Rabbits, ribbon & lace . . . oh my

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #148 - Lace and Ribbon

The sponsor for this challenge is:

Fabrika Fantasy

Prize: 3 digital images

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Today I have used the Easter Bunny digital stamp from Fabrika Fantasy,
one of our generous sponsors this week, to make an easel card.

Our challenge for this week is calling for ribbon and lace, so I had fun weaving black satin ribbon through the paper lace panel of my card.

I planned my card on my Silhouette Cameo design mat, starting with an ornate panel (Laced Topper, free cut file, details below) that I converted into an easel card.  I sized the digital image to fit inside the front panel and added a pretty green background using digital paper (details below).

I printed the image on X-Press It blending card, heat set then coloured with Copic markers.  I trimmed the panel down and matted with black cardstock.  I thought the black tied in well with the image, as it has quite solid lines.  I added some Wink Of Stella sparkle to the egg.

Next came the card base.  I cut the base, inner lacy mat, top lacy panel and top mat using my Silhouette Cameo.  I scored the base halfway along to make the top fold, then scored the in the 3rd "valley" of the design to make the "easel" fold.  I took the inner matting panel and trimmed off the top edge (just below the circles of the lacy pattern) and adhered it inside the card.

I tried several different black satin ribbons and ended up using a 3mm spool to weave through the circles of the lacy pattern for the top front panel.  As each corner ended with a circle, I used four lengths of ribbon, pulling the ends back and adhering them securely in place with liquid adhesive.  I adhered the matted image panel in place then decided that it needed some bling, so I added tiny rhinestones to the tips of the design of the lacy panel.  I used liquid adhesive to secure the panel in place on the matting layer, then adhered the bottom half of the panel to the bottom half of the card base (I applied liquid adhesive to the card base then aligned the front panel on top).

I trimmed layers for the sentiment panel and used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment (and really appreciated that I could repeat stamp it perfectly several times, as the textured cardstock really didn't want to be stamped).  I adhered the layers together and popped it in place with foam dots.
 Once all the pieces were in place I decided to add more bling, starting with a fancy black bling pattern to the Easter egg and finishing with black rhinestones to the circles of the inside matting layer.

Here are some more pics.
Click on the images if you want to see the detail in full screen view.

   

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Fabrika Fantasy - digital stamp - Easter Bunny

X-Press It A5 Blending Card

Sparkle N Sprinkle - digital - Watercolor Papers Purple & Pink
I used the "Splatter Green 3" paper as the background for the image
Copic markers - bunny fur - E30-31-33-35
Copic markers - inner ears - RV00 + R81-83-85 + E30
Copic markers - mouth - RV00 + E30
Copic markers - overalls - B91-93-95-97 + YR23-24 + Y35
Copic markers - flowers - Y13-15-17-35
Copic markers - leaves - YG67 + G46

black satin ribbon
black rhinestones
Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush
Martha Stewart Scoreboard + Fiskars embossing stylus + cake of soap
Silhouette Cameo
Monica's Creative Room - FREE cut file - Framed Toppers 10b
MISTI
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Fiskars - Simple Stick Repositionable Rubber Stamps - Holiday Hooplah
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the sentiment

foam dots - to adhere and pop the sentiment panel

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Sending a big Thank You to Fabrika Fantasy for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #148 - Lace and Ribbon with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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

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2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #8 - Anything With A Critter Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 502 - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Wk 44 - Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - Challenge #64 - Holidays
Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #22 - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - Anything Goes Challenge 11th Oct
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - PIP Challenge 1745 - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Challenge #268 - Angels or Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #317 - Card For A Child
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes for the week of 11-7-17

Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #109 - Shades of Red

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #109 - Shades of Red

The sponsors for this challenge are:

Fabrika Fantasy

prize: 3 Digital Stamps

Melonheadz

   

Prize: 1 bundle of your choice, no combo packs

Today I have used the Winter Games 1 digital stamp from Fabrika Fantasy, one of our generous sponsors this week.  This digital stamp comes as both a coloured and a black & white image.



I designed my card elements on my Silhouette Cameo mat, starting with a window cut file (details below).  I enlarged the card to be 6 3/4" tall x 5 1/4" wide.

Then I added my Winter Games image and re-sized it to fit nicely behind the window.
Next came the background.  I added a delightful Birch Trees digital paper and re-sized it to be in proportion to the little boy and moved it so that the tree trunks were offset from the window frame.  I printed the image on A4 X-Press It blending card.  This was my first time working with a pre-coloured image.  I couldn't resist giving my Copic markers a workout though, so I used them to transform the orange elements into shades of red and to take the bright blue edge off the trousers, making them more shaded and teal to match the wallpaper.
I changed my cutting mat to be 12x12 and cut the window elements and base of my card.

I cut the "wallpaper" manually from a Kaisercraft paper pad, adhered it to a foam sheet, worked out where I wanted to place the window and cut out the space, making it almost the size of the outer edges of the window, so that when you look through you can't see any edges.

I adhered the image panel to the base of the card.  The image panel is larger than the outer edges of the window frame, so when you look through the window it really does look like you are looking outside, you can peek through at an angle to see more.

I added strips of foam tape to the window frame to add more dimension for when you look through to the wintery scene in the background.  It adds more height for "peeking" through too.

I die cut the bow and sentiment to finish off this

CAS design with a fun window to peek through.



Here are some side views to show some of the dimension inside the window.

   

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Fabrika Fantasy - digital stamp - Winter Games 1
X-Press It - A4 blending card
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #161056 - Santa Window Pane Card by Sweet Afton
Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - digital - Birch Trees Patterned Paper
(from The Nature Of Christmas Mini Kit)
If you are interested in purchasing this set, please contact the designer by leaving a comment on her blog, or emailing her at decossesdynamitedoodles [at[ yahoo [dot] ca
Copic markers - top, hat, mittens, boots & dog collar - R21 R22 R24 R27
Copic markers - trousers & ground - BG70 BG72
Kaisercraft - 6 1/2" paper pad - Miss Nelly
foam sheet (under the "wallpaper" panel)
foam tape (under the window frame)
Paper Smooches - Christmas Words Dies
Pretty Pink Posh - Twine and Bows Dies

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Sending a big Thank You to Fabrika Fantasy for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #109 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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

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ABC Christmas Challenge
C & D - C for Creature(s) and D for Dimension
my card has both, the dog is my creature and the window has dimension,
with foam layers inside the room and outside amongst the trees

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Crafting From The Heart
Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge
CHNC Challenge #319 Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas
optional theme: Add Some Ribbon
I hope that the paper ribbon of my big red bow counts as ribbon

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra
CHNC Extra for February 2017 - Always Anything Goes
(as long as it's Christmas)

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Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
Challenge #124 - Anything Goes

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Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
Penny's Challenge #315 - Anything Goes

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Scrapbook Stamp Society

Challenge #109 - Anything Goes + Option "Use the Color Red"

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog
Simon Says: Cute

   

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