Month: October 2024

Patterned Papers

Hello again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Debbie has chosen the theme of ‘patterned papers‘. Here is my card:

I don’t use many patterned papers, though I do have plenty of them….and for this card I used a collection from Polkadoodles.

I decided to use a 5×7 inch card base to accommodate the large sentiment with some additional flowers.

My first task was to take a 5×7 inch panel, and adhere some double sided sticky sheet. I then cut some strips of the patterned papers and arranged them in a jaunty angle.

Once they were all stuck down, I used a Spellbinders embossing folder and ran the patterned paper panel through that – even more texture and interest on the papers.

This panel was then glued down to the card base.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, die cut with patterned paper, layered with a couple more white card layers and glued to the front.

I also used some Spellbinders dies and cut out the flowers and foliage, adding as you see, and also added some pink pearl gems around and about, as well as some glittery gems for the centre of the flowers.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme of ‘patterned papers’. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Love Those Pretty Papers – anything goes with patterned papers – option of Halloween colours not taken

Aud Sentiments – embossing and/or fall + sentiment (embossing and sentiment)

Polkadoodles – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Paper Funday – anything goes – option of colours of Autumn not taken

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with floral (die cut flowers and paper with florals)

Season’s Greetings

Hello once again. I have had a little play with some new layering stencils from The Greetery:

This was actually quite fiddly to do as I wanted different colours on the same stencil layer. It did take me quite a while for each layer, and the very small blending brushes did come in handy for all those smaller places. I used some low tack tape to mask areas off which were near to each other, but generally had fun with the colours.

I used Pinkfresh Studio inks, as they come in four shades of each colour-way – which also made things a little easier.

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th. It is a sentiment which is joined together, and instead of cutting the stamp apart, I used tape to mask off each of the words at a time, to stamp in the spaces. I really had to concentrate to remove the tape before stamping – a mistake I have made on previous cards – and one you don’t really forget!

I then cut the panel down slightly, matted it with a red card stock, then added to a white card base.

No additional elements, no bling, no gems – I think this looks good just as it is.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

12 Months Of Christmas – anything goes Christmas, option to use chevrons not taken

Peace On Earth – Christmas anything goes

Inkspirational – seasonal

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – stencil it

Crafty Catz – anything goes – option to use dies/punches not taken

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Delivering Presents

Hello. I have retreated to my craft room for a while to escape decorators in the house, and ground work excavation for some new garden gates.

This card is using some products from Pinkfresh Studio:

I first heat embossed the images in gold, then used the matching layering stencils and Pinkfresh Studio inks to colour them, before using the matching dies to cut them out.

Some of the ribbons and bows were coloured in using Crafters Companion gold paint pens.

I chose to use a longer almost slimline card when I couldn’t decide which of the images to use – so I used them all!

The bike is ready to go and deliver some presents, and it will return to grab the pile that is left for another delivery – well – that’s my take on this anyway……

The background panel was cut using a light blue card stock, the embossed using an embossing folder. I can’t remember the maker of the folder, it was in my stash without a packet.

I then ink blended some blue around the edges, only what was left on my blending brush – to create a little more depth.

This panel was then adhered to a teal card base, and the images attached with a mixture of glue and 3D foam pieces.

I also glued some Pinkfresh Studio gems here and there for even more bling.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Lil Red Wagon – emboss it

Just Add Ink – stencilling

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – stencil it

Color Throwdown #816 Guest Designer

Hello everyone. I am delighted to be the guest designer for the new challenge at Color Throwdown. Here are the colours we are playing with this week:

Here is my card following the challenge colours:

The background panel is a piece of cream linen textured card, cut and glued to a card base.

I then die cut the foliage and berries using a die set from The Greetery – ‘Rosemary & Berry’. I actually cut two of each of the foliage elements so I could layer them a little more for sturdiness, then gluing flat to the card panel.

I then played around with the layout, trying to ensure as much of the background was covered without losing the clean look, snipping off any overhanging pieces.

The sentiment was die cut using a Spellbinders die set, and cutting the shadow layer out of the reverse of the linen textured cardstock – the smoother side.

The final touch was to add some Spellbinders glitter gems – for no reason other than I like adding gems….

I hope you love these colours enough to be able to join us in the challenge this time round. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

A Cut Above – anything goes with at least one die cut

A Perfect Time To Craft – anything goes

Addicted To Stamps and More – any occasion

Die Cut Divas – anything goes with die cuts

Paper Funday – anything goes – option of colours of Autumn

Autumnal Inlay

Hello. A little playtime – and fiddly – time today to create this card:

I was inspired by the current colours at Color Hues – olive and mustard. I took my trusty Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, and sprays and set to with ink smooshing, splattering and generally getting messy and inky. These were the products used:

I created three panels, one with Crushed Olive with Crushed Olive splatters, and the others with Mustard Seed with Crushed Olive splatters also.

Whilst these panels were drying, I found a [previously created piece of card I could use for the acorns. This was a piece of Kraft card, onto which I stamped a wood grain pattern – ideal for the acorns.

I die cut the Concord & 9th ‘Autumn Inlay’ die from each of the panels to get the colours of the leaves I wanted, and die cut again from Spellbinders brushed gold card stock to get the leaf veins, and the caps of the acorns.

Now for the paper-piecing……fiddly, but worth it. I took a white piece of card and added a double sided sheet to it, die cut the panel yet again from white and stuck that down. All the elements were inlaid and pieced where I thought the colours would work best.

The final touch were some Pinkfresh Studio jewels which have a gold and silver glitter to them and dotted them around.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Hues – olive and mustard – neutrals and gold and silver also allowed

MAWTT – autumnal colours

Die Cut Divas – die cuts anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Avenue 613 Create – anything goes – option of lots of leaves taken

Paper Funday – anything goes – option of colours of Autumn taken

Ellibelle’s corner – I Spy – colours of the season

A Warm and Merry Christmas

Hello once again. I have a mixed media card to share today using products from Pinkfresh Studio:

I started by stamping the image then ink blending using the layering stencils. The stamp set is a red rubber, and the centre is a sentiment which I took out – I just used the frame.

As I wanted my poinsettias to be a blue colour – varying tones, and manged this using Pinkfresh Studio inks. As they come in four tones this was quite easy once I had decided on the colour.

Once the image was blended, I used the matching die to cut the frame out.

I decided on using a Spellbinders ‘Sage‘ card stock for the background, and used a Spellbinders embossing folder. the panel was cut down to an A2 card size, and glued flat to the card base.

I then added the poinsettia frame with 3D foam pieces – some small cuts to make sure there were no saggy areas – then splattered with a gold and white shimmery acrylic paint. I did this before adding the sentiment as I didn’t want that being splattered.

The sentiment (I think it is also a Pinkfresh Studio sentiment from a previous virtual event) was added with a mixture of 3D foam pieces and wet glue to ensure it was the same height across the middle area and the frame.

The final detail was to add some gold gems here and there.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio WCMD Challenge – anything goes with predominantly Pinkfresh Studio products

We Love 2 Create – anything goes mixed media

Creative Artiste – anything goes mixed media

Addicted to Stamps and More – any occasion

Sparkles Forum Christmas – Christmas – and use the word ‘Christmas’

12 Months Of Christmas – anything goes Christmas – option to use chevrons not taken

Stencil Fun – anything goes with stencils – option of Halloween not taken

O is for Ocean Animals

Hello once again. I am hosting the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Having reached the letter ‘O‘, I chose the theme of:

‘O is for Ocean animals‘

Here is my card:

I first created the background panel by taking a light blue panel of card stock, then a Brutus Monroe stencil and ink blending some purple stars and dots. I then splattered white and gold shimmery acrylic paint.

This panel was then put aside to dry whilst I die cut the whale and jellyfish from Spellbinders.

Placing the whale at the top of the panel, I then played with placement of the jellyfish. These are interactive/dancing jellyfish, so I made sure to place the tentacles in such a position that they didn’t get stuck on each other when moving.

I then placed a little 3D foam circle in the middle of the tentacle layer, and stuck down the top – the umbrella of the jellyfish.

The sentiment was die cut and added as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring ocean animals. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Crafty Calendar – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with at least one die cut

A Perfect Time To Craft – anything goes

Die Cut Divas – anything goes with die cuts

Stencil fun – use a stencil – option of Halloween not taken

Cardz 4 Galz Colours

Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Sue J has chosen the theme, and she has chosen:

‘pick three colours – purple, orange, black, green – neutrals are allowed‘

Here is my card:

I started by die cutting the floral and foliage elements from Spellbinders die sets, choosing orange flowers, and three tones of purple for other flowers. The same green for the stems and the foliage.

I put them aside to dry emboss the background panel using a Spellbinders embossing folder – some added interest without creating too much detail.

The frame dies are from Pinkfresh Studio – there are very fine and fiddly to adhere – but I managed!

I then played around with the floral arrangement, and added the elements with a mixture of wet glue and 3D foam pieces.

The sentiment is white foiling on a black strip.

I added further interest with some 3D dots – a mixture of purple and dark green – or are they black…..? I can’t remember now, but both colours are included…..

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring three – or all four – of the chosen colours. You can see from the Design Team inspiration that many themes are possible. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

CYHTP – embossing folder – option monsters/Halloween not taken

Crafty Catz – anything goes – option of Autumnal colours

A Cut Above – anything goes with at least one die cut

Aud Sentiments – embossing and/or fall and a sentiment

Die Cut Divas – anything goes with die cuts

Triple B – Birds and/or Butterflies and/or Blooms

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes flowers/florals

Couch and Coffee

Hello everyone. I created a card following the colours from the Color Throwdown Challenge:

All the dies sets and the background papers are from a previous card kit by MFT – the colours inspired to create this little scene.

The furniture elements were die cut then layered together before I thought about how to lay out the scene. I decided to go with a landscape card base to allow less crowding of the elements.

The background papers were cut, allowing a bigger margin at the bottom to be able to stamp the sentiment, which is from another MFT stamp set.

Once stamped, the couch, chair, table, lamp, and the rug were added to create a cosy little scene.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – red, yellow, blue

Love To Craft – anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Rainbow Christmas Trees

Hello once again. The ABC Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge. Carol is the host this time round, and as we have reached the letters ‘U’ and ‘V’, we want to see your Christmas creations following the themes of:

U is for Unusual Colours

and/or

V is for Velvet

Here is my card for ‘Unusual Christmas Colours’: