oriential card to show you

i am going to use this sweet Oriental card as my entry for 3 challenges,i have used the sketch above from crafty cardmakers challenge blog,which is one of the challenges, the other two are simon says stamp challenge and ABC challenge

i have only just found crafty cardmakers blog, http://www.craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ they are on their their 3rd challenge which is the above sketch, which is fabby, their blog is a bit different as it has some great hints and tip, well worth a visit crafty girls, they are sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10 voucher to her online store,i love Joanna's Cd's

the second challenge is ABC http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/d-is-for.htmlwho are on D this week, D ....is for die cuts, up my street i love die cuts, my best friend is my bigshot....or it may be quickutz... like children one should not have fav's very happy with this challenge, jumped in with both feet, and huge smile

the third challenge is Simon Say's stamp challenge http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/simon-saysoriental.html which is a lovely blog, lots of informative hints and tips, and funny stuff to make me smile,This week they want to to see a taste of the Orient in your creations. One lucky winner will be chosen to receive a $25 P&P free shopping spree in the Simon Says Stamp store which has generously been given by Heidi.

materials used

digi down load from http://www.charmedcards.co.uk/ coloured in with water colour pencils,i printed out onto white shimmer paper, quickly threw some clear embossing power on the image as soon as it emerged from printer and heat embossed

8" white card blank,and card stock from die cuts with a view far eastern stack

i used the go-kreated layering dies to cut the main Matt, the flowers were cut from a wooden die i bough off ebay, card candy from http://www.craftworkcards.co.uk/ i inked round all the die cuts,Matt's and decorative papers with an old rustcoloured ink pad to give card some definition, layered up with 1mm foam pads

weather here is not nice.dark grey and lots of showers...not very good for ting pictures, must go and start dinner, Emily's in from school and Edwards just home from college, not very nice when they are hungry, crafty hugs Julie-Anne