Another set of four Christmas cards

Another set using Echo park 'winter wishes' paper (similar to those shown here) - easy peasy! As I sell cards for charity I sometimes need to make some easy ones to swell stocks. No trees were cut on any of these - lol! Once again, peel off sentiments added.

These are for:

Robyn's fetish 169: Christmas in July
Sentimental Sundays 164: Christmas in July
Cards for men 15: Christmas in July
Lexi 95: Christmas in July
Flourishes 230: Christmas in July with a catch - has to be semi flat for mailing
Crafting by designs: Christmas in July
Crafting for all seasons 57: Christmas in July
Creative Belli 174: Christmas (used old papers)
Fairytale 72: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: anything goes Christmas
Crimbo crackers 46: anything goes
Deep ocean 56: blue
Paper playtime 15: pattern paper
Challenges 4 everybody 25: anything goes
Kaboodle 181: anything goes
Crafts and me 139: anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Make it Monday 150
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Easy cards on another hot day

Once the sun had gone off the summerhouse and there was some shade and breeze through the windows, I took some crafting up there - and my iPad so I could watch some TV.

I didn't feel like doing much, so I took the easy option. I bought a couple of packs of Christmas card blanks in Hobbycraft sale earlier in the year - all I needed to add was some papers inside. I used papers from Echo park 'winter wishes'.

Here's a set of four cards:

The hardest thing with these cards is trying not to bend any of the delicate cut outs ... you can see that I have cut away a tree on one of the cards because it got a bit damaged - hope no one will realise that there should be a tree there.

I found up some silver peel offs that I've had for years and years, so I used them for the greetings.

These are for:

Facebook A card a day
Fab 'n' funky 180: make a set
Creative creations 15: anything goes
Bizzy Becs July: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 164: Christmas in July
Cards for men 15: Christmas in July (think these are suitable for men)

More experimenting with gelli prints

For this card I gelli plate printed with gold and copper on to an offcut piece of lightly patterned paper (just a few leaves here and there)  once again using the mini echoes stencil by The cafters workshop. Unfortunately, the gold and copper paint doesn't show up sufficiently on the photo (took quite a few and couldn't get better) - and the flowers are much more aqua in real life.

I backed this with a piece of gold mirror card, on to a pastel aqua card blank. The orange flowers are Poundland and the inner silk flowers from Create and Craft.

I'm also adding this for the colours for Moxie fab world Tuesday trigger: painterly palette:

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Daring cardmakers: paint effects
Delightful: celebrate with glitter, bling and sparkly things
Crafty sentiments: bling it on
Craft your passion 172: happy birthday
Craftin desert divas 11: birthdays
Fairies 9: flowers, summer
Paper playtime 15: pattern paper
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday celebration
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Bearly mine 96: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 25: anything goes
Kaboodle 181: anything goes
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inky linky 23
Make it Monday 150
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Gelli plate pink

This card is made with backgrounds created with the gelli plate and acrylic paint, using the mini echoes stencil by The cafters workshop that I showed here. The strip between the ribbons was created while the stencil was on the gelli plate and the main background was made when the stencil was removed. Both papers were from my scraps box, the main one being another piece of MME Andrea Victoria (the reverse side of golden damask). I think I was a bit heavy handed when pressing the paper for the main print, but I quite like the appearance - it doesn't look too neat! The dark flowers were from Poundland - I took off the gems from the middles and added the silk flowers with pearls from Create and Craft. The sentiment panel is one that I've had for ages (still got loads like it - never seem to use them nowadays).

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's crafty snippets week 82
Creative inspirations paint: ribbon and bling
The squirrel and the fox 48: use something spooled - the ribbons
Daring cardmakers: paint effects
The pink elephant 209: monochromatic
In the pink 24: pink and pearlie
Bunny Zoe July: pink & white
Delightful: celebrate with glitter, bling and sparkly things
Fairies 9: flowers, summer
Craft your passion 172: happy birthday
Craftin desert divas 11: birthdays
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday celebration
Emerald faerie garden 45: happy birthday
Live laugh stamps July: birthdays
613 avenue create 29: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 25: anything goes
Kaboodle 181: anything goes
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inky linky 23
Make it Monday 150
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Gelli plate flowers

Yesterday afternoon I took my gelli plate, paints and various papers and stencils etc up into the summerhouse and played with making prints.

As well as using some plain card, I tried out some printing on patterned paper. I used an offcut of My Mind's Eye Andrea Victoria (the reverse side of golden damask), using a mini echoes stencil by The cafters workshop that I bought last week at Craftability in Ipswich with some brown acrylic paint.

The offcut of paper wasn't big enough to use as a background, so I decided to make a couple of wacky flowers (still not sure that I like them - bit different for me) by tearing rough circles and creating stems and leaves out of bits left over, just adding a circular sentiment.

This is for:

Less is more 129 theme: hand made flowers
Daring cardmakers: paint effects
Totally papercrafts 176: make your own flowers
Crafting when we can 49: floral
Pixie's crafty snippets week 82

Another altered notebook

The background is an offcut of unknown card. I can't remember where the stickers came from, but I particularly like the smiley summer sun and the kite.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Simply create too 42: anything but a card
Beyond grey 35: the sky is the limit  - something seen in the sky
V's sweet ideas 13: summer fun
Catered crop: summer lovin
Hobby cutz 11: summer
Kreativer Basel 27: summer
PanPastel 29: summertime
Craftin desert divas 10: summer
DL.ART thankful Thursday 113: summer
Wags n whiskers 108: summer fun
PumpkinSpice 29: summer
Country view crafts 5: summer sizzler
613 avenue 29: anything goes
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Just for a change ....

... a little altered notebook - using an offcut piece of DCWV textured cardstock embossed with a cuttlebug folder, with various stickers.

This is for:

Simply create too 42: anything but a card
Crafty catz 192: banners, bunting or pennants
Squigglefly 2813: emboss me
613 avenue 29: anything goes
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 112
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For you

A simple card made with a piece of DCWV patterned card run through the cuttlebug with th d'vine swirls embossing folder (still one of my all-time favourites) - a script strip and the chipboard circular sentiment.

This is for:

Pile it on 29: thinking of you/just because
The paper shelter 121: clean and simple
Left of center 10: spots and/or stripes
DRS 79: lucky stripes
Squigglefly 2813: emboss me
MilkCoffee: emboss it
613 avenue 29: anything goes
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Thinking of you

This is a simple card made with a recycled picture from a card received, a frame, the pink card blank and a Creata textured rub on sentiment.

This is for:

Pile it on 29: thinking of you/just because
The paper shelter 121: clean and simple
Crafting when we can 49: floral
Dutch dare 226: floral frenzy
Bunny Zoe July: pink & white

Have a sweet Christmas

This is my design team card for The Glory of Christmas challenge 12: sweets. Please click on the link and see what other members of the team have made and, hopefully, join in the challenge - I'd love to see you there.

The main background paper is a K & Co offcut, as is the paper with random 'sweet' words.The gingerbread people were cut from another offcut piece of card (they have a very shiny surface that doesn't show up here) along with the dotted paper from DCWV. The ribbon/twine is from Docrafts and the 'have a sweet Christmas' was generated with my dymo letratag label maker.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 82
My heart pieces: use your favourite fruit colour - strawberries!
Annabelle 167: polka dots
Bizzy Becs July: anything goes

Black on black

Delicious doodles 45: black-on-black challenge prompted me to make this card. I used a sparkly black card blank on to which I used a piece of Basic Grey Scarlet's letter 'fre the well' paper - I put various strips of Tim Holtz tissue tape on to this and some Craftime lace rub ons. I layered the Poundland felt flowers with buttons on to the larger paper flowers and added a birthday sentiment. As I've used Basic Grey paper this is for Basic Grey 98: flowers.

This is also for:

Ooh la la: ebony and ivory
Penny's 136: use black somewhere
Card and scrap 58: use lace or tape
Alphabet: L for lace
Catered crop: button up
Eclectic ellapu: flowers
Fairies 9: flowers, summer
Inspiration avenue: birthdays
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday celebration
Emerald faerie garden 45: happy birthday
Oozak 18: anything goes with texture
Hiding in my craft room 107: freestyle
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Inky linky 23
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Wobbly dinosaurs

This card was prompted by Red carpet studio 45: action movies - using some dinosaurs on springs (bought from Poundland long ago) with some offcuts of Basic Grey archaic papers, mounted on to a kraft card blank.

Colours are for Color throwdown 251:

This is also for:

Here come the boys 56: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 150: let's hear it for the boys
Crafty cardmakers 96: birthday
Inspiration avenue: birthdays
There she goes 216: metal (you can't see them here, but the dinos are on springs)
Crafty bloggers network 13: metal magic
Ladybug: birthdays
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday celebration
Emerald faerie garden 45: happy birthday
Live laugh stamps July: birthdays

Faux stitching for CHNC challenge 134

Another card for my CHNC challenge 134: stitching.  I've used 'winter' digital papers supplied by Floppy Latte Designs, stamping with a favourite Inkadinkado angel stamp, with some faux stitching creating a border using a Sakura gelli roll pen.

