Monday 14 May 2012

Cheers to Diamonds!

Cheers to me!

I won 2nd place in the blog hop over at Guylou's Inimitabilty!
I must confess, I really like blog hops because you get to see a whole variety of creations, often made with the same set of images. And if I get to win something, that is a lovely bonus!

With the Blog Hop was a challenge and I'm entering a project in the Punches, Dies and Diamonds Challenge:



I don't have a cutting machine, but I do have more than 1 pair of scissors - and I love cutting shapes with my various scissors. The fabulous Spirellis from CSDesigns qualify for a die-cut, I think. :). I used the diamond shape in 2 sizes cut from mirror board. These were tied with shades of purple sewing thread. The little stars were punched from silver cardstock. I did some line embossing using my Martha Stewart board. The lines I highlighted with silver pencil.

The lovely Leah at the Cocktail Party forms the focus of the card. She was coloured with Tombows - wow, haven't used them for a while. I 3D'd her to create a fancy club effect. The bits of bling adds more diamonds to my card. Yes, and some bling to Leah's outfit!


Hope you like her!

7 comments:

  1. Hi Rene, It looks like you are on a Spirelli roll. This is actually one of my favorite shapes because this is one of my original design and there are no punches or die cuts for this one. I love the background on your card. I have a Score Pal which is similar to Martha Steward's Board and always forget you can do such cool things with it. Thanks for reminding me and for the inspiration, I will have to do a bit more playing with it now.
    :) Chris / CS Designs

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  2. Great card, Rene! Love the backdrop you created for Leah! Terrific coloring! Congrats on your blog hop win and thanks for joining in on the challenge at Guylou's Inimitability!

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  3. I love the embossing that you did for the background, using the spirellis with the string and your colors do give your card that fancy club feel!!
    Hugs!

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  4. Splendid Spirelli work! Leah looks lovely, and will have a great time at the party, I'm sure!

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  5. Wow Rene!! Your card is totally fabulous!!! Love it! Since you used one of my images, your entry will count for two. :)
    Thanks for entering our challenge at Guylou's!
    Cheers!
    Guylou

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  6. Love, love this! This is one of my faves of Guylou's digis! Great job and glad you played at Guylou's!

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  7. Gorgeous card Rene! Love the spirelli - very effective!

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