Livin' on the EDGE !!

No, I'm not talking about me (although sometimes.......)

It's the title for our challenge this week at THE CRAFTY PAD...

LIVE ON THE EDGE

We would like to see you add some fancy edging or go out and off the edge of your project with your embellishments. Here's my card:

We have  Creative Craft World as our sponsor, with a prize of a £5 voucher to spend in their shop.

I used Kraft cardstock to create a twisted easel card (but as you can see instead of adding a panel to the twist, I decorated the triangular 'twist'.)

I used a Martha Stewart border punch to create some fancy edging, then inked it with TH ink. I also border-punched my papers, which are My Minds Eye 'Mabel' and added some lace (I stapled this on,) which I also distressed with the TH ink. The wonderful layered butterflies and verse are of course available from The Crafty Pad Designs.
 I changed the colour in word (there is a tute on how to do this over on The Crafty Pad Challenge blog,) then distressed them with ink, added some Glamour Dust and layered them up before adding them to the card (with 2/3 of them 'off/over the edge.') The verse was cut using x-cut dies and the edges inked, before some orangey gems were added.

The felt leaves were from The Works and I added a posh stick-pin that I made myself.

The card stopper is a tiny flower brad and two more of the felt leaves, which aren't too obtrusive but still work a treat.

I sent this through the post to a dear friend...I know it arrived and I hope it survived the RM ordeal and was in one piece (I haven't heard otherwise so I am hoping it did!!)

We do hope you will join us for this challenge, and don't forget, we have a monthly competition running alongside this one, where you can create using any theme, as long as you USE A CRAFTY PAD IMAGE.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• That Craft Place #9 - Anything But Square/Rectangle.
• Deep Ocean Challenge #23 - Song Inspiration - (Andy Williams - Butterfly no. 1 1957)
• Digital Tuesday #156 - Distressed.
• Our Creative Corner - Butterflies.

Thanks for looking!