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!

Shaker Box Card Challenge at Guylou

Guylou has a shakerbox card challenge on her blog.

Here is my card:

I used William and Kate that you can get here. I only coloured the tiara, and jewellery with Platinum Stickles. The sentiment I used is from Sentiments4You. I punched some flowers from shiny paper and added that with pearly beads in the shaker box. I decorated the shaker box with ribbon, punched flowers & pearls.
The static of the acetate makes the flowers 'stick' to it which I think makes an interesting decoration to the image.

Creative Khaki Colour Challenge

The colour challenge at Guylou asks for the following combo:

 

The project must also include an unconventional item, something that you'll find around the house.

Here is my card: 

My unconventional item is the flowers made out of a Woolies plastic shopping bag. Printed on the bag : "Please recycle me." Don't you think this is a lovely way to do just that?? I've got some red ones too....

My image is from Guylou's Inimitability Shop.