House of Cards Fifth Week Bonus Challenge

Happy Monday All!

Today being Monday yet still September means that there is a bonus week challenge over at House of Cards.  Each day the design team will be showing there own take on the following Inspiration photo...

















For this weeks challenge you need to create a card using this photo as inspiration.  You can choose any of the Standard Card styles we promote at House of Cards, Clean & Simple, Cute & Fun, Shabby & Chic and my specialisation Classic and Elegant.

The above card is my inspiration for this challenge, relatively simple looking but hopefully classic!

I started by embossing a piece of PMD linen card through the Tumbling Leaves A4 embossing folder by Darice, then cut the egg shaped aperture.  I rubbed Creative Expressions soft gold gilding wax over the embossing to mirror the gold stripes on the cloth in the inspiration picture.  Next I stamped and cut some simple Ivy leaves which I placed around the aperture.

Finally I gilded the cut out from the centre using Gold gilding flakes with a few silver ones thrown in for good measure.  I gently added a few flakes around the edge of the aperture as I felt this gave the impression of the leaves tumbling on the picture. The gilded panel was placed on the back of the inside card to show through.  A bow  and sentiment finish the piece.

It would be great to see a few of you take on this challenge, click here to see what the other design teams have come up with Today it is cute and fun inspiration!

Enjoy...

House of Cards September

Afternoon Guys,

Can you believe its time for the Classic and Elegant September challenge over at House of Cards already? 

This months challenge is a colour palette and inspiration you must use at least three colours on your card to enter it.  Here is my Design Team inspiration for this weeks colour palette challenge.

I have chosen three colours, a lavender, a purple and a soft terracotta to which I added a darker terracotta to balance things out.  I would love it if some of you entered this week, below is the palette, remember this needs to be a Classic and Elegant style (still not sure if that title is right for my musings but that's what I'm told!)



For my card I ran four sheets of Core'dinations cardstock in the appropriate colours through the Darice tumbling leaves embossing folder and then sanded off the top layer.  Next I cut these into 2" squares and made a patchwork background.  The corners I studded with pearls and I simply ran two matching pieces of satin ribbon down the side.

The card is finished with a simple sentiment from Whimsy stamps encouraging us all to delight in the little things.


Now its your turn, click here to view the other design team inspiration and to join in this week's challenge!

Enjoy...

HOC - Fifth Week and Photo Inspiration

Hello Lovely Blogites!

This week over at House Of Cards its the fifth week of the month and that means Photo Inspiration and any style goes.  This is my design Team card for the challenge. As it is any style this week all of us on the Design Team are making cards in our style to give you some ideas, this is the picture to give you inspiration followed by my interpretation of the picture in my usual Classic and Elegant style.

It would be great to see everyone enter for this challenge Click here for as quick link to House Of Cards and the challenge rules!







I actually made two cards for this challenge however the first I simply did not like, I felt the colours were off.  Whilst the orange in the picture is not quite bright enough I'm blaming the photo and camera! lol

I started this card by embossing the background with a floral embossing folder which I inked using a versamark.  Next I simply added silver embossing powder and heat embossed.  This gives a lovely embossed letterpress finish.

The buckle is made with three die cuts from Spellbinders Gold Labels four using standard labels four inside to make a frame.  I then inked through the dies to create the orange framing.  These were layered up and foam mounted with black and white ribbon threaded between. 

Finally a bow with flowers and a hatpin and a simple sentiment banner.  I used the word celebrate to celebrate the first month of House Of Cards!

Don't forget there are still a few days to enter the challenge!  Enjoy...

House of Cards First Project

Good Afternoon All,

(well it is here in Europe, if you've clicked over from House of cards guess it's morning!)

Here is my first Design Team offering for House of Cards Challenge...

House of Cards runs on a four week (sometimes five) rotation and allows different kinds of card styles to be featured. The challenge although over a four or five week span is the same every week.  It will either be a colour challenge or a sketch challenge.  You can enter for one week or all of the weeks.

Now onto this weeks challenge, I hope you all join in...

Use at least 3 colours from the colour palette

 

Week 1: Fun & Cute

Week 2: Clean & Simple
Week 3: Classic & Elegant
Week 4: Shabby & Vintage
Week 5: Your Fave + Photo

I entered into the Classic and Elegant style and to my surprise I was one of the lucky ones to be chosen to join the Design Team.  I would never have classed myself as neither Classic nor Elegant but apparently my card making is!  I do, as you can see from my blog, enjoy making other styles of cards, but I have a thing for balance and structure which makes my style kinda classic I guess just can't get a grip on the shabby garden fence kinda thing.

 

For my card I chose the burgundy red shade, the turquoise and the pale / pastel blue.  The paper is my minds eye which matched the colours perfectly and I teamed it with matching Core'dinations cardstock which I embossed with the Do'crafts secret Garden embossing folder and sanded.  The patterned paper was cut with Spellbinders Bracket Borders die and foam mounted over the base.

 

Next I cut #3 die from Spellbinders Gold Labels four in a pale blue and foam mounted #2 die from Spellbinders labels four which I stamped with a sentiment from Waltzing mouse and edged it with a matching ink (no idea which one by this stage I was grabbing any colour that matched)

 

Finally I cut flowers using the patterned and plain card and added foliage cut in the same papers.  to balance the main element I mounted some of the plain blue card onto more of the background cardstock and used it as a strip down the side.

 

Now it's your turn.  Lets see your Classic and Elegant  card I know that all my followers and commenters are themselves, experts in this style!.  Not your thing, then check out the other styles that are running this month at House of Cards.  I'm sure there is at least one style that you enjoy making and we would all love to see your card in it.

Enjoy...