Santoro Dear Apple And Guest Designer For Paradise Of Stamps

Hello, lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well.

All of June's posts here on my blog are scheduled as I am going to be out of action for the next couple of months.

I was picked at random in May to guest for Paradise Of Stamps for which I feel honoured.

Thanks for having me guest for you Laurigami!

The challenge theme is..........................BUTTERFLIES

I just love butterflies! Don't you!?

I used Santoro Gorjuss Dear Apple.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Bristol board extra smooth cardstock.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and cut

 around the image freehand.

For the shape of my card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics paper stack.

Other dies used are: Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, Spellbinders lattice hearts, Marianne Design Ivy circle and Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tags.

I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.

I have embellished the card with lots of gorgeous products from The Ribbon Girl online store.

Just click onto the links below to take you directly to the products;

45mm 'Blanche' Embroidered Tulle Lace, Pk Of 10 Rose Leaves 25mm - 30mm, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory White Pk Of 3, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Ivory 20mm Open Roses WOC, Red 12 - 15mm Paper Roses, Apple Red Pk Of 3, Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm, 3mm White Pearl Bead String, 5 metres Venetian (Christmas Red) Seam Binding, 5 Metres White Seam Binding, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks, 5 Metre Bundle Of Natural Hemp Twine, Trinket Pins Vintage Style Ivory Pearl & Daisy-May With Box Of Apples Bronze Charm

Here is a closer look at the floral arrangements.

I used Glamour Dust on the apple.

I die cut a Spellbinders floral oval and matted a CartUs oval onto it adding a sprinkling of Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the inside.

I adhered a string of 3mm white pearl bead string around the outside of the oval.

The butterflies are cut out using a sheet of Pion Studio Of Memories design paper. I painted the edges of their wings with white Gesso.

The image which I loved colouring has been adhered using 2mm 3D sticky tape.

I have dotted her cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and the smallest of a GoKreate large frame frilly #5 die cut.

I hope you like my card?

That's all from me! I will be back with another scheduled post on Sunday.

Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

Big Crafty Hugs

Donna xx