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Sunday, 28 February 2021

Simply for you

Yesterday I got out the alcohol inks that I haven't used for ages and ages and had a play. This is a card I made with one of the 'play' results using red pepper and wild plum toned down with blending solution, stamping part of the Dandelion daydreams stamp by Phill Martin inked with stazon jet black and also stamped the sentiment from a set from Crafter's Companion.

I wrapped the card with four different eyelash pieces bunched together. Everything on to a black card blank.


This is for:
Colour crazy 8: anything goes
Paperbabe stamps 138: anything goes
A gem of a challenge 5: anything goes
QKR stampede 414: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 35: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Cardz TV 135: anything goes
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Saturday, 27 February 2021

CHNC challenge 531

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 531 -  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 'vintage or shabby chic'.

I can't remember where the background paper came from, but the panel in the middle was part of a set bought some time ago from The Works, with the addition of the trees, the padded heart, the sentiment pieces and the 3D foam glittered black snowflakes.


This is also for:

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Friday, 26 February 2021

Large easel card

I was commissioned to make a special 8 x 8 card featuring quite a few requests - to include a hat, art deco, volunteer, choir, Doc Martins and cakes .... this is the result. The background paper for the upright part of the easel is from Marilyn Robertson's Kimono 8 x 8 paper pad - it's glittered and looks much better irl than it can be seen here. I managed to get some free clipart for the volunteer aspect of the request and one of a choir. The hat was also a clipart, printed and fussy cut.

The art deco pieces were from Hunkydory. The paper on the base is from Dovecrafts' Iss & makeup 8 x 8 paper pack I cut out the Doc Martins and mounted on to 3D foam to act as the stopper. The cupcakes were from Kanban (long ago) and all flowers, including the crocheted ones were from stash.


I know this looks strange, but I took it to try and show the foiling:


This is for:
Time out 182: birthday or any celebration
Krafty chicks 548: any occasion
Alphabet: X for X-tra folds
Mix it up 46: anything goes + fancy fold
Allsorts 612: anything goes + add a number
Unicorn 62: use flowers
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Cardz TV 135: anything goes
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Thursday, 25 February 2021

Happy Birthday gate fold card

Another gate fold card made using the Gemini Daisy Delight dies from Crafter's Companion.  It's not really as easy to put together as it perhaps looks - the result is a simple card with added stickers and a piece of embossed silver matt card inside with the addition of the birthday sentiment piece.

This time I started with an A5 piece of pearlescent gold card which I scored to make the gate fold ... it was more accommodating for the linking pieces of die cuts than the larger card I made and showed yesterday.




This is for:
Time out 182: birthday or any celebration
Krafty chicks 548: any occasion
Mix it up 46: anything goes + fancy fold
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Unicorn 62: use flowers
Aud sentiments 269: spring + a sentiment
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes

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Happy Birthday Granddaughter

A commissioned card for a granddaughter who plays the oboe. It was a difficult one to photograph as the background was a lovely acetate with butterflies stuck on to a piece of purple mirror card. I'd run this through my xyron so that it stuck well without showing any adhesive. I created the topper digitally with the help of a couple of cliparts, adding the sentiment, printing out and matting on to purple glittered card. I then randomly added some gems.

The lovely acetate and coordinating card came from Crafter's Companion, all mounted on to a lilac card blank. Purple is my favourite crafting colour so I really enjoyed making this card.



This is for:
Time out 182: birthday or any celebration
Bastel-traum 98: birthday
Krafty chicks 548: any occasion
Lemon shortbread 140: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Creative moments 209: anything goes
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Something a little different

I bought the Gemini Daisy Delight from Crafter's Companion some time ago, but, up until now, I hadn't used it. It's two dies that interlock together on a gate fold card. Papers are My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally paper pad and the Happy Birthday die for the inside was from Crafter's Companion. I ran an offcut of card through my xyron so that the die cut was backed with adhesive, making it easy to add. Flowers were from Hobbycraft.

The papers had a bit more of a blue look than the photos show.

 






This is for:
Mix it up 46: anything goes + fancy fold
Dies r us 163: anything goes (Crafter's Companion dies)
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Unicorn 62: use flowers
Lemon shortbread 140: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 186: anything goes
Creative moments 209: anything goes
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Happy birthday to you

 

A commissioned A5 tent opening birthday card for a granddaughter who has just gone to Trinity College, University of Melbourne, hence the logo badge and a photo of some of the choir as Freya is joining it. The background created digitally with the birthday words and song, printed out with the other elements backed with gold mirror card.


This is for:
Fab n funky 511: birthday
Lemon shortbread 140: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 479: anything goes
Creative fingers 202: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 186: anything goes
Creative moments 209: anything goes
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Sunday, 21 February 2021

A birthday thank you

I was commissioned to make a birthday card for a lady who has a responsible admin job in the NHS, currently working at home. I digitally added the Thank You rainbow to a computer screen and printed, adding to the rainbow paper on the side opening A5 card. The flowers are rub ons and the birthday sentiment was made on my dymo letratag.


This is for:
Creative Friday 275: rainbow - hold on/don't give up
Just us girls 572: rainbow colours
Penny's 490: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 479: anything goes
Creative fingers 202: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 186: anything goes
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Saturday, 20 February 2021

CHNC challenge 530

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 530 -  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 'use some gold'.

I used one of the lovely cut and emboss folders from Crafter's Companion with gold mirror card, with the sentiment printed and matted on to gold mirror.


This is also for:
Christmas crafts all year round February: something that starts with C and/or D:  die cut
ABC February: C for Christmas carols - Hark the herald angels sing
Winter wonderland: tribute to Eileen - anything Christmas goes
CRAFT 587: Christmas
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Always fun 201: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 490: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 479: anything goes
Creative fingers 202: anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun 186: anything goes

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Thursday, 18 February 2021

Sending lots of love on your Birthday

Still using some of the C & C birthday kit, this time with the lovely decoupaged cup and saucer. This is an A5 tent style card.


The back:

This is for:
Fab n funky 511: birthday
Let's craft and create 168: anything goes + red, pink and/or white
Always fun 201: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 490: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 479: anything goes
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Birthday express

A commissioned card using Hunkydory supplies and the sentiment printed out with my dymo letratag. Lots of gold foiling ... some of which doesn't show in the photos.


Inside:


Back:


This is for:
Fab n funky 511: birthday
Incy wincy: animals and/or buttons
2 crafty critter craziies February: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 47: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 479: anything goes
Corrosive 2: anything goes
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Knit and natter

This is a commissioned card to be given to a lady who has a white westie and loves knitting. I fussy cut out the westie putting the die cut ball of wool in his paw (needles and yarn, but I didn't use the needles), with a die cut of knitting (knit and natter'- both from Crafter's Companion Sara's signature collection. I used an offcut of paper for the background (bought as part of a set years ago) and added the rub on flowers and ther sentiment.


This is for:
Incy wincy: animals and/or buttons
2 crafty critter craziies February: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 47: anything goes
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Dies r us 163: anything goes (Crafter's Companion dies)
Aud sentiments 268: anything goes + sentiment
Cardz TV 134: anything goes
Classic design 2: anything goes
Corrosive 2: anything goes
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Sunday, 14 February 2021

Happy birthday

A commissioned card for a grandson who loves horse riding - digital birthday greetings printed out for background  with an offcut piece of the horses paper from PDA card and craft. Sentiments made on my dymo letratag.

This is for:

Daisy chain 49: baby/kids
Catch the bug: all about the kids
Aud sentiments 268: anything goes + sentiment
Cardz TV 134: anything goes
Corrosive 2: anything goes
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Saturday, 13 February 2021

Let's get baking

A commissioned card made this week for a youngster who enjoys baking. The papers and the stamped image (coloured with spectrum noir pencils and fussy cut out) are all from Papermania ... Cupcake Boutique papers and Cupcake Baking stamp. I printed the sentiment and cut with a todo die, using a bigger one to cut a mat for it. The individual cupcakes are from an old Dawn Bibby kit.


Inside (colours aren't good and I no longer have the card so I can't take another photo:


This is for:
Sweet stampin': cards for teens/kids
Daisy chain 49: baby/kids
Catch the bug: all about the kids
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Stamps & fun = creativity 382: all but not hearts
As you  like it: do you prefer rubber, clear or digi when it comes  to stamps - I like them all for different reasons - great to be able to stamp and colour in
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 139: anything goes
Aud sentiments 268: anything goes + sentiment
Cardz TV 134: anything goes
Colour crazy 6: anything goes
Polka doodles 7: anything goes
A gem of a challenge 4: anything goes
Classic design 2: anything goes
Love to craft 55: anything goes
QKR stampede 413: anything goes
Crafter's castle 38: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 35: anything goes
Creative moments 208: anything goes
Corrosive 2: anything goes
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CHNC challenge 529

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 529 -  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 'use some green'.

For my card I used Kaisercraft papers including the die cut circle  behind the upcycled door scene, layered on to a gold mirror card die cut, with the sentiment circle and the glittered foam backed snowflakes.

This is also for:
Christmas crafts all year round February: something that starts with C and/or D: circles and die cuts
Christmas 24: red, gold and green:


Winter wonderland: tribute to Eileen - anything Christmas goes
Happy little stampers February anything goes with dies
Dies R us 162: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 139: anything goes
Aud sentiments 268: anything goes + sentiment
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Thursday, 11 February 2021

Hope you have a wheelie good birthday

This is a commissioned card to be sent to a grandson who is a keen cyclist. The background papers were created digitally and printed. The silver foiled photos were from Kanban long ago and I printed the sentiment and backed with silver mirror card.


This is for:
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 139: anything goes
Penny's 489: anything goes
Aud sentiments 268: anything goes + sentiment
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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Happy birthday, friend

This is a commissioned card to be sent to a friend who plays Lexulous online, for her 90th birthday, with a digitally created birthday background printed and mounted on to the card blank with a Lexulous game printed, with the addition of the numerals and the 'Scrabble' letters for FRIEND.

This is for:

As you like it: true love or fabulous friends - card commissioned to be sent to a friend
Sparkles: big birthday with 0 or 5
Cute card Thursday 672: anything goes
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Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Happy birthday

Another card made a few days ago using some of the C & C Birthday kit (there was so much of it .... still got some left - lol!).


This is for:

Cute card Thursday 672: anything goes
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Monday, 8 February 2021

For a lover of mathematics

I was commissioned to make a card for a great grandson who loved maths and currently is into fractions, decimals and percentages. I was pleased to find this maths table as a free download, printing it out and layering on to an A5 side opening landscape card. I generated the sentiments on computer, printed out and backed with a dark green mirror card, using another piece on to which I put the wooden numerals.


This is for:
Daisy chain 49: baby/kids
Penny's 489: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 672: anything goes
Love to craft 55: anything goes
Morgans ArtWorld 2: anything goes
Crafty creations 418: anything goes
Crafter's castle 38: anything goes
Creative moments 208: anything goes
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Sunday, 7 February 2021

Happy lockdown Anniversary

I was commissioned to make an Anniversary card for a daughter and son-in-law celebrating in lockdown. They planned to have a special meal delivered. I was asked if somehow I could show two cats to represent theirs, sitting at table with them ... well, this is what I managed to do. I found an image of a cat at table to download and 'played' digitally, reversing the image for the second cat and putting side by side with the sentiment 'Please may we join you for your celebration meal?' This was then printed and put on the stand up part of the easel card, colouring the cats with spectrum noir pencils.

The actual piece of card used to make the easel was embossed and brushed with fired brick distress ink ... and it wasn't till now that I realise only a very little of this shows under the sentiment ... I should have taken a picture of the back.

I used a Papermania stamp inked with memento love letter to randomly stamp over the base, wrapping a ribbon round this and adding the printed greeting matted on to red mirror card to serve as a stopper.

I cut a piece of red mirror cardwith the heartfelt wishes Gemini edge'able die and stuck at the top (covering the joins at the back with another piece of card). Hearts were added (the one between the cats says 'with love'.


This is for:

2 crafty critter craziies February: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 47: anything goes
Crafty friends 149: animals/birds









The sisterhood of crafters: create your own background (on the base)
Simon says Monday: love/hearts
Mod squad: all about love
Simon says Wednesday: love is in the air
Aud sentiments 287: sending love + sentiment
CRAFT 584: love/Valentine
Crafty catz 537: anything goes + option: love, Valentine, anniversary
Allsorts 610: love is
The paper funday 26: anything goes + option: love is in the air
Di's digi: one or more hearts
613 avenue create February: anything goes + option: heart and soles
Creative craft cottage 137: happy Valentines/love
Cupcake inspirations 512: for those you love
Mix it up 46: anything goes + fancy fold
Dies R us 162: anything goes
Crafty calendar February: dies and/or punches plus ribbon and/or twine
Kleuren met Potloden January: simple or fully loaded
Penny's 489: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 672: anything goes
Colour crazy 5: anything goes
Love to craft 55: anything goes
Morgans ArtWorld 2: anything goes
Crafty creations 418: anything goes
Crafter's castle 38: anything goes
Creative moments 208: anything goes
A gem of a challenge 3: anything goes
Classic design team 2: anything goes
QKR stampede 413: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 53: anything goes
Fab n funky 509: anything goes
Cardz TV 133: anything goes
Creative fingers 201: anything goes
Polka doodles 6: anything goes
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