Two of the printed papers were torn around perspex oval templates. The angel stamp was inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver embossing powder. Snowflakes were cut with some of the paper using a Docrafts punch. The sentiment is a left over from a Kanban kit bought some years ago.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Loves rubber stamps 61: Christmas in July
Sweet stampin: Christmas in July
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Pink by design: Christmas in July
Eureka 48: Christmas in July
Fab 'n' funky 179: Christmas in July
Fairytale: Christmas in July
The stamp spot: Christmas in July
Stamp and create July: Christmas in July
Cuttin and stampin 28: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Crimbo crackers 46: anything goes
Creative belli 174: Christmas (used an old stamp)
Christmas stampin all year long 25: techniques - I chose heat embossing
Christmas card challenges week 33: embossing
Kaboodle 180: any embossed work
Squigglefly 2813: emboss me
MilkCoffee: emboss it
Addicted to stamps 60: lots of layers
Sunday stamper 266: build me up butercup - layers
Crafty friends 8: doodling - hand drawn faux stitching
Left of center 10: spots and/or stripes
Kreativeinkauf 5: stripes
DRS 79: lucky stripes
Deep ocean 56: blue
Sentimental Sundays 163: you've been framed
Robyn's fetish 168: things with wings
Incy wincy: things with wings
Bloggers challenge: things with wings
Oozak 18: anything goes with texture
Hiding in my craft room 107: freestyle
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Sweet stamps 126: anything goes
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Anything goes 97: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 112
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CHNC challenge 134: stitching

Today's CHNC challenge 134 is all about 'stitching'. One of the sponsors, Craftybren's Embroidered Embellishments, has joined me as a guest designer and has done a wonderful card with embroidery. My card doesn't have such intricate stitching, but rather some stitching on an offcut of some wrapping paper that I bought some years ago (it was far too good to use as wrapping paper - it has the feel of handmade paper).  I mounted the stitched paper on to a scrap piece of striped paper.

 I've used images kindly supplied by Floppy Latte Designs -' Christmas prayer silhouette' and 'Christmas 9', colouring the stained glass window with copics and adding some glittered stars raised with 3D foam.

This is also for:

Sweet stampin: Christmas in July
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Pink by design: Christmas in July
Eureka 48: Christmas in July
Fab 'n' funky 179: Christmas in July
Fairytale: Christmas in July
Clearlyistamp: Christmas in July
Cuttin and stampin 28: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Crimbo crackers 46: anything goes
Creative belli 174: Christmas (old pieces of paper and stars)
One stitch at a time 172: use a digi
Left of center 10: spots and/or stripes
Kreativeinkauf 5: stripes
DRS 79: lucky stripes
2 sisters 153: stars
LiaStampz 45: your country's colours - red, white, blue
Mema's crafts July: paint your patriotism - anything goes or use red, white, blue
Scrappy frogs July: red, white and blue
Lisa B designs: blue, red and white
Stampin for the weekend: sparkle and bling
Whoopsi Daisy: use your markers
Oozak 18: anything goes with texture
Hiding in my craft roomn 107: freestyle
Rhedd & rosies 11: anything goes
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Great impressions July: anything goes
Anything goes 97: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 112
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Under the sea ... at The Sweet Pea Stampers

Today it's the turn of team B to show their cards for the new challenge on The Sweet Pea Stampers challenge blog: 'under the sea'. Please visit the blog and see the beautiful crafting of the rest of the team - and, hopefully, join in the challenge.

I've used Elaine Cox's Little Jasmine mermaid digi, coloured with spectrum noirs. The background paper was from my offcuts box. I used a torn piece of 'sea pebble' paper at the bottom, a black lace rub on and some glitter strips. The edging on the right of the image was done with a Martha Stewart punch. Flowers are from stash.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Cupcake inspirations 219: sea creatures:

Simon says: by the sea
Crazy4challenges 194: marine life
Heck of a challenge July: the sea
Craft a scene July: under the sea
Chocolat, coffee & cards 43: life's a beach
Stampin with the dragon: on the beach
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: pool party - pool, beach, swimming theme
Pile it on 28: water
Woodware UK: the great outdoors
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: the great outdoors
Hobby cutz 10: fantasy
Love to create 74: fairy tale or fantasy
Delightful: celebrate with glitter bling and sparkly things
Happy campers 19: bling
Hiding in my craft room 106: super scraps Saturday
Eclectic ellapu: flowers
Fairies 9: flowers, summer
The paper nest dolls 8: floral frenzy
AnMaCreatief 22: punching
Alphabet: L for lace
Card and scrap 58: use lace or tape
One stitch at a time 172: use a digi
Whoopsi Daisy: use your markers
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Brown sugar 51: anything goes
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Anything goes 97: anything goes
LEJ 62: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 28: anything goes
Sister act 16: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 112
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I'm late ... I'm late ...

