Steampunk-esque Birthday

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Warning : This is a photo heavy post - I  will (try to) keep the words brief.... 

A belated birthday card made for a steampunk loving friend.

I started with this pink and green painted background which I had embossed in white.  I then 'got stuck' and it has languished for a couple of years in my background box.

The embossing was done through a this circular stencil, made and available in New Zealand

I added over the background some ephemera from a 3/4 Designs pack (since discontinued)

Most are paper prints trimmed out

The balloon is a chipboard piece that I triple embossed in copper ep, then added some paper ephemera to the basket

The bow was made from a strand of deconstructed string, so is quite frizzy, and then I added clear rhinestones dropping down to the sentiment which was embossed on vellum

The inner sentiment gave the birthday greeting, again embossed using copper ep.

I am linking this to:

Paper Funday Challenge #67 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Week #26 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #655 + 656 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations July Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

(Includes embossing, stenciling, watercolour, string, gems)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2426 - Anything Goes

Craty Catz Challenge #675 - Anything Goes opt with Embellishments

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #27 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge #220 - Anything Goes

Spinner Flower Card

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The challenge for last month in our small New Zealand swap group was to make a spinner card.

I watched a video, and though I had it sussed, but did not make the card for a few days, and in the end 'fluffed' the fold, so it is simply a tent style card... 

I started with a smooshed background (again, I have a fair few of them!!)  and a piece of white card that I coloured the edges of with the direct to paper technique using Memento Angel Pink before layering it onto the white base.

I lined the two pieces up to cut the centre oval and then cut the scalloped border, using a scalloped oval die, then cutting the centre out.  The oval cut from the background was then cut again using a smaller oval die, and the  flower die cut and assembled - again the two lighter pink layers were cut from a snippet of  card I coloured with the same pink ink.

The back of the spinner element was where I put the greeting, stamped with some very old clear stamps using the Angel Pink ink.  I used some very fine, iridescent metallic sewing thread sandwiched between the layers to form the 'spinner' mechanism..

I embossed a smaller piece of card for the flap to cover the written message - it's an old embossing folder, then I ended up attaching it debossed side up!  Thankfully it looks O.K.

The card was finished by adding some clear facetted 'bling'

My swap partner loved the card

I have also added this to the Archi-Scraps challenge on facebook - the theme there this month is to "Put a Hole in It"

I am linking this to:

Crafty Gals Challenge #256 - Fancy Fold or Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #653 + 654 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week#13 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Week #35 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #675 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Snippet Playground Challenge #483 - Use Snippets

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2426 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #83 - Anything Goes