Boo!

Made for Papercrafts' October Gallery Challenge using Crate Paper Random, Spellbinders dies and Ribbon Girl Pom Pom trim, twine and lace.

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So Kawaii

It's Friday which means that it's Daring Cardmakers' day and this week it is the super talented Leo daring us;

Hey there it's Leo here with my first dare, eek! But before I tell you about my challenge I'd like to say a big Thank you to everyone who joined in last week and shared their wonderful Gladioli and Poppy cards - what a lovely bouquet we saw!

Now, I love anything kawaii so this week I want you to travel to Japan to get your inspiration and create a card that is

So Kawaii

and here is my kawaii inspired card;



I combined the Kawaii cuteness with Papercrafts current girlfriends challenge to make a best friends forever card.

I used Sassafras Lass papers, Ribbon Girl ribbon, Baker's twine and yummy scrummy pom pom , AC brad, homemade washi tape, Docrafts embossing folder, Spellbinders dies and a little panda handcut and paper pieced together.

TFL and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's amazing Japanese creations.

Gallery Idol - Round One

This is it! The cards have gone live and you can now vote in round one.

The theme for this round is Do-It-Yourself embellishments and this is the card that I created, complete with a mini hand crafted book;

(click it to enlarge it)



and some close ups;

• The Card base is made from Bazzill and covered with Girl's Paperie paper.
• The Handle and corner protectors are made with circular Nestability dies.
• The vintage style labels and tags are cut from 7Gypsies paper, stash and downloaded from the internet and some have been tweaked and coloured in Photoshop.
• The mini book was made using a Dust Jacket from Wikipedia and an old vintage book that I dissected, I added aging and foxing with Promarkers and Clearsnap ink pads.
• The curly cord is made with DMC memory wire and coloured with Promarkers.
• The card is hand stitched.

Full supplies; Cardstock- Bazzill, Patterned Paper - The Girl Paperie and 7Gypsies, Images from here, and here, Book Cover from here, Brads- American crafts, Binder Clip - Making Memories, Memory wire - DMC, Yellow fibre - Abakhan, Button Twine - The Ribbon Girl, Ink - Letraset Promakers, Kuretake, and Clearsnap, Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities, Other - vintage labels and book, needle and thread.

TFL - You can see all of the gorgeous cards that have been made by all the Top 2o finalists and VOTE

HERE!

Wow!

This year, 502 designers submitted 1,671 cards for 20 spots in the final of Papercrafts Gallery Idol - this was the last minute card that I submitted;



and I am totally amazed that my card made it - yay! There are some amazing cards in the audition gallery and I am so thrilled that my card was picked. The other cards in the top 20 are just fantastic - you can see all the beautiful creations here, thank you so much Papercrafts!

Just wandering by...

Just wandering by blogland and wanted to post a card, I have been so busy for the last week or two but can't show anything yet that I have been making...

This is the first one that I have had published in Papercrafts Magazine - It appeared in the Jan/Feb edition.




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Wedding Cake - Papercrafts Gallery Challenge

A paper one rather than edible...



I made this for the Papercrafts Gallery Shimmer and Shine Challenge

I used shiny
Bazzill Bling
Prima Marketing and Basic Grey Pearls
and glitter.

I also used
Prima Marketing papers and flowers
Martha Stewart, Papermania and EK Success punches
Bazzill and Coredinations cardstock
Cuttlebug and Sizzix dies
Bazzill brads
Ribbon roses
Vintage button
Portugese hand made lace
Inking and hand stitching.

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