Chinese Happy New Year Card - Year Of The Rabbit

This card was made for the Chinese New Year - the year of the rabbit, celebrated on February 3rd 2011.

Ingredients:

Red leather textured CS for the card's basis

Transparent vellum paper with Chinese text in gold and Chinese marks in dark red, carefully attached so the glue is hidden underneath it

Shiny gold paper, its corners punched using Martha Stewart Large Punch around the Page - Double Arches set (I used only the corner punch here)

Rabbit stamp by Comotion rubber stamps from my private collection (discontinued), stamped with black ink on red leather textured CS

Red half pearls, to add some glam.

Inside the card:

A small piece of red leather textured CS

Shiny gold paper, its upper border punched using Martha Stewart Large Punch around the Page - Double Arches set (I used only the border punch here)

Rabbit stamp by Comotion rubber stamps from my private collection (discontinued), stamped with black ink.

For the interlacing ribbon piece I used matt gold canvas textured CS

Both its edges were punched with EK Success Binding Edge Edger Punch.

Then I used a narrow red satin ribbon, interlacing it from one side to the other all the way down, and simply tying its ends.

This piece was glued 3D for extra dimension.

On the red envelope:

Rabbit stamp by Comotion rubber stamps from my private collection (discontinued), stamped with black ink

and there's a cream outer envelope for postal delivery.

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Challenges

Michael Strong's Yahoo group Chinese New Year Card challenge (end of January 2011) .
MY SHERI CRAFTS CHALLENGE #42 - ASIAN / CHINESE NEW YEAR (until February 5th 2011) - I won the Ooo-La-la Blog Award

Year of the Rabbit for Daring Cardmakers (until February 4th 2011) .

pearls for Belli Challenge #109 - the letter P (until February 2nd 2011) .

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Michael Strong Blog Hop

Michael Strong Blog Hop - Theme: Wedding / Valentine

Michael Strong Blog Hop is meant to inspire you to make Valentine's Day or Wedding cards and scrap projects.
You're welcome to visit all 11 blogs to see the wonderful artwork.
If you want a chance to win Michael Strong's All Seasons Cameo stamps, you MUST leave comments along the way in all 11 blogs, until February 1st 2011.
It is a circular blog hop, so wherever you start you will see them all.

This is the card I made - You Make My Heart Sing
It was made for my DH, my true Valentine and the love of my life…

Ingredients:
A cream CS for the card's basis
Red leather textured CSShiny gold paper, its border punched using Martha Stewart Large Punch around the Page - Double Arches set (I used only the border punch here)
A recycled musical notes paper (from an old booklet)

Michael Strong's Cloisonné Heart stamp (large), stamped and heat embossed with gold EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension
The text "You Make My Heart Sing" was printed in red and glued on red leather textured CS as its background. Then each word was separately glued 3D for extra dimension
Red satin ribbon, and red blings, to add some glam.

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Want to see more? Hop over to Heidi's blog

In case you get lost, here's the list of all the participating blogs:
Michael Strong

Thea

Trena

Diana

Dorly - you are here!

Heidi

Hetty

Herma

Dani

Inge

Joanna
I hope you get lots of inspiration, and lots of love!
Challenges
RRR16 - Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings!: Challenge #16 - Heart Theme (until January 30th 2011) .

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #12 - Turquoise Tree And Reindeer

This card has a cream CS as its basis
Ingredients:
Heavy dark turquoise bubbles textured CS
Shiny gold paper, punched using EK Success Fleur De Lis edger punch
Light blue CS
Basic Grey patterned paper - Jovial
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamp (large), stamped on turquoise CS and heat embossed with black EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension
White and red half pearls, to add some Christmas glam
I hope you had a Merry Christmas. Happy New Year!

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #9 - Christmas Presents

I'm Card Captain at Michael Strong's Yahoo group this week.
I'll upload a new card every day, and my first card for this week is a Christmas card.

Ingredients:
Cream CS for the card's basis
Forest green leather textured CS
Mat gold CS
Basic Grey patterned paper - Wassail
Mat gold CS, punched using Martha Stewart's Quilted edger punch, on both sides (upper and lower)
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamps (small and medium), stamped on forest green CS and heat embossed with gold EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension
Red and white half pearls, to add some Christmas glam.

I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Christmas Card #8 - Red, Gold And Blings

This card has a large red Christmas tree as its central motif.
The major presence of the shiny gold paper makes it festive and elegant.




Ingredients:
Cream CS for the card's basis
Red leather textured CS
Basic Grey patterned paper - Wassail
Shiny gold paper, punched using Martha Stewart's Garden Trellis edger punch
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamp (large), stamped on red CS and heat embossed with black EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension
White snowflakes
Clear, green and red blings, to add some Christmas glam.
I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!
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Challenges
Red, Gold & Snowflakes for ODBDSLC42 We Three…. (23.12.10 --> 26.12.10) .
Clean and Simple Card for Totally Stampalicious (19.12.10) .
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Dragonfly Card In Turquoise And Gold

I made this card for a very special lady who likes turquoise and gold. The card will be sent with a gift for her.
Ingredients:
Turquoise CS, graphic turquoise and gold CS (cut from an invitation), mat gold paper.
The Dragonfly is a Sugarloaf stamp, heat embossed with gold EP.
The Flower is Michael's Strong's small Cloisonné Flower stamp, heat embossed with gold EP and glued 3D.
And blings, of course.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

One More Seahorse Card

Here's another card with my seahorse stamp, for someone who liked it (I'm not telling who…)

I used turquoise CS, cream CS embossed through the Cuttlebug and colored with Ranger's distress ink (China Blue), and the same cream CS border punched as a wave.

I used my new I.O. seahorse stamp. The stems were colored with a light green pen and the borders were distressed using Stazon ink.

The matting paper is light gold.

The seahorse was glued 3D for extra dimension.

I added clear blings, shiny and clear as cool water drops.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Square Gold Plated Bracelet

It's time I upload some of the jewelry I made. Here's an example to start with.
I made this square gold plated bracelet a few years ago.
It looks like an antique piece of jewelry, although I made it from scratch.
I made the bracelet as a free form, without any template (it has my fingerprints on it), and I gold-plated it myself.
It's 2'' wide - quite huge, actually - and it looks very impressive on my arm.