My shining star

My shining star

Wednesday 16 April 2014

lots of layers at Creative Inspiration

Good morning lovelies - I hope you've been enjoying the sunshine - we had a gorgeous day yesterday - although most of what we did was indoors lol!!! We had a swim at Kendal pool then had a picnic in the garden, made some gingernuts and did some crafting! A great day and I hope today is just as good - we're off to see my mum and dad and we're heading into Lancaster to visit the castle for a special kids activity tour - sounds like fun - will let you know tomorrow.

Today a new challenge starts at Creative Inspiration and the theme is Lots of layers.
All you need to do is include 3 or more layers on your creations!

This week we are joined by our sponsor MY MUMS CRAFT SHOP who are giving the Winner a £10 Certificate!

I set to work with one of my new Clarity stencils and made this card -


To make my card I applied the clarity stencil to a piece of card and added layers of distress ink - wild honey, spiced marmalade and festive berries. I applied the same colours to another piece of card too.

To make the butterflies I stamped them (from Sheena Douglass) onto extra paper and fussy cut them.


I repeated the stencil onto a small piece of card using just wild honey then removed the stencil and stamped the clarity stamp on top in black archival ink.

Then I did some matting and layering and there was my card - I'm pleased with this one - what do you think?

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

sunday stamper pinkleart- flame colours
sparklessparklesforumchallenges - fave colour combo -  hot colours (red/orange/yellow)
Lexi'slexiscreations: Sentiment focus
SSSmonsimonsaysstampblog: Winged things
Little Claire littleclairesdesigns- Lots of layers
Frilly and Funkiefrillyandfunkie - winged things

Thats all for today - hope you've enjoyed your visit and thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx


35 comments:

  1. Hi Rachel sounds like you and the girls are having a fab time and such lovely weather too! A gorgeous card love the warm colours and beautiful butterflies. Hugs Susan x

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  2. Brilliant card Rachel, I love the effect you have created.
    Have just reserected my stamps and inks, am having fun. Must get some texturising paste and have a go with that.
    Sounds like all round fun with your girls.
    We have had the boys overnight so are off today for a day of fun with them.
    At least the sun is shining at the moment.
    Have fun and happy crafting

    Patricia x

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  3. A beautiful card,gorgeous colours and design.xxx

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  4. Fabulous card Rachel, love colours and butterflies.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  5. Gorgeous card Rachel, love how you have used the stencil and the butterflies are so pretty!!

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  6. This is gorgeous Rachel. The background colours are so beautiful and the butterfles are stunning.
    I hope you have a fun filled day.
    hugs Sue xx

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  7. Stunning card Rachel, gorgeous colours

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  8. I love the 'explosion' of colour you have used today and those butterflies are gorgeous - I also like how you matched up the pattern behind the sentiment - very clever. Hugs, Anne xx

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  9. OMG, Rachel this is stunning hun, hugs xxx

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  10. A beautiful card, gorgeous bright colours and I love the sentiment too. My word you are a busy family, the girls certainly experience so many things which is brilliant. Enjoy your day.
    Hugs Jennifer xx

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  11. I love the the vibrant warm colours you've used on this stunning card Rachel and a great sentiment too.

    Sue xx

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  12. Gorgeous Card Rachel, love the lovely warm colours and a beautiful sentiment. Marlene

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  13. Gorgeous card, love these warm rich colours, feels like summer is just around the corner, love it! Karen x

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  14. WOW! The background is AMAZING, Rachel! Must have a go at that technique.
    hugs, Asha

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  15. Fabulous! Love the background and your vibrant colors.

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  16. Gorgeous Rachel, I love the beautiful colours, sentiment and butterflies.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  17. Another fabulous background Rachel, I love your beautiful butterflies and lovely warm colours.
    Pauline
    x

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  18. Another fabulous card with wonderful bright colours, love the image and sentiment, hugs Kate x

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  19. Love that sentiment Rachel & the colours are fab as are the butterflies!
    Hugs
    Dawn xxx

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  20. Beautiful design Rachel love the sentiment.

    Hugs Diane

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  21. This is lovely Rachel. Such lovely bright colours.
    Mags
    x

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  22. That stencil design is so striking, in fact, overall this is such a striking, dynamic card.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  23. Hope you enjoy your day out -love the image and rich colours and beautiful butterflies
    carol x

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  24. Beautiful card, the background adds so much interest!

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  25. Stunning card. love the colours and the sentiment is very true. hugs Mrs a.

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  26. Beautiful card Rachel, love that stencil! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  27. Beautiful card Rachel, love the warm colours you've used. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Sue C x

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  28. So bright and vibrant Rachel. This is a fabulous card. Thanks so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x

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  29. Hi Rachel just popped back with my DT hat on to thank you for sharing with us at Lexis - good luck, hugs Susan xx

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  30. Really stunning! Love the effect. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  31. Such bold, fiery colours - fab!
    Alison x

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  32. Fabulous 'focus on the sentiment' card and quite inspiring, love it! Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations!

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  33. Gorgeous Card! Love this color combo! Great sentiment and design. Thank you for joining us at Sparkles Monthly for our "Favourite Colour Combo" Challenge!

    Amy~DT

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  34. What a beautiful sentiment. The background is gorgeous too

    Thanks for joining us

    Lin
    Lexi's Creations

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Thankyou so much for leaving a comment - it really does mean a lot to me! Hugs Rachel xx