Let's get distressed

It's time for another new challenge over at The Crafty Purple Frog and it's one of my favourites this time - LET'S GET DISTRESSED.  I have used the gorgeous image The love is gone and of course I chose the decoupage option

I decided to make a scalloped circle shaped card for a change and have distressed the edges of the papers and card stock.  The ribbon is white American Seam Binding that has been scrunched up to add to the distressed feel.

I punched some flowers and scrunched them up before layering them up with some small roses on top.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

You can just see the decoupage in this picture and the inside of my card that has been decorated to co-ordinate with the front.

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Purple Frog - The love is gone

Paper:  Joanna Sheen - Jane Shasky from the heart of the garden

Card Stock:  Core'dinations

Tools:  Cuttlebug - embossing folder, Punch Bunch - flower punches and fern punch,

Spellbinders - Scalloped circle (inside card)

Embellishments:  ribbon and flowers from stash

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad Designs

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 113 - Anything BUT a rectangle
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Challenge 9 - To Die For
Cupcake Craftroom April Challenge - Bugs n Birds n Wings n Things
Crafting When We Can Challenge 15 - Things with Wings
The Secret Crafter Challenge 179 - A Shaped Card
Crafty Calendar March Challenge - Spring Clean (card stock, flowers and ribbon from stash)
Bunny Zoe's Challenge 22 - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 59 - Anything but Square/Rectangle
Ooh La La Challenge 102 - Vintage
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Use your favourite tool (my Punch Bunch flower punches - I use them all the time)


Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Blog and have a look at the inspiration, you have two weeks to enter the challenge.

Thank you for popping in this morning, please come back later for my second DT card of the day.

Pauline
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Red and Black

This is my DT card for The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge and the theme this time is everyone's favourite - ANYTHING GOES, I used the gorgeous Red Hearts decoupage:

I absolutely love this image, well I love all of the amazingly tallented Ching-Chou Kuik images available from The Crafty Purple Frog, they are so beautiful.  I layered the decoupaged image onto a scalloped circle die cut that I inked whilst still in the die.

The shaped pearls that I have used on the butterflies were part of a set that I bought from The Works for £1, when I bought the pack I wondered what I would use them for but it was such a bargain I bought it anyway, I'm so glad I did now.  I finished the card and then decided it looked a bit top heavy so I added the row of pearls at the bottom and it looks a lot better.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

This is the inside of my card, you can see the decoupage a bit better in this photograph:

The ribbon was some white seam binding that I coloured with a black ProMarker.

CARD RECIPE

Image:  The Crafty Purple Frog -  Red Hearts decoupage

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs CD

Card Stock:  Joanna Sheen - Onyx Stardream

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circles, Die-namics Butterfly Die, Small Butterfly Punch, Marianne Creatables Heart Die

Embellishments:  seam binding and gems from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Stamping with the Dragon Challenge 6 - Things with Wings
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 137 - Things with Wings
Allsorts Challenge Week 146 - Three in a Row (three butterflies)
Paper Creations Ink Challenge 21 - Things with Wings
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bingo (Ribbon, Free, Punched shapes)
Shopping our Stash Challenge 44 - Buttons and/or Bows (ribbon, gems and card stock from stash)
Creative Craft Challenge - Inspirational Piccie
Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge 3 - Layers

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Blog and have a look at the inspiration, you have two weeks to enter the challenge.

Thank you for popping in this morning, please come back later for my second DT card of the day.

Pauline
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Pink Enchantment

This is the first of two cards I have today and it is my DT card for The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge.

We would like you to show us your Pink and Girly cards this time, I decided to use a fancy card blank, I have loads of these and for some unknown reason very rarely use them, I inked it with distress inks because it was very white.

The image is Field of Red Poppies Decoupage from The Crafty Purple Frog, the larger of the floral papers is from the Papermania Henbury Lane collection and the smaller more pastel paper is from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky From the Heart of the Garden CD, it is worth buying this CD for the papers alone.  The card stock along with the flower, button and dragonfly embellishments are all from my stash.

This is the inside of my card, I have decorated it to match the front:

You can also see the layers of decoupage in this photo.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The CD Sunday Challenge - Imagine
S J Crafts Challenge 2 - Flowers - include Red or Pink
CES Challenge 75 - Flower Frenzy!
The Pink Elephant Challenge 138 - Let's see those layers (at least 3 layers)
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge Recipe 61 - Digital
2 Sisters Challenge 81 - Recipe - 1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 embellishments ( I took this to mean 3 different embellishments - I have a flower, a button and a dragonfly)

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Blog and have a look at the inspiration, you have two weeks to enter your Pink and Girly cards.

Thank you for popping in this morning, please come back later for my second DT card of the day.

Pauline
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Yellow and Green

Did you know that it is St David's Day on 1st March and that traditionally a daffodil is worn to celebrate St David, well at The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge we have decided to ask you to make cards using Yellow and Green, the colours of the daffodil.

I chose to use The Crafty Purple Frog image Green Sea Turtle for my card.  The papers are also from The Crafty Purple Frog, they are from the Spring Floral collection and will be available in the shop shortly.  These papers complement The Crafty Purple Frog images beautifully but they are so stunning I can see myself using them for lots of different projects

The base card stock is some gold coloured card that I have had in my stash for some time now.  I layered the image onto a scalloped oval and embellished my card with some punched flowers and daffodils that I found in my local craft shop.  Full details of everything that I have used are listed below:

This is the inside of my card, you can also see the decoupaged layers:

Card Recipe

Image:  The Crafty Purple Frog - Green Sea Turtle

Papers:  The Crafty Purple Frog - Spring Floral Collection

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Ovals, Punch Bunch - flower punches and leaf punch,

X-Cut corner punch

Embellishments:  ribbon, daffodils and brads from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Poodles Parlour - Mother's Day/Card for a Female
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge 104 - Ribbons and/or Bows
Crafty Ann's Challenge 59 - Bold and Bright
Fairy Tale Challenge 35 - Spring
Just Tracey's February Challenge - Something flowing (ribbon and her hair)
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 101 - Use a digi or no image
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 173 - Bingo (brads - in the middle of the flowers, flowers, bow)

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge and have a look at the DT inspiration, you have two weeks to join in with the challenge and you could win some gorgeous Crafty Purple Frog images.

Thank you for looking.

Pauline
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Lilac Beauty

This is a card I have made using a gorgeous image from The Crafty Purple Frog called 'Night Rose', I think she is just beautiful.  When I saw her I thought she would be ideal for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - L is for ... because she has lilac highlights in her hair and eyes.  I teamed the image up with a lilac backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky CD.

I decided to give the card a bit of a distressed feel and used some Core'dinations White Wash card stock to mount the image on and to mat the backing paper.  The same card stock has been used for the corners punched flowers and centre strip.  I lightly inked the edges of the backing paper with dusty concord Distress Ink and used the same ink to colour some cream seam binding that I then scrunched up for the bow.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

This is the inside of my card, it has been decorated to complement the front:

Card Recipe

Image:  The Crafty Purple Frog - Night Rose

Papers:  Joanna Sheen - Jane Shasky CD

Tools:  Spellbinders - Classic Scalloped Rectangles, Punch Bunch flower punches,

Comfort Craft  Distressing Tool

Embellishments:  ribbon, lace, flowers, heart buttons and twine from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The CD Sunday Challenge - L is for ...  (Lilac and lace)
Little Darlings Challenge 17 - Favourite Embellishment (buttons)
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 51 - Monochrome Magic
The Crafty Pad Challenge 157 - B (black, bow, blooms, buttons)
CES Challenge 72 - Lots of Layers - 3 or more!
One Stop Craft Challenge 169 - Hearts and Flowers with ribbon (heart buttons and on backing paper)
Anything Goes Challenge 60 - Eye's Down, Bingo Board - Distress, My choice (Die Cuts/Punches) Ribbon & Lace

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope to see you again soon.

Pauline
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