Super Proud Of You

Hello again. It is my turn to host at the new challenge for The Alphabet Challenge. We have reached the letter ‘M‘, and I have chosen the theme of:

M is for Motivational

Here is my card:

This is an inlay die set from the recent Concord & 9th ‘Summer Camp’ called ‘Goodness & Grace‘.

To start, I die cut the inlay panel several times in light blue, green, and a red/orange tone card – I can’t remember which colours specifically….

I then die cut it again in a champagne card for the frame.

The leaves and floral pieces were then ink blended to create some dimension, using a lightly darker colour.

As I wanted to give the leaves some dimension, I wanted a colour behind them that would peek out when you looked from the side, so I die cut a darker blue panel.

The dark blue panel was adhered to a white card base, then I added the light blue background, then the champagne frame pieces.

The leaves and petals were adhered with glue just at the tips, after curling each slightly.

The sentiment from Gina K Designs was stamped, die cut with a Hero Arts circle nesting die, then the same champagne card cut out of a slightly larger circle.

The final touch was to add soem gems.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx

Birthday Dancing Penguin

Welcome to my second post of the day, for the new challenge at Ally’s Angels. The theme is always ‘anything goes‘. Here is my card:

I wanted to use the cute little dancing penguin with her hula skirt on so I first die cut and created her.

The background is using a layering stencil – also from Spellbinders – to give an exotic feel to where she is dancing, cutting it down with an older wonky square die – I think from MFT. This was matted with another pink layer, then glued onto a white square card base.

The sentiment is also from Spellbinders, stamped then die cut, and layered a couple of times like I tend to do most of the time.

As this challenge is always ‘anything goes’ it really means you can let your creative juices flow and play. I hope you can join us and I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx

Birthday Bear

Hello again. I’m here with my card for the new challenge we have just started at Cardz 4 Galz. Billie A is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:

Add an animal

Here is my card:

I decided to use the bear die set from Spellbinders, created with Concord & 9th card stock – he is such a cute and fun bear.

For the background, I used rub-ons from a recent virtual event – I think from Spellbinders.

I die cut the stitched rectangle, then placed the sentiment down, rubbed – hey presto – instant sentiment.

The next step was to add the balloon rub-on – the bear was placed so I could work out placement of the balloon and stars – again the perfect result.

I added the bear with 3D foam, matted with a pink layer then glued onto a white card base.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring an animal. xx

Purple Snowflakes

Hello everyone. It is time for the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. We have reached the letters ‘U‘ & ‘V; and want to see your Christmas creations following one of both of the following themes:

U is for Unused Stash & V is for Violet (purple)

Here is my card:

I began by creating the background panel, as it needed to dry. Taking a Funky Fossil stencil, I spread some iridescent glitter paste through, then out it to one side.

The two large snowflakes are from a Bibi Cameron die set from several years ago, and using Concord & 9th card stock, then die cutting some smaller snowflakes in a silver glitter card.

The snowflakes were added as you see, and the final touch was to add the foiled sentiment.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations – they have to be Christmas themed, and they have to follow one or both of our chosen themes to be in with a chance of winning the prize -drawn randomly from the entries.

Have A Sweet Birthday

Hello there. The inspiration for this card came from the current challenge at Time Out. They have list of 6 word prompts, and you have to use at least two of them. I chose to use ‘baking‘ & ‘gingham’ to create this card:

I searched through my CML app as I knew I had some Lawn Fawn products from a few years ago to do with baking, and as I store each company in alphabetical order (OCD much?!) I wanted their names to be find them quicker.

The sets I used were ‘Baked With Love’, ‘A Creature Was Stirring‘ and ‘Sprinkled With Joy‘. The images were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne, dried off completely, then coloured with Copics. I didn’t have matching dies for two of the sets, so I grabbed my Scan-n-cut – the first time in absolutely ages – and cut all the images out.

I wasn’t sure what the scene was going to consist of initially, but I knew I wanted to use the gingham patterned paper from Lawn Fawn as the walls, and cut a strip of the heart border for the floor.

The kitchen units were created by using a piece of white card stock as the base for them, then cutting out some stitched rectangles.

The papers were adhered, then the white backing to the units, then the oven, then the unit doors. Thank fully, I used a 5×7 inch card base, and they all fit well.

Then it was time to play with the coloured images, placing them with little pieces of 3D foam and/or glue, creating the scene.

The sentiment was stamped, cut down into a dtrip, then each end made into a fishtail.

The final step was to add some green gems from Pinkfresh Studio for the kitchen unit doors.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Time Out – pick 2 – gingham & baking

Cut It Up – more than one die cut

Sparkles Forum – your favourite technique – die cutting

Love Those Pretty Papers – use patterned papers

Autumn Magic Is In The Air

Hello again. I was sorting through and trying to find some ‘stuff’ in my craft stash, when I cam across a paper pad with some gorgeous muted images and background papers. It is Stamperia ‘Winter Botanic‘, and I have no idea how long I have had it, but some videos on the internet are from 2018 and 2019…….!

