FLOWERS AND DREAMS!

Hi peeps - thank you for visiting!

Just popping by to share a card, using a beautiful dreamy stamp I bought from Blade Rubber when 

I met up with the ATCAS girls in London a few weeks ago. 

The square trellis die is Boudoir by Tonic, cut from SU Crumb Cake cardstock.

The background is SU Soft Sky card, layered onto a Crumb Cake base card .

The stamp is Judikins "Leda", stamped with SU Crumb Cake ink, cut out with a

Spellbinders circle die, edges inked with Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass & Vintage Photo.

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Dies used - 

For the flower - Tim Holtz Tattered Florals and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms. LOTV patterned paper for the base layer, over-stamped with SU "Music Notes" Stampin' Around Wheel.

Swirls and small flower sprays - a mixture of Memory Box  Geneva Vine and Whimsical Flourish.

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley Vintage Sentiments set. Distressed with DI, as above.

I am linking up to the following challenges - 

Rhedd and Rosie - Back in Time, Vintage Style

Vintage Stamping Challenges - Summer Blooms

Krafty Hands - Floral Fancy

Happy Crafting my friends - I will be away for a few days in June - missing you already!
Hugs,

LESS IS MORE METALLIC COLOUR THEME, AND A CRAFTY SNIPPET!

Wow lovely Bloggers, Friends and Limettes - what a fabulous challenge Mandi and Chrissie have set for us this week over at Less Is More - METALLICS!!  And here is my card, which took longer to photograph than it did to make! The SU card looks rather orangey in the photo, but it's a lovely Christmassy red IRL. (Tuesday - Update - have managed to take a slightly better photo in daylight today)!
ANOTHER UPDATE - 13th Sept. - My card has been ShowCASed - Thanks Chrissie and Mandi!

As I have used very old bits and pieces, I am also entering this into Jules' lovely Snippets Challenge at

Always With a Heart. Do pop over to see what Jules is up to!

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So peeps, for the LIM METALLIC challenge, I dug deep into my cupboards, drawers, boxes, shelves etc. and re-discovered these chunky metal initials C and H, which were originally hanging around the neck of a bottle of Carolina Herrera perfume (see the picture below for a "before I used them" shot).  The perfume is long-gone, but I just couldn't bear to part with the initials as I thought they would come in useful one day!!

Recipe:
I printed   appy hristmas  in gray Parchment font, onto white cardstock and cut out with a Nestie Labels 18 die.
Edged the Nestie with Versamark ink and heat-embossed with Judikins Metallic Silver EP.
Chopped off the little metal circle from the "H" before attaching to the card with glue.
Attached the chunky metal snowflake (I think this came from an old Xmas card) to the "C" with silver
metallic thread then attached these to the card.
Wrapped silver metallic thread around the card and attached the Nestie with 3-d foam pads.
Edges of card coloured with a Pilot Silver ink pen.
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and here is a picture of the Carolina Herrera perfume bottle (found this on the internet today):-

A very warm welcome  to Tilly and Jo, my newest followers.

Have a wonderful week everyone ~ love and hugs,