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Sunday, 2 August 2020

Happy new home


A commissioned new home card that I made a while ago, using up various offcut pieces of patterned paper, a left over piece of ribbon, a key that had been lurking in my supplies all by itself, no idea where it came from and some of the little wooden houses that I think originally came from The Works ... some time ago.

 I'm joining in the Pixie playground ... I haven't been in there much and I so want to get back, even if it's only to sit on a bench and watch everyone else ... it you don't know what I'm talking about, click on the challenge link below.

This is for:

 Pixie's snippets 383
Crafter's castle 32: anything goes
Crafter's cafe 248: anything goes
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Happy 35th anniversary


This was a comissioned 8 x 8 card using background by Hobby House, an offcut piece from DCWV Meriposa paper and various stickers, sentiment and letters. The recipients love cats, hence the inclusion of them.

 Sorry, the photo is a bit too dark ...  and the card has gone now.

This is for:

 Mod squad bonus week 5: your pet
As you like it: cats or dogs and why .... like them equally, but cats were right for this card
Di's digi designs: cute and cuddly animals
2 crafty critter crazies 41 use a dog image or of your favourite animal
Crafty animals 41: anything goes
DL.ART 264: animals
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Thinking of you


Another CAS card I made yesterday using another Crafter's Companion gemini edgeables (I'm loving these ... so glad I bought them). This time it's die cut into silver holographic paper and mounted on to textured card blank, with the addition of the flowers. This time I ran the die cut through my zyron in order to stick the delicate bits on.

 It's difficult to get a photo when holographic is used, so I'm showing two at different angles.


This is for:

 Die cut divas August: flowers
Dragonfly dreams August: anything goes
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Saturday, 1 August 2020

Simply birthday


I couldn't resist making another similar card with one of the other edgeables in the set from Crafter's Companion, this time using the Happy Birthday, cutting an offcut piece of Hunkydory adorable scorable. I didn't glue under the lovely edging - it just gives a bit of dimension. The large yellow flower has been in my stash for years - it seemed to be just right for the card with the little flower added.

The yellow is a lot more sunshiny irl ... it's gone a bit dull here now.


This is for:

AAA cards 170: maxi white space (don't know whether there's enough) + option: flowers
Die cut divas August: flowers
Arty divas 27: anything goes + option: yellow
Crafter's castle 32: anything goes
Crafter's cafe 248: anything goes
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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Simply thank you


For this CAS card, a white card blank on to which is the die cut with the lovely gold card (an offcut piece) die cut with the Crafter's Companion gemini edgeables (I bought the set recently). It was very fiddly putting little dots of glue on the centres of the flowers. I'm really tempted to add something, but I quite like it just CAS.

This is for:

 AAA cards 170: maxi white space + option: flowers
Paperminutes 651: thank you
Creatalicious 192: anything goes + option: thank you
Die cut divas August: flowers
Arty divas 27: anything goes + option: yellow
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 125: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes

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CHNC challenge 501


This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 501 -  please click on the link to find out what it's all about and I hope you'll be able to join in with your Christmas designs - anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the optional theme of  'include a reindeer'.

 The background is Hunkydory card, wavy sentiment strip from Hobbycraft, snowflakes from The Words and that lovely red foiled reindeer (I think it' from Kanban ... been in my Christmas stash for some time, along with a few others).

This is also for:

 12 months link up 68: anything goes + option: shimmer & shine
Merry little Christmas 25: anything Christmas goes
Christmas with the cuties 40: Christmas animals
Double trouble 62: Christmas in July
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
DL.ART thankful Thursday 644: animals
Crafty animals 41: anything goes
Arty divas 27: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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Friday, 31 July 2020

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August 2020 challenge


This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August 2020 challenge. .If you make anything that includes some patterned paper you can link your entries and you might be the randomly chosen winner of the lovely prize that I'm giving away. Please click on the challenge link to find out more and join in the fun.

 This is a commissioned 8 x 8 card for a Granddaughter's 21st birthday. I was asked to include a white mini car and some make up ... and some flowers. All papers are Dovecraft from their Kiss and Make up paper pad.

 The sentiment panel was done on computer and printed out on to Hunkydory shades of pink card, quickly pouring detail gold embossing powder on and heating. This was then cut out and embossed with a todo die, cutting another for underneath, raising the sentiment panel with foam pads. The Birthday sentiment panel is gold foiled, as are the numerals, although the gold doesn't show up very well here. Flowers were all from Hobbycraft (some time ago because I haven't been there now for months because of shielding.


Inside:


 This is also for:

Arty divas 27: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 125: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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Here's that snowman again ...



This is the last red, white and blue Christmas card (for the time being), using the pyramaged version of the previous snowman and using up bits and pieces to complete the card:

This is for:

 Jingle belles: holiday leftoversABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Christmas crafts all year round July: cool it
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Let's craft and create 161: anything goes + option: red, white & blue
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
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Another snowman


This features a different snowman, still with the red, white and blue theme and using up bits and pieces of mirror card, etc, the left hand piece having been embossed with Crafter's Companion star of wonder folder.


This is for:
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Here's the snowman again


Here's the snowman again, this time pyramages and using up other bits on the side. Sorry that I showed the wrong image at first, which will be what is seen when I've entered this into challenges, but I'm now showing the correct card:

This is for:

12 months of Christmas link up 67
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
The holly and the ivy 75: anything Christmas goes
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Dream valley 229: Christmas in July
Simply create too 162: red, white & blue
Let's craft and create 161: anything goes + option: red, white & blue
Sparkles 130: red, white & blue
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
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Red, white and blue snowman


Another red, white and blue snowman, using one of those toppers I found in my Christmas stuff, with  Kanban strips either side, on a tent opening card blank with the scalloped edge, with a piece of red card inside so it shows when the card is closed.


This is for:

 Christmas crafts all year round July: cool it
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes

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Here he is again ...


The image is like the one on the previous card, except this time is it built up as a pyramage ... and I used up other bits and pieces to complete the card:

This is for:

 Jingle belles: holiday leftovers
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Fezziwig: let's see Santa
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Dream valley 229: Christmas in July
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
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Red, white and blue Christmas


Red, white and blue isn't a traditional Christmas combo, but I think it works. I've been sorting my Christmas stuff, some of it quite old, and came across a little bag of red, white and blue toppers (haven't a clue where they came from ... it's too long ago to remember). I had some offcuts of Christmas papers and some red card that needed using, so this is the first of a few cards made using those toppers. The background of the paper with the houses looks more lilac  on here, but it is definitely blue irl.

This is for:

12 months of Christmas link up 67
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
The holly and the ivy 75: anything Christmas goes
Fezziwig: let's see Santa
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Simply create too 162: red, white & blue
Let's craft and create 161: anything goes + option: red, white & blue
Sparkles 130: red, white & blue
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
L.ART July linky
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Thursday, 30 July 2020

Oh I do love to be beside the seaside


I was commissioned to make a 70th birthday card for a friend's sister who loves the seaside.I can't remember where the scalloped circles with beach huts came from, but they were just right for what I wanted to do. I stamped and embossed the words of the song which were part of a set by rubbadubbado, as was the deckchair stamp I used for the inside of the bottom of the easel. Other bits and pieces were from stash





This is for:

 Double D: let's go to the beach
Friendship 55: maratime
The sisterhood of crafters: anything ocean/beachy
Artsy stamper 20: birthday
Incy wincy: summer colours
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): summertime
CRAFT 565: summer
Paperbabe 124: summer
Your next stamp fun Friday 144: summer days
Ellibelle's crafty Wednesday July: summertime
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 450: anything goes
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Merry Christmas


Another card stamped and heat embossing, inked with versamark and embossed with detail silver powder, stamped directly on to the black card blank. This is a 5 x 5 stamp. Sentimentally yours by Phill Martin called Winter Foliage - lots of lovely detail. Once again, the embossing is a lot more glossy irl. The lovely silver poinsettias are from Italian Options.

