A Touch of Gold--Frilly and Funkie Guest Designer

Hello everyone!

I am thrilled to join the  super talented Design Team at Frilly and Funkie as Guest Designer for Georgie's fun challenge "A Touch of Gold"!  This couldn't be a better theme for me, as I still have plenty of sparkly products out on my desk from a previous project.  I am just loving using gold on my projects!

I didn't have any particular design in mind when I went about making this little wall hanging.  I just knew I wanted to use some embossing folders and gold embossing powder sitting unopened within easy reach on my work table. My sentiment says it all, so I kept the design very simple. While it looks simple in design, each layer is home made paper, and required some time for drying, experimenting, etc. Oh, so much fun!  I love to experiment with texture, and what a great opportunity to do so for Mixed Media World's challenge "Gorgeous Texture".

The very back layer is made with a Lifecrafts embossing folder and white card.  I used Versamark embossing ink, Ranger Sticky embossing powder, Perfect Pearls powder and Frayed Burlap Distress ink to color it. This has a nice sandy gritty texture as the powders melt into the sticky embossing powder when heated. The sandy grit feel and the incredible shimmer can only be realized in person; you'll have to trust me on this!.

Next layer is River Rock and Sandstone acrylic paints and Crackle medium, distressed and edged with Frayed Burlap, and given a couple of swipes of gold metallic rubs. The crackle is just so fun, and I really felt bad covering it up and forgetting to take in process photos.  Hopefully you will see a little of the crackle texture peeking out, but sadly I couldn't pick up the shimmer of that layer on the camera.

The embossed  tan layer is white card with texture paste slathered through Tim Holtz' Gothic Layering stencil and allowed to dry. I blended on Frayed Burlap ink and smeared some metallic gold Gelatos over the raised areas. Again, the  luxurious creamy shimmer just really isn't justified on camera. If you click on any photo you will get a bit of a better view.

The embossed turquoise layer is embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder, then blended with Evergreen Bough Distress ink, followed by Perfect Pearls Powder in gold. Two turquoise layering  panels are just Evergreen Bough Distress ink blended over white card and distressed with Frayed Burlap on the edges.

For my focal point I chose Tim Holtz Perspective butterfly, and part of a sentiment from the same set.  I die cut a Tim Holtz Label after stamping and edged with Wow Gold Sparkle embossing powder.  I heat embossed the butterfly with the same embossing powder and painted the wings with Evergreen Bough distress ink and a water brush pen using one of Tim's techniques from his Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 3. When done, I fussy cut the butterfly and popped him off my background. I added some Stickles for the body and and antennae. When writing this post (I always try to bring the piece to my desk with me, so I can give accurate details of the process.) I decided the butterfly would look better if his wings were curled, so some of the photos look "flat" and a few are curled.  Please forgive me for not retaking every shot--I'm not supposed to be on my feet much right now.

This hanging really sparkles and shimmers in real life, and as you know the camera (especially my little phone camera) just doesn't do it justice.

I would like to thank Sue and the Design Team at Frilly and Funkie for inviting me to join them as Guest Designer this time. Sue was a real sweet heart to accommodate me to allow a little extra recuperation time from my surgery. Thank you, Sue!  This was so much fun!

 I hope you are inspired to gather up your own touches of gold and join in the fun at  Frilly and Funkie for their challenge " A Touch of Gold"! Be sure to stop by the blog and see all the wonderful makes from the talented Design Team--you will be so happy you did! Most of the products I used can be found at  The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Linda's huge art and craft inventory is always 20% off retail. When you participate in the challenge you may win your chance to be Guest Designer or be a lucky winner of  a generous shopping spree to The Funkie Junkie Boutique. So get out your gold and get playing!

I would like to enter this into the following inspiring challenges:

Mixed Media World MMW #6 "Gorgeous Textures"

A Vintage Journey "Things With Wings"  I hope Tim's influence is obvious here with his Perspective Butterfly and sentiment and his Gothic Layering Stencil, but I did bring in a lot of glitz, so uncharacteristic of Tim's style.

Vintage Utfordring Challenge #106 "Butterfly"

Country View Challenges "Summertime" Summer equals butterflies!

That Craft Place "Blue"
Stamping Sensations August Challenge Anything Goes with a Stamp and a Die

Our Creative Corner "Mexico Moods" I went with the textures and colors of the first photo in the mood board and the caning of the chair below it (at least that's the look I was going for!).

The Artistic Stamper August's Creative Challenge "Anything Goes" Stamps used by Tim Holtz Perspective.

Aurora Wings Challenge #17 "Anything With Wings"

Thank you for visiting today and for all your lovely comments!  I read and appreciate each and every one! Hugs!

Sara Emily

Never Give Up Compendium of Curiosities Final Challenge

Hello crafty friends!

It's been a while since I've been able to make anything in the Closet, so it is with great pleasure I get to enter the final Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge hosted by Linda Ledbetter. The final challenge is Layering Stencil: Monoprint found on page 48 of Tim Holtz' book A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 3.  You can purchase your own copy autographed by Tim himself  here. Be sure to pop in Linda's blog to check out all the amazing inspiration from the Curiosity Crew, and then visit each of their blogs to get all the details on their great projects.  Of course, if you want to have some real fun, give Tim's monoprint technique a try yoursellf, and join in the challenge...you still have a few hours! There are two prizes you can win: one-- a huge pile of goodies donated by Tim and Mario, and the other, a generous shopping spree to The Funkie Junkie Boutique donated by the lovely Linda Coughlin, owner of the shop.

I chose to make a tag this time, and I had a lot of fun using a new color combination for me, as well as using my  Tim Holtz Ephemera Packs. I had my good blog friend and Anything But Cute Teamie, Branka aka Vintage Handmade, in mind as I was making this tag.  I made and sent her two birthday cards and neither of them arrived! I just knew the next thing I made would be in celebration of her birthday, even though that special day is months behind us now!  The bouquet is for her, the ephemera is self explanatory (or so I think) and the quote is for me! So Branka, this tag is to honor you, and if I ever get to the post office again, I will try one last time to get your birthday greeting to you! Because I never give up!

I can't tell you how to actually do the Layering Stencil Monoprint technique (that wouldn't be fair to Tim), but I can tell you I used Tim's Flourish Layering Stencil and Distress inks in Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet. Here's a shot of the technique before I did anything else to my tag. I actually did this twice, but I used the Gothic stencil the first time, and was not pleased with my outcome.

You can skip down to the close up photos if you don't want to read through the process, but I failed to take any more photos until the tag was complete. I really have to apologize for the photo quality, too--my mobility is really limited at this time. As always, you can click on any image for a closer view.

After I did the monoprint, I placed my moth where I wanted it to go and  laid the stencil carefully back over the inked design, so now the "empty" spaces were exposed. Working around the moth, I used Wendy Vecchi's Crackled Texture Paste through the Flourish stencil in the areas devoid of color.(I wish I had taken a photo at this point, but I was on a roll and forgot. It looked so dimensional!) Once dry, I blended on Hickory Smoke Distress ink to expose the cracks.

I chose 5 pieces from Tim's Ephemera packs (I can't say exactly which ones I used--I have 3 packs, and they have kind of gotten jumbled since I dropped the entire mess on the floor! What a clutz!) I colored the moth using the same inks as the monoprint, and then swiped on some Antique Linen and Picket Fence distress paints.  I buffed Antique Linen distress paint on each of the remaining ephemera pieces except the bouquet and distressed each of the pieces with Hickory Smoke Distress ink. I wanted the moth, stamp, postcard and special delivery tag to blend  into the background, so they got the paint job. I wanted the flowers to become the  focal point, so I omitted the Antique Linen on that piece.  I hope I achieved my goal.

I adhered the moth in his snug place amongst the texture pasted flourishes, and the remaining three background pieces were adhered on TOP of the flourishes.  I chose a phrase from Tim's Small Talk sticker pack and distressed it with Hickory Smoke ink and the tiniest dab of Antique Linen paint and adhered it.

I distressed and inked the edges of my tag with Hickory Smoke ink, and gave the entire tag a coat of Multi Matte Medium. I allowed this to dry, and once dry, edged the background ephemera pieces and Small Talk stickers  with my Hickory Smoke Distress marker, and swiped with my finger to blend for a shadow effect. Then I took a little Picket Fence Distress paint and added some splatters to the back ground, before adding the bouquet with foam dots for dimension. The final  vintage touch is the Black Soot marker spritzed randomly on the background with Tim's Marker Spritzer.

