Thursday 14 April 2011

Girly frou frou !


Well while I should have been ironing this afternoon I spent my time {more wisely!} crafting instead !

How could I not after seeing this weeks colour challenge at CR8 4FN take a look


When I saw it I went all girly and frou frou and knew just what I wanted to do.

I had seen a beautiful sketch here at I heart art - sketchy Sunday earlier in the week and just knew the 2 challenges would gel together beautifully.

I went for a beautiful soft pearlescent pink background and used my Anna Griffin lace stamps top and bottom.

The flower was made with tissue paper {I only had cream so I used a copic marker to pink it up !} and a scrap of black net that was left over from my halloween cards.
After layering it up and securing with a brad I spritzed it with a little spray and sparkle then some spray and shine for super sheen !

I had enough net left over to tie around the top of the card underneath a light pink sheer organza ribbon.

I used a combination of stamps for the sentiment {Crafters companion for the sentiment & Kanban for the frame} and popped it up a little with my red line tape.

I finally realised that CR8 4FN called for us to use cream too so I added the pearls !

A simple another simple card but it is oh so pretty - even if I do say so myself !

I would like to add my card to the following challenges;

CR8 4FN - Colour challenge
Sketchy Sunday @ I Heart Art - Fantastic sketch - thanks x
Ambers Crafts & Stuff - Favorite things (handmade flowers and these lovely stamps)
Scrapbook Sisters - Wedding/anniverssary
Stampavie & More - Black (hope there's enough black here x)
The Paper Variety Challenge - Flowers
Claudia & Company - Monochromatic (2nd entry)
Pals Paper Arts - Flowers

Thanks for popping over - I hope you enjoy the rest of your day x
((hugs)) Suzie xoxo

19 comments:

jacirascrap said...

Que bela flor!!

Ann Schach said...

Beautiful flower! I love the colors, too! Thanks for playing at Pals Paper Arts!

The Crazy Crafting Lady said...

Ironing is highly overrated! I'd pick crafing over ironing anyday!

Beautiful card!

I am so glad you joined us for our "My Favorite Things" challenge@ Amber's Crafts and Stuff.

~*~Amber~*~
www.amberscraftsandstuff.com

Berry said...

This is just stunning Suzie love the colours all so pretty! hugs Rebekah xx

Sue Lelli said...

Suzie, LOVE the lace stamps with this gorgeous paper! FAB flower! THX for playing with us at CR84FN!

AJ Blanton said...

The lace and flower are lovely.

Joy said...

love the color! thanks for playing with Claudia and Company! Joy DT

Jodi said...

Gorgeous bow and flower on here. Thanks for joining us at Claudia & Co.

Deborah Frings said...

Oh this is so, so lovely. I really like the lace stamps you used, in fact I thought it was real lace at first. The tissue paper flower is just wonderful. Thanks for playing along with CR84FN this week!

PS - Crafting is always better than ironing! I speak from lots of experience :)

Andrea M said...

This is so pretty! Love your post title (frou frou LOL!!!!) - so great! Love the flower with the tulle in behind! Great job Suzie! Thanks so much for playing along with CR84FN!!! Pretty interpretation of the challenge colors!

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty! Love the 3D flower embellishment! Thanks for playing along with CR84FN :)

Heather Rogers said...

Beautiful flower! Thanks so much for joining us this week at CR84FN! :)

Linda Wescott said...

I never buy anything that will need ironing lol. If I can't take it out of the dryer and hang it up, it has no place in my home lol. Great card, so pretty and I love your handmade flower. Thanks for joining us at Amber's Crafts and Stuff's Use your Favourites challenge this week, hope you see you back again. Hugs lin

Stella said...

Well preatty is a bit of an unerstatemtn; it;s jaw dropping gorgeous! I love love love your lace stamps and your handmade flower is stunning! You;ve been busy :). Lovely to see and good to read :)
Hugs,
Stella
XX

Tenia Nelson said...

So so gorgeous!!!

Suzy Nurmainy said...

Beautiful card! love it! Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Variety!:)

Oops a Daisy Designs said...

Beautiful card - I love the colors and the flower. Thank you for playing along with Pals Paper Arts.

Tiff said...

This is incredibly gorgeous and delicate looking! Thanks so much for taking the time to play with my sketch!!!! THANK YOU!

Tessa Buys said...

Oooh, I love the tulle! Beautiful :). Thanks for playing at the Paper Variety!