Monday, 5 December 2011

A Bit of DIY

Do you fancy doing a bit of DIY? Well not real DIY silly, crafty DIY of course. Our challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week is Make Your Own Backing Paper... now isn't that better than fighting with the O/H and getting stuck from head to toe in wall paper!?

My card is very girly this week, I have to admit it's not my usual style but I really love the colours! The little kitty image is a Papermania one I got a while back and didn't use until now. My DIY backing paper and border in the middle of the card are done using an Anna Griffin clear stamp from A Scrap Affair, I used Colorbox Pigment Ink (the colour is Mint I think). I finished off with a cute charm, some pearls and Craftwork Cards card candy.

I'm entering the challenge at:
Penny Black & More @ Allsorts - Happy Birthday
Do You Stack Up - Ribbon
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Pearls

This week our sponsor at Cupcake is Simon Says Stamp, who are giving away a $15 gift voucher to spend in the online store! Our monthly sponsor is Polka Doodles who are offering not one but two Simply Sweet CD's for two lucky winners! For all the details, and a chance to see all the wonderful DIY the other DT girls have been getting up to, pop over to the Cupcake Craft Challenge blog!

Shelly x

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Good morning shelly!
What a gorgeous girly girl card! Love the colours and your own paper, such sweet details too! Have a fantastic day! Hugs and sunshine!

Unknown said...

Good morning shelly!
What a gorgeous girly girl card! Love the colours and your own paper, such sweet details too! Have a fantastic day! Hugs and sunshine!

Donna said...

Absolutely beautiful Shelly, a really pretty design and gorgeous colour combination...this cat image is so comical lol! :) Donna ♥ x

Always with a Sentiment said...

Oh Shelly. This is absolutely gorgeous and so very definately girlie. Beautiful image, but I adore your paper and a fabulous and very delicate colour theme. Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xxx

Louise said...

Gorgeous card and loving the colour combination
Hugs Louise xx

Catherine said...

Oh Shelly what a precious card ! I LOVE the image - evidemment - and the background paper is so pretty ! Love the soft colours and the charm ! Simplement parfait ma chere !!! Hugs and love from Catherine

Lau W said...

Shellyyyy j'adooooore cette carte ! J'ai ce tampon aussi mais je ne l'ai pas encore utilisé ! Ta carte est merveilleuse, les couleurs sont sublimes et ton fond de carte est superbe !
J'espère que tu as passé un bon week-end !
Bisous

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Fabulous card Shelly, the background paper is very beautiful, love the colours and the image.

Have a great week!

Warm hugs
Maarit

Faye said...

I really love this super girly card. I especially love that the patterns match. I'm glad you made this cutie rather than fight with hubby and wallpaper! ;)
xxx

Liza said...

A fab card Shelly, love the design and colour combo.

Liza x

Brodders said...

Loving how you have done the background Shelly :) Hope you have a great week Love Jane x

ScrappyAndrea said...

Your color combo is amazing!
I live the cat!
Thanks for sharing with us at SFC!
Hugs, Andrea

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so cute yet very stylish. Thank you for joining us at CYDA this week and good luck.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

brenda said...

Such a pretty card Shelly adn I just love the colour combo of bright pink and aqua.

Thank you so much for joining in at Penny Black and More this month, good with the prizes on offer and hope you
have a lovely Christmas.

B x

guylaine said...

So cute!! Toujours de si jolies cartes chez toi! j'adoooore! Bizouxxx