Christmas Card #10 - Purple & Silver Christmas Tree

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

Ingredients:
Cream CS for the card's basis
Dark eggplant purple CS with marble design
Patterned paper in shades of purple, pink and light blue from my stash
Another layer of dark eggplant purple CS with marble design, punched using Martha Stewart's Layered Arches edger punch
Light blue leather textured CS, punched using Martha Stewart's Layered Arches edger punch on both sides (upper and lower)
Michael Strong's Cloisonné Christmas Tree stamp (medium), stamped on dark eggplant purple CS and heat embossed with silver EP, cut with nail scissors and glued 3D for extra dimension - proudly standing alone as the central motif
Light blue punched snowflakes
White, lavender and light blue half pearls, to add some Christmas glam.
I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!
(You can enlarge the photo by clicking on it)
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Cassiopeia Glamour Silver Earrings

These earrings are made of sterling silver, silver coated beads and Swarovski beads.
The middle motif is a very special bead, with tiny sparks all over it. It's the reason I named this model Cassiopeia, as it reminds me of the stars glowing and sparkling in the dark. Quite the same, these earrings sparkle and shine with every movement, adding glamour, chic and elegance to your look.
Of course, they can be made in any color combination.
The combination of light green and purple Swarovski beads with silver isn't a typical color combo of mine, but I chose it especially for a lady who likes these colors.
I hope she'll enjoy wearing them.

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

Butterfly Gate Fold Card

This card opens in the middle and has 2 wings.
It was made using mostly pastel colors.
I used lavender pearly canvas-textured CS for the card, light blue leather-textured CS, plain cream CS and a patterned paper from my stash.
I stamped Michael Strong's Cloisonné Butterfly stamp on black textured CS (for contrast), then heat embossed it with mixed EP and decorated it with clear blings.
I used SN scalloped squares so that the outer piece exactly overlaps the inner one.
The butterflies inside were cut using EK Success whale of a punch, and the borders were cut using EK Success Parisian edger punch.
I left enough space inside for writing a personal text.

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

Folded Card For June Card Challenge

I made this card for the Michael Strong's Yahoo group Folded Card challenge.

You can enlarge each photo by clicking on it.

The central flower was made of old book pages (a nice way to re-use them), punched out with a scalloped circle punch. Each petal was folded 4 times.

After folding all the petals I glued them to each other.

I stamped Michael Strong's Cloisonné Flower stamp with Stazon ink on a transparency sheet, and carefully cut it with nail scissors.

I attached the transparent flower to the folded flower with a flocked brad.

The whole flower was glued 3D for extra dimension.

To decorate the corners I added 2 pairs of flourish die cuts made of black textured CS.

Each one of them was set in an opposite direction to create a double-flourish corner embellishment, accented with a pearl.

The purple ribbon was inserted into a piece of black CS which was punched with a simple office binder.

I also used light blue CS, a patterned paper with script from my stash, and pearls all over.

Now go figure out how many folds there are in one flower…

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