Nature ... Southern Girls style!

It's time for another challenge with us at the Southern Girls.

This fortnight Team Lou have created projects to inspire you for the new challenge

Challenge #154 - Nature Inspired with Team Lou

Our awesome sponsors for this challenge are....

Polkadoodles

Krafters Cart

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First up, I have to say Thank You and apologise to Polkadoodles.
My RA has not been very co-operative on the crafting front, so I was not able to colour the super cute Buzzy Bee Honey - Winnie Fruit Punch digital stamp that they provided me to use for this challenge.  I look forward to colouring and creating with the image real soon.

Thanks to the amazing pre-coloured images available through Polkadoodles, I was still able to make a card to share and hopefully inspire you.  The gorgeous images from the Darling Buds collection are a delightful mix of cuteness and flowers, perfect for the nature theme for our latest challenge.

It is with great pleasure I introduce you to "Primrose".

I designed the cards on my Silhouette Cameo mat.
I started with the Laced Frame 45d on my mat, using the outline to make two card bases for a top folding card and set up the bases and lacy top layer on one 12x12 sheet, cutting one set from Moss cardstock and one set from the lighter Splice cardstock.  This enabled me to make two cards at once.
I took the Darling Buds "Primrose" image, sized her to fit inside the window, duplicated and set up two on an A4 page.  I printed the images on heavy white cardstock then cut them using the Cameo.
I made a rounded rectangle for the sentiment panel inside the cards and used the sentiments from the Darling Buds Big Bundle ... there are so many lovely ones to choose from.
I added a dollop of Diamond Stickles to each pink polkadot of the backgrounds and added sparkle to her dress using Clear Wink Of Stella.

Once the image panels were dry, I adhered them to the frame, then adhered the lace frame layers to the "top" panel of each card.
I adhered the sentiment panels to the "back" panels, scored the top section of the "back" panels to make the "fold", adhered them to the front panels and two cards were made
The cards stand 6 1/4" tall.

  

 

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Polkadoodles - digital stamp - Darling Buds "Primrose"
Polkadoodles - digital stamps - Darling Buds Big Bundle
(sentiments inside the cards)
Polkadoodles - polkadot paper - FREE Tatty Twinkle Easter Digital Craft Download
smooth white cardstock

Kaisercraft - weave cardstock - Splice
Kaisercraft - weave cardstock - Moss

Silhouette Cameo electronic cutting machine
Monica's Creative Room - FREE cut file - Laced Frame 45d
Diamond Stickles - added to the polkadot background
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush - added to the dress
Martha Stewart Scoreboad
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - to adhere the top "fold"

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue - to adhere the image panel to the leafy frame

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Sending a big Thank You to Polkadoodles and Krafter's Cart for sponsoring
Challenge #154 - Nature Inspired with Team Lou
with us at the Southern Girls.

    

I hope I have inspired you to create something nature-themed and look forward to seeing your project shared in the challenge gallery.

Remember we are not just a card blog, we love to see scrapbook layouts, artjournal pages and all types of papercraft.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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A Gem Of A Challenge - Challenge #188 - Your Favourite Colour Combo

My favourite combo is green & pink, love green & orange too

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Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Spring Challenge

Spring means flowers, lots of flowers

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Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #125 - Anything Goes

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Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #466 - Florals

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Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 8 - Anything Goes

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Incy Wincy Designs - Leather and / or Lace

The lacy frame around my image is a cut file named "Laced Frames"

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Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

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Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Challenge #157 - Anything Goes

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Morgan's Artworld - Challenge #4 - For The Ladies

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Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge #317 - Anything Goes

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QKR Stampede - Challenge #232 - Anything Goes or Birthday Cards

My card is a birthday card

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says Anything Goes

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Simon Says Stamp Blog - Work It Wednesday February 2017

The challenge is to make something with the word or color green in it

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The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges - Challenge #2 2017 - Anything Goes

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Through The Craft Room Door - New Challenge for the Week of February 21, 2017

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