Celebrate!

 Celebrate! - Today at Creative Card Crew we are celebrating the use of ..... Ribbon! Not really a celebration, but it is so much fun to work with that I feel like celebrating!!!!

Ribbon is one of my favorite embellishments. It seems that 90 % of my projects have ribbon on them, but I have a secret to share, would you believe that I finished and photographed my card and then went to post on the team group and that was when I realized that I had not used ribbon!

I think I was distracked by the cute image from our sponsor The Paper Shelter. This image is called Cirque. They have a whole line of images that take you back to the circus. I love this little baton girl. I can just see her leading the parade as the circus comes to town.

 She is colored with Copic's. I gave all of the blue/green some Stickles. Afterall the performers would all have some sparkle to catch the light. I also added a real feather to her hat. This was a bit tricky to do, but I love the results.

I used a beloved SB to to cut the image and mat. the banner is a Tim Holtz die. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press. The corner die is a CB.

My DP is Glitz Pack-Afternoon Muse. I have used and used this pack, because I love the muted colors so much. The star border is MS punch and I added tiny gemstones in the center of each star.

For my spray, I used a SB die to cut the yellow leaves. The stick pin is another that I recieved from the stick pin swap that I recently particapated in. Isn't it lovely? The flower is Recollections.

The forgotten bow was tied with my trusty Bow Easy.

I have another secret about this card. It is upside down on the card base, which means that I will be prying it off with Undo later tonight. LOL The image really is distrackingly cute.


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Fallin For You

Fallin for You - Today's challenge at Creative Card Crew is "Fallin for You." We are sponsored by The Paper Shelter. Boy, are their images cute. The have a lot of cute couple images. I in love with about 6 of them. They are so sweet.

My DP is from Target's dollar spot. It was intended for Forth of July, but I thought it was perfect for this image.

I made this flowers by cutting them with Spellbinders Blossom #3, then forming them around a paintbrush. while wet. After they dried, I stacked them on a glitter brad and used some red wire also wrapping them around a paint brush.

I used their Love in Venice image. Aren't they adorable? I colored the couple with Copic's and added some Stickles to the ribbons of their hats, the girls scarf, and their Sachs. I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the water.

Crafts 4 Eternity # 42 metal - the wire