OSAAT #112 Mum's Theme

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is

For Mum

In celebration of Mother’s Day in the USA on 13^th May

We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps and one lucky winner will receive the Full Mini Collaboration pack the DT have used

The DT are all using products from the new Mini Collaboration pack. There will be a new one available every Fortnight for 1 week only. The Mini Collab is free with a purchase from the store of only $7

Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are always some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.

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Don’t forget that we have changed the prize structure. You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store

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It was my turn to choose and image for myself and Choccy to work with and I decided I wanted to do something a little different this time. May I introduce you to the extremely elegant Lady Jane from Stitchy Stamps. Oh that I could look so elegant in a smashing hat like that……

Now I have to admit with a very hectic life at Casa Cruxton at the moment I have been struggling with crafty time and my mojo had disappeared. In times like this one has to clamour for inspiration from whatever sources you can.

The colour inspiration for this card came from a pair of knickers…… yes you did hear right, a pair of knickers! I wouldn’t normally mention such things you understand but in this particular pair it has the very vibrant blue overlaid by a patterned lace in the dark blue and you can see the brighter colour underneath with a small accent bow in the more vibrant blue. Armed with said knickers I set to work selecting my Promarker colours and did a bit of decoupage on the gorgeous titfer. I added some stickles glitter glue on the feathers and the jewellery. I cut the image out using a Nellie Snellen die and a frame in dark blue card. I snipped the scallops off the image and scuffed the edges with a pair of scissors.

Now with crafty mojo temporarily deserting me I did what any crafter would do….. popped some things in my shopping basket. Crafts 4 you are having a closing down sale and amongst other things some pretty My Minds Eye papers just happened to fall into my basket. I thought this dainty pattern in tones of blue would be a nice contrast to the bolder colours. Then would you know it I finds out there are some special Summer colour Promarkers which I just had to purchase from Joanna Sheen and look what fell in my basket….. a gorgeous Cheery Lynn die that I have lusted over. In this case I feel that this elegant swirl is the perfect compliment for this card and therefore fully justifies my purchase.

To complete this card I have used a very old mottled vellum as the base paper which I must have had for at least 6 years, all the other cardstock is snippets from my craft box I have alongside me at all times. It is quite a large box but I make a point of rifling through this for matting and layering bits before I cut anything else up. There are still huge amounts in there but I always feel that if I use up even one piece from there I have made some inroads, so with 3 pieces I am feeling almost angelic J

The ribbon is a freebie from a magazine, the felt butterfly from the pound shop, self adhesive pearls from K & Co and the sentiment circle is from Craftwork Cards.

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Lady Jane by Stitchy Stamps

Paper – My Minds Eye

Embellishments – Felt Butterfly, pearls, ribbon, Craftwork Cards sentiment, stickles glitter glue

Tools – Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Cheery Lynn & Nellie Snellen dies, scissors for scuffing paper

Techniques – Die cutting, distressing Decoupage

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 2 Sisters Challenge #90 – Anything Goes
• Anything Goes #66 – Things With Wings
• Aud’s Sentiments – Anything Goes
• Bizzy Becs – Vintage
• Bunny Zoe #23 – Ribbon or Twine
• Catch the Bug – Anything Goes
• Catered Crop – The letter B (butterflies, blue, Bling)
• Craft Us Crazy #26 – Found Inspiration (a pair of knickers!)
• Craft Your Passion #108 – Lots of Texture
• Crafts 4 Eternity R#70 – Ribbons
• Crafty Ann’s #64 – Stitching (on Ribbon)
• Crafty Blogger’s Network #21 – Decoupage
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things With Wings
• Creative Monday’s #7 – Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie Challenges # 17 – Monochromatic
• Delicious Doodles #18 – Bingo (gems, dies, flowers)
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best #106 – Anything Goes
• Diva’s By Design #33 – Monochromatic
• Do You Stack Up #70 – Circles
• Emerald Faeries #23 – Anything Goes
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #167 – Butterflies
• Great Impressions Stamps #3 – Anything Goes
• Hiding In My Craftroom NSD#1 – Black White & 1 other colour (blue)
• Inspire Me Fridays #57 – Link Up Party
• Jackson’s Digital Expressions – Anything Goes
• Jellypark Friends – Girlie Girl
• Just Keep On Creating #2 – Anything Goes
• Just Tracy’s Crafts – Anything Goes
• Kaboodle Doodles #117 – Add Some Dimension
• Lexi’s Creations #64 – Lace and/or Ribbon
• Mema’s Crafts – Bingo (Blue, Ribbon, Bling)
• Oldie But Goodie – Die Cuts & Punches (pearls & sentiment 1 year old)
• Outlawz GC43012 – Mother’s Day or for a Girl
• Pan Pastel UK #17 – Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  – Anything Goes
• Phindy’s Friday Challenge #104 – Vintage
• Really Reasonable Ribbon #47 – Mother’s Day or feminine
• So Artful Challenge – Butterflies & Fairies
• Southern Girls #43 – Get Your Girly On
• Speedy Fox & Friends #106 – Use 3 of something (pearls)
• Stamp Scrap & Doodle – Ribbons & Bows
• Stampavie & More #167 – Monochrome
• Stampin’ For The Weekend  – 4 or more Layers
• Stamping Boutique #36 – Shades of Blue
• Sunday’s With Crissy #29 – Things With Wings
• Tammy’s Scrapin Corner #8 – Anything Goes
• The Squirrel & the Fox #17 – One For The Girls
• Truly Scrumptious #79 – Distressing, diecuts/Punches
• Unique Crafters Challenge #3 – Ribbons & Fibres
• Wags n Whiskers #78 – Distressing