Friday 15 July 2016

You are made of wonderful - ‪#‎frommetowhenyourefeelingblu‬



Happy Friday! Welcome to a special Crazy Crafters Team projects International highlights. We have many talented stampers from around the world taking part for a special theme, "From me to you when you are feeling Blue". It is all thanks to Petra Tailor who started this wonderful cause to make and send a card to someone who is suffering from depression or going through a tough time and to help brighten their life in some way.

For this theme, I made this special encouragement card with a message of hope and love. 
This card hopefully imbues that through the sentiments. "You are made of wonderful" and "You Matter". We all go through down times but we need look from inside and to love ourselves. Embracing who we are and that's what make us special".

To make this even more special I have made a shaker card in the form of a butterfly window for shine and sparkle. 




I have used several sets to create this unique card:

Picture Perfect Photopolymer - for the roses and sentiment - "You are made of wonderful".
Banners For You Photopolymer Bundle:
• Banners for You - "Just so you know... You matter" sentiment.
• Bunch of Banners framelits dies - banner die cut.
• Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies - butterfly window
Birthday Banners  - double banner image.
Sunshine Wishes - 'Hope' die cut in gold.
Gorgeous Grunge - splatter effects.

Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon and Linen thread.


The colours have been inspired by Pals Paper Arts: PPA309 – A Color Challenge by Katy McGloin.


Here is the banner with the colour challenge:




Please check out the creative projects and hopefully you'll be inspired to take part using these great colours. :)


The card base is Sahara Sand, and ink colours are Island Indigo and Sweet Sugarplum as well as Sahara Sand.

Overview of the card







Inside the butterfly window shaker, I have stamped four roses to compliment the butterfly shape. 

The Sweet Sugarplum roses are a mixture of first and second generation stamping to get the lighter shades and Island Indigo has been stamped on last for definition. 

The same technique has been applied to the Island Indigo roses.





Inside of card



The same elements are carried on the inside of the card, with a poignant statement that "You Matter" with hope to always look at the bright side. We are all special and the images on the card symbolises adaptability - Staying true to your own unique frequency, without losing who you are - which is so true in life.


Please check out the rest of the creative projects by so many talented crafters from around  the world. You can also vote for your top five favourites. :)


Thank you so much for stopping by and hope to see you next time! Cheers. :)



Products used:

• Picture Perfect Photopolymer - 140520
• Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies - 138135
• Banners For You Photopolymer Bundle - 142335
• Birthday Banners Photopolymer - 141506
• Sunshine Wishes Thinlits dies -  141489
• Gorgeous Grunge Clear mount - 130517

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11 comments:

  1. Amazing card Juana! I adore the meaning behind it and how encouraging it is. What a beautiful gift to make someones day happy. Thank you for taking part in our international blog highlight and making it such a success! x

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    1. Thank you so much Kylie, I truly appreciate it. It's a pleasure and thank you so much for organising such a wonderful even to raise awareness on this personal topic. :) x

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  2. Juana, your card has touched me personally. My PPA card is dedicated to a sweet friend going through a difficult time right now. You did an outstanding job with your rose coloring. And the details show your heartfelt concern and love. Thanks so much for sharing this lovely card with my PPA color challenge!

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    1. Thank you so much Katy for your lovely compliments, it's very much appreciated. It's such a blessing to be able to use our talents and creativity to help make a difference in people's lives through a heartfelt handmade card to show our love. It's a pleasure and an inspiration to join the PPA challenge. :)

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  3. This is stunning Juana! Thank you so much for supporting the hash tag! Hopefully we can do this each July!!!

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    1. Thanks so much Petra. You're most welcome and thank you for starting such a wonderful casue. Yes would love to! :)

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  4. How creative you are! Whenever I see your card, I'm amazed how you come up with such original ideas and usage of stamp set.

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  5. Another gorgeous card! Your creations are always amazing xx

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  6. What a spectacular card! Stamping the beautiful roses and then die cutting the butterflies is so clever! I may have to case that :-) Thank you for sharing your gorgeous card with us this week at Pals Paper Arts!

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