Crafty Cardmakers Challenge - #181 Love, Love, Love!!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog, hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Lin is hosting the new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and it is all about Love, Love, Love.

As Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away now is the time to make something special for the one you love, or for someone in love or just something made with love!!

As usual, anything you enter is fine .. a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, home decor .. as long as it has a love theme.

 I decided to make a card (Ha!! Surprise, surprise!!  LOL!!) .. a double fold card actually.

We don't really 'do' Valentine's Day in our family so this card was made for a dearly loved friend.
The papers are from Maja Design and were gifted to me by my sweet friend Heather Jacob.

Added a chippie frame  from Imaginarium Chipboard and placed a flair inside it.  The flair was a gift from another sweet friend, Lizzy Hill.  

This gorgeous big bloom (another of my gifts from Heather) was white .. I simply sprayed it with some watered down Liquitex Ink to colour it.

The flair below was handmade.  Printed the greeting from my computer, cut it out and then just covered it with a gel sticker .. a brilliant little tip from Lizzy Hill.

A strip of lace for some extra interest ..

.. and some sisal added under the flower for a bit of texture.

The leaves are a die-cut from Cheery-Lyn Designs (Flourish #14).  Have seen these so often on other people's work and always wanted some of my own but couldn't find them anywhere.  Finally was able to lay my hands on them and now I'll probably use them all the time .. love 'em!!!

Usually when I make these double fold cards, I use a ribbon for the closure and then cover the back of the card to cover the ribbon.  This time I've used some magnets so haven't needed the ribbon but I still covered the back  because then, to me, it looks finished!!

There you go!!  All done!!

Hope you like my card and that I have inspired you to join the challenge.

If you do wish to play along, the link is below.  We would love to see you there!

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #181 Love, Love, Love

Just remember to read the rules and best of luck!

Thank you so much for dropping by to take a look and do enjoy the rest of your day!

Take care and God Bless.
oxox Marg

Happy New Home - Crafty Cardmakers

Hello there my lovelies and welcome to my blog.  Hope your day has been great so far.

Guess what!!!!  I'm on the Design Team for Crafty Cardmakers!!!  How good is that!!!
I am stoked!!

Thank you so much Lin for adding me to the Team.  I feel so honoured to be a part of this group .. a wonderful beginning to the new year for me and I am so looking forward to working alongside all the talented Members in this group.

So, onto the first Challenge which is .. New Beginnings!
This Challenge is hosted by Jac and we want to see your creations related to New Beginnings.  This could be the arrival of a new baby, a new relationship, an engagement or a marriage.  Anything you wish to create is fine .. a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, home decor .. as long as it meets the New Beginnings theme.

I think a wonderful new beginning is moving into a new home and, as some friends of mine are doing just that soon, I made a card for them.

Lots of paper layers and all from Maja Design.
Made the clock flairs myself using a free printable  image from the net.  Simple cut them out, layered them on a scrap piece of chipboard and covered them with Glossy Accents.

This gorgeous bloom was gifted to me from my dear friend Heather Jacob.  Layered it over a chippie piece from 2Crafty Chipboard and added some die cut leaves and a twine bow.

The window chippie is from Scrapmatts and I simply left it raw and tucked it in between the layers.

The greeting was printed from my computer.

The inside with more Maja papers and a quote printed from the net ..

So, this is my contribution to the New Beginnings Challenge
If you would like to play along the link is below.  We would love to see how you interpret this Challenge!!

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #180 New Beginnings

Just remember to read the rules and .. happy crafting!!!

Thank you so much for dropping in and taking a look.
Take care, stay safe and God Bless.