Sweet pea stampers challenge: use lots of layers

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This is my design card for this fortnight's Sweet pea stampers challenge: use lots of layers.

The image is Sweet Pea Stamps Regan Kubecek's 'fairy bride' rubber stamp (also available as a digi) coloured with spectrum noir and mounted on a piece of Hunkydory foiled card. This was then mounted on to an embossed square from Craftwell's Teresa Collins swirltangle embossing folder. The lovely velvet pleats are from Maya Road and the flowers from Hobbycraft. The corrugated paper strips were from Poundland (I think!). The background paper is from an unknown kit that I've been using up recently.

The photo given for Perfectly rustics 30 reminds me not only of flowers, but particularly of these lovely pink velvet pleated circles from Maya Road:

And the colours and 'garden theme' with flowers are prompted by the photo given for The shabby tea room 233:

This is a large 8 x 8 card:

This is also for:

Inky chicks 36: fairies and/or angels
In the pink 51: fairies and elves
Miriam's crafting 15: fantasy
Glitter n sparkle 99: use some butterflies
Graph it week 34: summer florals
Lisa B designs August: butterflies & flowers
Spectrum noir August: floral & nature
Card and scrap 80: flowers
Flonz vintage stamping 23: summer days
Eclectic paperie ePlay August: embossing
Craft for the craig 7: a craft item you have never used before - the corrugated paper strips and the Maya Road velvet pleated circles
4 crafty chicks 209: something old/something new - old paper/embossing, new corrugated paper, Maya Road velvet pleated circles
Delightful: layer it
Red rubber inspirationals 135: stay focused on stamping - anything goes
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Art by Miran 13: anything goes
The artistic stamper creative team August: anything goes
Stamp and create August: anything goes
Inky impressions 174: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Treasured times 23: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 336: anything goes
The pink elephant 265: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 72
DL.ART August anything goes

Special Birthday wishes for a very special person

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This is another one of the cards I made yesterday with supplies from the free Hunkydory seaside kit. I added a little 3D boat sticker at the bottom. The silver foiled sentiment says: 'Wishing a very special person a very special birthday'.

This is for:

Crafts4eternity R190: oh I do like to be beside the seaside (the tune is going round and round in my head now!)
Eclectic ellapu: seaside or nautical
Craft your passion 228: summer fun
Seema crafts August: summer fun
Crafty bloggers network August: summer fun
Bunny Zoe August: summer colours
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 226: clean and simple
Paper pretties 325: birthdays
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 336: anything goes
The pink elephant 265: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71

Retirement by the sea

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Yesterday I made ten quick cards using supplies from a free Hunkydory members gift - all about the seaside. The way the weather has turned I somehow don't think any of the cards will get used now this year, but will be ready for next!

At first I was going to make five cards using the A4 cards folded, but then I decided that it seemed a bit of a waste to use the other halves on the back of the cards, so I cut all of them and mounted on to white A5 card blanks, that way I got ten cards instead of five.

The silver foiled sentiment says: 'We'll miss you! Enjoy your retirement!'. I added two little flip flop embellishments.

This is for:

Crafts4eternity R190: oh I do like to be beside the seaside (the tune is going round and round in my head now!)
Eclectic ellapu: seaside or nautical
Craft your passion 228: summer fun
Seema crafts August: summer fun
Crafty bloggers network August: summer fun
Bunny Zoe August: summer colours
Aud sentiments 114: any sentiment other than a birthday
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 226: clean and simple
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 336: anything goes
The pink elephant 265: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
DL.ART August anything goes