Belated birthday wishes

It's always handy to have a card like this in reserve, just in case it's needed.

A white card blank with a square aperture behind which is a snippet of green card topped with a flower from stash and with a Craftwork greeting mounted on to another snippet of green card.

This is for:

Addicted to CAS 11: flower
The house that stamps built DCC410: clean and simple cards
Bloggers challenge: in bloom
Crafty creations 218: no patterned paper
Lady Ann's Friday sentiment challenge 8

Birthday wishes

This is a card that I've sent to my niece. I have to confess that a bit of upcycling has gone on here because I've partly used a card I made a long while ago - I took the image and other bits off it and added the panel with the pink glitter border, the oval with the vintage girl and the Craftwork cards sentiment panel. I also managed to find another flower to use.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Red carpet studio 32: vintage card
Take a word: vintage beauty
Fussy & fancy 87: vintage
Cards galore: vintage
Pink gem 76: distress it
Crafty boots: recycle
Playing in paradise 113: use something recycled
Twisted Tuesday 48: chocolate buffet - I've used distress inks and chocolate brown background
Inky chicks 2: happy birthday girl!
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 156: punched borders
Platypus creek 30: flowers and pearls
Victorine 57: springtime flowers or colours
Let's craft and create 68: flowers
The paper shelter 108: make it bloom - at least two flowers
Broken box stock 24: floral
A and T 23: flowers
Bloggers challenge: in bloom
Wags n whiskers 102: May flowers
Allsorts 203: a passion for flowers
Crafting for all seasons 50: no stamps allowed
The paper nest dolls 2: happy, happy birthday
Paper pretties 254: happy birthday to ...
Everybody art 232: bling
Crafts and me 129: bling it up
Left of center 4: bling it up
Whimsy 58: pretty in pink
Penny's 123: use a sentiment
Papercrafting journey: use a sentiment
Simply create too 35: use your stash (I've had everything for quite a long time)
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Make it Monday 136
52 card pick-up 2.16

You are in our thoughts

A CAS card using a white blank with a square aperture behind which I used a pink snippet of paper topped with a prima flower. The sentiment is a lovely stamp designed by Lynn Lockwood for Funstamps 'in our thoughts' - simply inked with memento tuxedo black and the flower coloured with a copic to match the pink paper.

Once again, hopeless trying to get a 'white' photo, but it really is white!

This is for:

Addicted to CAS 11: flower
The house that stamps built DCC410: clean and simple cards
Bloggers challenge: in bloom
PumpkinSpice 16: faithful or meaningful sentiment
Whimsy 58: pretty in pink

Still more red and green for CHNC challenge 121

Another red and green card for CHNC 121, again using elements from 'stocking surprise' by Hunkydory, matted on to an offcut of Hunkydory card that was left from making a card some time ago.

The verse says:

I made a Christmas wish for you

for a holiday full of pleasure.

Friends and family all around

and memories to treasure.

I wish for you a Christmas filled

with joyous holiday cheer.

I wish you a Merry Christmas

and a very Happy New Year.

This is also for:

Hiding in my craft room 93: super scraps Saturday
Winter wonderland: Christmas stockings
Kreativeinkauf 2: green, white + colour of choice (red)
Cupcake craft 238: cute and cuddly
Craft your passion 158: adorable animals
De creatieve zebra 15: animal
Incy wincy: fur or feathers
Craft room: so sentimental
Tuesday throwdown 143: focus on the sentiment
Ladybug: for a child or teenager
Daring cardmakers: child's play - card for a child
Crafting for all seasons 50: no stamp allowed
PumpkinSpice 16: faithful or meaningful sentiment
Simply create too 35: use your stash (I've had everything for quite a long time)
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Make it Monday 136
52 card pick-up 2.16

More red and green for CHNC challenge 121

Here is another card featuring red and green for my CHNC challenge 121: red and green must be seen - please click on the link and have a look and, hopefully, join in.

This card was made using elements from Hunkydory 'stocking surprise', matted on to an offcut of Hunkydory card on to which a piece of my favourite ribbon had been added.

The sentiment says: Delivering warmest wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 68
Winter wonderland: Christmas stockings
Kreativeinkauf 2: green, white + colour of choice (red)
Cupcake craft 238: cute and cuddly
Craft your passion 158: adorable animals
De creatieve zebra 15: animal
Incy wincy: fur or feathers
Lexi 88: add lace and/or ribbon
Cardmakin mamas: time for ribbon
Craft room: so sentimental
Tuesday throwdown 143: focus on the sentiment
PumpkinSpice 16: faithful or meaningful sentiment
Daring cardmakers: child's play - card for a child
Crafting for all seasons 50: no stamp allowed
Simply create too 35: use your stash (I've had everything for quite a long time)
Songbird 18: stars
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Make it Monday 136
52 card pick-up 2.16

CHNC challenge 121: red and green must be seen

It's time yet again for a new challenge on my CHNC blog - the weeks go by so quickly - CHNC challenge 121 is 'red and green must be seen' - other colours can be used as well, but red and green must be there.

For my first card for the challengeI have used a holly digi from Shelly's images, flipping and rotating it in Microsoft Picture It, transferring it into Publisher and then printing directly on to the card blank (having tried it first on paper, adding red gems and a My Mind's Eye 'all is bright' 3D sticker in the middle (this was part of a prize I won recently). I am sorry that the card looks pink, but is in fact white (I wish the better weather would come so I can take pictures outside - might try to get a better picture in the morning):

This is also for:

Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 15: anything goes
Kreativeinkauf 2: green, white + colour of choice (red)
The cutie pie 42: clean and simple
The house that stamps built DCC410: clean and simple cards
Everybody art 232: bling
Crafts and me 129: bling it up
Left of center 4: bling it up
Pattie's 65: make it sparkle
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Make it Monday 136
52 card pick-up 2.16