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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Special Friend

Hello friends, welcome and thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend - it is a cold Sunday night here and I am making the most of it!  I received some exciting Happy Mail through the week - some gorgeous dies from John Lockwood aka John Next Door -and I have to say - they are wonderful to work with.


For my card front I have cut/embossed the JOHN NEXT DOOR DIE Gerbera Collection Set GERBERA RECTANGLE BACKGROUND using Yellow Card stock.  Once removed from the Die I have trimmed around the edges.  Next the beautiful flowers have been coloured using Chameleon Pens and Imagine Memento Ink.    The circles of the flowers have been created using Imagine irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Dandelion finishing with a  medium Want2Scrap 250 Count Black Rhinestone in the centre - some has had 3 smaller rhinestones added.



Narrow green gingham ribbon has been wrapped around the card front twice and secured using double sided tape.  The card front has been adhered to a pre-cut slightly larger green card base using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner. 

The sentiment is from the JOHN NEXT DOOR DIE Gerbera Collection Set GERBERA CIRCLES and has been cut/embossed using yellow card stock and coloured using Imagine Memento Ink in Espresso Truffle. Next it has been glued onto layered circles from the same Die set.  They are popped up onto the layered card front using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares for dimension.

A double narrow gingham bow has been glued onto the left of the sentiment.  Three Dragonflies have been stamped using black ink onto white card stock and coloured using Chameleon Pens, fussy cut/hand cut using scissors and glued to the card front  with glue on the body only!  NOTE:  the smallest Dragonfly has been glued to the knot on the bow.


This card is linked to the following challenges:
2 Sisters On The Blog - Things with Wings
Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Dies R Us Challenge Summertime
DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Challenges - No patterned paper
The Creative Crafters Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes 
A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Summer
Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL TWIST: CIRCLES 
Cut it Up - WELCOME SUMMER
QKR Stampede ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
 Simply Create Too - ANYTHING GOES+ TWIST: LOTS OF FLOWERS
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes & A Sentiment 
Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes 
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Summer colors, themes or treats

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}} and happy creating!!

19 comments:

  1. Pretty card Linda, love the colours. Thank you for sharing with us over here at The Creative Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Wendy DT Member for https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/

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  2. What a BEAUTIFUL card Linda! Love all the pretty flowers! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Dies R Us challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DIES R US
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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  3. Very nice card. Thank you for sharing it.
    Nicolette DT 2Sistersontheblog.

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  4. This is really pretty Linda!! I love it.
    Thank you for entering the DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY challenge #244 “Thankful”. Have a blessed day
    DIANA L.

    DL.ART
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  5. You've done it again, Linda! Another beauty! Jeanie -Scrapbookingmamaw @ Proud PB DT Member
    Join in on the fun with our Papercraft Business Challenges!


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  6. Oh Linda, this is magnificent - love how you have coloured the gerberas and given them dimensional centres. the green gingham ribbon is the perfect finish
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  7. Mooie kaart. Bedankt dat je ons bij Creative Craft Cottage-uitdaging hebt bijgewoond. Nog een fijne dag
    Anneke DT

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  8. Those flowers are really pretty; I love the coloring on them. I also love that gorgeous bow! How creative to add the dragonfly to its center.

    Thanks for sharing it with us for our Cut it Up for our Welcome Summer challenge!

    Evelyn
    http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

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  9. A stunning card, love the orange for the gerberas. Thank you so much for joining us in our Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge atMorgan's Artworld Open Challenge this week. We would love to see you again in our next challenge.

    Faith Morgans Artworld DT
    Daffodil Cards {My Blog}

    Morgans Artworld
    morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk

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  10. Fabulous die, beautifully coloured and a lovely design. Thanks for playing along at Sweet Stampin' this week.
    Chris
    x

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  11. Wow, such bright beautiful summer colors! Love the ribbon and that little dragonfly on the bow is perfect! Thanks for sharing with us at Cut It Up! ~Katrina

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  12. I'm back with my Crafty Catz hat on.. Great to see your pretty card again. Love the colors and the layout. So glad you shared at Crafty Catz.

    Billie A
    Crafty Catz
    Creative With Stamps
    Catch The Bug
    Aud Sentiments
    Always Fun Challenges
    Colour Crazy Challenge
    Creations In Pink
    Do-Al(l)Kreatives
    Crafty Gals Corner

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  13. Pretty flowers and lovely colours. Thank you for joining in the QKR Stampede challenge this week.
    Mary

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  14. What a fabulous creation! Love the bright colors. Thank you for joining a gem of a challenge by Polkadoodles. Hugs, Cindy DT

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  15. This is gorgeous! What a lovely card.Thanks for joining us at Dies R Us!

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  16. Beautiful!! Thank you for joining us at Creative Craft Cottage Challenge this time and good luck :)

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  17. Beautiful creation Linda, lovely design! Thank you for sharing with us over at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
    ~ Sherry DT/Admin xx

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  18. Beutiful card Linda! And it just screams summer to me. Love the dragon flies. Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Gale DT for  http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/

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