Hi guys!
How are we all? I hope you've all had lovely weather like we have today. We took a trip to the coast and had a very tasty roast dinner and an ice cream on the beach...how very British!
I'm here today with a card for a challenge medley I absolutely could not miss! I have been making cards for both the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge and the Fusion challenge over the past few weeks, none of which have been making it onto this blog...time is way too sparse! However, this evening DOH has gone visiting a friend of our and so I have ten minutes to myself and so here I am :)
I had the general idea for this card before I began, however, it did evolve somewhat and became a lot more 'flowery' than I expected. It looked a bit plain with an un-embossed white mat, so I embossed it and the embossing folder I chose was a little more fussy than I bargained for (you'd have thought I would've noticed before I used it, but I was FaceTiming my brother at the time and maybe not concentrating as much as I could have been :)) Luckily, it worked quite well!
I don't actually know anyone who is getting engaged, but the sentiment was the best suited! I'll just keep this card on standby until someone decides to get married :)
Here are the combined challenge inspirations...
Too pretty not to play along with wouldn't you agree?!
Thanks for stopping by, I wish you all a fabulous week ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White; Gold mirror card; tracing paper
Stamps: WOW! - De-Vine; Clear Impressions - Cherry Blossom; Waltzingmouse Stamps - Big Day
Additions
Ink: Versamark
Other: WOW! - Metallic Rich Gold e/p; Craft Concepts - Cottage Florals; gold thread
Hello peeps!
I hope everyone is well :) I am here today with some exciting news! Some good friends of mine from University, Jemma and Tom, have FINALLY got engaged!!!! Whoop whoop! I am so pleased for them! They have been together since our last year at Uni, which was a whopping 7 years ago now! Yup, feeling a bit old!
I admit, I did get this news a little while ago and it has taken me an AGE to get this card made - partly due to a lack of opportunity, but partly because I wanted to make something that was just right. It has been such a long time since I saw either of them :( I hope to catch up with them at some point soon :)
Anyway, that's enough nostalgia...here's the card...
Jemma has always been a turquoise gal so I tried to incorporate this into the card. The colours are loosely based on a Play Date Cafe colour board from a while ago. I didn't get to participate, but I LOVE the colour combination and wanted to use it anyway :)
It doesn't really show well in the photograph, but the sentiment is embossed in silver and IRL it looks all shiny and special :) I really hope that Jemma (and Tom) like this card. When she let me know about the engagement she said, and I quote... "I expect a place on handmade by Sian!!!" Ha ha! Here you go Jems! :) I had no idea that she followed my blog so I was doubly pleased and I am honoured to have her on here!! :)
Miss you Jemma! :)
Some more happy news is that I was one of the winners over at Catered Crop last week so I get the honour of being part of the Quickfire on Sunday line up - woohoo! The challenge this week is 'So Shapely' and is all about using die cuts and punches. This is a wonderfully ambiguous starting point and it will surely bring out something different in everyone - I can't wait to browse the entries! So, this card is my contribution to this challenge with the border and the flowers all being die cuts :)
Thank you for stopping by today, and always ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Grey, Pale Turquoise, Teal, Raspberry Pink
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Big Day Additions
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: Spellbinders - Classic Edges Two, Classic Decorative Inserts Three, Anemone Flower Topper;
WOW! - Silver super fine e/p; pearls
