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Friday 8 September 2017

Do What you Love

Hello, I've not had much inspiration or time in the craft room lately, but as I've got four 'girly' birthdays this month, it's given me the push to get my act together and get organised.  As a little incentive to get  motivated, I bought this Dancing Woman stamp from Rubber Dance and she's been well inked this last week.

The card base had already been embossed with crackle paste through the Flourish stencil and was in the 'bits box' so I dipped it in Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber and Antique Linen DOX.  I used Brushed Pewter Distress paint and my trusty finger over the embossed cracks - which gave it a look of Mother of Pearl!  The stamped panel was a mop up piece, again in the bits box, that must have mopped up some Brushed Pewter stain along the way as it has a lovely sheen,  I used Worn Lipstick DI to emphasise her dress and Wilted Violet to the flowers.  The sentiment is computer.  I used a dull silver card to mat.

I am entering this at:
  Rubber Dance Forever Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes
  Rubber Dance - September colour challenge
 
 Challenge 1.-14. Sept.

Thanks for visiting and hopefully I'll get caught up on blog visiting over the weekend.

Avril xx




17 comments:

Marjut said...

This is so beautiful.

Lisa said...

This is so gorgeous, Avril!! The background looks amazing!! The colors and texture are fabulous!! And what a beautiful dancing woman stamp!! I love it!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

aussie aNNie said...

Brilliance on paper, love this stamp and your background colours are gorgeous.xx [aNNie]

Valerie-Jael said...

Gorgeous card Avril. Hugs, Valerie

Brenda Brown said...

Such a lovely card and I am sure will be very well received xxx

Linda said...

This is lovely ... so feminine. I love the textured background, you've used one of my favourite stencils there. Enjoy the weekend xx

Tee said...

Gorgeous card!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

It looks like you've had great inspiration! The background is beautiful, lovely for the image. I know what you mean though, sometimes our creative mojo takes a vacation. Sometimes it's good to 're charge' :) I can't wait to get back into a proper craft room and have peace of mind again. Take care, Shirleyxx

Let's Art Journal said...

Such a beautiful "girlie" card - the colours with the stencilled crackle paste look so pretty and that's a lovely stamp image! I'm sure your friends will love it 😁. Wishing you a Happy Sunday and a great new week! J 😊

froebelsternchen said...

What a beuatiful card this is! ADORABLE Avril!

Meggymay said...

Its a beautiful card Avril, the stamp is lovely and so is the background.
Thank you for the card you sent to me, it's gorgeous.
Yvonne xx

Rubber Dance said...

AMAZING! You card is so elegant. Thank you for using our Dancing Woman Stamp. I love the texture on the background! Thank you so much for joining the Rubber Dance Colour Challenge this month. xx Susanne.

Words and Pictures said...

Love the rosy glow of the colour palette, and that beautiful dancer is perfect for the uplifting feel of it. Glad to see she got your creative muscles back in action - I'm sure the card will go down a treat.
Alison x

ionabunny said...

Gorgeous background and a lovely card. Thanks for joining the Rubber Dance challenge. You could also enter this into the Rubber Dance Forever Challenge http://rubberdance.blogspot.no/p/forever-stamping-challenge.html Hugz

Melina Dahl Minas kreativa said...

This card is so beautiful! Awesome colours and texture. Thank you for joining our Rubber Dance challenge :)

nitisartfromheart.bloggspot.no said...

Gorgeous card! I love the textured background and I think you did a excellent bargain when you buy the dancing woman from Rubber Dance :-) Thank you so much for joining the Rubber Dance Forever Stamping Challenge!
I wish you a lovely and creative weekend!
Hugs, Anita xx

Bibi Lindahl said...

Better late than never: Thank you so much for making this lovely card with our stamps and joining our Forever Challenge at Rubber Dance! xx Bibi