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Friday, 17 June 2011

Christmas wreath of peace

Here is another Christmas card (surprise! surprise!), this time based on the sketch given for Christmas Challenges with sketches 2:

The papers are PM Classic Christmas and the sentiments were embossed on textured card with a folder through the cuttlebug and sanded to reveal some of the white core. I rounded corners with a punch - just right for Card and a half's little extra challenge 1 to use embossing folders and punches. The embossing is also for HLSC challenge 26 and Bling it on challenge 4.

The dark lines on the main background paper are red foiled, as is the word 'peace', but that doesn't really show here.

I chose the wreath picture for Christmas inspirations (natalduranteoanotodo) 27: wreath/garland.

This is also for:

Crafty Ann 43: Christmas in June
Irish teddy's: Christmas is coming, Christmas is ...
Jingle belles: all bundled up - lots of layers
Creative CAS for June: winter wonderland
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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Give us a clue

I bought this Penny Black stamp a while ago, but this is the first time I've used it - think it will be one of those that really comes in handy.

This is for a male recipient, so nothing flowery - thought black and white with a touch of red would be good with the crossword image. This is for Penny Black's Saturday challenge 155: one for the guys.

I've used the sketch for Sweet Sunday 121:

The papers are very old ones - think they are DCWV and/or Dovecraft.

This is also for:

Just add ink 72: just add some colouring in
Nadia's challenge 8: black and white and 1 colour
Stamp insanity 63: keeping it clean and simple
Card cupids: animals
Dream valley 9: male themed
Sentimental Sundays 59: masculine card
Bows n berries 7: masculine
Cupcake 146: boy, oh boy, oh boy ...
Incy wincy 98: masculine
Craft us crazy 10: masculine colours/theme
Wags n whiskers 56: one for the boys
Fussy & fancy: card for a man or boy
Sew many challenges 56: any male project
Crazy 4 challenges 91: masculine card
My Sheri 61: Father's day - masculine cards
Freshly brewed 49: it's a guy thing
Papertake: dads & lads
Created by hand: circles and dots
Delightful: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
Top tip Tuesday 38: open challenge
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Blue butterfly

This is another card using AG papers etc.

This is for:

Crafty Ho's: yellow, blue & green
Crafty calendar for June: things with wings
Cheerful stamp pad 20: things with wings
Delightful: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
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Pink and green anniversary

An anniversary card using AG supplies, including the gorgeous 3D layered flower.



This is for:

Shabby tea room 66: pink lemonade: pink, green, neutrals and flowers
Charisma cardz 24: pink & green
Created by hand: circles and dots
Delightful: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
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A 'get well' cuppa

As I'm going to be going away soon, I'm trying to get up to date with crafting commissions and swaps I'm taking part in. This afternoon I've been working on my Christmas cards for my CHNC challenges for the next two or three weeks and preparing the blog posts so I can schedule them.

However, I need a bit of a break from Christmas, so here are two quick CAS cards with a 'get well' theme, using papers from Anna Griffin. These are for 'Get well soon with 4 crafty chicks'.

The colours for this second card are for SPCC 104:



They are also for:

Delightful: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
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Here comes Santa

Today has turned out differently to how I thought it would. I started off the day going over to a friend's to sort out her computer - a successful time, so that was good.

John was meant to be going off to a bowls match today, so I had planned to have a crafting day with no interruptions - ha ha - the bowls match was rained off ... meanwhile the driver who was going to take him by car to Rochester for the match had already turned up here, so he came in for a cuppa and a chat ...

So I haven't got on with any of the things I'd planned and here I am making a Christmas card instead!

It's no secret that I love making Christmas cards (that's why I started my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog - if you haven't visited yet, I'd love to see you there), so, when I saw that this week's DCM challenge was 'Father Christmas' how could I resist (even if I have left it till the last day!).

The background snowmen paper is BG jovial, the swirly red foiled card is from a QVC kit from a couple of years ago and the stamped image is Hero Arts jolly Santa, coloured with copics.

I've used the sketch for Inkspirations 73:


This is also for:

Winter wonderland: swirls and pearls
Christmas stampin all year long: babes in toyland - card to give to a child
Irish teddy's: Christmas is coming, Christmas is ...
Just add ink 72: just add some colouring in
Totally stampalicious: anything goes
Delightful: anything goes
Southern girls 21: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
Cardmakin mamas 22: with a child or for a child
Top tip Tuesday 38: open challenge
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011

A musical happy birthday

I was asked to make a birthday card for a man who is very accomplished at organ and piano playing, so something with music. The background music is a La Blanche stamp. The keyboard notes is ribbon - I bought some of this ribbon four or five years ago and have never used any of it till now - don't know why really. The swirly music circle is from a Kanban kit.

The writing at the bottom has been deliberately obscured as it is a personal message.

This is for:

Lily pad: a ribbon challenge
Crazy challenge 71: monochromatic
Art impressions 19: monochromatic
Just some lines: monochromatic
Dream valley 9: male themed
Sentimental Sundays 59: masculine card
Bows n berries 7: masculine
Cupcake 146: boy, oh boy, oh boy ...
Incy wincy 98: masculine
Sisterhood of crafters: celebrating dad/man in your life
Craft us crazy 10: masculine colours/theme
PaperPlay 23: man's card
Wags n whiskers 56: one for the boys
Fussy & fancy: card for a man or boy
Sew many challenges 56: any male project
Crazy 4 challenges 91: masculine card
Little Claire 9: cards for men
My Sheri 61: Father's day - masculine cards
Freshly brewed 49: it's a guy thing
Papertake: dads & lads
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
Top tip Tuesday 38: open challenge
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

On target

I was asked to make a card for a man's 60 birthday - he likes archery and walking. I decided to go with a CAS look with a downloaded archery picture, a letratag sentiment and a 'walking boots' wooden button. The card blank is a deep navy blue (I thought it needed a bit of contrast to the black in the archery picture - I think black background would have looked too stark.

This is for:

CCEE 1123: sports theme
Ladybug 32: numbers
Dream valley 9: male themed
Sentimental Sundays 59: masculine card
Bows n berries 7: masculine
Cupcake 146: boy, oh boy, oh boy ...
Incy wincy 98: masculine
Sisterhood of crafters: celebrating dad/man in your life
Craft us crazy 10: masculine colours/theme
PaperPlay 23: man's card
Wags n whiskers 56: one for the boys
Fussy & fancy: card for a man or boy
Sew many challenges 56: any male project
Crazy 4 challenges 91: masculine card
Little Claire 9: cards for men
My Sheri 61: Father's day - masculine cards
Freshly brewed 49: it's a guy thing
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Joining the team on Iris' spot

Having been selected as winner for challenge 14 on Iris' Spot, I won some lovely digis from Ellephantastic, but, having been selected as well for challenge 18, I was invited by Iris to join her Team 4 for the next two or three months.

I'm delighted to join Iris and Debra for challenge 19, where the topic is 'welcome'. We were given a couple of images by Digis by Phooka, who are sponsoring the challenge - one lucky winner will receive a $10 voucher.

I used the lovely Little Lamb digi on my card with some gentle shading with a copic pen. The background paper is PS baby colors stripes and other bits and pieces are from my baby box stash.

We would love you to join in Iris' challenge 19.

I'm linking this for:

Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
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Monday, 13 June 2011

Pink, white and black

The challenge for Paper cutz 95 is 'anything goes with a twist' - to use pink, white and black.

This card uses papers etc from Anna Griffin.


This is also for:


Woodware USA 31: happy birthday
Wee memories 59: free for all
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Sweet wishes

'Sweet wishes' is the name of the paper stack from which this background paper was taken - it was with this month's papercraft essentials magazine.

The card is for Die cutting divas sketch challenge 18:
The five layered up flowers have a Laura Ashley material covered brad in the centre.

The birthday sentiment is from Craftwork cards - the silver matches the punched out strip.

This is also for:

Totally Gorjuss 84: flower power
Woodware USA 31: happy birthday
Crafty purple frog: what are your favourite things? - flowers are very high on the list!
Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: make it free and easy
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Sunday, 12 June 2011

A masculine card

This card is based on Sketch n stash 63:

The idea of Sketch n stash is to use new or neglected stash - well, the lighthouse stamp is a new Kanban one, coloured with copics. The impressabilities sea scape has been rather neglected - I used it when I first bought it, but it has been boxed away for quite some time. I embossed some white card with it, running it through the cuttlebug, an then swiped it with stazon ultramarine on the debossed side. The image was cut with a scalloped nestie and edged with stormy sky DI and stazon ultramarine.

As it will be Father's Day in the UK next Sunday, it's inevitable that there are a lot of challenges around atm asking for a masculine card. Unfortunately, my dad died over seven years ago so I no longer make Father's Day cards and never seem to get commissioned for any. So my card is a 'general' masculine one, but it would also be suitable for Father's Day - which will be good to have if someone asks for one at the last minute. So it's for the following:

Bows n berries 7: masculine
Daisy doodles 35: masculine card
Woodware USA 30: masculine cards
Ladybug 31: it's all about the males
Freshly brewed 49: it's a guy thing
The paper variety: for the guys
Sisterhood of crafters: celebrating dad/man in your life
C.R.A.F.T. 106: Father's day
Delightful: Father's day
PaperPlay 23: Father's day/man's card
Stamp insanity 62: oh boy! Happy Father's day!
Wags n whiskers 56: one for the boys
Alphabet: F for Father's day or card for male
Delicious doodles 29: Father's day
Fun at fairy knoll: Father's day
Fussy & fancy: card for a man or boy
Mami doodles 38: card for a boy or a man
Sew many challenges 56: Father's day - or any male project
Simply create 45: all about you dad (special man in the family)
Stamp man 24: boys and men
Crazy 4 challenges 91: masculine card
Little Claire 9: cards for men
My Sheri 61: Father's day - masculine cards
One stop craft 135: Father's day
Stamp, scrap & doodle: Father's day
Creative inspirations 61: Father's day or card for dad
Dream valley 9: Father's day/male themed
Sparkles forum 13: Father's day
Stamptacular 115: dads or grads


It's also for:

AiFactory: new - the stamp is a new one
Cardmadfairy 10: under the sea
Quirky crafts 12: under the sea
365 cards day 88: Wednesday prompt - breezy
Cooking it up with Katie 65: make a blue splashy circle
Digi doodle shops best 62: no backing papers
For your inspiration photo 7: the lighthouse was my inspiration
Cutie stampers 104: blue/white
Just some lines: monochromatic challenge
Art impressions 19: monochromatic
Crafts and me 38: stamp something
Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Craft room 1: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes - this time it's an ocean theme!
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Golden Christmas angel

Sparkles creations Christmas 2011 week 28 challenge is this sketch:

Last week their challenge was to use gold, cream and white, but I didn't get around to doing a card for this, but thought I would use these colours for this card.

I stuck a piece of creamy white vellum on to a cream card base using my xyron - this is the only sure way of sticking vellum without any adhesive showing. The foiled white and gold squares are Kanban card.

The Rubber Stampede angel collage is one of my favourite Christmas stamps - I coloured the image with copics.

This was one of those cards that is difficult to photograph, particularly in poor light on a rainy day (not flaming June here!).


This is also for:

Irish teddy's: Christmas is coming, Christmas is ...
Pixie dust studio 78: let's cool down - Christmas/winter themed card
Creative CAS for June: winter wonderland
Crafts and me 38: stamp something
Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Craft room 1: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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Best wishes in blue

The papers, 3D flowers, butterfly, sentiment are all Anna Griffin supplies. I love the combination of all the different shades of blue.

This is for:

Just some lines: monochromatic challenge
Art impressions 19: monochromatic
Crafty pad 125: just because you can
Oldie but a goodie 20: lots of layers - the stamp is at least 6 months old
365 cards day 81: assymetry
Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Craft room 1: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
Crafty calendar for June: things with wings

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Floral plate

This is for Less is more 19: one layer - in the frame. It was one of those cards that seemed simple enough until I made it! The first time I stamped the lovely Hero Arts floral frame it didn't quite ink properly, the second time was fine, but somehow I caught my ink pad on it afterwards, so this was third time lucky! At least I practised on the other two to know where to get the sentiment before stamping it on the final one. The calligraphy sentiment is by Whipper Snapper designs. The frame design is just right too for 365 cards day 61 'I've been framed' - to use a stamped image of a frame - and, yes, I am still playing along with some of the earlier 365 challenges - not sure that I'll ever catch up though!

I coloured with copics G21, G85 and R05 and distressed the edges of the white card with bundled sage DI after rounding the corners. The colours were chosen for Picture perfect creations 61:


This is also for:

Stampotique 32: clean & simple
Crafty pad 125: just because you can
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Sweet pop up

This is a quick card that almost made itself. In fact, I hadn't really intended to make it, but came across the box where some of these ready die cut pop up cards are housed and thought 'why not'? The sentiments are rub ons.

So, all I had to do was put the cupcakes in the right places and hey presto!


This is for:

Etsy inspired 140: Peaden Scott designs where they are so many pop-up cards
365 cards day 103: frosting - on the cupcakes
Aly's 43: cupcakes
Cupcake inspirations 115 - lots of colourful cupcakes
Crafty creations 122: over the rainbow - all colours of the rainbow have been used
Theme Thursday: lots of colour
Ooh-la-la 81: happy birthday
DYSU 23: birthday
Top tip Tuesday 37: more than 1 fold
Craft your passion 61: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 10: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Craft room 1: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes

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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Pink, pink, pink

I was asked to make a 70th birthday card for a lady who loves pink, really loves pink - and also loves dolls houses and flowers. I wasn't sure what to do and then I remembered my Janet Klein Stampotique house stamp, which I stamped on to a piece of pink BG eva paper and coloured the image with a mixture of copics and promarkers. The background paper is Forever Friends spring time and the pink ribbons with pearly gems are from Hobbycraft. The paper roses are by habico.