I almost forgot that I hadn't blogged my second card for this week's CHNC challenge 133: trees, please.

For my second card I've used the 'akv Christmas girl tree image' kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - I coloured it digitally in Microsoft Paint.

I used offcuts for the background, including a piece of mirror card that had been run through the eBosser using the lovely folder that came with the machine.

This is also for:

Sunday's with Santa week 29: embossing
Pixie's crafty snippets 81
Hiding in my craft room 106: super scraps Saturday
ABC Christmas: N for no embellishments
CCEE 1329: sing, sing a song - O Christmas tree
Sparkles Christmas 30: Christmas trees
As you like it 6: favourite special occasion and why - Christmas - celebrating the birth of Christ
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Pink by design: Christmas in July
Fab 'n' funky 179: Christmas in July
Cardz tv: Christmas in July
Papercrafting journey: Christmas in July
Cuttin and stampin 28: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Creative belli 174: Christmas (old pieces of paper)
Crimbo crackers 46: anything goes
Gingerloft: trees
One stitch at a time 172: use a digi
De creatieve zebra 28: no flowers
Left of center 10: spots and/or stripes
Kreativeinkauf 5: stripes
Pink gem 88: spots/stripes or both
DRS 79: lucky stripes
Oozak 18: anything goes with texture
Kaboodle 180: any embossed work
MilkCoffee: emboss it
Christmas card challenges week 33: embossing
Squigglefly 2813: emboss me
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 11: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 156: anything goes
Great impressions July: anything goes
Anything goes 97: anything goes
LEJ 62: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 28: anything goes
Sister act 15: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 111
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Mid month inspiration for CCAYR

I'm a couple of days late blogging my cards for mid month inspiration for Christmas Cards All Year Round - you can see the July challenge post here and enter your cards 'all about Santa'.

Two more cards made with various elements from Hunkydory Christmas kit from last year, using some offcut pieces from the previous three cards that I made for CCAYR July challenge - originally shown here.

These are also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 81
Hiding in my craft room 106: super scraps Saturday
Facebook A card a day
As you like it 6: favourite special occasion and why - Christmas - celebrating the birth of Christ
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: Christmas in July
Simply create too 41: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Pink by design: Christmas in July
Fab 'n' funky 179: Christmas in July
Cardz tv: Christmas in July
Papercrafting journey: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Creative belli 174: Christmas (last year's supplies)
Crimbo crackers 46: anything goes
Crazy challenge 149: without stamps
Dream valley 61: fancy folds (second card)
De creatieve zebra 28: no flowers
Cards and scrap 176: everything must
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 11: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 156: anything goes
Anything goes 97: anything goes
LEJ 62: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 28: anything goes
Sister act 15: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 111
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Pastel pink Christmas

This is a card for Clare's challenge for the Christmas card club - Clare asked us to make a Christmas card with pastel  colours and include a circle.

The backing paper is Papermania 'a Christmas carol' and the matching candelabra stamp is also Papermania. This was inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail white powder.

The larger pink shape was punched using a mini 8 snowflake punch and the inner shape was cut with a die (can't remember what it's called). The pieces of paper used were from my scraps box. The snowflakes are Anna Griffin and the sentiment is from  Craftwork cards.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets 81
Facebook A card a day
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 28: favourite things - stamping.embossing, die cuts, patterned paper etc
My heart pieces: use your favourite thing - stamping/embossing
Pattie's 71: monochromatic
Daring cardmakers: ombre
As you like it 6: favourite special occasion and why - Christmas - celebrating the birth of Christ
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas in July
Crafty sentiments: Christmas in July
LEJ 61: Christmas in July
Stamp and create July: Christmas in July
Fab 'n' funky 179: Christmas in July
Papercrafting journey: Christmas in July
Bunny Zoe: pink & white
Addicted to stamps 60: lots of layers
Top tip Tuesday 105: hexagons and/or circles
Cardmakin mamas 72: monochromatic
Melonheadz friends: emboss it
Penny Black and more at Allsorts July: dies and punches
AnMaCreatief 22: punching
A little bit crafty July: die-ing for it - die cuts
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: Christmas in July
Simply create too 41: Christmas in July
The stamp spot July: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Cradz tv: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Papertake: old, new, borrowed or blue - all supplies were old
Southern girls 73: no spoolin
An inky situation 1: anything goes
Let's craft and create 74: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 24: anything goes
Creative fingers: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Paperminutes 277: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 28: anything goes
Sister act 15: anything goes
Make it Monday 149
Inspire me Fridays 111
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CHNC challenge 133: trees, please!

It's the start of CHNC challenge 133 today and I'm asking to see trees, please!

For my card I've used 'trees on a cupcake' a pre-coloured digi image kindly supplied by Limited Runs Digital Stamps. The background paper is an offcut of a piece as part of a set free with a magazine, the image was backed with an offcut of red mirror card and the ribbon is some that's been in my box for some years.

This is also for:

Crafting when we can 48: Christmas in July
That craft place: ribbons and/or lace
Creative fingers: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 24: anything goes
Created with love 50: anything goes

Christmas angels are for men too

The theme for week 27 on Facebook Sunday's with Santa is 'a card for a man' - I was going to make something completely different, but then I thought 'angels are for men too', so here is the card.

I've used a black card that I actually made for last Christmas - made a batch of these to sell in packs of 5 - this one was held back because there were a couple of marks of embossing where they shouldn't have been. I found it up and thought it was silly to waste it, so I've added some silver sparkly snowflakes so you can't see the couple of stray bits of embossing any more. I'm quite pleased with this because it's hard to see which is the stamped image and which are the sparkly stickers.

The lovely angel stamp had been inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder.

The backing paper is from the Authentique 'peaceul' 6 x 6 pad.

I'm showing this card as an inspiration for The glory of Christmas challenge 11: angel - please go and have a look and join in with your Christmas card featuring an angel - we'd love to see you there.

This is also for:

My heart pieces: use your favourite thing - stamping/embossing
Festive Friday 12: trigger challenge - snow
Party time Tuesday 128: wing it
Platypus creek digitals 36: Christmas in July
Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas in July
Crafty sentiments: Christmas in July
LEJ 61: Christmas in July
Stamp and create July: Christmas in July
Melonheadz friends: emboss it
Penny Black and more at Allsorts July: dies and punches
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: Christmas in July
The stamp spot July: Christmas in July
Allways something creative 57: Christmas in July
Always playing with paper: Christmas anything goes
Papertake: old, new, borrowed or blue - all supplies were old
Paperminutes 277: anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 27: anything goes
Sister act 14: anything goes
Make it Monday 148
Inspire me Fridays 110
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Happy Silver Anniversary, Clifford and Susan

Susan asked me to make a card for her to give to Clifford for their Silver Wedding Anniversary today. I made it a couple of weeks ago, but couldn't show it then because Clifford visits Facebook and might well have noticed it, especially as it has his name on it.

Wish you both a very Happy Anniversary ... and many more to come.

The card blank is 8 x 8. The background paper is an unknown make - I chose it because it has a lovely subtle blend of colours that compliment, but, hopefully, don't detract from the silver elements. The wording was generated from computer and printed (a few trial and error attempts before I got the right size to fit the spaces!

The sparkly ribbons were from Hobbycraft. The silver swans forming the heart in the middle and the padded silver hearts have been in my 'romance' box for ages - just right for this card. The die cuts were created with Spellbinders d-lites 'marvellous squares' - the middle one is a piece of Hunkydory foiled card with swirls - can't really see it here.

As the card was 8 x 8 I didn't have an insert for that size, so I used a couple of Kanban greetings instead.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
CRAFT 214: here comes the bride - wedding/anniversary
Scrappers delights 2: die cuts or punches
A little bit crafty July: die-ing for it - die cuts
Happy campers 19: bling
Artistic inspirations 49: bling
Love to create 73: ribbon & bling
Pink gem 87: lots of layers
Crazy challenge 149: without stamps
Cardmakin mamas 72: monochromatic
Creative craft 14: numbers
Clear it out: make someone's day + stash: something sparkly
As you like it 5: favourite 3 embellishments and why - fancy die cuts (so versatile), ribbon (always very attractive) and gems (nice to add some sparkle) - but this was a difficult one because I love other embellies as well!
Papertake: old, new, borrowed or blue
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 24: anything goes
Paperminutes 277: anything goes
Great impressions July: anything goes
Catch the bug July anything goes
DL.ART July: anything goes
613 avenue create 27: anything goes
Spark your creativity now 11: anything goes
Sister act 14: anything goes
Make it Monday 148
Inspire me Fridays 110
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I'm editing to add to Moxie fab world Tuesday trigger: a little romance, where this image as given: