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Thursday 29 September 2011

Autumn flowers for Rainbow Lady

Hi there, I'm back with my lovely Rainbow teamies again after a break for work and family stuff, and  Cynthia's theme at Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog this week is Autumn flowers. Strangely enough we've got the most gorgeous summer weather here in the UK at the minute. The DT got to play with some fab digi stamps from our generous sponsor Glitterbabe and I chose a stunning dahlia image and a beautiful sentiment for my card.


I've made a tri shutter fold card (or whatever you call them lol) using orange bazzil card for the base and a homemade background. I created the background using A4 glossy card and alcohol inks (ginger, caramel, butterscotch and lettuce) and then dropped blending solution over the top before overstamping with a Chocolate Baroque script stamp (from the Paisley elephant themeplate). I printed the dahlia out 5 times, coloured with promarkers, cut them all out and layered them up before spraying with daffodil and peach glimmer mists. I added microbeads to the centre of the flower. I also made a tiny one layer dahlia to embellish the card too.

 (One thing to remember, when you are using microbeads, don't trip over the dog and throw them across your craft room as they go everywhere LOL).

 I cut the sentiment up and inked it with distress inks and attached the bits to the back of the tri-shutter foldy thing. I have to confess I'd planned to use the sentiment on one of the panels but it came out the wrong size. I added an acrylic tag, also coloured with alcohol inks, stamped and gold embossed a sentiment 'Just for you' and attached it with glossy accents. I added an assortment of vellum butterflies, coloured with more alcohol inks. The small butterflies were made using an Anna Griffin punch and the large one with a Marianne die. To finish off i've added some gold faux gems and some vellum leaves. Here's another pic to show the inside of the card.

I'm useless at accurate measuring and all these fancy folds just totally baffle me, I think I've gained a few more grey hairs making this card as i got all the folds and score lines done and was really proud of myself and then couldn't work out how to fold the blinking thing! It took me ages to wrestle it into submission. Never again, I think i'll stick to nice easy square cards from now on :-)


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
The Stamping Boutique:  Changing of the seasons
Corrosive Challenge: die cuts/punches
Digi Makeover: Size matters
Incy wincy: fancy folds
Marianne Design Divas: bloom and grow
Ooh La La: Punches/dies
Paper Pretties: Fall inspired
Pile it on: Fancy folds
Sentimental Sundays: Step out of your comfort zone
(fancy folds are way out of my comfort zone)
Woodware USA: Fall/autumn

Thanks for calling by today, 
Claire xx



31 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful Claire...the colours are gorgeous and the butterfly...stunning. Love the folds, just a fabulous card.

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  2. Hi Claire
    You might have a few grey hairs but it was worth it the card is absolutely stunning,you really made me chuckle about the dog and the microbeads, hope you managed to rescue them all before the dog thought they were sweets and ate them all, I wouldn't have stood a chance with my dog.Don't give up on the fancy folds.
    Irene xx

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  3. OMG I love this!!! Those colours are so lush. Just beautiful Claire.
    Dot x

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  4. whoa nelly! this is gorgeous! your comment about the dog gave me the giggles!
    so glad you could play in our 're-size your digis' challenge at the Digi Makeover blog. :)

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  5. Fabulous Claire - so well worth all the time and effort.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  6. Your layering of that flower is terrific & I love the colours of the whole design. Micro beads are impossible - I've chased them round my desk before & had to resort to the vacuum cleaner as they lurked around my glass mat & pen pots. Don't blow your nose or sneeze in the vicinity either.
    Paula (PEP)

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  7. Fabulous Autumn card Claire,Thanx for joining us at Crafty Catz this week.
    (hugs)
    Trish (-:

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  8. Gorgeous Autumn card Claire Thanx for joining us at Crafty Catz this week.
    (hugs)
    Trish (-:

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  9. Your tri-shutter card is absolutely gorgeous! Love those rich colors. So glad you joined us for the Size Matters challenge going on at the Digi Makeover Challenge this week.

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  10. Holy Wow! This is amazing!! Love all the details. Thanks for joining us at the PMS Digi Makeover Challenge!

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  11. wow this is just stunning! Hugs Juls

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  12. wow this is just stunning!! Hugs Juls

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  13. Hi Claire hunny,,,,this is an awesome card, love everything about it but particularly the background. Thank you for entering the Marianne Design Divas Challenge and good luck!

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  14. One would never know that you had any struggle at all! This is a real stunner with perfect folds! Love this!

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  15. Very nice ...thanks for playing with us at PMS DIgi Makeover challenge...

    Ivette_DT

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  16. Wow, that's a breathtaking piece, love the colors and the flower looks fab.

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  17. stunning card ,love the colours and shape,so may lovely details ,especially that gorgeous flower
    thanks for joining us at ooh la la and good luck
    tracey x

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  18. Welcome home honey!!!! Back with a gorgeous card as usual, big congrats on joining Glenda's team, oooh all those new toys lol. Love Elizabeth xxx

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  19. Gorgeous! Love the fold and the flowers! Thank You for joining us at Sentimental Sundays this week!

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  20. Pop go those colours Claire, so glad you worked out how to fold it otherwise we wouldn't have seen this gorgeous creation. Lots on there and all working together beautifully.
    Hugs Shirley x x

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  21. Fabby creation! Thanks for sharing with us at OLL. Hugs x

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  22. Wow, wow, wow! This is beautiful and I love everything about it! Thanks for playing at PMS this week!

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  23. Stunning Claire, I love everything about this project. Hugs Suzanne

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  24. They may be out of your comfort zone, but this one is STUNNINGLY beautiful! Wow! hilarious about the tripping over the dog. i do the same thing with the kids toys!

    Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays this week! Good luck!
    ♥ Lisa M. SSDT
    http://lisabeesponderings.blogspot.com

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  25. Wow, Claire!!!! This is outstanding! Beautiful!! Thanks for playing along with us at The Stamping Boutique!

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  26. Beautiful! This is a stunning card - so elegant!
    Thanks for joining us at The Stamping Boutique...

    Sandy
    DT (The Stamping Boutique)

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  27. Wow!! Claire, what a beautiful card you've created. Love the style, die cuts, colour. Can you tell I like it a lot. Thank you for joining us at Mariannes's Design Divas this month.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  28. holy moly!!!! is this ever gorgeous!!! wow! thank you so much for using a GLITTERBABE DIGI~

    i have grabbed it to showcase. please watch for my SHOWCASE SATURDAYS. if you have the winning card you stand to win a free image from me!

    hugs :)

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  29. This is just gorgeous, and I can see why it won at The Stamping Boutique!

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  30. Congratulations Claire for winning (challenge #16 redraw) at The Stamping Boutique! Your card is beautiful!

    Sandy :)

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