Crafty Catz DT - Pick and Mix

Good Morning Fellow Crafter!

 

How are we all this morning? is everyone as utterly sick of the up and down weather as I am? seriously, it makes me feel ill all this chopping and changing - not to mention its a nightmare as far as choosing what to wear for work is concerned!

Anyway, enough moaning and onwards with this weeks Crafty Catz challenge, which has been set by the lovely Dianne and this week, just to keep you all on your toes is 'Pick and Mix'. Now, stay with me as I explain. You have two choices this week (aren't you the lucky ones) Firstly; Anything Goes! if you choose this entry you will be entered for the following prize from Yours or Mine Papercraft

Your second choice is to make a card which features Embossing. If you do this then you will be entered into both prize draws - for Yours or Mine Papercraft (as above) AND Marianne Designs who have given us this fabulous bundle for our winner:

Everybody got that? Anything Goes = 1 entry, Embossing = 2 entries....phew! right, now that we've finished with that, onwards with this weeks card!

So, something a bit different from me this week. I hope you can get the gist of it ok, I really struggle to photograph embossed cards.

 

Bit quirky, but so glad with how this turned out. I started with a Craft Concepts Embossing Folder - Sycamore, which I rubbed versa magic Sea Breeze chalk ink into, so when I embossed the card stock the white was very slightly tinted, making the tree stand out slightly more (I promise it looks more blue in person and it makes a massive difference to the white on white).

 

I then used candy pips, the other way up to create a slightly mad blossom effect, interspersed with pearls. I added a couple of smaller butterflies from my MS punch which I glittered up with Stickles stardust and then tied an organza ribbon from stash on the base to finish. Double mounted onto coordinating cardstock and then onto a base card and it's all done.

 

Hope you like it! Until next time. Happy Crafting!