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.
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 there. I was lucky enough to be chosen as winner of a previous challenge at The Craft Challenge, and invited to be a Guest Design Team member for an upcoming challenge. The challenge theme is ‘Shabby Chic’ – here is my card:
So – I am hearing you ask ‘is this really Loopyloo? Has someone taken over her blog for a day?’ Well – this was certainly a challenge for me – but I’m giving it a go – and I really had fun with this card….
I asked for hints and tips from Jo and the CRAFT Team – and was advised to be posh in a tatty way, some torn paper. I also had a look through Pinterest – quite a bit of research to give me ideas – and then I played….!
I hunted out some patterned paper, some paper flowers, some pearls, my edge distress tool, and my ribbon.
My card base is 5×7 inches, and I added several pieces of patterned paper, various but muted colours, distressed the edges, inked those distressed edges just a little with some Distress Ink and glued them down. I offset them so you can see the layers, and so that the large rose on the top piece of paper could also be seen.
I found some shabby ribbon which I have ‘stored’ for the past 3 years, and used a muted brown colour as a base for the flowers. Using my hot glue gun I added the ribbon, the flowers – cutting and bending until I was happy with the outcome. I added some gold wax to some of the leaves which I thought were too bright
I found some pearls in varying sizes and attached them with wet glue – dotted them all around the flowers, and onto the ribbon.
I really had fun adding all the embellishments and details. It was a challenge for me – but I think I rose to the occasion…..
I hope you give it a go and join us at The Craft Challenge. xx
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
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
Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Helen is the host this time round, and has chosen the theme of ‘more than one fold’. Here is my card:
This is a triple flap card, quite easy to do, but as fancy folds aren’t my usual style – I really had to concentrate for this one. It is held closed by the belly band.
My goodness – these are a challenge to photograph.
I chose some coordinating patterned paper from Spellbinders, adding them to each part of the card. The back piece I wanted quite plain as I knew I was going to add a little something more.
The frames and puffy sentiment are also from Spellbinders, and not too bulky for the card to close.
The triple flap is held closed by a belly band, to which I stuck a larger floral image from the same card kit.
As you know, I’m not one to use a lot of patterned paper usually, but I really like these colours, and as the whole pad has a lot of coordinating paper, it makes it just that bit easier to match .
I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx
Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘C’, and Helen has chosen the theme of ‘CATS’. I am currently ‘owned’ by four cats, but rarely seem to make cards with cats……. Here is my card:
The background panel is patterned paper – a subtle one as I wanted everything else on there to be bright and cheerful.
The main sentiment is from Time For Tea Designs, die cut in the bright pink with the white shadow layer, and attached with 3D foam.
The cats are from a Tim Holtz die set, the die set aptly called ‘Mischievous’, and I chose the three cats which I would be able to intertwine around the sentiment – again in bright and cheerful colours.
The hardest part about creating this card was choosing the colours. I wanted bright, cheerful and fun colours, which I think I achieved.
I hope you can come and join us with your cats themed creations. xx
Hello. I have been creating using a card kit from Spellbinders – outside of my comfort zone – but loving the fancy fold:
I understand this is called a ‘seagull’ fold. I came across this when viewing one of my DT friends and her recent post. which linked to a video on how to create it. Her post is here.
More pictures:
I chose to use some Spellbinders patterned papers as the background pieces, and some die cuts from one of their card kits. I don’t usually use a lot of these die cuts, but I seem to have quite a collection going now – so I took the opportunity to create this little jumping bunny scene. I feel the bunny is protecting itself from the sun – though we aren’t having much at the moment here in the UK. I understand it is coming soon though…….
I added some enamel dots to the centre of the flowers in the front panel, then decided that those polka dots on the patterned paper deserved some too – once I start I can’t seem to stop adding them. The enamel dots are from Concord & 9th and from a previous online crafty event.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Tic Tac Toe – using the top row – fancy fold, die cut, enamel dots
Hello. The new challenge has started at ABC Christmas Challenge. Whilst this is a Christmas creation challenge – we do have themes for the letters. This time the challenge is hosted by Carol, and the themes are:
E is for Elves, F is for Food, G is for Gold
Here is my card for the ‘E is for Elves’ prompt:
The image is from Simon Says Stamp, which I stamped, coloured with Copics to match the patterned paper I was going to use, then die cut with the matching die. I added some white gel pen for interest. The sentiment was stamped and white heat embossed on black card.
The background patterned paper, which had some glitter detail, was adhered to the card base with just a little border, I added a red and white layered oval, then attached the elf image, then added the two sentiments – all with 3D foam.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas/Festive makes following our themes – I look forward to seeing your creations.
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