I've used the sketch for the first challenge on the new Card and a half blog:


This is also for:

Meljen 62: pink and pearls
Lily pad: a ribbon challenge
Sukkersott 128: think pink
Just some lines: monochromatic challenge
Art impressions 19: monochromatic
Totally Gorjuss 84: flower power
Ooh-la-la 81: happy birthday
DYSU 23: birthday
Party time Tuesday 19: summer birthdays
There she goes 110: milestones - 70th birthday
Little Miss Muffet 11: numbers - 70
Crafts and me 38: stamp something
Craft room 1: anything goes
Poodles parlour: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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CHNC challenge 24: buttons

Over on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog it's time for a new challenge - can you believe that we are already on challenge 24? For this challenge I'm asking you to use buttons - well, at least one or as many as you wish - easy peasy! Just click here to see what the challenge is all about and join in.

I've used Bo Bunny believe papers and stamped 'swirly tree' by Woodware with Brilliance pearlescent ivy, which I then embossed with clear detail powder, adding the tiny buttons for decoration.

I'm linking this card for:

Cheerful stamp pad 19: a special reason - Christmas
Pixie dust studio 78: let's cool down - Christmas/winter themed card
Sunday stamper 157: reasons to be cheerful - stash that makes you happy
Crafts and me 38: stamp something
Craft room 1: anything goes
Poodles parlour: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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Friday, 10 June 2011

Mariposa with glitter

This is another card using papers from DCWV Mariposa - yes, I do love these papers. This time I've cut the shape from a 12 x 12 - it's cut from the one that I used in the previous card.

Colours are for ColourQ 88:
The strip of red is Craftime glittered paper.


365 cards day 99: it's my party
Ooh-la-la 81: happy birthday
DYSU 23: birthday
Party time Tuesday 19: summer birthdays
The paper shelter 17: celebrate
Scrapbook sisters 39: an English country garden
Digistamps4joy 20: on the wings of a ...
Let's craft and create 21: the four seasons - your own season - summer
Aud sentiments 30: summertime
Pile it on 23: summer heaven
Spoon full of sugar 155: here comes summer
Crazy amigo: summer
Truly scrumptious 58: summer sparkle
Little darlings 1: summer theme
Craft room 1: anything goes
Poodles parlour: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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Birdie among the butterflies

This is another card using paper from the DCWV Mariposa pad - can you tell that I rather like these? I distressed the edges of the butterflies paper by tearing. The bird was cut with a nestie and the edges distressed with brushed corduroy DI. The shape surrounding the bird was cut from another Mariposa paper. The sentiment panel says 'with special thanks (photo is the best I could get today).

This is for:

365 cards day 96: ad inspired - butterflies
Paper crafting journey 12: our feathered friends
Kort o mania 41: monochromatic
Scrapbook sisters 39: an English country garden
Digistamps4joy 20: on the wings of a ...
Let's craft and create 21: the four seasons - your own season - summer
Aud sentiments 30: summertime
Pile it on 23: summer heaven
Pear tree designs 52: summer delights
Spoon full of sugar 155: here comes summer
Little darlings 1: summer theme
Crazy amigo: summer
Crafty calendar for June: things with wings
Clearlyistamp 29: distressing
Just for fun: something, anything, all things t!m - I used distress ink
Craft room 1: anything goes
Poodles parlour: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011

The paper does all the work

It's been a bit of a day today - we had to go up to St Thomas' hospital for John to get his eye looked at (he hit into his eye with the edge of the latch of our garden gate on Friday afternoon and had to go to our local A & E because he was very unwell) - anyway, we now have antibiotic ointment. We were there for quite some time, so the whole day was taken up.

Having done a few other things earlier in the evening I just wanted to relax and make a card - no inking or stamping, just using designer papers and a gatefold cardblank - a rather nice one that laps over in the middle rather than just meeting iyswim. So this is for Claudia & company 83 'fancy folds', Top tip Tuesday 37 'more than 1 fold', Stampavie and more 144 'more than a fold'

I used my cropodile to make holes to thread through some Papermania sparkling trim.

The papers are DCWV Mariposa - they are very glittery and foiled.



I love the writing about the honeysuckle - it so reminds me of going for walks with mum, my auntie and my nan when I was a little girl - we used to walk through a lane where there was honeysuckle trailing over a fence and my nan always used to remark about the beautiful scent of it. I'm linking this for Daring cardmakers June flowers.

This is also for:

Truly scrumptious 58: summer sparkle
Kort o mania 41: monochromatic
Guylou's inimitability: monochromatic
Scrapbook sisters 39: an English country garden
Pile it on 23: summer heaven
Little darlings 1: summer theme
Pear tree designs 52: summer delights
Spoon full of sugar 155: here comes summer
Crazy amigo: summer
Craft room 1: anything goes
Deep ocean challenge 1: anything goes
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