Hello ‘Deer’ Friend

I little to play in my craft room today, which I needed after a four hour Teams meeting:

Onto a white card base, I ink blended some Bundled Sage Distress Ink through an Altenew stencil.

I then die cut a square aperture into a white card panel. and stuck that down to the card base.

The deer and rabbit are from a die set from Charlie and Paulchen, cut with Kraft card, and behind the stag I also placed a gold layer, slightly off set, for a little more interest.

The foiled sentiment was added, created from a previous foiling session.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – Kraft, white, green

Inkspirational – use stencils

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of aperture taken

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of butterflies not taken

Fringe Cake

Hi there. Happy Little Stampers ‘anything goes birthday’ challenge has started for August. Here is my card:

The cake die is from Spellbinders, and the layers of the cake die cut with a couple of colours from Concord & 9th. I love how the die cuts the fringe into the layers, and there is a row for stitching, for which I used a glitter gold thread, and a blue and white striped thread.

The candles and the cake stand were die cut from Spellbinders gold glitter foam.

I adhered a piece of patterned paper to the card base, cut slightly smaller to allow white edge, then assembled the cake as you see. The candles were the hardest part, as they are quite thin and fiddly, but the foam adheres very nicely once put into position.

I hope you can come and join us for the challenge, and I look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Seize The Birthday – birthday – option of inspired by a book not taken

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Allsorts – anything but square

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of aperture not taken

I is for Ice Cream

Hello there. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘I’, and Dawn has chosen the theme of ‘Ice Cream‘. Here is my card:

The ice cream die cuts are from Elizabeth Craft Designs, and die cut in a variety of bright summery colours, matching the colours from the background polka dot paper I chose.

The paper is from Polkadoodles, and the card stock is from Concord & 9th.

These were attached with 3D foam, and the sentiment stamped with C9 ink – a couple of times to get a better impression.

I am sure we will see a great deal of colour is our gallery, and I’m looking forward to seeing you there. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

The Crafty Addicts – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Ellibelle’s I Spy – a sweet treat or warm and sunny colours

Party Panda’s

Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Pamela is hosting, and has chosen the theme of ‘P is for …….?’. Choose something that begins with the letter ‘P’. I chose Panda and Party for my ‘P’ themes. Here is my card:

I created a shaker card using some patterned paper for the back panel, and die cut another patterned paper panel with a Concord & 9th die, added 3D foam tape and acetate, and a party mix of sequins.

I then stamped the Mama Elephant panda’s, kept them black and white to stand out more on the colourful panel, and attached them as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations, I’m looking forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas – birthday

Pinspirational – birthday and summertime vibes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option aperture

It’s Snow Day………

Hello. I was proud to be the winner for the Christmas Craft Creations May 2023 challenge, and therefore offered a Guest design Team spot for July.

This is the second card I created for the half-way reminder post.

I used a panel of dark blue card stock, and the same embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp as my first Guest DT card, then gently rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the top to highlight the snowflakes.

Whilst that was drying. I die cut all the elements I wanted to use from the ‘Santa’s Workshop’ die set from Spellbinders, then arranged them all as you see.

The lighter blue panel is ink smooshed and then die cut. The hills and sentiment die cut from silver glitter card.

We are half way through the challenge, so you have plenty of time to join us with your ‘anything goes‘ Christmas creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Craft Rocket – Christmas in July

12 Months Of Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Country View Challenge – 4 legged friends

Sparkles Forum Christmas – Christmas and include gold

Get Creative – Christmas in July

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

A Merry Holly Christmas

A new challenge has started at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge. The theme is always ‘anything goes Christmas‘. Here is my card:

I first stamped a Hero Arts background script onto a white piece of card in a water-proof ink, then ink blended around the edges, taking the colour inwards a little haphazardly.

Then I had a go at a newish technique for me. I used a Tim Holtz red rubber stamp, and Distress pencils, slightly wetting the stamp, drawing the colours on with the pencils, a little spray of water – and stamp…..I think I did this a couple of times, adding a little less water the next time, but I really like how it turned out. I may have to have a further play with this technique in the future.

Once that was dry, I attached to a red layer, then a Kraft card base.

I felt the berries needed a little something-something, so I added some gold highlights to them:

The sentiment is stamped using a Tim Holtz stamp in Distress Oxides to match one of the pencils I used.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas/Festive creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

We Love 2 Create – anything goes mixed media

Crafty Catz – anything goes – option Christmas in July

Paper Dragonfly – anything that flies or nature

Creative Artiste Mixed Media – anything goes mixed media

Crafting Happiness – anything goes

Get Creative – Christmas in July

A Sunny ‘Hi’

Hello there. After a busy week, I was able to get to my craft room and play. Here is what I created for today:

I used a couple of die sets which were cabin counsellor gifts from the Concord & 9th Summer Camp. I first created the hot air balloon in bright and sunny colours, then the sun – obviously in yellow.

The background cloudy panel was created using Milled Lavender Distress ink and a Simon Says Stamps stencil. The ‘Hi’ sentiment is also from one of the die sets, layered three times – even the tiddle….

I then used Gina K Designs Master Layouts for the black layer and the cloudy layer.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More – die cuts and/or stencils (both)

Cut It Up – die cuts and look up in the sky

Daisy Chain Challenge – summer time

Inkspirational – travel/journey mood board

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Simply Ellibelle’s I Spy Challenge – a sweet or warm and sunny colours

Hope Your Birthday Is On Point…

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘H’ and Billie has chosen the theme of ‘H is for Humour’. Here is my card:

I decided to use a Tim Holtz die set to create the cactus, and Concord & 9th card stock in various shades of pink. I made the flowers more colourful for some contrast.

The background was created using a Clearly Besotted stencil and Lost Shadow Distress Oxide.

This was attached to a grey slimline card base, and the cactus attached with 3D foam.

I found some pink heart embellishments in my stash and added them around the heat embossed sentiment.

I hope you can come and join us with your humorous creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

MMM Challenge – birthday

Addicted To Stamps and More – die cuts and/or stencils

A Perfect Time To Craft – anything goes

Crafting Happiness – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Mix It Up Challenge – anything goes – option of aperture not taken

Cardz 4 Galz – Cats or Kittens

Hello once again. A new challenge has started at Cardz 4 Galz, and Debbie has chosen the theme of ‘cats and/or kittens‘. Here is my card:

I have four cats currently, and I must say they brighten my day. I just had to use this stamp and die set from Heffy Doodle ‘Purrfect Day‘ and Time 4 Tea Designs ‘Kitty Capers’. I stamped all the images in Gina K Amalgam ink, coloured them with Copics, then used the matching die set to cut them out.

I had fun putting the scene together – once I had decided on what patterned paper to place at the back – and added the small elements from the stamp set, such as the milk bottle and tiny mouse.

I hope you can come and join us – I’m very much looking forward to a very feline gallery this time round. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

MMM Challenge – birthday

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Challenge Up Your Life – patterned paper

Country View Challenge – 4 legged friends

The Crafty Addicts – anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge – N and O

Hello there. I am hosting the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. We have reached the letters ‘N’ and ‘O’ and the themes for those letters are:

‘N’ for No Layers – card base only, no added layers, and/or ‘O’ is for Ornaments.

Here are my cards:

The ‘No layers’ card was created by using layering stencils from Pinkfresh Studio called ‘Winter Foliage’. I first stamped the image then used the stencils to colour in the images, and added some gold dots to the berries. I also went in with the gold marker and added some extra gold dots in the more open spaces.

The sentiment was heat embossed.

The ‘O is for Ornament’ card was created using a foil plate from Hero Arts – silver onto black card stock, adding a foiled sentiment in the centre, and even though I tried to restrain myself with the silver gems – I couldn’t resists just filling in the centre of the bauble with them……..

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas/Festive creations using one or both of our themes. I even have a couple of stamp sets up for grabs to a random winner – so everyone is in with a chance of winning these: