Friday, October 1, 2010

Card Swap

It feels like such a long time since I've posted anything! It has been a busy two weeks and I've primarily been working on cards for a card swap that I'm finishing up! The theme was Fantasy and we were only allowed to use black, white and silver. It took me a while to come up with what I wanted to do. When I think of "Fantasy" I think of fairies, dragons, castles, ogres, elves, etc.


The main part of my card is this great stamp I got at Michaels made by Inkadinkado. I love buterflies and when I saw that this butterfly was made up by fairies I thought it would be perfect! Can you see all three fairies? The stamp inside the card is a flower made up of butterflies:) I cut my black cardstock to 12 by 4, then scored at 4 and at 10 to get the side gatefold. I stamped the image onto white cards stock and then cut around it. I then used sticky tape to only put adhesive on the middle when I put it on the silver glittery paper so that I could bend the wings up and give it some dimension. I then cut the silver paper slightly bigger than the butterfly. I also used another stamp from Inkadinkado for the swirl on the outside. I then added gems and pearls to give it a little bling. It is simple, but I think it turned out beautifully

I made this card for a card swap, with no challenges in mind, but it fits for a few so I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Practical Scrappers- stamp
Digi Doodles- 3D
Cardz TV- no cricut!
Alphabet challenge- W is for wings

14 comments:

  1. Beautiful card - love the monochrome look. Great images & the black & white theme really suits them. Well done! The Alphabet Challenge x

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  2. Very elegant! Love the black, white and silver and your butterfly is beautiful! Thanks for joining the fun at Digi Doodle Shops Best this week!
    Hugs!
    Dana

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  3. Ooooh very nice and what a lovely stamp too, and I like how the card opens. Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best.
    xx

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  4. Gorgeous card and image. Thnks for joing us here at DDSB's 3-D challenge this week.

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  5. This is adorable, butterflies are a passion of mine. Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.
    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  6. this is a gorgeous card! I wonder if you have heard of Papercraft Star yet? We'd love to have you enter some of your gorgeous projects in our challenges there. We're also having a DT call soon and there is still time to enter our PTI gift certificate drawing too! http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-gift-certificate-give-away-at.html

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  7. Beautiful card! Very elegant! Thanks so much for joining the challenge at Cardz TV!
    Hugs,
    Mary

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  8. Beautiful and sophisticated card.That stamp is amazing.Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best :D
    Lisa x

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  9. Very pretty! Love the unique fold on this card. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!

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  10. Love the title on you blog! Your card is a classic in black and white and what a gorgeous butterfly! Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's best
    Hugs,
    julie

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  11. Love it and it's perfect for the theme. I didn't see the fairies at first until you mentioned them. Beautiful!

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  12. beautiful butterfly - thanks for joining in the alphabet challenge x

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  13. This is great! That butterfly is beautiful! I probably wouldn't have noticed the fairies if you hadn't said they were there. So cool.

    Corinna
    Practical Scrappers

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  14. Love this gorgeous butterfly card

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