrHdrCMInGwCv0xZmtCyLtjh-oqAWXah1oo4dLt_xO8nFgpWqcZ7Te24Q23qOU2B5LCTl1H-z9uuPEroFcpJ6Ac_jkNjqPX3L1UFchgP-GUfmJt3hHzPzLgQgHvkXLokbQ/s1040/Slide35.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrkx8Eh2F3-hcb1VHnyZWkzNvTfuWnpSzNfWbF9OcYCDWMyS-ZpbkI2ljqrHdrCMInGwCv0xZmtCyLtjh-oqAWXah1oo4dLt_xO8nFgpWqcZ7Te24Q23qOU2B5LCTl1H-z9uuPEroFcpJ6Ac_jkNjqPX3L1UFchgP-GUfmJt3hHzPzLgQgHvkXLokbQ/w392-h564/Slide35.JPG" width="392" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Finally A tall stepper card using a Tattered Lace die from my stash and I have layered these beautiful flowers and shimmered the edges of the petals with my stardust pen ( unfortunately the picture doesn't capture that). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have added black Flowersoft to the centre of some of the flowers and black diamond Stickles glitter glue to the rest for a mix of textures with the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/pj3N">green foliage ivy leaves</a> flowing throughout. These can also be found on the website.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I love to cut these gorgeous flowers out and create dimensional blooms with them but they are just as beautiful cut out and given a gentle curl to the edge of a petal with your finger or pokey tool for a more natural look before being added to your project.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you're creating dimensional blooms and don't want any white to show on the back of your petals, after printing your floras out, turn your page over and re-print choosing the lighter bonus sheet. This is a good alternative to inking them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you are interested in the link to Opulence by Design's Website, you can follow the link below including the YouTube channel where you will find lots of really inspirational card craft and some brilliant flower making tutorials that I have certainly made use of.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://www.obyd.co.uk/">https://www.obyd.co.uk/</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign">opulencebydesign - YouTube</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Apparently, Anemones sense the approach of a rainstorm and close up their petals. I did have pink ones in my garden but think our harsh winter has killed them off. With all the rain and random sunny days my garden is resembling more of a jungle at the moment with everything shooting up at the same time and a lawn covered with by a blanket daisies that I am reluctant to mow away.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Enjoy your week whatever you choose to do and let's hope there's a little more sunshine in that too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=s274" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div></span></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Challenges:-</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral/ Option Mood board 5</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/">Triple B - Blooms</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;">Unicorn - Flowers</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: left;">The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Love to Scrap - ATG </a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/">Lets Craft and Create - AG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/">Crafts Galore Encore - AG Challenge 111</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Creative Fingers - AG Challenge 254</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts - ATG</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Calendar - Anything but square</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-25877495156420964432023-05-01T17:11:00.001+01:002023-05-01T17:14:58.900+01:00Its shining sunflowers<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I have been having a play with some flowers and thought that I'd show you what I have been making. