Ribbon or Lace at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there, how's your weekend going? As usual we've got rain for the bank holiday weekend but after the last few weeks at work I'm not too bothered as its just bliss to be at home :-) This weekend is extra special as not only is it time for a new challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges but today's the day you get to meet our uber talented new teamies!! Make sure you call by the challenge blog and check out their amazing work and also find out more about the prize on offer from Cottage Crafts

For my card I took inspiration from some delicious chalky pastel acrylic paints I added to my crafty stash recently. I made the background using pastel pink, pearl white and pale green paints. I used a wet into wet technique to blend the colours. I overstamped with my trusty foliage stamps from the Autumn Hedgerow stamp sheet from Chocolate Baroque.

I created a frame from greyboard cut with nesties labels 4 and 11  and crackled that using pink and white acylic paints and pva glue. The focal image is Sugar Nellie stamp, I've had her for ages but this is the first time I've inked her up. She's painted with distress inks. You can see her a little better in this pic

I've added loads of paper flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts , some foliage cut with crealies, faux pearls, ribbon and lace from my stash. I used an Anna Griffin punch and distress ink to make the butterflies and added a sprinkling of glamour dust to them and the flowers

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Corrosive Challenge: Girlie

Creative Belli: Gingham

Crafts and me: Lace

Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything goes

Flutter by Wednesday: Open challenge with butterfly angel or fairy

Paper Creations Ink: Show us your flowers

Paper Playtime: anything goes

Paper Pretties: Make your own bp

Sisterhood of Crafters: Flower Power

Stamp with fun: Summer

Truly Scrumptious: rocked up pink

Woodware USA: try a new technique

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx