Guest Designer - Sherry Gibson

Time for another guest designer Friday! Today we're sharing another beautiful card created by Sherry Gibson of Loose Stitches and Unraveled Threads. Sherry created a gorgeous vintage themed card filled with lots of detail and lovely 3D elements! I love the inked background and those pretty rolled roses!

 Here's what Sherry says about putting this lovely card together:

"Hello Everyone,
First I want to say thank you to Esther for allowing me this opportunity to be a Guest Designer for CropStop again. For This Card - Step By Step...

• White cardstock for the card base.
• Cut a piece of ivory cardstock to fit the center of the card.
• Used Couture Creations 'Chiaro' Embossing Folder on the ivory cardstock.
• Cut out the Creative Expressions 'Petite Butterflies' Dies with ivory cardstock.
• Cut out the Darice Embossing Essentials Dies 'Ivy Border'.
• Using a piece of The Paper Studio 'Tattered and Worn' Paper...For my flowers.
• To make my flowers...Cut circles/cut them in a spiral shape/rolled them and glued to end.
• Used a Ranger Ink Applicator with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tea Dye' - butterfly wings.
• With the ink applicator I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Vintage Photo' - on these...
• On the card base/over the embossed background/on the flowers
• Next I taped the embossed cardstock to the card.
• With the ink applicator I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tattered Rose' - on the doily.
• Weaved coffee stained lace and a string of pearls around the doily.
• Used a strand of coffee stained gauge to tie the tail ends of the lace and pearls together.
• Attached Score-Tape to the back of the doily and added it to the card.
• Fussy cut the image out and taped it in the center of the doily.
• Wove the ivy border in and out of the bottom part of the doily and taped it in place.
• Glued a piece of coffee stained gauge to the bottom center of the doily.
• Glued the flowers onto the gauge.
• Glued a small piece of coffee stained gauge to the top center of the doily.
• Glued the flowers onto the gauge.
• Then glued the butterflies onto the card.

...Products Used...
Sizzix BIGkick Machine by Vintaj
Couture Creations 'Chiaro' Embossing Folder - Serenity Collection
Creative Expressions Craft Dies By Sue Wilson 'Finishing Touches/Petite Butterflies'
Darice Craft Dies 'Round Doily'
Darice Embossing Essentials Dies Ivy Border
Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine Pointed Scissors and Tweezers
Prima Marketing Comfort Craft Distressing Tool
The Paper Studio 'Tattered and Worn' Paper - for flowers
The Paper Studio 'Kirby Teesdale Studio' Paper - image
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tea Dye'/Vintage Photo/Tattered Rose'
Coffee Stained Gauge and Lace
Strand Of Pearls and Flowers
Scor-Tape (Double Sided)
Kokuyo Dotliner Tape Runner
Ad-tech Crafter's Precision Glue
Beacon Gem-Tac Glue
White/Pink/Ivory/Olive Cardstock 

I enjoy being a guest designer for CropStop. I hope that you enjoy my card."

Now it's your turn! Stop by our Current Challenge and link up any project that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store.  Hope to see you there!