WOW - Michele's challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink

Good morning!  Thank you to everyone who was able to join in with my challenge last week - there were some absolutely stunning cards and I agonised over my top three for ages, I wish it could have been a top 5, or 10 at least!!

This week's challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink aka Totally Ladybug Tuesday has been set by Michele and she would like to see

White On White

Now I love all white cards, they are just so visually effective, but I usually have a bit of colour in there somewhere, even if only on a gem or suchlike, but I after my boo-boo the other week (I lost the ability to count, which was a shame cos I was making a recipe challenge card at the time!!) I was determined to follow the rules to the absolute letter :-).

My only problem was taking the photos!!  Silly old me used pearlescant Bazzill CS, forgetting that I have to take my pictures after the sun has gone down, so have to use a flash and have you any idea how difficult I found it to take a decent picure of all this gleaming CS!!  I persevered but the pictures do this card no justice to what it looks like IRL :-(

Right, enough with the waffle, onto the card :-)

This is the front

And a close up of the lovely Bride Nikki, who has been cut out, coloured with Copics, Glamour Dusted and mounted on a Marianne Creatables Die Cut. 

This is the card opened out

And the middle section

Close up of the lovely lacey butterfly I won the other week from Little Snippets to which I added some more gems

And the back section

I wanted the back section of the card to be laced up, like a bridal gown - I think I nearly got the lacing right!!  The ribbon has been threaded through holes punched with a border punch and the small holes in between have been filled with another gem.  There are two further layers of punched CS to resemble lace around the lacing :-)  I even remembered to cut the cs on the 'bias'!!

And a close up

Supplies - White Bazzill Bling CS; Bride Nikki - Ladybug Crafts Ink; Copics; Glossy Accents; Glamour Dust; Marianne Creatables Die; MS Hearts Border Punch; EK Success and Tesco Flower Punches; American Crafts Lace Ribbon, Gems; Labels 4 Nestabilites; Computer Generated Sentiment; Lace Butterfly; White Ribbon, MS Holey Border punch (sorry, can't remember what it is actually called!)

I'd love to enter these challenges please

Sweet Stop Sketch 99 - I used the sketch for the front of the card but made it square and rotated it 90 degrees

Delightful Challenges - Butterflies (I hope the butterfly on the second page counts)

Wild Orchid Crafts - Dieing to Punch it Out

Before I go I just wanted to say that I have been shocked and saddened by the heartbreaking images in the media of the current crisis in Japan, so to anyone affected by the earthquake and Tsunami that my thoughts and prayers are with you xx

Thanks for stopping by

Sue xx