Now it can be revealed!

I'm delighted that my friend Frankie has done me the honour of inviting me to be the very first Guest Hostess on her new challenge blog DragonsDream Tag It On and here is my sample and how I did it.

I started by using Distress 'mustard seed' and Ink It Up 'Pink' to get some initial colour on the tag and then ran it through the Cuttlebug using the 'Distress Stripe' embossing folder.To add even more texture I then did some random embossing with Distress Powder in 'scattered straw' and 'worn lipstick' as shown in the close-up.

I stamped 'Mona' in Archival Ink 'Carnation' and 'create' and 'ART' in Palette 'Sun Flower' - all stamps from Ma Vinci's Reliquary.

The final touch was the addition of two toning metal stars from a £1 bracelet and two toning ribbons which also have some extra texture.

I do hope you'll all join in the challenge and I look forward to seeing your creations!

 

Dragonfly Wishes

This was actually made for the birthday of a forum friend next month and as I'm pretty sure she doesn't read my blog I think it's safe to post it here.

As a bonus, it fits two challenges as well - at Creative Card Crew and One Stop Craft.

At Creative Card Crew the challenge is to have circles on your card and the greeting is in a circle and there are circles on the dragonflies and on the fancy ribbon; at One Stop Craft the challenge is 'Something New' which can be a technique or anything that hasn't been used yet and for this card I think everything is new! The stamp set ''Floral Delight','Small Dragonfly' and'Best Wishes' by Hobby Art, have never been used before; the inkpads by Palette in 'Giverny Green' and 'Sun Flower' were brand new, I bought the ribbon and the button two days ago and of course the card blank was new too.