I dyed a length of Tim's Crinkle Ribbon with Victorian Velvet and Bundled Sage Distress inks and Wild Honey Distress marker, spritzed and crinkled, dried slightly with a heat gun to stop the blending process and left to finish drying while I painted some metal Ideaology trinkets. These were fastened with a jump ring to the ribbon which I knotted at the top.

So, there you go, Branka!  I'm sorry my original cards never made it to your side of the globe, but I won't ever give up on you! Just the postal service!

I want to extend a huge thank you to Linda Ledbetter for organizing these challenges at Compendium of Curiosities 3 and the Curiosity Crew for all their hard work and lovely inspiration. There are so many things I've tried that I wouldn't have without the motivation of this challenge, all the great creative ideas from the Crew, and the creativity of the entrants in these challenges. Also a BIG thank you to Tim and Mario, Linda Coughlin at Frilly and Funkie, and Joy and her family at Inspiration Emporium for all their generous sponsorship of these challenges.

I would like to enter my tag into the following inspirational challenges:

Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenges: #34 The Grand Finale

A Vintage Journey "Things With Wings"

Mixed Media World MMW #6 "Gorgeous Textures"

That Craft Place "Mixed Media Anything Goes"

Country View Challenges "Summertime" Nothing says summer like flowers and butterflies!

Vintage Utfordring Challenge #106 "Butterfly" I hope my moth resembles a butterfly!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Homegrown Summer" The background reminds me of my late summer garden, all overgrown and a little bit tangled.  The flower bouquet and the flower embellishment remind me of some late blooming  coneflowers and  the roses on my trailing rose bush.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and for leaving all your encouraging comments!  I read and  truly appreciate each and every one of them!  Hugs and blessings!

Sara Emily

Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge #4 - Making Magic

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for our fourth challenge at Anything But Cute. The super talented and very prolific artist Georgie is our hostess this time, and she would like you to make some magic--our theme this time being "Making Magic". I'll give details about the challenge, but first here is my version of Making Magic--an altered wall plaque.

Most of us are drawn to the magic of fairy tales and fantasy.  The colors are often hypnotic, and your mind is free to explore outside the limits of reality. For this challenge, Georgie would like you to create a magical mixed media project strongly inspired by the mood board. Be inspired by the theme, the colors, the textures or all three.  Let's bring a little magic back!

I started with white, thin cardboard waste packaging to make my background.  I added Distress paints in shaded Lilac, Cracked Pistachio and Black Soot, spritzed them to blend, and left to dry.  When completely dry, I added  Tarnished Brass Distress paint, spritzed lightly with water, dried somewhat with my heat gun.  I pressed my paper towel over the entire thing, and quickly removed it to get the texture.  I dried again with my heat gun and blended on Archival ink in aqua. I lightly sprinkled with Frantage and heated from underneath.  Lastly, I splattered with Dylusions Black Marble ink spray .

I die cut some flowers (Tim Holtz Tattered Florals and Tattered Flower Garland) and painted them with black gesso.  When dry, I swiped on some gold Perfect Pearls powder and spritzed them with Perfect Pearls spray in gold.  The two larger ones were also embossed with  Tim Holtz' Mesh Texture Fade, and then wiped with a gold metallic rub to highlight the raised areas. A few smaller ones embossed and highlighted the same way using a dots folder. Two were encrusted with some chunky glitter and added at the end..

Next, I mixed up some Ranger transparent texture paste with Lumiere paint in Metallic Olive and spread this on randomly and squished my flowers into it.  Before drying, I added Frantage embossing powder, and then dried with my heat gun to get some bubbling. I added a few sequins and flicked on more Dylusions Black Marble ink spray.

My butterflies are cut from Tim Holtz Layered Butterfly die; I cut three and gave them each a coat of black gesso. I used Golden Iridescent Gold and Metallic Olive acrylic paint to paint them. I dry brushed two and one I covered fairly heavily with the metallic paints. I put the gold butterfly through my failing Big Kick with Tim's texture fade, and then swiped transparent texture paste on with a credit card, added glitter, mica flakes and micro beads.  I did have to give this a coat of Multi Matte Medium in the end, because stuff started flaking off and that took the glam down a notch, I'm afraid. I added a few large pearls and some smaller black ones painted with Silver and White Mixatives alcohol ink for the body.

When I was through, I really thought my panel looked a little blah, so I dug this old painted wooden plaque out of my stash.

