Creative Card Crew #43 - first DT card

I was absolutely thrilled when Paula asked me to join the DT of Creative Card Crew following from their DT call - all the ladies on the DT make some fabulous inspiring creations so it is very exciting to join the team.

This fortnight the challenge theme is

Punch It

What a fabulous opportunity to pull out all those hand, corner and/or edge punches to make your creations look pretty!

And to get your creative juices flowing we have a fab prize for you from our sponsor Sunshine Stamps - 3 digital images of the winner's choice!

The DT members have been busy making some fabulous projects to inspire you - hope you will pop over to their blogs to check them out. And don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see whether you have won the prize for the last challenge.

Here's my first DT card .....


There was definitely something spooky going on here, as I found out I had been selected for the DT the day after I ordered 2 gorgeous new Martha Stewart punches. Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions the post wasn't getting through, and it took my precious parcel a week and a half to arrive ... but luckily it turned up in the nick of time so I was able to "punch my weight", so to speak, in the DT stakes. In fact, I think I've gone a little bit punch-tastic! lol!!

I'd also like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar #87 - Lots of Layers
One Stop Craft Challenge #63 - Fancy Edges or Corners
Incy Wincy #26 - Colour Me Wonderful (fave medium - watercolours)
Crafty Cardmakers #12 - What's new? (MS punches)
Charisma Cardz 10 #2 - Anything New
Flutterby Wednesdays #92 - butterfly, angel or fairy
Paper Play - furry friends
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3! I chose spring colours (pink & pale green), a butterfly, and a card for no specific occasion.

Edited: I've just found 2 new challenges:

Raise the Bar - Debut Day
Sophisticats #18 - Spring

Their challenges were open before I posted this card so I hope it's ok to enter ... and I've added them to my sidebar for future weeks :-) I am of course debuting my fab new MS punches, and this card is full of spring colours, and butterflies and flowers in the garden :-)!

Recipe:
Main image: Penny Black "Dream a dream" (3615H), coloured with watercolour pencils and decorated with silver gems;
Sentiment: from "The Stampman" "Flutterby Dreams" set;
Papers: BasicGrey "Porcelain";
Supplies: pastel pearl brads and spacers from The Hobby House; silver holographic card, "ice gold" white pearlised card and pink glitter card from my stash;
Tools: Martha Stewart "garden trellis" deep edge punch and "large monarch butterfly" punch; X-Cut small and medium "flower head" punches; Leone Em "Ash Family" leaf punch; Fiskars paper cutter "deckle" blade.

I'm really looking forward to working with the rest of the CCC DT, and to seeing your punched creations.