This is for:

12 months of Christmas link up 67
The holly and ivy 75: anything goes Christmas
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Mix it up 39: anything goes + open technique: stamp and heat emboss
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 450: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: no patterned paper
Little red wagon 560: give us your background
Tuesday throwdown 462: favourite embellishments - flowers
A place to start July: flowers
Creative craft cottage 131: add a flower/flowers
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Home by Christmas


This one layer card was made by inking the Papermania Urban Home by Christmas stamp with Hunkydory prism blackcurrant jam ink and heat embossing with detail clear powder. I added a white and silver snowflake from Italian Options at the top left and bottom right, but they don't really show up here. The embossing powder has really made the image so lovely and glossy, but it doesn't look as good here as it does in earl life.

This is for:

12 months of Christmas link up 67
The holly and ivy 75: anything goes Christmas
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Crimbo crackers 212: anything goes
Mix it up 39: anything goes + open technique: stamp and heat emboss
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 450: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: no patterned paper
Little red wagon 560: give us your background
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A Christmas Card stamp


Yet another card using the 'A Christmas Card' stamp by Papermania, this time inking with versamark and heat embossing with detail silver, cutting the image at the left hand edge to mat and layer with some silver holographic mirror card before mounting on the black card blank, adding a couple of snowflakes.

This is for:

 12 months of Christmas link up 67
The holly and ivy 75: anything goes Christmas
ABC Christmas July: N for no fuss
Crimbo crackers 212: anything goes
Mix it up 39: anything goes + open technique: stamp and heat emboss
Dream valley 229: Christmas in July
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 450: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams July: no patterned paper
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Golden Christmas cheer

Another card using the lovely big 'A Christmas card' stamp by Papermania, this time inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail gold, with the addition of the lovely foiled washi tape.

 It's difficult to get a photo that shows the lovely shine of the embossing, but you can see some of it here:


This is for:

 Less is more 424: one layer Christmas in July
Mix it up 39: anything goes + open technique: stamp and heat emboss
Dream valley 229: Christmas in July
Bizzy Becs July: anything goes
The holly and ivy 75: anything goes Christmas
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Time to garden


This is a card for a keen gardener friend's birthday. The background paper and the overlaid vellum panel is from a Kanban collection called 'The allotment by Beth' (there are some lovely other fun papers and toppers in that kit). The 3D stickers came from Hobbycraft and Poundland and the Birthday panel is Dovecraft.

This is for:

 The library 64: miniature garden grower: 
RHS Miniature Garden Grower By Holly Farrell
Pinspirational 268:

Creative inspirations July: in the garden
The paper funday 19: anything goes + option: the great outdoors
Krafty chicks 518: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 450: anything goes
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Christmas cheer


I love this big Christmas Cheer stamp - A Christmas card by Papermania - I inked up with versamark and then heat embossed with detail silver. Just the addition of the silver glitter tape on to the black card blank and it was finished.


Hopefully, this shows the glitter and heat embossing a bit better:


 This is for:

 Dragonfly dreams July: no patterned paper
Little red wagon 560: give us your background
Mix it up 39: anything goes + open technique: stamp and heat emboss
12 months of Christmas link up 67
The holly and ivy 75: anything goes Christmas
Lil patch of crafty friends 138: anything goes: Christmas in July week 4
Double trouble 62: Christmas in July
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 644: Christmas in July
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Sweet stampin: Christmas in July
Krafty chicks 517: all occasions
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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Purple Christmas


Purple is my favourite crafting colour, so I loved making this, very similar to others I've shown using a Kanban embossed card that I brushed with a Hunkydory prism ink. The topper is a leftover from a kit - it has some glitter on it, but that doesn't show here. Just the addition of the glittered tapes and sentiment and the card was finished. It looks an odd shape here because of the tilt of the camera.

This is for:

Dragonfly dreams July: no patterned paper
Little red wagon 560: give us your background
12 months of Christmas link up 67
Lil patch of crafty friends 138: anything goes: Christmas in July week 4
Double trouble 62: Christmas in July
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 644: Christmas in July
Fab n funky 492: Christmas
Krafty chicks 517: all occasions
Crafting happiness 59: anything goes
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