Our Challenge cards

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

A gentle start to the day here after I did an hour in the garden yesterday, not that I achieved anything amazing, just a few little weeds, Paul was trimming hedges and bushes, I have to say he did an amazing job of trimming a round bush we have in the front garden, it looks like privet hedge but its in ball shape, needless to say that my trimming it with shears had caused it to be a little bit of an odd looking ball,  Paul sorted it today though with his long handled hedge trimmer!   

I am the only one here this morning so I will be making sure that the 'Dad' gets the breakfast of champions,  we might stop off and pick up some picnic food and go out for the day, depending on the weather!  His Fathers Day gift is a Hot Air Balloon flight !!

Let's have a look at what you have made for Karen's Challenge..........

Your Challenge Cards

Janet

Janet's Description:  

Card 1:  Sue Wilson Christmas Tree die cut in red mirror card, on an embossed background.

Card 2:  Tonic die cut in beautiful teal card, finished off with a stamped perfume bottle and a double bow in Seam binding finished with stick pins.

Two absolutely beautiful cards Janet, those colours certainly do 'pop', it shows that the old dies really are timeless as these cards are as beautiful today as they were back then.

Thank you so much for sharing them with us XXX

Karen

Karen's Description:

Card 1:  Decided to look at old dies and embossing folders,  Spellbinder Marvellous Squares and snowflake on alternate layers of white card and white/silver Centura Pearl card

Card 2:  The corner dies are John Lockwood and I trimmed down a SueW sentiment

Two fantastic cards Karen, thank you so much for choosing this weeks Challenge and for inspiring us with your cards XXX

Lilian

Lilian's Description:

Here is my card for this week, It’s a crafters companion deep embossing folder, scrap inky background paper for the flowers. The rest are peel offs which is a bit of a cheat, but my brain shuts down in the hot weather.

Oh Lilian that is such a pretty card, I love that embossing folder, it's very similar to the Gina K one that I bought, adding those tiny flowers really makes the best of that embossing folder, it highlights all of detail.  

Thank you so much for taking part in this weeks challenge XXX

Maria

Maria's Description:

Card 1:  Xmas embossed card with red berries and frame.

Card 2:  white star with a hint of silver. Needed something so cut a frame into 4 and used 2 on this card.  

Maria, thank you so much for two amazing challenge cards, I love the Christmas card, the crisp white embossing with that 'pop' of red looks so festive !

Your Star card is gorgeous, I love how you have outlined the star with the tiny pearls, that lifts the card to something 'extra' special! XXX

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

I’ve used Pink Fresh Studios Floral Lace Background die. I put back in some of the die cut petals, and added flower centres from a Spellbinders flower die set. I inked them in Spun Sugar and Iced Spruce distress oxides. The sentiment is from The Stamp Market also stamped in Spun Sugar.

Sonia such a pretty card, I absolutely love that background the coloured flower centres are so delicate but create a lovely pop of colour.  An absolutely stunning card, thank you so much for taking part XXX

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