Bling Bling Card & Little C's Weekly Challenge #10

Hey Everyone!! It's Little C's Weekly Challenge #10! Whoohoo! This week's challenge is to create a long card that fits into a #10 envelope (business size 9 1/4 x 4"). I had all these ideas swirling in my head on what to create and if I have the time in the next few days, maybe I'll create another card. Be sure to stop by Jen's at "Pieces of Me" for the details. There's a prize to be given out so I hope to see you playing along!!

I wanted to create an "elegant" card considering I don't do many of them. You can't see it in the picture but the sentiment sits under acetate or transparency sheet which I stamped with a flourish design using "SU Bravo Burgundy" ink. The front panel with the acetate is raised up so that the oval shape appears like a window looking into the sentiment. I used the "Three Bugs in a Rug" Caboodle kit "Color Me Pink" that you can find at Jen's online store "Little C's Stamp n' Things". Go check out the fabulous stamps and papers she sells in her store!!

Here is a design feature of my card. . .I attached Prima flowers with the SU Filigree brad on to the ribbon. I really love the SU designer brads. . .they are so pretty.

You can now buy it online. Stampin Up now has online shopping. Click Here to check it out

I used the an old retired Stampin Up set for the stamped image called "Gentler Times". I stamped the image on to "SU Pink Pirouette Cardstock" using "Bravo Burgundy Craft Ink" then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. The sentiment is from another SU set but I can't give you the set name right now.

Anyway, be sure to check out the other challenge cards by these fabulous and talented ladies:

Pieces of Me - Jen
Big Ideas From A Little Girl - Teri
Stamping Spot Studio - Jean
Adventures With Scrapbookmama - Ellie
Life's Simple Pleasures - Malieta

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Hey Everyone! Whoa. . .that's a lot of bling on your card, Maria!! LOL! Seriously!! Yeah, I think I went bling crazy but it was fun. I was digging through my "image" stash and I found the 3 flowers with glitter on it. I'm not sure who makes the stamp. . .I think it was CTMH. I have to remember to label my images when I color them so I know the brand when I use them in the future.

It looks like I had used acrylic paint when I stamped the images then covered them with clear glitter. I figured considering they were already blingy. . .to bling them up more by adding rhinestones. Ahhh, why not, right? I also added the Prima flowers. . .I have a lot of them so I decided that I needed to use them up.

Do you like playing with embellishments? I love embellishments on my card but at the same time I don't like to crowd my card with too many of them. But there are days, like today, when I decided to just let go and add as many as I can on one card. LOL! Besides, it's a change from my typical straight forward cards.

Do you ever get bored of making cards and stuff? To be honest, there are days when I do get bored of it. . .that's when I have to step away and do something else. Why? Because I start getting whiny and start talking crazy.

For example. . .I would tell my husband . . ."ummm, I think I'm bored with making cards and stuff, maybe I should start a new hobby. . .like maybe sewing".

My husband then has this "scared" look! LOL! He has invested in my crazy hobby in ways that you don't want to know so, yeah, I can understand why he starts to look frightened by my crazy thoughts. LOL!!

He'll try to bring me down to Earth and try to talk me out of my crazy thoughts. .LOL! My husband says that I have "chronic boredom syndrome". I think he made that diagnosis up.

Honestly, I do owe it to him to stick to this hobby. I just have days when I need to step away and do something else . . .like clean the house! Too funny!

Card Details:

Stamps: CTMH (I think), Fiskar Clear Stamps (sentiment), Autumn Leaves Swirls

Paper: Bazzil textured cardstock, SU Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke

Ink: Pink Acrylic Paint, SU Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Darice Rhinestones, Marvy Oval punch, Prima Flowers, Making Memories Ribbon