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Congrats On Your New Home

Hello again. There is a new challenge starting at The Alphabet Challenge. Dawn is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of ‘H is for Home’. Here is my card:

I chose to use an older Lawn Fawn die set for the house – ‘Build-a-House’. The main part of the house was die cut, then I used a small Tim Holtz ‘Mini Brickwork‘ embossing folder to create the brick effect.

All the other layers and elements were die cut and assembled, with some light grey textured card stock for behind the windows.

Once the house was completed, I used a Hero Arts mica spray received as part of an online event, sprayed the top of normal white card to create a less intense look – sprayed finely to not damage the card stock of over-wet it, and let that dry. I like the effect of the solid top and the flecked bottom part of the card, and I simply adhered the house to the centre.

I stamped the sentiment from a Scrapbook & cards today stamp set, die cut with the matching dies, layered a couple of times for stability, and glued that down.

The final step was to add three facetted gems….

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Here Is A Place To Start – anything goes – option to use vellum not taken

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Cardz 4 Galz – Fun Fold

Hello everyone. I have had a short break with hubby – travelling around Italy with a short stop in Switzerland. Hubby drove and we covered 1000kms in four days, through several mountain passes and lots and lots of hair-pin bends – they look like amazing zig-zags on the maps we followed.

Now back and hopefully crafting more, though I must my mojo seems to be having a longer break than me.

Here is the card I made for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Sue J is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of ‘Fun Fold’.

The design team has been a little more adventurous with their fun folds than me, but I actually enjoyed the process of creating this card.

I chose the gatefold layout, using patterned paper with a woodgrain effect as a backdrop to the vibrant flowers I was going to add.

The middle panel was another piece of paper from the same collection, the bamboo trellis is from Spellbinders, which I cut and assembled twice so I could make it a little longer.

The flowers and leaves are also from Spellbinders, using a few of their floral sets, assembling and arranging to cover the join in the trellis, and just generally whatever suited my eye.

The panel was then attached to the left side of the gate-fold card, and the foiled sentiment added – a bold black strip with gold foiling to make it stand out. Gems were added to the centre of the flowers – and a few around and about.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring fun folds – I look forward to seeing which folds you use. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas – die cuts – birthday

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers – anything goes with patterned paper

Inkspirational – word prompt – birthday

G is for Girlfriend

We have started a new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Having reached the letter ‘G’, Billie A has chosen the theme of:

G is for Girlfriend

Here is my card:

For this card, I chose to use the Concord & 9th layering stencils for the background, and ink blended using Pinkfresh Studio inks. I then cut this down slightly, added a black layer, then attached to a white card base.

The ‘hey’ part of the sentiment is from Time 4 Tea Designs,. and the ‘girlfriend’ part if from Spellbinders. Both sentiment were layered a couple of times for extra dimension.

I hope you can come and join us following our theme.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Addicted To Stamps & More – make your mark

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Stencil Fun – stencils – option of use own flags colours not taken

Mouse Wedding

Hello once again. We have anew challenge starting at Cardz 4 Galz, Caz is hosting, and has chosen the theme of:

Wedding or Wedding Anniversary

Here is my card:

I took the opportunity to use some Elizabeth Craft Designs die sets to create this fun card. I actually gave this to someone this past weekend for their wedding.

I started by die cutting the mouse heads in a brown card stock. Once die cut, I did a little ink blending around the edges to create some dimension, and assembled all the pieces. The eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hat and floral head band were also die cut and added, with a little ink blending to the ears.

These mice actually come with their bodies too – but I just used the heads for a cute and whimsical look.

The background panel was embossed using a Spellbinders embossing – all the hearts adding to the wedding vibe. The frame was die cut using a Pinkfresh Studio die set.

Hubby and I had our 37th wedding anniversary last week – 37 years! Wow! Obviously, I was married extremely young…..

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – emboss it

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Joy Of The Season

Hello everyone. ABC Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge. We have reached the letters ‘N‘ and ‘O‘, and the Christmas themes this time are:

N is for Non-Christmas Stash

&/or

O is for One Layer Cards

Here is my card for the ‘O is for One Layer Card’:

I started by gold heat embossing the Pinkfresh Studio ‘Berry Branch’ stamp set onto a white card base, then used the matching layering stencils to colour the image.

The sentiment was also gold heat embossed.

So – truly a one layer card. No added bling (very unlike me!), and looking very clean and simple. The Design team has some fabulous inspiration for both of the themes for this month, and I hope you are able to join us with your Christmas creations following one or both of our themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps & More – make your mark

Everybody Art – Christmas

Daisy Chain – Christmas in July

Craft Rocket – Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

12 Months of Christmas Link-Up – anything goes Christmas

Feathered Birthday

Hello again. I have a card to share for the new challenge which has just started at The Alphabet Challenge. Vicki is hosting, and having reached the letter ‘F‘, she has chosen the theme of ‘feathers‘. Here is my card:

This card turned out to be very technique based. I didn’t plan it that way, it is just the way things happened – and I quite enjoyed the process.

I started by creating the ink well, a layering stamp from The Greetery. This was die cut, and the label for the ink well stamped then die cut, layered on top of the ink bottle.

The feather is a die cut from Waffle Flower, then ink blended the layers to create the mottled effect on the feathers – then going over very lightly to take some of the whiteness off. The nib as die cut and glued down.

The wax seal is from Spellbinders, using their wax, then the flowers and sentiment on the seal was coloured with gold using a gold paint pen from Crafters Companion.

Then I turned to creating the background panel. I thought a postage die would fit in with the quill and pen, so I used an old Catherine Pooler die for that panel, die cut out of a light grey card stock. I added another layer of light grey card stock on top which had been die cut with a stitched detail around the edge.

The written details were added using a slightly darker grey ink and a Spellbinders press plate. I cannot remember how I did the darker grey rim around the edge of this panel………

All layers were added to the white card base using either glue or 3D foam when I was happy with the layout.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

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

Inkspirational – use stencils – option of geometric not taken

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Have A Cool Summer

Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz is starting a new challenge. Pamela is hosting and has chosen the theme of:

‘Welcome to summer – anything summer related’

Here is my card:

To create this card, I used some die sets from Spellbinders, and an embossing folder -also from Spellbinders.

The background panel is a piece of light blue card stock for the sky, with a darker blue card for the sea, which I used the embossing folder for – looking like waves.

The hippo and the beach scene were all die cut and attached together, and I added some patterned paper for the ring and umbrella to add some pops of colour.

The clouds are die cut from white card stock, and the sentiment was attached as the final addition.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations related to summer. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Crafts Galore – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Aud Sentiments – fun fold and/or summer and a sentiment

Jolly Holiday Branch

It’s time the new challenge at The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge. The theme is always ‘anything goes Christmas’. Here is my card:

I first started by stamping and heat embossing the Pinkfresh Studio berry branch images in gold. I then used the layering stencils to colour them in, then die cut with the matching dies.

Whilst I was heat embossing, I also did the sentiment.

The background was created by using a Spellbinders embossing folder, then attaching a gold glitter frame from some Pinkfresh Studio dies, with some 3D foam.

The images were arranged to my liking around the sentiment, and added with a mixture of glue and 3D foam pieces. For some reason, I had some gold glitter leaves laying around on my desk – so I added them in certain places for added interest.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations – anything goes Christmas. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

12 Months Of Christmas Link-up – anything goes Christmas – option of one or two layers not taken

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Hope Your Day Is Beautiful

Another challenge has started at The Alphabet Challenge. Deborah is hosting and has chosen the theme of

‘Embossing – heat or dry’

Here is my card:

For this card I chose another Pinkfresh Studio product suite called ‘Best Thing‘.

I first stamped and gold heat embossed all the images, coloured them with the matching layering stencils, then die cut them all out.

To put the card together, I added a panel which had been embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder.

The birdcage was die cut from gold glitter card stock and adhered flat, then the floral images and bird attached and arranged as you see.

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

I hope you can come and join us with your embossed creations – heat or dry. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Love To Craft – anything goes

The Flower Challenge – flowers and add heat or dry embossing (both added)

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Stencil Fun – stencils – option of summer fun not taken

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

Swan Easel

Hello once again. It is time for the next challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Debbie is hosting, and has chosen the theme of:

‘Easel card’

Here is my card:

For the base of the easel card I used a 5×7 top-folding card. I knew I wanted a larger card to ensure I managed to get everything on there.

The front of the card was scored, then I cut a slightly smaller piece of brushed gold card stock for edge of the visible sides – three in total – and before attaching to the card base I die cut the circle from the larger piece for behind the swan.

These three pieces of gold were attached, three pieces of white card stock cut down to layer on top, and each of those three pieces were placed into an embossing folder from Spellbinders to add some interest, then glued down.

The next step was to hot foil the swan and floral images. This is from a Pinkfresh Studio set received from their ‘Create & Connect’ event in February of this year. Once hot foiled, all the images were ink blended using the matching layering stencils, then die cut with the matching dies.

The circle frame is also from Pinkfresh Studio, the gold circle previously cut added to the back, the swan and some florals added, then attached to the easel card.

The rest of the images added below the circle to form a swag.

The next step was the sentiment, which I used as the ‘stopper’ to allow the easel to stand open, and this was two hot foiled sentiments, die cut at least several times for depth, and glued down. Gold gems added for further interest.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of paper piecing not taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

Tic Tac Toe – top right to bottom left diagonal – die cuts – free – ink blending

The Flower Challenge – flowers and add embossing – heat or dry (embossing folder)