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHmdRWhxduRyxzoxPSj3_1G7WQYOP8wTouPvZYzFT1i4gglmDJ9d9NZSAYkKSzOdC3oFkHW39eGCIaKMWPRJay6z5AH6tVFuCkBJnIyWbU3L4A3NyhvWrGEjtSAppmMG2qsPyBY8yGr53QXCoC9MTSIGWKPvf3l6oh7te6pcgdUwOlbsVmiai9wW-Pg/s1040/Slide59.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHmdRWhxduRyxzoxPSj3_1G7WQYOP8wTouPvZYzFT1i4gglmDJ9d9NZSAYkKSzOdC3oFkHW39eGCIaKMWPRJay6z5AH6tVFuCkBJnIyWbU3L4A3NyhvWrGEjtSAppmMG2qsPyBY8yGr53QXCoC9MTSIGWKPvf3l6oh7te6pcgdUwOlbsVmiai9wW-Pg/w518-h359/Slide59.JPG" width="518" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">When Amanda showed me her new set of sunny flowers that she had designed I was really enthusiastic about crafting with them. There is something very therapeutic about flower making.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I thought these flowers would look really pretty on my flower pot that I painted with acrylic paint. I printed the sunflowers onto 120gsm Navigator colour document paper and I find them easy to cut out. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgpPQJPUS2YLPL-PRHLODs0f-sHrnJxHofr3mlnLk0O1Kkbi9jIzag0qfSD9DqUbHEFV3_NM7SyhHND2NQkVgo5ibamCdPGxPWcoRU-s9TffZyg6Gb7zJf_czUsZ3sNCTfxiyxgCFX1AcPpKAORIK7lZFlJ3KcxaaN627tdJLbqWtC1-bRsZzfmA5hw/s1040/Slide61.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgpPQJPUS2YLPL-PRHLODs0f-sHrnJxHofr3mlnLk0O1Kkbi9jIzag0qfSD9DqUbHEFV3_NM7SyhHND2NQkVgo5ibamCdPGxPWcoRU-s9TffZyg6Gb7zJf_czUsZ3sNCTfxiyxgCFX1AcPpKAORIK7lZFlJ3KcxaaN627tdJLbqWtC1-bRsZzfmA5hw/w519-h360/Slide61.JPG" width="519" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I gave the sunflowers a coat of Mod Podge in matte finish to seal them and add a little structure to them which helped as I moulded them around the pot , finishing off with another coat of Mod Podge to seal the pot. I added gold prills in the centre of the flowers for dimension.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_GqafUk7TRF41Dy7H24zqIFoyx4gqy3fC_q2lG0ZwrV8dndHqh4Qzj6zk6eVncR_PKGHi0Ue1xdmEEkSG3MgPvD4O6oSprxRY7VgDePow6A6X0hw328zUuO7-RfSXqRAoflAXRretJUowle1apPEMLnzeYfDPkH7qWd-J31UaeaI8M5M8RpR9m9uQQ/s1040/Slide60.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_GqafUk7TRF41Dy7H24zqIFoyx4gqy3fC_q2lG0ZwrV8dndHqh4Qzj6zk6eVncR_PKGHi0Ue1xdmEEkSG3MgPvD4O6oSprxRY7VgDePow6A6X0hw328zUuO7-RfSXqRAoflAXRretJUowle1apPEMLnzeYfDPkH7qWd-J31UaeaI8M5M8RpR9m9uQQ/w534-h371/Slide60.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My little pot is ready for plant life and will sit nicely on my window sill. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Yaoh0">The Digital Florist Sunflower Flower forming Sheet</a> can be found at <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a> as a PDF digital download with 2 bonus plain sheets.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Opulence by design have a YouTube channel packed with inspiration and tutorials on card craft and I especially love all the flower making tutorials which I find very useful with very handy tips too. Follow the link below if you would like to catch up on any of these.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign">https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have also made a few cards with these gorgeous blooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEm3y0jsFjJ8BjfwjcShQGxFXYJlQ0ZzuzU8yXR3ywXfH73ey4LPp611wAr3hDrlWyAE-IUBhLb7smwxUApc5jmRe7HcALxiAlB-7WJ1aXNuY5HSWktptvx3AWj3917vGh-hRIRUF5CtAO6cevr1_pEiuQMqaAG5DgNV_iZnFHRnI3mxKK1zmeca_4g/s1040/Slide62.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEm3y0jsFjJ8BjfwjcShQGxFXYJlQ0ZzuzU8yXR3ywXfH73ey4LPp611wAr3hDrlWyAE-IUBhLb7smwxUApc5jmRe7HcALxiAlB-7WJ1aXNuY5HSWktptvx3AWj3917vGh-hRIRUF5CtAO6cevr1_pEiuQMqaAG5DgNV_iZnFHRnI3mxKK1zmeca_4g/w577-h399/Slide62.JPG" width="577" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my birthday card, I used a 6x6 inch white card blank, a woodgrain embossed topper by The Dreamees with a hint of wax and a wreath die cut for my sunflowers to sit. on. I have used the leaves from the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/k1CnP">Opulence by Design Steampunk Florals </a>. I have also used the darker of the 2 plain sheets available in the download and for the centre of my flowers I have used a mix of Stickles glitter glue and glossy accent.