 I gave it a coat of black gesso and edged in Tarnished Brass Distress paint, but still not what my panel needed.  I tried to do the same technique I did on the panel on the plaque, but it didn't work real well. It started to peel off the gesso, back to the original painting and the Cracked Pistachio turned blue.  To save it, I dabbed on some Cracked Pistachio and Tarnished Brass Distress paints,and used a texture tool to drag the color out.  Then I heated the daylights out of the paint and sprinkled on some Frantage and heated to melt. Lastly, I flicked on Dylusions spray in Black Marble. The photo below shows it with the paint still wet.

Next, an oops shot.  You can see the bare spots where even the black gesso came off.

Rescued!

I added the finished panel to the plaque, adhering with Perfect Paper Adhesive.  I tied it in to the plaque by adding some black and transparent texture pastes, Frantage embossing powder, micro beads and the glittered flowers.

I would like to enter this into the following inspirational challenges:

Frilly and Funkie "Things With Wings"

Altered Eclectics Anything Goes Mixed Media/ Altered Art

Country View Challenges "Summertime"

Our Creative Corner Summer Challenge "Mexico Moods" I was inspired by the black door background and the texture of the door and the surrounding structure.

Dies R Us Challenge # 30 "Summertime Fun"

A Sprinkle of Imagination "Anything Goes"

Blessings Ink Amusing Challenge "Sequins"

Pile It On Challenge # 80 "Sequins and/or Beads"

That Craft Place Mixed Media Anything Goes

Dream Factory Challenge #22 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Here's one last  wacky shot of the finished piece. I hope you enjoyed the post and the process.  I know I did!  It was so much fun to make some magic!  I hope you will find some time to make some magic of your own and enter the Making Magic challenge at Anything But Cute--you have lot's of time! The challenge runs 'til September 4th. Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Birthday Tag-Altered Surfaces

Hello, friends!

I wanted to join in Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015-July and Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge # 33, but have been pretty tied up this month with vacations, Dr. visits, and most recently a surgery.  But a great blog buddy is celebrating her birthday, and I wanted to make her a card.  Perfect inspiration for getting 'er done!

Here's the tag I made for her using Tim's July tag for inspiration, and including some altered Ideaology and Alpha Pieces for CC3C's challenge which is based on Tim's Altered Surfaces technique found on page 45 of his inspiring book A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 3 which you can still purchase here.  This is the second to the last challenge at CC3C, and I didn't want to miss one more of Linda's challenges. (I was out of town during the last challenge, and just couldn't get it together before I left for vacation.)

As always, the Curiosity Crew has some amazing inspiration for this technique.  Be sure to pop by Linda's blog to see how the Crew put their own spin on the technique, and then visit each of the Crew's blogs to see all the details of each wonderful creation.  Linda is offering two prizes as always:  a humongous pile of Tim's goodies generously donated by Tim and Mario for the Curiosity Crew's Choice and a whopping gift certificate  to Inspiration Emporium generously supplied by the owners Joy and her family. And everyone's a winner because they get to try out a really fun and easy technique.

I won't go into any details on how I did this; Tim always provides the easiest to follow tutorial and you can find that on his website.

Here are a few close-ups, so you can see the details.  I pretty much followed Tim's instructions on his blog, but was lacking one key ingredient. Let's just say, I've got to get my hands on some of that Distress Microglaze.  I won't divulge my secret ingredient to achieve the same look, out of fairness to Tim, but I will say I will get some of his good stuff as soon as I am able; it will be a whole lot easier!  I also used his Spritz and Flick technique to up the vintage look and used faux stitching using his design ruler and pen.  Lifting my sewing machine is off limits, per Doc's orders! The colors I used are Peacock Feathers, Pumice Stone, and Wild Honey inks and markers and for my Altered Surfaces Salty Ocean, Cracked Pistachio and Antique Bronze distress paints.  I also used a little Antique Linen paint on the vial label. Stamps used are from Tim's Mini Blueprints 4 and Simple Sayings sets.  Remnant Rubs for the label, Ideaology embellishments and dyed Crinkle Ribbon finish it off.

I would like to enter this in the following inspiring challenges:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015-July

Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge # 33

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge No Ordinary Paper I used Tim Holtz Distress watercolor paper for my stamped and colored panels.

Thank you for stopping in today, and for all you kind comments!  I  read and appreciate each and every one of them and do try to reply.  I am doing my best to get around to everyone's blog to leave some love.  I must apologize, I have limited time at my computer due to my recent surgery (I still only have a desk top PC), and I am on bed rest the remainder of the next 24 hours, so it will take a while.) Hugs, and Blessings!

Sara Emily
So sorry for the upside down photos--Blogger seems to be stubborn this morning, and I'm supposed to be on bed rest, so I better get to it! Just twist your head around and they will be fine! :)

Mile High Stenciled Road Trip Card

Hello crafty friends!  

My apologies for not posting lately. We arrived home from our vacation, and it seemed if it could go wrong, it WOULD go wrong.  Not to trouble you with my troubles, but I'm here today to share a card with you that I made for my brother and sister in law to thank them for their gracious hospitality when our family visited theirs this month.  They always make us feel so special--they get the extended family together for great meals and an outing of some sort.  This year, we got to visit the zoo in Washington, DC, their farm in Virginia, and then enjoyed a fabulous dinner at a fine restaurant in the country. Sylvie always makes us wonderful home made dinners with food fresh from their garden and huge breakfasts, too! This year, we got to meet my new grandniece for the first time--she is a happy and healthy 2 month old sweetie pie who enjoyed our outings as much as we did!

So here is the card I made for them.  I will probably send along a shadowbox, so they may mount it if they wish.

The ever-creative Pamellia is hosting "Raise It Up" at Frilly and Funkie, and I've just got a few hours left to join in the fun!  She would like to see popped up layers on our projects, so I piled it high! There are layered panels, layered tags and layered embellishments, as well as popped up Ephemera from Tim Holtz. Interesting to note:  we take Route 66 from my brother's home to our ultimate vacation spot.

I made a copy of a map of my brother's town, and hand cut it into a tag. I stamped a Tim Holtz tire track image (Here and There) on that tag and on the "Road Trip" tag. I stamped the car and Route 66 sign 3 times each on recycled cards and layered them up using sticky foam and glue dots. The map tag and all the layers are mounted on corrugate scrap card board to raise them up. I jostled the cars to give a sense of motion.

I wanted to use stencils on my card so I could join in Mixed Media World's "Stencils" challenge. I tried to use just one stencil in many ways, but I ended up adding two others in the end.  The stencils used are Tim Holtz Doily and Rays and Recollections .


For the first layer, I inked through the Doily stencil with Distress ink Faded Jeans, then layered Texture paste through the Recollections stencil, and while wet, pressed a Tim Holtz script stamp into the paste. When dry, I inked again with both Faded Jeans and Walnut Stain.

The second layer was made by laying down texture paste and sinking off cuts from a recent project into the paste (This was a Cherry Lynn lattice die).  My die cut machine has decided to go to Sizzix Heaven, so I am using whatever scraps I have.  I laid the doily stencil over this and inked with Faded Jeans and edged in Walnut Stain.

I needed another kraft layer, and inked through the doily stencil again, but this looked too blah, so I added some washi tape and then texture paste through Tim's Rays stencil, and sprinkled on Ranger Denim  embossing powder and Stampin' Up's Chocolate something embossing powder. I blasted it 'til bubbly and melted, and then inked over with Faded Jeans and Walnut Stain.

The last layer before tags and embellishments is made by dabbing through the Doily stencil with Ranger's Embossing Dabber and heat embossing with Denim embossing powder. Then I blended Faded Jeans over it and edged in Walnut Stain. The Road Trip tag is made by using Tim's Monoprint technique using Faded Jeans and the Doily stencil. Thank you sentiment is by Flonzcraft.

All in all, my card stands 1 and 1/2 inches tall!  What a fun challenge this was, even though I'm afraid of heights! Here's one last shot to give an idea of the layering.

I would like to enter this into the following inspiring challenges:

Frilly and Funkie "Raise It Up"

Mixed Media World MMW # 5 "Stencils"

The Artistic Stamper July Creative Challenge- "Tags"

A Vintage Journey "Destinations" My destination each year includes a trip to my brother's on the way up to Capon Springs, W. Va.

Country View Challenges "On Your Travels" We travel to my brother's home each year on our vacation.

Stamps and Stencils "Happy Holidays" My holiday each summer includes a few days at my brother's home.

Craft Stamper Take It Make It July Challenge "Take a Stamp" Anything Goes Tim Holtz and Flonzcraft stamps used.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "No Ordinary Paper"  I hope home made paper counts.  All my papers are hand decorated using inks, texture paste, off cuts from die cuts, washi tape, and embossing powder. The tags are made from copy paper, a cheap sketch pad, and embellishments inked on recycle greeting cards.

