Thursday, July 8, 2010

PaperPlay Challenge - Your Number's Up

It’s Thursday so it’s time for a new challenge at PaperPlay. The challenge this week is titled “Your Number’s Up”. So you can make a card for any occasion as long as a number features prominently on it. The prize this week is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp! and the winner will receive a $15 voucher for the store. I hope you’ll join in!

I wanted to make a 25th wedding anniversary card and decided to use the opportunity to go all out with silver and sparkle (hard to tell with photos taken on a dull day)!



Stamps (Hero Arts):- Flourish Background, Heart Winged Butterfly

The background is a piece of vellum clear embossed with the Flourish Background. I printed the numbers (from a free template on the internet) onto white card, cut them out and embossed with stardust embossing powder. I repeated the embossing process twice more.



I love the Heart Winged Butterfly stamp from Hero Arts and thought it would be nice to use on an anniversary card. The butterflies are also embossed with stardust embossing powder. One layer is embossed on white card and the other is on a piece of silk fabric. To finish I added some machine stitching and trails of silver gems with a white pearl heart (Hero Arts) at the base of each one.



I’m looking forward to seeing your creations!

Trinh told me about the monochromatic challenge at the CARDS blog so I've submitted this card. Thanks Trinh for yet again alerting me to a challenge!

13 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful Heather, The close up shows the wonderful embossing so well.

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  2. Lovely sparkly silver, Heather - the double layered butterflies are so pretty.

    Julie xx

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  3. Heather, this is absolutely gorgeous!! Beautiful!!

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  4. oh my goodness heather!! this is just stunning! love the glittery butterflies!

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  5. Heather, simply stunning - just adore it.... breathtaking.

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  6. So elegant Heather and love the sparkles!

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  7. You showcased the numbers so beautifully , Heather! Simply gorgeous!!

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  8. Ooh, this is breath-taking, Heather! Love all the glitter and the embossing on vellum.

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  9. This is gorgeous! Love all the glitter and the silver!

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  10. Sooo pretty Heather, love this!! :) :) :) :) :) have a great weekend!!!

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  11. this is really elegant my dear..lovely glitter on your card...so lovely and sooo beautiful dear...hugs

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  12. Gorgeous silver anniversary card! Love the design and the glitter.

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  13. This is a stunning card Heather! I just love the silver embossing - so pretty! The butterflies are gorgeous as well.
    Alicia xx

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