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Monday, 12 April 2021

Fly the flag

I was asked to make a card for someone in the Salvation Army, using a picture of the flat, of a lady's hat and the Bible. I've made quite a few of similar ones before commissioned by the retired Salvation Army officers. The backing paper is an offcut from a 12 x 12 Kay & Co paper.


This is for:
Simon says Wednesday: happy birthday
Aud sentiments 272: anything goes + a sentiment
Crafting happiness 92: anything goes
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Saturday, 10 April 2021

CHNC challenge 537

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 537 -  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 'snowman or woman or family'.

For my card I used a piece of Love to Craft Festive fun paper. The little square toppers were made by inking a Docrafts Whispers set of three stamps with memento tuxedo black and adding dots of liquid pearls white, with a little colouring on the snowman using spectrum noir pens. The squares were added to offcuts of holographic card with stars and silver glittered snowflakes from Italian Options were added randomly.


This is also for:
Merry little Christmas April: anything goes Christmas
Christmas 24 31: snow people
Christmas with the cuties 47: spots and/or snowflakes
The paper  shelter 464: with a sentiment
Aud sentiments 272: anything goes + a sentiment
Paperbabe 141: anything goes
QKR stampede 417: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 37: anything goes
A gem of a challenge 8: anything goes

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Wednesday, 7 April 2021

90th birthday

I was commissioned to make a card for a 90th birthday and I needed to make one for me to send. For the first card I've used Lisa Horton's roses embossing folder and outline die on both cards. I brushed the background and the die cut rose with distress oxide ink . The stamped sentiment was inked with memento cottage ivy and stamped on to a piece of paper that came with Lisa's magazine, cutting again with the green mirror background, both from her Double layered sentiments set (I needed to get this done quickly so I confess I took it off the card I showed here ... I'll have to do something about the gap it's left there!) - this is for Stinkin' inkers April: recycle/reuse.


The next card is the commissioned one ... for this I used Lisa Horton's variegated leaves embossing folder brushed with distress ink and die cut the leaves and embossed using the complimentary outline dies from Lisa. I then die cut two roses using the Roses folder and die, cutting the edge off one, using red mirror card. The Happy Birthday sentiment panel was from Dovecraft.

I added the numerals on both cards.

These are also for:

Simon says Wednesday: happy birthday
Cut it up 222: spring flowers
613 avenue create 4: anything goes + option: in the garden - create a card for spring
Cupcake inspirations 516: dreaming of summer
Creatalicious 208: anything goes + option: flowers
Let's craft and create 170: anything goes + add flowers
Everybody art 488: homemade flowers
Colour crazy 13: anything goes
Friendship 64: anything goes
Creative moments 212: anything goes
Crafting happiness 91: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes
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You're a star

This is a commissioned card for a special nephew's birthday using the same kind of design that I used for my stepson's birthday card recently, using a green background this time.

Green for AcademyScrapArt April: green:


This is for:
Simon says Wednesday: happy birthday
Crafty gals corner 217: make it green
Mix it up 48: anything goes + no stamping
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 143: anything goes
Love to craft 57: anything goes
Crafting happiness 91: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes
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Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Diamond wedding anniversary

This was a commissioned card for a Diamond wedding anniversary using the lovely padded quilt embossing order by Lisa Horton using silver holographic mirror card matted on to satin silver card. The two magnolia flowers were cut from another of Lisa's embossing folders (magnolia) and fussy cut out, adding the two silver sentiment panels and the 60 numerals.

This was such a shiny card, so difficult to get a good photo and I needed to give it quite quickly, so this is the best I could do.


This is for:
Mod squad: use a number
Mix it up 48: anything goes + no stamping
A place to start 4: anything goes/make it elegant
Creatalicious 208: anything goes + option: flowers
Let's craft and create 170: anything goes + add flowers
Everybody art 488: homemade flowers
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 143: anything goes
Classic design 4: anything goes
Crafter's castle 40: anything goes
Love to craft 57: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 4: anything goes
Crafting happiness 91: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes
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Monday, 5 April 2021

A book is a dream ...

... that you hold in your hands.

This is a commissioned card for a niece's 14th birthday - she is a book lover. I digitally combined the silhouette of the girl reading under the tree and the saying, making a fading background around it. When printed out I matted on to silver holographic mirror card, using an offcut piece to make the die cut made for the printed sentiment, both die cut with todo dies. I then added the Kanban niece sentiment and the numerals.

