W - hoooo The Craft Barn Has Candy!!!!

Wow - When The Craft Barn have candy, they certainly have CANDY!!! Take a look at the piccie and then get yourself over to the blog for a chance to win all that lovely loot! I'll be keeping my fingers well and truly crossed for this one.

Ching-Chou Kuik's Full Moon

Good morning folks - if you're reading this it means that the scheduling widget has worked! I just want to say a quick thank you to those of you who left me comments on my painting escapades last week. My son loved his new room so it was totally worth all the hard work. The only problem is I'm now way behind with everything else, so everything has been a complete rush this week!

It's challenge week over at Sweet Pea Stampers and this time the theme is Swirls of Summer. We are sponsored this week by the lovely Amy from The Crafty Purple Frog who has generously donated 3 digis sheets of the winners choice as a prize. Please do pop over to the challenge blog and give a warm welcome to our new teamies who have created some awesome cards for your inspiration.

For my card this week I've used the gorgeous Ching-Chou Kuik's Full Moon which is currently on offer for an amazing $2.75. The image has been coloured with Promarkers, and then given some shimmer and sparkle with Sakura Clear Star Gel Pen and Star Dust Stickles. I've decoupaged the image directly onto DP's both of which are Prima Fairy Flora. The seam binding is from Crafty Ribbons and the lacy ribbon is from The Craft Barn. The leaves are cut from a scrap of paper that I'd hoarded kept and the flowers are from Knorr Prandell (looking at my piccy I think I'm going to remove some of the flowers and re-arrange the LO of them). I created the swirls using an Eline template and the Viva Pearl Paper Pen.

Thanks for stopping by, have a fab weekend.

Claire xx

Monochromatic Sweet Pea Ching Chou Kuik's Fluttering Butterflies Acetate Card

Yay it's the weekend (well almost) and I can't wait! I'm off to The Craft Barn this weekend and am really looking forward to it! In case you haven't heard they have their extravaganza weekend where basically they take over the whole of Lingfield village with craft demos. The full line up can be found here.

So onto this weeks challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers which is Monochromatic. We want to see creations using a single colour in lots of shades and tones. We are sponsored by the lovely Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps who is offering a 3 count grab bag of stamps. If your wanting some inspiration, please stop by the rest of the DT's blogs where they have some amazing projects.

Anyway, here's my offering for the week.

I stamped Ching-Chou Kuik's Fluttering Butterflies onto smooth white cardstock. The image has been coloured with a range of Black and Grey Promarkers and then high-lighted with Stickles and Enamel Accents. I ran a sheet of acetate through an embossing folder to create the card base. The image was then mounted onto black card and attached to the acetate. I then attached matching black mounts the reverse of the image and inside and to the rear of the card. The eyelash fibre, flowers and butterfly were from my stash.

I hope you all have a great weekend, thanks as always for stopping by.

Claire xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Craft Barn - Acetate
In A Sweet Pea Dream - Wings