Fancy Folds for Lexi's Creations

     Good Monday morning, my friends and followers!  I hope it's warm where you are and that your toes aren't frozen.

     Today we have a new challenge at Lexi's Creations with a theme of "Fancy Folds".  The Stamping Bazaar is our sponsor this week, and I chose to use their "Nancy Bouquet" stamp because it just oooozed sweet romance with this adorable little critter, wrapped in her cape to stay warm, her shy smile, and her tiny bouquet of flowers.

I did this close up so that you could see the image really clearly.  Here's one showing the fancy fold -- an easel card done lengthwise.  This is my second easel card this week, and I'm really starting to like them.

     The image is printed onto parchment paper and colored with my ProMarkers, then die cut with a simple oval and framed with another die cut, a Beaded Oval from Spellbinders (another new one from Santa and this is the first time I've used it.)   I added glitter to the 'bead' part of the oval frame and also to the center of the flower in her hair.  The dp is from K & Co., but it's been in my stash for so long, I can't tell you which mat stack.

    The purple ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I threaded it through the lacy border piece and used that to decorate the inside of the card.  It also makes the 'stop' for the easel to stand up.  Originally, that border piece was in my Christmas stash and I had planned on using it as snowflakes, but that didn't get done so in the interest of using up things that have been hidden in the stash drawer for holiday crafting, I used it here.

    The flower is made from mulberry-paper 'daisy' petals, wrapped around a long, narrow bead and then splayed out as the rose got to the size I wanted.  The green part was made with a 5 pointed star punch.

     This card will be entered into the following challenges:
City Crafter - Pretty inside and out
Clear It Out - Keeping Warm and use up holiday scraps
Creative Belli -- Fancy frames (the glittery, beaded, oval die cut framing the image)
Digital Tuesday -- Romantic card
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations  --  Die cuts
Hotshot Crafts -- Easel Card
I Brake for Challenges -- Fancy folds
I Love ProMarkers -- Anything Goes
Paper Pretties -- Glitter
Sassy Studio Designs - Frosty colors, like blue, purple, gray, white, silver, etc.
Shopping Our Stash -- Border detail
Stamping Boutique -- Die Cuts

     That's it for today.  I hope you find lots of creative time these next two weeks, and that you'll make something with fancy folds to enter into our challenge at Lexi's Creations.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie