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September 11, 2009

Spangly Sixty and a winner too!

My Mum in Law asked me to make a 60th card for a friend's Husband:



I think I like it! I went with four challenges, Cupcake Crafts set the colour combo -'red, white and blue', Our Creative Corner have the theme - 'stars and stripes', ABC challenge say- 'D is for die cuts' and finally this is my interpretation of the rather fab sketch over at Inspirational Card Sketches.



I changed the squares on the sketches to stars, hope that's OK? The 60 is printed from a Pink Petticoat monogram set, coloured flat with Copics and coated in Glamour Dust, I prefer to say it spangles rather than sparkles as it's a card for a chap!

The star mounts are Nestabilities and the little metal star is a WR Memory Keepers Grommet. It was pink and blue, but changed to red with the help of a ProMarker. It's the first time I've used a grommet (they came with the Big Bite) and I had to google the instructions on how to set one. It's a good job I did too. Added lots of 3-D foam to give this one some extra dimension.

And another reason to smile today, I won last weeks challenge over at Creative Inspirations! I've got a fabulous goodie bag of ribbons coming my way. Thanks so much Rach.

Might be back with more later, going to meet my crafting buddy Sue later on for lunch, got to smuggle her out of the office first though!

Victoria
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21 comments:

  1. Fab card, love the 'spangling' :o) Your photos are fab too, wish mine turned out like that! Lisa x

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  2. What an awesome, sparkly birthday card!!! I love it!!! Hugs ~S~

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  3. Wow! You rock! Four challenges in one! Such an awesome card!

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  4. This is brill Vic, the numbers look perfect to me. Big Bite ? You didn't tell me about that....:-)Sue x

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  5. Fantastic card Victoria, you have done the colours so well for the Cupcake challenge and the layout is ace! Well done on making the top 5 at SFTW and also on your win over at CI...this is your week by the looks of it and very well deserved too :) hope you manage to get your card done for Dare U lol! Donna x

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  6. This is just fab, love the clean lines and spangle. Great card for a chap! Thanks for joining us at ICS. :)xx

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  7. Really terrific card. It has a lot of zing! Love the big chunky 60 too!! Great take on this week's OCC challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us.

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  8. oh I just love all the layering on this card and the sparkles are perfect!

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  9. What a great card! Thanks for playing along with us at the OCC!
    CindyB

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  10. Gorgeous card Victoria - just love the sparkly 60 and the colour combo is so striking. Thanks so much for sharing and joining us at ICS this week!

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  11. Great male card and I love your layout. Thanks for joining us at CCC.

    Liza x

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  12. Hi Victoria, what a fantastic card - just perfect for one of those difficult men! Love the clean and simple layout and the 'spangly' 60 looks amazing. Thanks for joining us at CCC this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  13. WoW I love your card ...It`s fabulous:)..Thanks for joining in with the ICS this week:)x

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  14. Well done on the win hunny. This is a wonderful card - I hope I get a few like this next month (only the age needs to be 10 years younger ;o)) Beautiful use of the colours and die cuts.
    Sharon xx

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  15. Fantastic card! I love all the clean lines and stars. Great job! Thanks for playing along with the OCC girls this week!

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  16. A gorgeous card, i love the big numbers and the papers are fab, thanks for joining us at Cupcake this weeek, hugs Pops x x x

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  17. what a fun card, love the boldness of it. great job with the IC sketch this week!!

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  18. WOW it's absolutely GORGEOUS and I love it! Fantastic job well done. Thank you for joining us at ICS! :)
    ♥Dawn♥
    Owner of ICS

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  19. Love this one Victoria! You've certainly been busy in the few days I've been AWOL.
    Chrissie

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  20. Fantastic job!.. i love how you design your cards love every detail.

    **Sony**

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