Good Morning an early morning post from me .....

and I'll be back later with another post, probably!

I'm delighted to have been asked, by Marina, to be a Guest Design Team Member over at Inkspirational and today their challenge goes "LIVE"

So, without further ado .... here is my make for their challenge  ... as you can see, I went with both and yet ... it's still kinda CAS!.

My card

And a closer view of the image panel and faux gemstones

 

And here's the co-ordinating front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• 15cm square white, 250gsm, card blank and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of grey pearl card 14cm square, reserving the remaining strip for matting my image panel and sentiment
• White card cut to 13½cm, for my insert
• Papermania papers (from the liquorice sherbet set seen in the pic below) - I chose the same pattern in two different shades of grey (see below right), with the light patterned piece cut to 13½cm square and the darker patterned piece cut to fit the width of my grey pearl snippet
• Chocolate Baroque floral image and Stamplorations sentiment stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• Grey grosgrain ribbon adhered to my image panel using Stix2 narrow double sided tape
• Dimensional foam tape used to adhere my sentiment panel
• Small faux crystals placed on the sentiment and image panels

 

I hope you will pop along and support this challenge .... catch you later with my more usual Saturday post ... probably!

I'll be entering this for the following challenges:- 

1. Seize the Birthday - August 11th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. As You Like It - August 11th challenge - FAVOURITE FLOWER and why ... I am really loving this stylised flower because of it's perfect proportions and almost art deco style - suits so many occasions
3. Cardz4Galz - challenge No. 28 - MONOCHROME .. black through grey - I hope that black and grey still counts as monochrome, if not then I'm sure the DT will let me know
4. Crafting with an attitude - challenge No. 18 - ANYTHING GOES

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