Hello everyone. I’m still having some intermittent internet issues, but managed to put this post together whilst things were working. Cardz 4 Galz has stared a new challenge. Caz has chosen the theme of ‘Circles’. Here is my card:
For this card I used the ‘Dotty Turnabout‘ from Concord & 9th, something I have had my stash for quite a while.
I used the turnabout jig to position the stamp and inked and turned all four times.
I then cut this panel down and layered it with a matching layer then added to a white card base.
The sentiment is from Spellbinders.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring circles. xx
Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘M;, and Billie A is hosting and chosen the theme of
‘Masculine’
Here is my card:
I don’t make very many masculine cards – only if there is a theme for one of my design teams. This card was given to my husband for his birthday last month. We have recently watched some challenge programmes on TV, and this was the sub-title of one of the shows. I knew I had seen the sentiment in my stash and the Color My Life app made it easy to find it – from MFT….
The background panel was dry embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder and attached to a card base.
The car stamp is from The Greetery – just the car outline stamped, then the solid colour, but I didn’t use the detail stamps for the rest of the image.
Stamped in the colours you see then die cut, arranged onto the embossed panel, then the sentiment stamped and added.
I hope you can come and join us with your masculine creations. xx
Hello. Now I am back from my week abroad, I may be able to concentrate and do some crafting. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Pamela is the host, and she has chosen the theme of:
‘any colouring medium’
Here is my card:
I first stamped the hamsters from a Mama Elephant stamp set, coloured them with Copics, then used the matching dies to cut them out.
The background was created using stencils from The Greetery, and that panel cut down a little and layered onto a white card base.
I added some little teal gems around and about, then the foiled sentiment.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations which utilise any colouring medium. xx
Hello again. It is my turn to host the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. We have reached the letters ‘S‘ and ‘T‘ and we want to see your Christmas creations with the following themes:
S is for stencils, and T is for traditional Christmas Colours
I chose to create a card for each of the themes.
The first card is using some layering stencils from Spellbinders:
These stencils were created directly onto the card base, first ink blending the bow, then adding the mask to the bow and ink blending the foliage.
I added the foiled sentiment, then some purple gems around that sentiment.
The second card is also using Spellbinders:
The background panel was embossed using an embossing folder, then some light blue ink gently swiped across it. The snowflakes picking up a slight blue tinge.
The skates and the foliage were die cut and layered together, then all elements added to the card base until I was happy with the arrangement.
The finishing touches were the gems for the centre of the poinsettias, and a foiled sentiment.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one or both of our themes. I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx
Hello everyone. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge has started a new ‘anything goes Christmas’ challenge. Here is my card:
I chose to use a 5×7 inch card base as the die cuts are quite large. The pinecones are from The Greetery – die cut from a lighter brown card stock, then each of the little details ink blended at the base the create even more dimension.
The bell was die cut from some brushed gold cardstock using a Honey Bee Stamps die set, then layered with glue.
The foliage and poinsettia were from Spellbinders, die cut with two shades of red for the flower, some different green cardstock and brushed gold for the foliage.
I used an embossing folder for a panel on the card base, then played with the placement of all the die cut elements, adding with a mixture of glue and 3D foam.
The sentiment is a foiled strip, and I also added a faceted gem for the centre of the poinsettia.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our Christmas theme. xx
Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge, and the new theme has been chosen by Debbie. We want to see your ‘squares, or a square card‘. Here is my make:
Starting with a square card base, I used the stencil you see and ink blended some light pinks to create more interest in the background.
The four squares are from a Uniko stamp set, stamped, coloured with Copics, then die cut with a nesting square die.
These squares were then added with a thin 3D foam tape, and a foiled sentiment added in the centre.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring squares – or a square card base. xx
Hello everyone. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge. The them is always ‘anything goes Christmas’. Here is my card:
The main image is another layering washi tape from AALL and Create. A couple of foxes on top of a whole mound of presents.
Once the washi was layered onto some white card stock, I cut it into a square.
The background paper was added to a square card base, then I used a piece of previously created paper from a gel plate play session to die cut a scalloped square frame. Before die cutting the square I added the paper onto some white card for stability, then die cut the frame.
I went with the vintage feel to this card.
The sentiment is a foiled strip and added as you see.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations. xx
Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘K‘. Deborah is hosting and has chosen the theme of:
K is for Kittens and cats
here is my card:
As I have four cats this was a ‘purrfect’ them for me – I obviously have a lot of cat themed products…..!
I started by die cutting the cat in a warm grey and lighter grey card stock, some pink for the tongue and ears, and a muted green for the collar. I don’t have collars on my cats – we live in a wooded area and one of my first ever cats got caught by a little branch – so no collars for my boys and girls….
I used Time4Tea designs patterned paper with paws, then topped that with some Lawn Fawn paper.
The huge sentiment is also from Time4Tea Designs, cut from some patterned paper, then layered with white card stock for stability and dimension.
I hope you can come and join us with your kitten/cat themed projects – I am looking forward to seeing what you make. xx
Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Helen is hosting this time, and has chosen the theme of :
‘Pretty In Pink’
Here is my card:
I wanted to use the new products from The Greetery, and thought the die cuts of the teapot and cups inked with the matching stencils would work a treat. It is not very often I create a wholly pink card, but I am pleased with the outcome.
The background card was layered with a pink panel, and onto that I layered a white panel which I had dry embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder, then and added a gold frame. The gold frame was created using a die set from Pinkfresh Studio, received as part of their virtual event coming up this next weekend.
I then die cut all the tea pots and all the cups as I didn’t know which combination I was going to use, then ink blended through the matching stencils to create the interest on each die cut.
I also added some extra pink ink blending to the whole of the tea pot – subtle – but it is there.
I played around with the placement of each, then added either glue or 3D foam to create the little scene.
The sentiment was gold heat embossed, and die cut with the matching die set.
A final touch was to add some pink stocky thingies – the dots, star and heart which I found in my stash.
I hope you can come and join us with your pink creations. xx
The image is from Spellbinders, and was hot foiled onto a piece of white card stock. Once foiled, I then coloured parts of the image with Copics, then cut the centre out with the matching die.
This panel was then layered onto a shimmery red card stock base – glued flat – and the foiled sentiment inserted into the middle space.
I then added some gems, and some white gel pen detail to some of the berries.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations. xx
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