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When you make a conscious choice to be happy, no one can take it away from you because no one gave it to you: you gave it to yourself.

A quote from April Green's - Bloom For Yourself Journal

Monday 5 March 2012

Crafty Boots - All that Glitters

Happy Monday!

Today sees the launch of the next Crafty Boots Challenge and this time the theme chosen by the wonderful Dionne is -

All That Glitters


So head over to see all of our fab DT projects and join in the fun! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Ok here's my DT card - it's a new one for me. It's a Debbi Moore Grotto card, printed from her Garden Fairies range. As soon as I saw the word Glitter I knew I had to use this, fairies, wings, sparkle, glitter.......it all goes so well!







I'll be honest, this isn't a quick make. It was printed onto four sheets of card which I then had to cut out and score in the correct places following the template and folding the pieces into place. It's basically built in two halves then stuck together.  But I love the effect of the 'grotto' with the depth and dimension. The fairy and the sunflower were both decoupaged and as you can see I covered the wings and the flower with crystal glitter which catches the light beautifully.  Despite the depth of this creation, it does fold flat so that it can be placed either in an envelope or in a custom made box.  At the moment this card is happily sitting on the bookcase in my craft room - if you took a peek during last week's WOYWW you might have seen it!

Hope you all enjoy this challenge. Take care. Zo xx

13 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow this is so magical , love the glitter wings . I saw this from Debbie Moore when launched but sadly I had already spent my crafting budget at that time. You have done a lovely job here Like your style will be following
Hugs Elaine

Gabrielle said...

Gosh! What a lot of work you have put into this! Looks amazing! Love the glitter on the wings and sunflower!

McCrafty's Cards said...

This is absolutely gorgeous Zoe, fabulous design and I like all the glitter.
Kevin xx

emma mitchell said...

WOW Zoe what a beautiful and amazing card ,I love it
hugs
Emma xx

ike said...

AWESOME - this is one perfect kit. You did a superb job creating this. Amazing :-D xxx

Dee's Craft Room said...

I have been admiring this for days Zo, it is amazing. I love the dimension and all the fabulous sparkle - great fairy too (I really love fairies but can never quite get their wings right).

Dionne x

Emma Williams said...

What a beautiful card and there is so much work in it, which was absolutely worth it because it's stunning!
Love Emma xx

coops said...

oh wow this is fantastic zoe.really magical and beautiful :D

xx coops xx

Louise Welsh said...

wow fab card zo. louise xx

DottyA Cards & Things said...

Oh My, how Lovely! This is the first Grotto card I've seen and it's just Beautiful!! LOVE all the glitter too!! Again, Lovely!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, how gorgeous is this Zo?! I've never seen a grotto card before. Fab!
xx

Stephie Boots said...

This doesn't look like a quick make but it's worth the effort as the effect is stunning! :) xxx

Beachstudio said...

what a beautiful card!