Monday 1 June 2015

Shabby Card for CVC

It's the 1st June and a new challenge starts at Country View Challenges and it's the lovely Astrid who has chosen Shabby Chic as the theme for this month. Once upon a time I used to love making shabby cards but the vintage in me took over and shabby seems to have been on the back burner, but preparing my DT samples has got me inspired again and I just loved creating this. I now want to do more lol.


I had a sort of design in my head and collected the embellishments I wanted to include .....


..... and papers for the background, cutting them to size and distressing the edges.


Once I had got everything to fit together in a composition/layout I liked all I had to do was put it together.


The only thing I added was the little butterfly which provided a nice pop of colour.


I have already cut the papers and gathered the same elements together to make a couple more of these for my very diminished card box.

I hope we will see you over at the new challenge, I am so looking forward to seeing what you come up with and as always there is lots of inspiration from my gorgeous teamies, not only today but throughout the month and I will be back on Sunday with a shabby vintage canvas for you.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great month of June.

hugs Brenda xxxx

15 comments:

Rupa Swaminathan said...

Love your shabby card, Brenda. I too have the problem of Vintage ruling over any other style! The deep red flower and that colorful butterfly just brightens the card. Lovely inspiration.

Redanne said...

Your card is stunning Brenda, I love the pop of colour the butterfly provides and those flowers are so beautiful! Hugs, Anne xx

Patty O'Malley said...

Your card is absolutely beautiful, Brenda! Love the flowers with the touch of white, the pretty bow, and just everything!

Jac said...

love this, look at that ickle birdie he is fabbie, great make x

Jane said...

Such a pretty card Brenda, you certainly do shabby chic very well indeed! Hope you are well, hugs xx

Pamellia said...

I sure do love the shabby side of Brenda! This is gorgeous! Love it all, the distressed papers, the shabbied up flowers, the bird, the crinkly bow...PINNNNNNED!!!! hugs :)

Annie said...

A stunning Shabby Chic project Brenda x the layout and colours work so well together. Lots of distressing.....love it !!!!

TFS and best wishes
Annie x

Ellie Knol said...

LOVE, love it!

Unknown said...

Normally I would say "there is nothing shabby about this card" but alas.... NOT!!!! This is so shabby it's at the top of the tier in shabby chic heaven!! STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL Brenda. j.

Paper Profusion said...

Definitely my kind of card, it's really gorgeous! Nicola x

Deb said...

Beautiful shabby card Brenda, love the distressed layers and your lovely embellishments, gorgeous colours!

Scrumplescrunch said...

Hello Brenda,
Love your card, it has great elements that have been placed perfectly and it relates a wonderful shabby feel.
Smiles:)
Sue

Mrs.B said...

Stunning card Brenda, love the pops of colour with the flowers and butterfly.
Avril xx

Mrs.B said...

Stunning card Brenda, love the pops of colour with the flowers and butterfly.
Avril xx

Meggymay said...

A gorgeous card, so many lovely detailed layers, love the deep contrast of the flowers.
Yvonne xx