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJkRl0GLDiiNchXlDeyj9HFD8UHVByv6U0njYUBhTjPtlHkBbn2Bj5awuiYpbDeOh3DAUXYRGLeG9zDQ4_yhxWXZTPQO0Z41Nm-oJ8A1nasoQpoPW5NoEutSguxgDulwgpFqQCyVkeR2exVuj8ZLBzSoVw9W9Qb99-R1jSqpceNi0FIoCZI4lWl1jFw/s1040/Slide64.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJkRl0GLDiiNchXlDeyj9HFD8UHVByv6U0njYUBhTjPtlHkBbn2Bj5awuiYpbDeOh3DAUXYRGLeG9zDQ4_yhxWXZTPQO0Z41Nm-oJ8A1nasoQpoPW5NoEutSguxgDulwgpFqQCyVkeR2exVuj8ZLBzSoVw9W9Qb99-R1jSqpceNi0FIoCZI4lWl1jFw/w586-h406/Slide64.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">For my easel I card used both colourways of the papers on a mushroom card base, adding the <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/pj3N">foliage Ivy leaves</a> which I already had in my stash. This time for the centres of my flowers I used a lemon Flowersoft.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz_S32ovBhvqIjQPqBedS3IcCkH4tEalbHQuDGbhYFhoGEHDBmiqgf4kuVfFqLpVN4U5a5_LuMSR3Tau9G7TL7MU5VzLz8SGsL-DntU26NFm-wKabm3gzwWJZssEDxPyO5hKFSZQjmVz2AIv_ba9hURMdKvZrlx4I7l_vjR0ZbZHxT-RBBrWwK4DseQ/s1127/Sunflower%20card%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1127" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz_S32ovBhvqIjQPqBedS3IcCkH4tEalbHQuDGbhYFhoGEHDBmiqgf4kuVfFqLpVN4U5a5_LuMSR3Tau9G7TL7MU5VzLz8SGsL-DntU26NFm-wKabm3gzwWJZssEDxPyO5hKFSZQjmVz2AIv_ba9hURMdKvZrlx4I7l_vjR0ZbZHxT-RBBrWwK4DseQ/w505-h505/Sunflower%20card%202023.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Finally a little thank you card on cream linen cardstock. I used a script embossing folder and a gold scroll die cut in the background. I just focused on the dimension of a single flower and added lots of gold prills over the fine detail that was already on this beautiful design.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm9nKfnT5bejR77YxcpeL2Ucp2jPGbrkJHshSwY2M7_2EZcLBBGbLhLdfnlAK3ILdPveuG0qbBL_dkXozcVU7HyUhlKn_y3Z2WDMdV5xwaFR1Kyn8RSECHabhiSGUqLxDyeHpbeprcEHL_i6CQzO30KcwmNo-mh6ar9J2WXnJ62J0wHs0pS80PvV7Fw/s1040/Slide28.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm9nKfnT5bejR77YxcpeL2Ucp2jPGbrkJHshSwY2M7_2EZcLBBGbLhLdfnlAK3ILdPveuG0qbBL_dkXozcVU7HyUhlKn_y3Z2WDMdV5xwaFR1Kyn8RSECHabhiSGUqLxDyeHpbeprcEHL_i6CQzO30KcwmNo-mh6ar9J2WXnJ62J0wHs0pS80PvV7Fw/w444-h640/Slide28.JPG" width="444" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I do love sunflowers, they are one of my favourites and I had quite a few in my garden last year.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWs-2Sa2EcDyo2-W5tz_ThRQz92N6ANcctR4RLT_zrhmJl_36DurJdoLRYhQ8zsuG9La-Y857IsXuraJXgPRAkCxWncgLPt9CKyD2CI8H39uyuPXc3Lq8FaxI805OQTaRFectpxr7rENnO3__BH6fBUh5g2QD78KGLrjn-eN9Wrd-v_D8TL1Uc0mBow/s4032/IMG_3102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWs-2Sa2EcDyo2-W5tz_ThRQz92N6ANcctR4RLT_zrhmJl_36DurJdoLRYhQ8zsuG9La-Y857IsXuraJXgPRAkCxWncgLPt9CKyD2CI8H39uyuPXc3Lq8FaxI805OQTaRFectpxr7rENnO3__BH6fBUh5g2QD78KGLrjn-eN9Wrd-v_D8TL1Uc0mBow/w283-h377/IMG_3102.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">These flower former sheets are a fabulous edition to your crafty stash as they can be used in so many ways to suit the changing ways that we all craft now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The sun has been out and I have been out in the garden. The birds are nesting and the black birds have decided to take the rest the coco coir liner from an old plant pot base that I left them for their nests (which they destroyed last year with my plants in it).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">There's a new window bird feeder on my list as either the pigeon has tried to perch on it and it has snapped or I am feeding those sparrows too much!! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">At least its been a </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">sunny bank holiday for a change, I hope you've had a good one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=s274" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-21318404350261708702023-04-08T19:40:00.002+01:002023-05-01T14:02:10.723+01:00The Slowest Felter in the West<span style="font-family: verdana;">I thought that I would share some of my mindful crafting with you, especially now that I have actually finished something to tell you about.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLWERyaifhUFosUDms5RL0Lw9vCyutFHNDL9bWqaPT4kjPohmVNsouoHKJ1Ivi4gCo1m-HgB26ZGqp7TP2sk8TDgsVIOHTK1Je2yeBmFiEzTec6fFnpDrnYBWoxfNt2djTLCntWQtNyIbowUBqetB4ly9wgpTkj5f-H9v7EwtaMwmLse7cle-v9RklA/s1040/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLWERyaifhUFosUDms5RL0Lw9vCyutFHNDL9bWqaPT4kjPohmVNsouoHKJ1Ivi4gCo1m-HgB26ZGqp7TP2sk8TDgsVIOHTK1Je2yeBmFiEzTec6fFnpDrnYBWoxfNt2djTLCntWQtNyIbowUBqetB4ly9wgpTkj5f-H9v7EwtaMwmLse7cle-v9RklA/w365-h526/Slide1.JPG" width="365" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">It all started with this little chap, my pointy eared gnome that my daughter bought me as a kit for Christmas from<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXl3rNl33pdydjprQ3hEt7A"> Lincolnshire Fen Crafts</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Last year I was looking for something creative that I could still do, albeit slowly for when I don't feel able to craft and need a distraction as another form of pain relief or just a bit of creative space with no time limits that I could just pick up and put down at any time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I had been watching Sandy felting on YouTube for some time and this has always been something that I have been interested in but not a craft that I had thought would be suited to someone with joint issues.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My crafty friend Caron, who has also felted many wonderful things, one of which was an adorable bunny plaque that she made me, sent me some wool and a needle for me to have a play with and see how I got on. I certainly wasn't put off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC3Fvi0cTqYIBgFSvKFqKjWOsNuZdnJ-8Dag0XM9c3zWO1ap7KjdcRjIXlgvlmi4q6O6ZZp7jMadS1DSd90SqOnopsTgZytTvDY8IyToRVcwQXsTtHtwEH4_xk4q9k3xwq6LqaUxSEAi0_BMacuCxL7L7tluIUU9mG4Y9DaAU9-9yGdFZIg4lwDBeEQ/s1040/Slide26.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC3Fvi0cTqYIBgFSvKFqKjWOsNuZdnJ-8Dag0XM9c3zWO1ap7KjdcRjIXlgvlmi4q6O6ZZp7jMadS1DSd90SqOnopsTgZytTvDY8IyToRVcwQXsTtHtwEH4_xk4q9k3xwq6LqaUxSEAi0_BMacuCxL7L7tluIUU9mG4Y9DaAU9-9yGdFZIg4lwDBeEQ/w369-h532/Slide26.JPG" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I took a particular fancy to this pointy eared gnome and really liked how Sandy had so many free tutorials on her YouTube channel, especially from her kits, and that she made felting look like something that I could do, more importantly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">There wasn't too much to this little gnome either which also made it a perfect Christmas gift for me to start with and it didn't matter how long it took for me to make it either or that I was the slowest felter in the West!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I had quite a bit of wool left over and have since acquired some more along the way and find it very therapeutic stabbing a ball of rolled up wool. Slow is still good......you tend not to stab your fingers with the barbed needle and in the story of the tortoise and the hare wasn't it slow and steady that won the race?.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbuCC16jR5G4vVND1HAgdbTpLbXghd8xnGxoyTEmRAEDw95lStWtZMIxuQhQZTJONengjZ0jP9Bg_K2G0O5PO4fnj1C8ilS60Vx5jrxtv9qVmRpu0gEwKTB6vd_vcLCHli_lRG-xWVryICPw9ZCXMOaXktPje3vAvIfmJnjRD69--sekmoyLzuP_wEw/s1040/Slide53.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbuCC16jR5G4vVND1HAgdbTpLbXghd8xnGxoyTEmRAEDw95lStWtZMIxuQhQZTJONengjZ0jP9Bg_K2G0O5PO4fnj1C8ilS60Vx5jrxtv9qVmRpu0gEwKTB6vd_vcLCHli_lRG-xWVryICPw9ZCXMOaXktPje3vAvIfmJnjRD69--sekmoyLzuP_wEw/w537-h373/Slide53.JPG" width="537" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Now I have two pointy eared gnomes!........ a slightly smaller version. I haven't ventured off these quirky little critters yet but I am certainly enjoying my newly found therapeutic craft.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QfcM_eA2_ldE7j16sbTpKErezcIHkqtM2AVZre9-iRwDmJDAXrs9VDoZrPDaQtpueelVafc4PetMSjjO9sBYJnVz8g7SOs0Nj0M4TTSoE1KmdngCDMoJU4-wbqNLH8XiDVtmBoX2pF1FMg7gh5N9dA3U4bECIlKB_MrDEJHwU_h8jOUuHIyRWNw_Aw/s1040/Slide56.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QfcM_eA2_ldE7j16sbTpKErezcIHkqtM2AVZre9-iRwDmJDAXrs9VDoZrPDaQtpueelVafc4PetMSjjO9sBYJnVz8g7SOs0Nj0M4TTSoE1KmdngCDMoJU4-wbqNLH8XiDVtmBoX2pF1FMg7gh5N9dA3U4bECIlKB_MrDEJHwU_h8jOUuHIyRWNw_Aw/w490-h340/Slide56.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">If you're interested in looking up Sandy from <a href="https://lincolnshirefenncrafts.com/">Lincolnshire Fen Crafts</a> I have also added a link to her YouTube channel below. She also has a Facebook group page called The Felt Hub and does regular 'Facebook lives'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The Felt Hub</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXl3rNl33pdydjprQ3hEt7A">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXl3rNl33pdydjprQ3hEt7A</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The idea of mindful crafting is to take time out and do something relaxing that you enjoy and that you can lose yourself in, a break from technology, a break from daily routine, de-stress, and clear your mind. It can be anything really long as you enjoy doing it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Have a great weekend whatever you choose to do and let's hope there's a little more sunshine in that too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=s274" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="274" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TG7iGvMN9CUgNNr9hjkWr8hDHiogc2fpRq3aHmJogtqTB-Pcn_KGMsbfabKeTS0zLpUINeFnocsMyH1jUb8EoibQ50KQBeuc7EIiUbQjlrBtqANZDAG7PMe-Lzk0m84mFkskaCnqTUpLzNNCCUDqJd7vHRgUP1tbU-C6EisTwxU4ioIu9jKkJ0ZYsw=w68-h58" width="68" /></a></div><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Challenges:-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Love to craft</a><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">:- ATG (Top Pick)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/">Classic Designs Challenge</a> - ATG (Best Technique)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/">Creative Fingers</a> - ATG</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div></div>https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545416177759448457noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422557456014577845.post-53842252159229417892023-03-16T15:03:00.017+00:002023-05-01T14:12:44.983+01:00Vintage Birthday card <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Sharing another birthday card, made for a friend. I think I am up to date on my cards for now and can take a bit of a break from cardmaking.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIl9Xfb1ofGFPf2Odt0XRz8TnGAQYjyp8nSIwMjK0X5RoahgdoW5nA_NFz4Eewgi-0OCG-IOVhofETysBs6IJLP8ougwVhOPm7VL5XAy4pWvMHql9YwsJVDdrIdOkQO1RXlf9-60jpN1pGVgHqE7YbkSRZMLAB1NPh_KiN5lW0yekrIfEnxub4SuRGQ/s1040/Slide45.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIl9Xfb1ofGFPf2Odt0XRz8TnGAQYjyp8nSIwMjK0X5RoahgdoW5nA_NFz4Eewgi-0OCG-IOVhofETysBs6IJLP8ougwVhOPm7VL5XAy4pWvMHql9YwsJVDdrIdOkQO1RXlf9-60jpN1pGVgHqE7YbkSRZMLAB1NPh_KiN5lW0yekrIfEnxub4SuRGQ/w673-h466/Slide45.JPG" width="673" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">I wanted to make something a little bit different, so opted for a vintage look using a vintage flapper girl postcard that I spotted and was allowed to download on Pinterest. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I used cream card and a square-shaped die along with a ribbon threader die to create the card base.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6HPVdmdsVx7PqN0c3U2cch5ZEDjrLkm23tJQpC6gARer3y2ByvhHo3hNCtAtqFLzByQS5wy7ACoh0OO3VQIo6OxU3nfObDkbmoRlnbwb_b7ysvcO0AoTsy96yAl3-Cm4zM3e7KpknqtKjw3ZkYbIjFz7PspY4XTnvwfrPXphLZIEF1RqSm_ntEWKmA/s1040/Slide47.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6HPVdmdsVx7PqN0c3U2cch5ZEDjrLkm23tJQpC6gARer3y2ByvhHo3hNCtAtqFLzByQS5wy7ACoh0OO3VQIo6OxU3nfObDkbmoRlnbwb_b7ysvcO0AoTsy96yAl3-Cm4zM3e7KpknqtKjw3ZkYbIjFz7PspY4XTnvwfrPXphLZIEF1RqSm_ntEWKmA/w561-h389/Slide47.JPG" width="561" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I thought that some of the papers from the Graceful Gerbras collection by <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a> would work perfectly with my card and the pretty gerbera paper was printed onto white pearlescent paper from Crafters Companion that I have had in my stash for ages.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I also used one of my Tattered Lace frame dies from my stash which I die cut from a textured rose gold matte mirror card.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdfziQ9OwGgG2KDd4NyQs4I1EggK6JRDJHA9n8NU4pkl_hATI5FsKxWzuCmX3OxARdphx53DUy4ZU8S1_JVKXBiEsg0yMDTNOAB_Vqg36MmXAk32D49EHZg5SeMSvMLNMWjwiwR4HgSHYYSh6wWow7xjA7nqWIwMS9-q39_wwc-qdhJxJ-Cy06x6cWQ/s1040/Slide22.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdfziQ9OwGgG2KDd4NyQs4I1EggK6JRDJHA9n8NU4pkl_hATI5FsKxWzuCmX3OxARdphx53DUy4ZU8S1_JVKXBiEsg0yMDTNOAB_Vqg36MmXAk32D49EHZg5SeMSvMLNMWjwiwR4HgSHYYSh6wWow7xjA7nqWIwMS9-q39_wwc-qdhJxJ-Cy06x6cWQ/w343-h494/Slide22.JPG" width="343" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">I like to sit and cut out my flowers whilst watching TV and then I know that I always have flowers on hand for my projects and when I am trying to decide what to use. I use a lot of smaller flowers so find it very handy to downsize enough blooms to cut out and have ready to craft with.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">The flowers that I have used are a mix of pinks from Steampunk Florals along with leaves, Blue Dahlias from the Breathe collection, and rose leaves all by <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/">Opulence by Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've used a mix of Stickles glitter glue and glossy accent in the centre of my flowers for different textures and I edged my petals with a Treasure gold dinky inky ink pad by The Dreamees. I use this ink pad and reinker a lot in my crafting and not sure whether The Dreamees will bring this set of sparkle dye-based essential inks back into stock. Some of the petals I went over with a stardust gelly roll pen for a little more highlight.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5-60laZnQIOa25Fg2dctkY-L6veqBMEcF3i0ntwTYlkdLzf_c3_10HLqGLv60tfyNA-zcM1Y2rNCznGnpGAKfwCoot6ujq1QGEoBrSsyZviBgJ_nmokDFKMm8Q_s5E28BFhZWDx-Ck3lzhWsj0xVqOyK39A6kSW183-j5a_qClm1zeVmRm3oGLahcw/s1040/Slide23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="607" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5-60laZnQIOa25Fg2dctkY-L6veqBMEcF3i0ntwTYlkdLzf_c3_10HLqGLv60tfyNA-zcM1Y2rNCznGnpGAKfwCoot6ujq1QGEoBrSsyZviBgJ_nmokDFKMm8Q_s5E28BFhZWDx-Ck3lzhWsj0xVqOyK39A6kSW183-j5a_qClm1zeVmRm3oGLahcw/w421-h607/Slide23.JPG" width="421" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Inside my card I added a coordinating insert from the paper kit, adding a little shimmer to the papers with my gelly roll pen.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTmXonLp_ZBFFRyxQHa6BCtgbnqhMwPQ-lIFw1BSR9O6T0h0RrRdQ3_ceaCwLesBlYfgNOuo3ZlVeaXA07b5HNpTkLYbvgF9v8gsAX8rJz0XdgCPOpvKrZzjbX4A6d_oVgGDTZyLqwEI7L7E4pinPqdwhLK5SlNyJvXMZOjtzizyl4db5n8q-F3AXRw/s1040/Slide46.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTmXonLp_ZBFFRyxQHa6BCtgbnqhMwPQ-lIFw1BSR9O6T0h0RrRdQ3_ceaCwLesBlYfgNOuo3ZlVeaXA07b5HNpTkLYbvgF9v8gsAX8rJz0XdgCPOpvKrZzjbX4A6d_oVgGDTZyLqwEI7L7E4pinPqdwhLK5SlNyJvXMZOjtzizyl4db5n8q-F3AXRw/w694-h482/Slide46.JPG" width="694" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;">To the rim of the hat of my Vintage lady, I added 3 small flowers that I thought nestled just nicely on her hat. My card has been threaded with white organza ribbon and embellished with small white pearls.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Have a great day whatever you have planned for yourself and if you've been crafting, what's been your craft table this week? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGCfo3iK3gslqJCXuK7FHR7C-wZWUIWcM0-Uwsve8oaci0kbGwTRuGu4V3ynvx_XgIjMWOqxyBXE4Kjuq-FUPJPN2TThj-RPh9xvXHEKtUKVAoDy1_u1hUNB94RtCYtS4gzXFFKT0rrao2N3G9x6HXKmObEPpWWsh6j6JBYZvkFRqn5c_yOT7tunTHA/s1040/Slide48.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGCfo3iK3gslqJCXuK7FHR7C-wZWUIWcM0-Uwsve8oaci0kbGwTRuGu4V3ynvx_XgIjMWOqxyBXE4Kjuq-FUPJPN2TThj-RPh9xvXHEKtUKVAoDy1_u1hUNB94RtCYtS4gzXFFKT0rrao2N3G9x6HXKmObEPpWWsh6j6JBYZvkFRqn5c_yOT7tunTHA/w597-h414/Slide48.JPG" width="597" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">On an 8x8 inch kraft card base I first layered a piece of antique gold pearlescent paper and then for some texture, I used s piece of brown packing paper from recent Amazon delivery. This packing paper is not only quite sturdy but has a lovely ribbed texture and takes ink very well. I used my T</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">reasure gold dinky inky from The Dreamees and was really happy with the results.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I printed out two of these design sheets so that I could cut out the metal picture frame and smaller elements, then decoupage them back onto a fresh sheet. I used my stardust gelly roll pen to highlight the picture frame and the edges of the flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I added a monocle die cut from my stash over one of the clock faces in the paper and created a metal-like sentiment using Debbi Moore's metal magic.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoEmu4oCAIHVGQSuwhRROL7qMCMOEXP2VVW6apoIGCB__GJEquOfamZHcoBtwW3YoRCcqeZqz_PBBMDz6_WaOVPT6o05Snv4IVUpbqq19jeKu8r0f0tuEwa3MWNt_SX7XapR3squQZ4jrzSfrTkKUGZkBf3lW0NFZTPfVBx7H5wAB8J3OGgWPzlTg8A/s1040/Slide49.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoEmu4oCAIHVGQSuwhRROL7qMCMOEXP2VVW6apoIGCB__GJEquOfamZHcoBtwW3YoRCcqeZqz_PBBMDz6_WaOVPT6o05Snv4IVUpbqq19jeKu8r0f0tuEwa3MWNt_SX7XapR3squQZ4jrzSfrTkKUGZkBf3lW0NFZTPfVBx7H5wAB8J3OGgWPzlTg8A/w587-h408/Slide49.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Another large card and with this one I have used one of my Tattered Lace steampunk dies and my smallest embellishments to highlight its wings.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I have decoupaged the rose in the bottom left corner and cut out more of the leaves from the same design sheet as I wanted to use them around the large clock face and flowers. I also added acetate to the clockface to make it stand out more, especially as I was draping my flowers around it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupAhyjqaOO3QPWuP8w-alJ40UbF801wgroItHI5c884BzMAmKUSpHdSgJUl5QtDlQQ6-7FfhOY7q1YUzkRGCx1Fh4hweRdJIQNc8S-0eJaJ6oLzA1VrwimvpCL4jlJylOfvI1R964ZvK_LgKrTHNAXwXFMakXENlPEEgWfh70Df5NMbZvotAekrve7A/s1040/Slide50.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupAhyjqaOO3QPWuP8w-alJ40UbF801wgroItHI5c884BzMAmKUSpHdSgJUl5QtDlQQ6-7FfhOY7q1YUzkRGCx1Fh4hweRdJIQNc8S-0eJaJ6oLzA1VrwimvpCL4jlJylOfvI1R964ZvK_LgKrTHNAXwXFMakXENlPEEgWfh70Df5NMbZvotAekrve7A/w589-h408/Slide50.JPG" width="589" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I made a few rolled roses to tie in with the pink flowers in the collection and created another metal-like sentiment that fits in with the steampunk theme. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">This card is bound together with a rose ribbon to coordinate with the colour theme throughout.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Not sure we were all expecting snow in March, but there you go, I'm glad I haven't taken the fleece off the plant pots in my garden yet, a shock to the daffodils out there!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">If you've been crafting, what's been your craft table this week? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEsPEgGhyWgq1m8nITt80eJVACLqMmq5gS_HTFFJYdg5NlKeP664ZypEjJeBMnVd4ak8ySR0pzoZMNs1xS8lHhOlEOYSHcz86u2aqFT-DAkbO2KPChI-xgWDswRikczF-5ms0j985KNQP-8Vf8WK_p1iHqMaWE3WMhCUh-h6KL1ouPMoVlOiyX4nF8w/s1040/Slide43.