 
This is for:
Crafty friends 151: ladies &/or girls
Cupcake inspirations 516: dreaming of summer
Little red wagon 595: happy birthday
Polka doodles 14: anything goes
Classic design 4: anything goes
Crafter's castle 40: anything goes
Love to craft 57: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 4: anything goes
Crafting happiness 91: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes

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Sunday, 4 April 2021

One more Easter card

Using some of the chicks paper again and a smaller version of the lovelly circle topper by Hobby House, with a piece of Happy Easter ribbon wrapped around the tent style card blank, with a few little puffed stickers.


This is for:
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes
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Another Easter card

Another Easter card with a left-over piece of the chicks paper matted on to an offcut of the pink gingham paper with another of those toppers I've had for some time and a Kanban Happy Easter.


This is for:
Simon says Monday: Easter/spring
Cute card Thursday 580: anything goes
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Happy Easter

More of the chicks paper for this card with a couple of toppers bought long ago and the Happy Easter ribbon wrapped round the bottom of the tent opening card blank.


This is for:
Simon says Monday: Easter/spring
Crafty calendar April: spring/or Easter
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Saturday, 3 April 2021

Happy Easter

Another Easter card, this time with an offcut of the paper with chicks, a topper from Hobby Huse, peel off sticker greeting and some stickers.


This is for:
Make my Monday 145: Easter or spring card
Simon says Monday: Easter/spring
Cute card Thursday 580: Easter/anything goes
Crafty calendar April: spring/or Easter
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 485: anything goes
Creative fingers 205: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 189: anything goes
Crafting happiness 90: bunnies or anything goes
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Juggling eggs

This is the Easter card I made to send to my newest granddaughter who will be one this month ... born in lockdown last year ... I've seen her a lot on video calls, but still not actually been able to visit and see her ... hope it won't be too long.

I've had the background paper in my Easter box for some time and can't remember where it came from, but it went so well with the eggs on the stamped image with the delightful rabbit - the Penny Black's juggling eggs stamp by Margaret Sherry inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum noir pencils  Before stamping I had printed the Happy Easter Phoenix to fit the Kanban frame.

This is for If you give a crafter a cookie 155:




I added a bunny felt sticker on the back (and also one inside):


This is for:
Penny Black April: anything goes + option: cute
Make my Monday 145: Easter or spring card
Simon says Monday: Easter/spring
Stamps & fun = creativity 386: spring and/or Easter
Dream factory 90: Easter animals
Crafty calendar April: spring/or Easter
Sweet stampers 54: Easter or spring
Creative Friday 278: animals with big ears
Aud sentiments 271: animals + sentiment
As you like it: favourite springtime critter and why - rabbits are cute for children's Easter cards
Alphabet: Z for zoology: study of animals
2 crafty critter crazies April: anything goes (with an animal)
Crafty animals 49: anything goes (with an animal)
Pearly sparkles 61: animals, birds and/or insects
Sheepski 49: animal magic
Craft rockets 80: baby/kids
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Double trouble 80: something, anything, everything + colouring
Word art Wednesday 485: anything goes
Colour crazy 13: anything goes
Creative fingers 205: anything goes
Paperbabe 141: anything goes
Polka doodles 14: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 189: anything goes
Classic design 4: anything goes
Love to craft 57: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 4: anything goes
QKR stampede 417: anything goes
Crafter's castle 40: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 37: anything goes
Crafting happiness 90: bunnies or anything goes
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CHNC challenge 536

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 536 -  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 'something funny'.

The papers for my card are from Love to craft Christmas Moments with washi tape and the image is Bugaboo Stella mail Christmas packages.


This is also for:
Merry little Christmas April: anything goes Christmas
Fab n funky 517: Christmas
Mix it up 48: anything goes + no stamping
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 485: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 680: anything goes
Creative fingers 205: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 189: anything goes
Love to craft 57: anything goes
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Wednesday, 31 March 2021

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2021 challenge

This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2021 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 21st birthday card, using papers from the Kiss and Make Up set from Dovecraft with a banner from Kanban across the bottom, sentiments and 21st squares, as well as the silver 'Scrabble' like letters. The designs with the shoes and the inside one with the dress were from a Create and Craft kit with the addition of pink pearls.


Inside:
The sentiment backing card used on the inside and back was from Kanban.


Back:


This is also for:
Little red wagon 595: happy birthday
Crafty friends 151: ladies &/or girls
Creations in pink 32: anything goes in mainly pink
Mix it up 48: anything goes + no stamping
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Double trouble 80: something, anything, everything
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 493: anything goes
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Happy Easter

Another Easter card using the lovely stamp by Graham Pilkington for Personal Impressions inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum noir pens and die cut with a todo die, mounted on to an A5 Kanban decorated card blank.


This is for:
Make my Monday 145: Easter or spring card
Simon says Monday: Easter/spring
Stamps & fun = creativity 386: spring and/or Easter
Krafty chicks 552: all occasions
Paperbabe 140: anything  goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Double trouble 80: something, anything, everything + colouring
Colour crazy 12: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 493: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 485: anything goes
Cardz TV 137: anything goes
Crafting happiness 90: anything goes
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30th birthday

I was asked to make a card for a daughter's 30th birthday, with the interests of Arsenal football, Wales rugby and anything to do with media.

I used a free background across the middle, adding the rugby and Arsenal logos digitally and then added the film strips, adding the text and when printed out I added the 3D camera stickers and the numerals. I used a side opening A5 card blank.


This is for:
Krafty chicks 552: all occasions
Little red wago 595: happy birthday
Mod squad: use a number
Dream valley 244: anything goes
Double trouble 80: something, anything, everything
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 493: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 485: anything goes
Cardz TV 137: anything goes
Polka doodles 13: anything goes
Crafting happiness 90: anything goes
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Saturday, 27 March 2021

CHNC challenge 535

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 535 -  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 star or two or more'.

For my card I used Crafter's Companion Gemini Create-a-card interchangeable star frame dies.  The main die cuts out with a space for the star die of choice to be added ...there are three different middle dies to change the wording, cut with a piece of dark blue mirror card and matted on to silver mirror card.


This is also for:
Jingle belles: holiday cards to die for - die cutting
Krafty chicks 552: all occasions
Happy little stampers March: anything goes with dies
Mix it up 47: anything goes + inlaid die cut
Allsorts 617: anything goes + option: monochromatic
Ike's world 142: anything goes + option: monochromatic

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Thursday, 25 March 2021

Easter blessings

Two similar Easter cards, the first one die cut topper using one of the stitched circle dies by Lisa Horton and the other using a Spellbinders die, both using insert sheets to die cut, doing the same for the insides.

These are for Simon says Wednesday: Spring/Easter moodboard:




These are also for:

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Happy wishes for Easter

Two quick and easy Easter cards with the same image, cut with a Spellbinders die for the first card and with the stitched edged  die from Lisa Horton for the other card. Both card blanks were cut down from A5 Kanban decorated cards. The image and the insides were cut from insert papers. Some little epoxy pieces were added at the corners and peel off sticker greetings.

These are for Simon says Wednesday: Spring/Easter moodboard:









They are also for:

CRAFT 592: spring/Easter
Dream factory 90: zoomania - Easter and/or animals
As you like it  favourite springtime critter (and why) - good for Easter cards
Krafty chicks 552: all occasions
Happy little stampers March: anything goes with dies
Crafty animals 48: anything goes
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Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Another fun Easter card

This card uses a cut down Kanban decorated card (A5 cut to square) - the topper from Hobby House is a larger version of one of those shown on the previous card.

This is for Simon says Wednesday: Spring/Easter moodboard:



This is also for:

Scrapping 4 fun 188: Easter/spring
Cutie pie 157: bunnies & blooms - Easter or spring cards
Dream factory 90: zoomania - Easter and/or animals
2 crafty critter crazies March: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 48: anything goes
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A fun Easter card

Another Easter card, this time with toppers from Hobby House with peel off sticker sentiments using a Kanban decorated card blank (cut down from A5 to squazre) wth the addition of the little epoxy stickers.

This is for Simon says Wednesday: Spring/Easter moodboard:



This is also for:

Scrapping for fun 188: Easter/spring
Cutie pie 157: bunnies & blooms - Easter or spring cards
Dream factory 90: zoomania - Easter and/or animals
2 crafty critter crazies March: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 48: anything goes


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