UnstampaBelles Card Challenge - I Could Have Dance all Night

Very happy to have been chosen as the winner for UnstampaBelles card Challenge # A Special Person.   To be honest most card makers stamp when making cards, and therefore no stamping itself is already a challenge.  It gives a different creative direction which is just as much fun and challenging.  

This week UnstampaBelles has a new challenge - 

I could have Danced all Night!

(Yep, you are all singing it now, even if it is just in your head - ear worm!)

with the TWIST to........ use RIBBONS!

REMEMBER:  NO STAMPS!

And I'm honoured to have been invited to creative a card for it.  Here's my production.

Basically it is 

  Washi tape on left border, 

  Ballerina cut-out (with Silhouette Cameo) with ribbons twined on the tutu, and sparkles on the bun hair.

  Double brackets (Tim Holtz Alterations On the Edge die) and a panel of yellow, orange and golden stripes. 

  Sentiment panel is used from a Kaisercraft paperpad.

From a different angle.

With the close-up you can see that the yellow stripes are actually golden.  It adds shine to the card and contrasts to the left purple/black tones.

So, can you make a card without any stamping?  And plus that can you make the challenge?  If yes then you should go for it.  I assure you it is fun and keeps your brain happily busy for hours! 

Thank You Card with Heart, Wings, Crown and Little Quirkiness (Part 1)

So it is the end of school term, the beginning of summer break and sleep-ins, the moment when mum's coffee/happy hours come to a halt, and the time not knowing where to take the bored kids to exhaust their inexhaustible energy...(which is impossible)

Still, some are happy, perhaps most happy of all are the faculty who finally do not have to handle our brats for a good period of time.  Come to think of it, during the whole term the teachers teach our little 4 year-olds common sense & knowledge, guiding them step-by-step to be good girls and boys, making sure they enjoy their school hours.  It's one of the hardest jobs in the world, and we all should be thankful to the teachers and their hard work.

Therefore last week, we parents decided to give the two teachers a present that everyone can chip in a little as well as Thank You cards that I volunteered to make. Very happy that my skill can be part of the token. :-)

This time no distressing at all.  I should stitch around the wood grain panel, but haven't even started reading the manual of my brand-new sewing machine yet.

Love the details on the blue embossed strip and the twine.

The gloss (clear embossing) on the crown could be done better with glossy accent. Need to buy it.

Love the golden music notes!