Anything Goes Challenge #97 Anything Goes !! x

Hi, welcome to my post for this fortnight's 

Anything Goes Challenge Blog challenge

We are going for Anything Goes at Anything Goes this time around !!

Our challenge is open from today until Sunday 29th July 

I decided make a 3D project rather than a card and so I used my new cracker die from Tonic Studio's

They really are so simple to put together and so much fun to decorate

I used my Venetian Spellbinder dies to decorate, the centre piece is the off cut of the two border strips - I off centred the cuts to save paper and came up with the fabulous shape !!

I stuck the cracker together and then stuck the border and ribbon on with super sticky tape

I used a tiny bit of Tumbled Glass distress ink on all the edges

I used the same ribbon to tie the cracker before adding the feather and two more Venetian die cuts, they made from ice white paper and tinted again with Tumbled Glass

I added some gems all the way round the cracker and on either side of the mask

Please pop over to the Anything Goes Challenge Blog to see all the DT projects and then join us with a project of your own choosing, we love visiting and leaving messages for everyone !!

Lynne chief whip cracker (ha ha) has an on line craft shop and although her site is having a make over at the moment you can still ring and place orders or visit THE CRAFT DEN if you are lucky enough to be in Sheffield

Venetian Birthday Card

I love Christmas but it has been so nice to go back to some Birthday cards this last week lol !!

For this card I combined a beautiful mask topper from a Hunkydory kit with my Venetian Spellbinders.

It was so quick to make, fab for last minute requests.

I love cards with feathers on they always look so elegant.

Venetian Spellbinders !!!!! Thank you card x

My new Spellbinder Venetian Accents and Motifs arrived yesterday morning !!

Instant love !!

They have been on pre-order, from Oyster Stamps, since July and the wait has felt like a very very long one lol (Now I remember what it is like for little ones counting down to Christmas)

I'm looking forward to a cruise round blog land as I'm sure there are lots of other happy peeps around in cyber space too !!

I had literally just sat down to decide on my theme for a thank you card I wanted to make when "posty" stopped by ......

..... Oh sooo pretty !! .....

..... Theme oh sooo sorted !! .....

I have used a Hunkydory Kit and combined it with the Venetian dies.

Enough sneaky peeks  ??? 

Here is the whole card...

I used the papers from the kit for the background, the border and round motif. Gold and black patterned card for the label  and 3 motifs and lastly the mask and swirl motif cut from dull gold card. 

I used a little bit of  sparkly black embossing  powder and some black glitter to bring the elements together with the huge feather with matching ribbon again from the kit. 

I finished it off with lots of gems and pearls, love that mask!! 

I have entered my card into the following challenges 

Diva's by Design - Friendship 

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Just Add Pearls 

PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes