The Paper Nest Dolls, Ribbon and Lace Challenge.......

          So welcome to the Ribbons and Lace challenge.... this will be my final one for this term as I will be back on the regular blog posts starting June 1st. It has been a pleasure doing this for the past 10 weeks..... You can visit the challenge blog for all the rules located on the sidebar here. Without further ado, here is my inspiration card for all you lovely crafters......
          I decided to step outside of the box for this one as you will notice this is not the usual type of card I do. I am really happy with how it turned out and I think I will be venturing outside of my comfort zone more often. =)
          I have had this digital stamp in my arsenal for a LONG time and I have never used it so I decided to ink this little cutie and and it was so much fun. You can find Couture Ellis here. Don't forget to like The Paper Nest on Facebook.          

          I inked Couture Ellie with Copic markers.... For her skin I used E000, E00, E11 and R20. I used my favourite blonde combination for her hair, E50, E51, E53 and E55. Her dress was coloured with R37, R39 and R89. Her accessories were done with C5, C9 and 110. I covered her purse and the rosebuds on the skirt with Diamond Stickles. I love Diamond Stickles because it picks up whatever colour you may be using.

          So as you can see, this is not my traditional Gina K Kraft card stock OR my usual square shaped card. Very seldom do I shy away from my Kraft card stock. I decided to go for Gina K Lipstick Red for the card back and the card is actually a 5X7. I love red, black and white together and I hardly ever use it as a combination but for some reason it just seemed like the right thing to do for this card. The patterned paper used is Basic Grey "Little Black Dress". The sentiment is part of the Simon Says Stamp March kit and it is by Kristina Werner called "Flower Friend" It is really hard to see but I lined the polka dotted paper with Gina K Black card stock. I used a Signo Uniball white gel pen to do dash lines around the outside of the black layers and I framed the image with Lipstick Red and lace. I was going to add ribbon but I felt it was elegant without it.
          So you are probably asking yourself what the lovely prize is that you could win for all your hard work? Well check it out below....

          I hope you enjoy this card and I hope you enjoy this challenge.... we look forward to seeing everyone's creations..... have tons of fun.....

We will be running biweekly challenges, starting on Mondays, and ending the Friday the week AFTER the challenge starts. A complete list of challenge rules/guidelines can be found on our sidebar. It is NOT required to use a Paper Nest Dolls image on your entry, although we will have freebies available soon and encourage you to take a look around our shop.

*Don't forget the great contest that is going on right now over at The Paper Nest Dolls, check it out here!*

Teal, Orange and Coral, who knew?

This was kind of a different colour combination for me to do. I do not normally pair teal with oranges/corals but I have to say I really {heart} these together.... and quite honestly it wasn't planned, I was stumped as to what I was going to do to put this card together..... I was going through the boxes of patterned paper that I have and came across this MME "Garden Party". I {heart} MME.... they are simply very talented creative people who put together the most lovely paper...... I don't think there is any paper from them that I do not like........ so as I lay the pieces down I realized how well these colours actually work and I ran with it...... this is the finished result.... and I really quite like it.... hopefully my cousin likes it too.... :)

The close up will show you the "sparkle". I love Diamond stickles, I think it just adds that little "bling" to a card without over doing it. The stamp I chose for this particular card was Tiddly Inks "Wryn Birthday Girl". She is so sweet and cute. You could use her for Christmas as well if you really wanted to. Of course my A2 card was made from Gina K Kraft card stock. The teal coloured Core'dinations paper worked really well with the design of the card. The Copic markers I used were E00, E11, R20, E25, E27, E29, BG01, BG02, BG07, BG49, BG57, FV2, YG23, YG25, B18, B24, YR04, YR07, Y08, RV11 and RV14. I also finished the card some distressing with Tim Holtz "Walnut Stain" and Bella Creations seam binding...... hope you enjoy!!!!