I’m so excited because I can finally share some fantastic news: As of today, I’m officially a Design team member of The Flower Challenge ! Yipeeeeee!!!!
I’ve been following their challenges for some time now and have been in awe of the super-talented ladies so it goes without saying that I’m as pleased as punch to join them.
So what do we have in store for you for the next month…
I’m sure we all have a little bit of sparkly goodness tucked away in our stashes although I did have to have a bit of a root around mine to track it down. I’m not really a sparkly gal but once I started playing there was no stopping me as my little Chi Molly will testify. She was one sparkly chihuahua herself for a few days, that stuff gets everywhere but so much fun.
Making the card was easy compared to trying to capture all of that sparkliness in a photo. I must have taken 100 shots practically hanging from the ceiling at one point but no pain no gain as they say.
I thought I would steer away from Christmas and go with this fantastic Painted Blooms die set by Spellbinders. I used glitter card for the bristles, distress oxides for the flowers and greenery with lashings of rock crystal embossing powder ( believe me it’s there !), and a few dabs of red stickles which have been in hiding for years at the back of a cupboard, I was pleasantly surprised they actually came out of their little bottle so easily. Fine Tec silver paint was added behind the brush for Xtra sparkle along with silver mirror card on the brush itself.
We do hope you will join us at The Flower Challenge my teammates have some amazing cards to delight and inspire and we would love to see your sparkly creations.
I’m also linking up to
Cut it Up #318 who are asking us to add ” Sparkle and Shine” to our cards which must include a die cut
A Cut Above Anything goes with Die Cuts
Wishing you all a fabulous week
Marie
baileyrosy 
What a fabulous and wonderful card, I love the paintbrush and the beautiful foliage and flowers, there is great sparkle and colours too. x
Thank you so much Faith
Welcome to the team, Marie! We are delighted to have you aboard – this sparkly-ness proves you are indeed a Flower girl! Capturing it is the hard part, right?
I have this set, and it has never looked this glamorous! Divine, dahling!
=] Michele
Thank you dahling for your kind words so happy to be part of such a talented group of ladies.
WOW! This is absolutely stunning! HUGE congrats on your new DT team and well deserved my friend!
Thank you so much Vicki for your kind words
Congrats on joining that very special design team. Your first card for it really lives up to expectation. It is stunning and the sparkle beautiful xx
Thank you so much Hilary for your kind words
I hear you… photography can sometimes be the hardest part especially when it comes to glitter and metallics. Looks amazing Marie! Huge Congrats!!
Thank you so much Terese
Welcome, welcome Marie! We are so happy to have you join us at The Flower Challenge!! And what a STUNNER your first card is! I struggle with photographing sparkle & shine, but I can definitely see it in yours and in real life it must be even more sparkly! And what a fun card to create with “painting” all that sparkle…LOVE it! Hugs. :0)
Thank you so much Marcia for your kind words ad warm welcome so happy to be part of such a talented team
Marie, it’s totally fabulous to have you on the team and what a gorgeous card you’ve created for your DT debut! Love the sparkly brush bristles, greenery and the colors you used. While capturing all the sparkle on camera can be tricky, your perseverance definitely paid off. Well done and welcome!
Stef thank you so much for your lovely comment and for such a warm welcome. So happy to be a part of this talented team.
What a wonderful card! Thanks so much for entering our Cut it Up Challenges! Cara, Design Team
Thank you so much Cara
What a wonderful card! Thanks so much for entering our Cut it Up Challenges! Cara, Design Team
What a wonderful card! Thanks so much for entering our Cut it Up Challenges! Cara, Design Team
Welcome to the team Marie!! What a wonderful card to start off with too! Congratulations!
Thank you so much Laurie
Welcome to the team, Marie. What a fabulous card for your initial challenge with us. That paintbrush is so much fun and I love how you added the silver streaks to the background like the brush actually painted them.
Thank you so much Bobby for your warm welcome. So happy to be among such talented company.