Friday, February 1, 2013

Shabby chic Valentine Card! :)

Hi Friends,
Today being the first of the month its time again for a new Challenge  at Crafter's Corner blog and our theme this time is "Expression's of Love "...What could be better than this as this is the month of Love :)....So for my inspiration this time I decided to do a shabby chic Valentine card with lot of layering and details ...Here's a look at what I have created :


The two small flowers are handmade and the butterfly is embossed using   Ranger Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder and colored using Distress inks ...Here's a close up of both the pics :)


And a look at the butterfly now :

The Background multi dots paper and the sentiment  are all Digital freebie's from Papercraft Inspiration site ...You can check them out Here ...:)   And the corrugated heart is recycled from an old packaging box :). For the first time I have even done paper distressing on the top panel of my card using a serrated scissors I have and I am loving the look of it :).I have chosen very soft colors for my card as for me Valentine is synonymous with soft dreamy colors !!
I was also inspired by the colors from IBSIC :
                                                     

Supplies Used :
Base CS :Campap
PP's :W & M Company (Light pink dots paper on the top half )& Digital paper's
Die :Cheery Lynn Olive Branches (Crafter's Corner)              
Red flower in the center -Crafter's Corner
Punches - Flowers (Jef Retro flower ),and MS Lace Doily punch
Stamp :Hero Arts Antique Engraving (Butterfly )  
Inks :Tim Holtz Festive Berries and Fired Brick Distress Inks ...For the flowers I have used Festive Berries and Antique Photo (Crafter's Corner).
Corner Rub -Ons -RAK from Snehal! :)
Pearls,Gems,Lace ,Hat Pins are from stash.        
Used #GlossyAccent on the cupid which I have fussy cut & also on the flowers.(Crafter's Corner)

Challenges Entered :-
Itsy Bitsy -Pattern Papers
Beyond Grey Challenges -Shabby -Chic Love
Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge # 44
In the Pink -Lots of pink +Distressing (Flowers are distressed as well as the pattern paper)
Moving along with the times -Punch it out (Used the Retro flower punch for the flowers & the MS Doily Lace punch)

Hope you all like my card..Do leave me your comments/suggestions..Love to hear from you all :)
Have a nice day everyone!                                                                                            

32 comments:

  1. Thats amazing hussena !
    Shabby chic is really your style :)
    Love the heart and the flowers the whole aesthetics of the card is very pleasing !
    Thanks for joining with us @ Beyond grey challenges
    Hugs
    PJ

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  2. Beautiful card..i love the arrangement totally!!

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  3. When I saw this beauty on crafters corner blog, i kept gaping at it for a long time! Is there anything that you cant do?! :) I absolutely love this card and i am having a serious crush on the beautiful butterfly.. :)

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  4. Wow ! Its absolutely gorgeous ! I loved the soft colors and the distressing ..The flowers are beautiful(as usual :D)and the butterfly too !

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  5. Hussena, this is so beautiful. I love the flowers and that corrugated heart is so pretty and unique. What a stunning butterfly, too. Your card of love is awesome!

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  6. Lovely card Hussena. I especially like what you have done with the corrugated card board.

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  7. Absolutely lovely and bang on shabby chic.Love the soft colours.

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  8. very pretty, soft and romantic card..the handmade flowers are as always gorgeous Hussena !!

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  9. wow this is really pretty... Great Valentines card.. that heart is awesome..

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  10. gorgeous card, love the layering, beautiful flowers and butterfly !!!
    Paula

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  11. I love that Shabby look and you've done a great job here demonstrating it! Lovely card!

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  12. Lovely card.what a fabulous take on shabby chic.I loved your distressed paper look.Also the details are mindblowing.Will definitely try and play along this time too.Thanks for teh inspiration.

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  13. What a lovely card Hussena. Your choice of colors is great. The small handmade flowers are so nice and your heart from recycle packing box is awesome. I just love it. Thanks for joining us over at Beyond Grey Challenges.

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  14. Smashing! I hope you'll link up at 52 Card Pickup this week.

    http://www.oldbackporch.com/2013/02/52-card-pickup-25.html?m=

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  15. Oh wow. This is really gorgeous. Beautiful layers and amazing textures. Such pretty colours too!

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  16. WOW.....each n every element is jst mindblowing...i hv no words...speechless....am a very big lover of ur creations...

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  17. Absolutely Shabby chic...hits all the right notes...looks gorgeous!! and those flowers!! sigh!! amazing! :D

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  18. A beautiful card with such fabulous detail.. it's gorgeous!

    Thank you for sharing with us this time at our In The Pink Distressing challenge.

    Hugs
    Christine x

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  19. Really pretty card! Love your choice of colors and all the details.

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  20. I came back to thank you for joining us at The Shabby chic challenge at BGC.

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  21. Oh, this card is lovely. Your hand-made flowers are beautiful and all the details make this card so special. TY for joining us at Beyond Grey Challenges :)

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  22. Stunning card, love the layers and all the detail. Thank you for joining us over at IBSIC, this week. Deb x

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  23. Hey Hussena
    that's a wonderful creation you have put together... absolutely shabby chic .... There are so many little details on your card.... together they make one gorgeous card
    Thanks for joining with us @ Beyond grey challenges

    All the best!!!
    Hugs
    Jovi

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  24. What a beautiful Shabby chic love-card. Love that butterfly! Thank you for joining us at Beyond Grey Challenges.

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  25. Absolutely beautiful Hussena...love the arrangements nd colours...! wonderful...

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  26. Gorgeous card!!
    Love all of the details!!
    You are rockin the cards!!
    Love it!!
    Hope you are well!
    Hugs!!

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  27. Gorgeous shabby chic card! So pretty!

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  28. such a pretty shabby chic card Hussena. Those hand made flowers are gorgeous!!

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  29. Oh my my Hussena... gorgeous stuff.. the layout is great, the embellishments are also amazing. You've rocked it! Thanks so much for playing along ItsyBitsy's Pattern Paper Challenge. All the very best!
    ItsyBitsy - The Blog Place

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  30. This has become my top favourite of all your work till date...so perfecttt :)

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  31. Sigh! This is dreamy, Hussena! I love that beautiful little cluster of gorgeousness. Glad you did some close up pics so we can see it better. And just look at all these comments! I'm number 31. ;)

    Thanks so much for playing with us at Inspired By Stamping. :)

    Take care, my friend!

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  32. This is stunning... love the colors and that flower is GORGEOUS....!!

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