Monday 10 November 2014

Thank you - Guest Design Feature - Craft Hoarders Anonymous



It is a pleasure to be a Guest Designer this month over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous where the November challenge theme is 'For all that you do - Thank you'.


Before I show you some more details I must confess the layout is based on a project I saw by Kath Stewart - here is the link. Also my flowers are based on the wonderful flower tutorials of Jennie Atkinson.

I started by taking a piece of crumb cake SU card stock and randomly stamping various leaves. I distressed my edges and matted onto brown cardstock.


I took some corrugated card from some packaging and added picket fence distress paint before edging with vintage photo distress ink.


My flowers were created using Whisper white SU cardstock and following Jennie's wonderful tutorials.  


Finally I die cut some letters and treated with the same Vintage photo DI. I also dyed some seam binding, added some cheesecloth and a little ticket.


I would like to enter the following challenges:

As always thanks for looking
Nikki 
xxx




22 comments:

  1. Beautiful, stylish and elegant. Love your muted colours, flowers and your stamped background.
    Julie x

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  2. Just gorgeous Nikki! Love the corrugated cardboard backdrop and your flowers are amazing! Congratulations on your guest design spot, they are lucky to have you! Big hugs :)

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  3. I am totally looking at how you made those flowers! Those are stunning! What a wonderful project! Simply beautiful. Thanks so much for guest designing with Craft Hoarders Anonymous this month!

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  4. Stunning creation, Nikki! Love the flowers and the background with the corrugated board is brilliant! Xx

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  5. I'm going to have to go check out the tutorial for the flowers! I love making flowers and these are some of the most gorgeous petals I have ever seen! Just a overall beautiful piece! Thanks for being a guest designer at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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  6. Beautiful card, the flowers look fantastic.
    Yvonne x

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  7. gorgeous project and wonderful texture!!!! congrats on being a GDT at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!!!

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  8. Wow Nikki, this is absolutely stunning! Congratulations on your GDT spot too! Anne x

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  9. Congrats on the GDT spot Nikki,well deserved. This is beautiful,really vintage and shabby chic,love the use of the cardboard,very clever :)

    Big hugs
    Donna xxx

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  10. Very beautiful with so much to admire about it.

    Thank you for the links

    Love Chrissie x

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  11. Woh this is a realy nice card . I love this card. Thank you for joining Brown Sugar Challenge

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  12. nIKKI: Your card is beautiful--wow!!! 'Thank You' from all the Simply Create Too Design members for joining us for this special challenge [Challenge #74 -"Thanksgiving/Thank You"]. Hope to see your entries next challenge too.

    Diane
    Simply Create Too Design Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

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  13. Nikkie wonderful real work of art my friend

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  14. How gorgeous! I love the stamped background and the painted corrugated board...but those flowers knock my socks off! I'm totally checking out that tutorial! Thanks for being our guest designer at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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  15. Oh my, now this is what I call a thank you card...so much amazing and beautiful detail. I love it! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Simply Create Too.

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  16. Very pretty! Thanks for joining us over at Brown Sugar Challenge!

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  17. Oh now I love a touch of shabby! What a lovely creation! So pleased to see you sharing at Fussy and Fancy Friday and good luck with the Challenge.

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  18. Fabulous card, thank you for sharing with the Simply Create Challenge.

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  19. Gorgeous card, love the corrugated cardboard and flowers! Thanks so much for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow!!

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  20. So, so pretty - gorgeous neutrals, and of course I'm always going to be a sucker for corrugated cardboard! A beautifully composed card. Sadly, I don't think I'm going to be able to take up my GD spot for them... simply not enough time at the moment!
    Alison xx

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  21. The lucky recipient! What a work of art. I am intrigued by those brown quatrefoil elements - that is so cool. Thanks for playing at Simply Create Too!

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  22. This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the beautiful vintage look and colors.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Sugar Creek Hollow.
    Amelia (DT Sugar Creek Hollow)

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Thanks so much for leaving a comment. Nikki