Another 50th Card

Hi all
Can you believe its been a year since I started my blog !!! Where does the time go?
I made this card for a very dear friend of  mine who will be 50 on the 14th September. She will be celebrating in Sicily on her special day.

 I started by embossing a piece of white card with CE star swirls folder, which I then gently wiped CS Pearl Lustre gilding polish over the top. I hope you can pick this out in the pics.
I cut two strips from an old SB boarder die the Vintage lace Accents, and added to the ends and completed with pearl PVA.
I used the spearmint foundations card along with the white a cut them out with SW Noble dies the Ornate Pierced design.

 The flowers I made with Spellbinders cinch and go flowers. I inked through the die with CS frosty aqua colour cloud from PM. I added some CS Iced Snow to the petals, and popped a pearl dot in the centre  with the CS glue that matches the Colour Cloud.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
BSCB #215 anything goes
craft your passion challenge 329 anything goes
seize the birthday - frames /birthday
the crafty addict challenge-23

Bright Star Adornment

Hi Bloggers
Another Christmas card for today.



I was lucky to win one of Sue Wilson's dies from her latest festive release - Bright Star Adornment.
This is the first card I made from the die.


I used only the inner die to cut into my pearl card four times to give a pretty detail frame. I then used Lilac cardstock with a self adhesive sheet on it then place the pearl card over the top and sprinkled iced snow over it.
I used a combination of SW double pierced squares along with the Heraldic inner die as a the background for my sentiment.

  The poinsettias are created from heartfelt creations stamp and die set. I stamped the flowers in versamark and added pearl moon mica powder over  the top, to give a soft pearl shimmer. I finished these with  pearls in the centre.

A white handmade bow completes the card.



I have entered this card in the following challenges:
dream valley challenge christmas in July
melonheadz friends Christmas in July
christmas card challenge #33