As ever, I look for something, find something else, and decide to play. I cam up with this card using some of the papers and cut-outs in the pad:

As you know, I don’t use many patterned papers, and certainly not to create a whole card from one paper pad, but these just inspired me.

I created a 5×7 inch card, and glued down one of the background papers. I then chose a few more elements, cut them if needed, inked the edges of the three main images and set to putting them down.

There is a smaller piece of card with script on, and two edger pieces were added to the sides. The three images were glued down after adding some spare white card behind, instead of using 2D foam.

The sentiment is from the September release from Spellbinders, stamped in Versafine Clair ‘Morning Mist’ rather than black, and die cut with the matching die, then layered a couple of times.

Of course, I had to add a few gems, and chose the clear Altenew drops – subtle but present.

I seem to have accrued a great many of these types of paper pads but never really done anything with them. I may have to challenge myself to make at least one card weekly using my stash.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Allsorts – anything Autumn

Inkspirational – visual prompt of fall or Halloween cupcakes

Craft Rocket – Autumn or Halloween

Love Those Pretty Papers – showcase patterned papers

Happy Birthday Beautiful

Hello there. It’s been a busy few days, so I am here with a card created for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Caz is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:

An Easel Card

Here is my card:

The main floral bouquet was created using another of the Pinkfresh Studio washi from their ‘Celebrate in Blooms’ suite. I stuck the washi onto white card then used the matching die to cut them out.

The easel crad was created, and I used some blush card stock for the background, and also for the inside of the car, run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder.

These panels were then glued down, and the main bouquet was added on top of a white oval die cut – also from Pinkfresh Studio.

For the ‘stopper’ on the easel card. I gold heat embossed the Pinkfresh Studio sentiment, die cut it, layered a couple more times, then stuck that down.

For the inside panel, I also used some of the washi.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Tic Tac Toe – right side column – fun fold/foliage/pink

CYHTP – embossing folder option of trees not taken

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes, option of embossing taken (heat and embossing folder)

Just A Note

Having used all my Pinkfresh washi the past few days, I went with a different route to follow the current colour challenge at Color Hues – purple & artichoke. Here is my card:

This actually came with a few ‘oopsies’ during it’s creation and a couple of goes at it.

The products used is from Taylored Expressions – Boho Botanicals – and I believe may have been part of a virtual event – but I’m not sure. The ‘foil-it’ panel is toner printed, so you run it through with foil and a laminator, then use the stencils to colour the images on top of the foil………I used the Gina K Designs ‘Fuse’ machine.

So – I first used the wrong foil. I used glimmer foil (!!!) which covered the whole panel, which also foiled the whole of the foil onto my carrier sheet……

Off I went to YouTube to figure out what I was doing wrong……. I needed to use Decofoil, not glimmer foil! Doh!

Start again – found some Decofoil, grabbed another of the ‘foil-it’ panels, ran it though the Fuse machine – lovely outcome. Yay!

The images were then ink blended using Pinkfresh Studio inks. I did play with shading on each of the florals as the stencils only do one layer for them. Three tones of purple, graduating them towards the outside of the petals. The leaves and stems were coloured using Concord & 9th ‘Artichoke‘ ink – that comes in strong so I had to be careful with that one.

Once coloured, I wiped with a dry cloth – hey presto – foil details shining through the ink blending.

The coloured panel was adhered to a purple panel from my stash, then added to a white card base. The heat embossed sentiment layered and added.

The panels from Taylored Expressions come in a pack of three different foiling designs – I may have a little play with the other panels to see what the difference is.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Stencil Fun – use stencils, option of mainly yellow not taken

Color Hues – purple & artichoke

Just Us Girls – stencil week

Ellibelle’s Corner Garden Party – anything in or from the garden

Thanks A Bunch

Hello again. A final card using the last of the smaller florals from the Pinkfresh Studio ‘Pretty Blooms‘ suite incorporating their washi:

The green background was created using a letterpress plate from Spellbinders ‘Festive Press‘, Pinkfresh Studio green ink, and Spellbinders cotton card stock. This was cut down slightly and adhered to a white card base.

The oval was die cut from a Pinkfresh Studio nesting oval set, attached with 3D foam, and the small floral arrangement splaced where I thought would look effective.

The sentiment is gold heat embossed, die cut, and layered a couple of times, then glued down.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – make your own background

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Love To Craft – anything goes

Celebrating You

Hi – once again here with a card created using the Pinkfresh Studio ‘Pretty Blooms‘ washi suite – so many ways to use these products:

The background was created using a ‘Scalloped Grid’ cover plate die, and adhered directly onto a white card base.

The two floral sprays were attached with 3D foam, the sentiment gold heat embossed and added with more 3D foam, them this time pink gems from Spellbinders were my final touch.