Vintage Stamping Challenges #34 "Travel" I traveled to my brother's home for a visit on the way to our vacation.

Fashionable Stamping Challenges #101 "All About the Men" I always associate cars with men, although I love cars!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your lovely comments!  I read and appreciate each and every one of them, and I make it a point to reply eventually, and try to make it by your blog to see what you've been up to!  Hugs, and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Turquoise and Gold Layered Card--Happy 101

Hello crafty friends!

I have a card I made for a friend's mother who is celebrating 101 years! Wow! Although I've never met her, I thought she deserved a very special card for her birthday.  Here is my card for her.

I really didn't know where to go with this as I know very little about this fantastic lady, other than she loves to play the piano and still plays to this day.  My friend only could tell me she likes pretty things; she didn't even know her favorite color. I knew I had to include gold in my design, because to me, gold makes everything look special.

My base layer is white card stock, layered with some crumpled coffee filters and a few pieces of doily I had left over from a previous project. A coat of gesso, some Peacock Feathers and Frayed Burlap Distress inks,some Ranger transparent texture paste through a TCW stencil add color and texture. My color inspiration comes from A Vintage Journey March Recipe #4 with the Creative Guide's gorgeous makes featuring Peacock Feathers. I topped the base layer off with a smear of metallic rubs to highlight the raised areas and to show off the texture of the doily.

My kraft layer is heat embossed with a Tim Holtz image from Boundless Flight, using gold embossing powder.  Frayed Burlap Distress ink is blended over top.

The next layer is turquoise card, dry embossed with a music embossing folder by Sizzix, which I inked with Frayed Burlap before inserting my card into the folder.

The top turquoise layer started as white card stock colored with Broken China Distress paint and spritzed with alcohol while still wet. This gives a pretty mottled look to the otherwise flat paint.  Before inserting the dry painted card into a Darice embossing folder, I swiped some Peacock Feathers on the embossing folder. After embossing, I rubbed some metallic rubs lightly to highlight the raised areas.

I made the tags using Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs and Tags die.  The one tucked in was stamped with two stamps on white card stock: flowers by The Paper Garden and musical notes by Heidi Swapp. I inked the tag with Peacock Feathers and spritzed with Dylusions White Linen spray.

This tag was stamped with the Heidi Swapp image on turquoise card and spritzed with Dylusions White Linen. The butterfly is Tim's Movers and Shapers and stamped two times with the flower stamp in a criss cross fashion in Frayed Burlap and spritzed with Perfect Pearls spray, gold. I lightly blended some Peacock Feathers over it. Foliage is a Tattered Lace die, spritzed with the gold spray.

The large butterfly is Tim's butterfly duo die and embossing folder.  I inked the folder and debossed, then spritzed with Perfect Pearls in pearl,  and edged with Frayed Burlap. The fishtail banner is  inspired by  the talented Samra at Paper Talk With Samra with her beautiful Vintage Hello Dear Friend card and many others she has made. Mine is hand cut, gold embossed with a Stampin' Up sentiment, spritzed with gold Perfect Pearls, and edged lightly with Frayed Burlap.

Some peach colored pearls were inked with gold Mixative, and gold cord finishes off the card.  Thanks to Pamellia of My Little Craft Things for the wonderful idea to thread the cord through an eyelet!  I just adored that on one of her recent makes, so I had to steal her idea for this card. Thank you, Pamellia, but sorry I couldn't find the link to the exact project.  Anyone visiting will love looking through your blog to find it, though! They may get a little sidetracked and spend hours there! I did, when I was looking for the said project.

I would like to enter this into the following inspirational challenges:
Frilly and Funkie "Something To Say"
Craft Stamper Take It Make It July Challenge 'Take a Stamp' Anything Goes
The Artistic Stamper July Creative Challenge "Tags"
Mixed Media Card Challenge #13 "Blue"

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #14 :Summer Days" Summer days, blue sky's, golden rays of sunshine!  I was inspired to use these colors which remind me of summer!

I hope you enjoyed this post, and hope the birthday girl will love her card!  Thank you for visiting today, and for all your lovely comments!  I read and sincerely appreciate each and every one of them!  Hugs, and Blessings!

Sara Emily