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEsPEgGhyWgq1m8nITt80eJVACLqMmq5gS_HTFFJYdg5NlKeP664ZypEjJeBMnVd4ak8ySR0pzoZMNs1xS8lHhOlEOYSHcz86u2aqFT-DAkbO2KPChI-xgWDswRikczF-5ms0j985KNQP-8Vf8WK_p1iHqMaWE3WMhCUh-h6KL1ouPMoVlOiyX4nF8w/w624-h433/Slide43.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I loved the large beautiful white gerberas on this Graceful Gerberas kit, they really jump out of the papers and topper in this kit by <a href="https://shop.obyd.co.uk/collection/all">Opulence by Design Crafts.</a> There is a selection of toppers and sentiments along with a set of pink/cream backing/collage papers for you to choose from.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMe--u0ztfpj4Mo20Qvi0zmC45AbzHe2Rd0F3Uerays2FsuDCZOQFtD2QTOG8Bo9AMKtGmPN8yBrDyEdJOuuGr4vK0Va2P82qzTc-yXzGg2zHnwUgdv7FjgJ1E0OLSt2GKmvihxRv65CxSnEHHsRBx1dxMQ5EqTUkwrXuJbJWq0VCyytEbbLv6pqavA/s1040/Slide21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMe--u0ztfpj4Mo20Qvi0zmC45AbzHe2Rd0F3Uerays2FsuDCZOQFtD2QTOG8Bo9AMKtGmPN8yBrDyEdJOuuGr4vK0Va2P82qzTc-yXzGg2zHnwUgdv7FjgJ1E0OLSt2GKmvihxRv65CxSnEHHsRBx1dxMQ5EqTUkwrXuJbJWq0VCyytEbbLv6pqavA/w392-h566/Slide21.JPG" width="392" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I've been stocking up on my paper too since I have been using more downloadable crafting. I use an Epson Eco tank colour printer which I have been very happy with as I find it very economical on ink and for printing and for a while I have been using A4 Navigator white paper (250 sheets) for colour documents (in the orange wrapper) which is 120gsm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">It's a nice smooth paper, lovely for flower making and I buy it from Wilkos which often has it on offer. It is very popular though. The other slightly thicker card I use is Hobbycrafts A4 white smooth card 160gsm (100 pack). Lovely for toppers. I think you have to try a few out and see what works for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">There are lots of different texture papers around that these papers would look gorgeous printed onto.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUXGNXRQmCuH-nyKLWfoPYa1GFnUNafojAQk9RsqM_TBlIotNL1o9M3uVqdaxGhHsbCgtw_3o6uijKGyKsSDS7gb1T3YWyN4PC7LYcWfeE67pj-K574iuhvOOZzhK8RWflxUQZvxiDZ1aY_w1lM8AapO0MOLwpseb1fpmJGJ51IN7EpLTgJAs6UshSQ/s1040/Slide44.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1040" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUXGNXRQmCuH-nyKLWfoPYa1GFnUNafojAQk9RsqM_TBlIotNL1o9M3uVqdaxGhHsbCgtw_3o6uijKGyKsSDS7gb1T3YWyN4PC7LYcWfeE67pj-K574iuhvOOZzhK8RWflxUQZvxiDZ1aY_w1lM8AapO0MOLwpseb1fpmJGJ51IN7EpLTgJAs6UshSQ/w584-h404/Slide44.JPG" width="584" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I used an 8 x 8 card base for my card and used a ribbon threader die so that I could weave a little rose taffeta wired ribbon under the topper. I also used my stardust gel pen to highlight the gold splatters already on the design and added a matching insert inside my card.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">My neighbour is so kind, when she gardens, she digs up little clumps of pinks, lilies french marigolds or whatever is growing in her garden at the time that she thinks I might like and pops them on my doorstep. Her husband used to do the gardening but unfortunately, that's down to her now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I'm looking forward to getting back into my garden and sorting my little greenhouse out.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">If you've been crafting, what's on your craft table this week? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Open Sans;"><i><b>Happy crafting</b></i></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=s147" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="147" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Q-11ZXQyKrUaxqK8WBfgQh_vg-yVquTyzhgXK3b7_OzZLXR4uNj6O6DLLiOYr6Yu9JAfg9kL9K9yqNIQFDzJr4qBtNfXys5PP2R4HuZXP0G5ezcdwOFVeWyb-FOeLtWX_ckSFxinmqVq0Sx1gEOJEwZe4GY2MkqdjwEDDI0IhMNSQCPtVQxVXZY_6A=w116-h54" width="116" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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