die cutting

Strawberry Thanks

Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Caz has chosen the theme of ‘A Summer Day’. Here is my card:

Strawberries suggest to me a summer day, which is why I used this die set from Spellbinders. I only seem to eat them when it is bright and sunny – very much missing in the UK at the moment – though I understand there is some sun and warm e=weather due to us this coming week…..

The back panel was dry embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder and adhered to the card base.

I then die cut all the elements from the die set from Concord & 9th card stock, stuck all the layers together, and arranged onto the back panel with 3D foam.

The sentiments is a foiled strip – also from Spellbinders – and some gold sequins were dotted around the main image for added interest.

I hope you can come and join us with your summer themed projects. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Ellibelle’s Corner: I spy – a sweet treat or warm and sunny colours

Love To Craft – anything goes

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

The Four Seasons Challenge – summer

The Crafty Addicts – anything goes

Christmas Robins

The ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘P, Q, R‘, and the Christmas themes this time round are:

P for presents, Q for Quick, and R for Robins’.

Here is my card:

I first stamped all the images from the Hero Arts stamp set, then coloured them with Copics. I then die cut them with the matching die set.

The background is a layer of gold card stock, a layer of blue card stock, then a previously created snowflake background – a tone-on-tone blue.

Once they were layered and attached to the card base, I attached the bird house and the birds as you see.

I added some chunky glitter, and a Pinkfresh Studio foiled sentiment.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas/festive creations following one or more of our themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

2 Crafty Critter Crazies – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Craft Rocket – animals

Crafts Galore – anything goes

12 Months Of Christmas – anything goes Christmas – option of stars not taken

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 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

Believe In The Magic Raccoon

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.

The July theme is ‘anything goes Christmas’.

Here is my card:

The background was created using a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and some light blue card stock. I cut that down slightly and adhered with 3D foam to the card base.

I die cut the ‘Christmas Bandit‘ from Spellbinders layered together – fiddly but I persevered – and added some red glitter foam and silver glitter card for the hat.

I used another Spellbinder die set for the cloche, the frame itself from silver glitter card, and I die cut it again to get the white inner piece, and dry embossed that with another Simon Says Stamp embossing folder. I created a hill by cutting some glitter card to size.

The sentiment is a silver foiled strip, and I chose that sentiment because who doesn’t want to believe in the magic of a Christmas raccoon…….?

I hope you can come and join the team with your Christmas creations. xx

I shall be entering th3e folloowing challenges:

Inkspirational – Christmas in July

My Time To Craft Christmas – Christmas and Christmas animals

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Country View Challenge – 4 legged friends

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas