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Friday, 21 May 2021

Flowers in a teacup

I made this card a few days ago to send to an elderly relative using some of the kit from Create and Craft some time ago, with the lovely decoupaged flowers in a teacup with the bird. mounted on to an A5 blue card blank.


This is for:
Ike's world 144: anything goes + option: birds/;butterflies
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 492: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Hello again

I've used another Hello piece like the one on the previous card (no idea where they came from ... found them when looking for something else - lol). The background paper is upcycled from some junk mail I received ages ago. Flowers and other bits from stash - love the flowers that are made from delicate organza-type material (bought them at a craft show a couple of years ago).


This is for:
Paper funday 29: anything goes + option: flowers
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 492: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes
Crafting happiness 96: anything goes + option: hello

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Hello

For this card I used scraps, including the Helllo!  panel, with flowers from Hobbycraft.


This is for:
Everybody art 491: monochrome
Word art Wednesday 492: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes
Crafting happiness 96: anything goes + option: hello

Roses

A card made with Lisa Horton's Roses 3D embossing folder for the background, having inked the folder before running through the machine. I then used the accompanying die to cut and emboss the lovely red mirror card rose. The birthday sentiment is from Dovecraft.


This is for:
Di's digi: birthday wishes
Paper funday 29: anything goes + option: flowers
Taylormade cards 4 U 5: anything goes + option: May flowers
Simon says Wednesday: use dies and/or punches
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
Lemon shortbread 146: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 492: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Dahlia

A card made with background using Lisa Horton's Dahlia 3D embossing folder and mounted on to cerise mirror card with one of her nested scalloped circles can in matt silver put over the embossing, colouring in the centre dahlia with chameleon pens.


This is for:
Colouring in scrapland May: anything goes + option: flowers
Paper funday 29: anything goes + option: flowers
Taylormade cards 4 U 5: anything goes + option: May flowers
Let's craft and create 171: anything goes + no patterned paper
Lemon shortbread 146: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes

Cheesecake message

The background of this  card was made with Lisa Horton's Birthday greetings folder. The topper is the lovely Penny Black cheesecake message stamped and coloured with spectrum noir pens, with the greeting stamped with one of Lisa Horton's sentiments.


This is for:
Penny Black May: anything goes + option: clean & simple
CRAFT 597: birthday
Di's digi: birthday wishes
Let's craft and create 171: anything goes + no patterned paper
Cardz 4 guyz 271: create your own background
We love Chocolate Baroque May: bright sunny colours
Sweet stampers 56: animals or critters or birds
Simon says Monday: four-legged friends
2 crafty critter crazies 50: anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 50: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 146: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 491: anything goes
Colour crazy 19: anything goes
Creative fingers 208: anything goes
Paperbabe 144: anything goes
Allsorts 624: anything goes
Love to craft 58: anything goes
Love to scrap 145: anything goes
QKR stampede 420: anything goes
A place to start 5: anything goes
Pattie's 182: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 38: anything goes
Papercraft 70: anything goes

Monday, 17 May 2021

Especially for you

A card I made yesterday using Lisa Horton's Variegated leaves 3D embossing folder, brushed with a mix of distress mowed lawn and brilliance pearlescent jade inks,, with an offcut piece of border across the card, topped with a decoupaged image.


This is for:
Creative inspirations May/June: the season of spring
Let's craft and create 171: anything goes + no patterned paper
Word art Wednesday 491: anything goes
Colour crazy 19: anything goes
Creative fingers 208: anything goes
Polka doodles 20: anything goes
Allsorts 624: anything goes
Classic design team 5: anything goes
Creative crafters 40: anything goes
Mix it up 49: anything goes + layering
Papercraft 70: anything goes
Creative crafters 40: anything goes
Corrosive 5: anything goes

Saturday, 15 May 2021

CHNC challenge 542

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 542 -  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 'candy canes'.

I used a free download background printed with the lovely Bugaboo Stamps Candy cane penguin added and coloured with Chameleon pens with glue and glitter added to the white of the hat and the snowflake middle, mounted on to a side opening A5 card blank.


This is also for:
Catch the bug: May week 3 bi-weekly anything goes
Merry little Christmas 34: anything Christmas goes
The holly and ivy 94: anything Christmas goes
Fezziwig festive frolics: let's get sentimental
ABC Christmas:  K for kids
CD Sunday plus 60: anything goes (with digi)
Digi choosday 19: anything goes
QKR stampede 420: anything goes
Jan's digital May: anything goes
Pattie's 182: anything goes
Digi doodle studios 38: bring on the glitz - add  glitter
2 crafty critter crazies 50:  anything goes (animal)
Crafty animals 50: anything goes
Sweet stampers 56: animals or critters or birds
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 496: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 491: anything goes
Allsorts 624: anything goes
Creative crafters 40: anything goes
Corrosive 5: anything goes

Thursday, 13 May 2021

Red and silver Christmas

I made these yesterday using red and silver mirror card and Kanban toppers that I've had for ages, with Season's Greetings and 'Peace on Earth' sentiments  added. I used the two outer dies from Lisa Horton's Slimline loops and bubbles frame, mounted on to slimline card blanks.


This is for:
Merry little Christmas 34: anything Christmas goes
The holly and ivy 94: anything Christmas goes
Fezziwig festive frolics: let's get sentimental
Let's craft and create 171: anything goes + no patterned paper
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
Mix it up 49: anything goes + layering
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Penny's 496: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 491: anything goes
Classic design team 5: anything goes
Love to craft 58: anything goes
Love to scrap 145: anything goes
A place to start 5: anything goes
Creative moments 214: anything goes
Corrosive 5: anything goes

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Decoupaged birthday

This is a commissioned card using a n A4 piece of pearlescent pink card folded to make an A5 card black with supplies from a kit from Create and Craft, with the sentiment added and the silver 'Scrabble'-like letters.

This isn't a very good photo and the card has now gone, but the second one shows the decoupaged tea cup, roses and bird a bit better.



This is for:
Mix it up 49: anything goes + layering
Ike's word 144: anything goes + option: birds/butterflies
Incy wincy: mother's day and/or flowers
Aud sentiments 274: flowers + a sentiment
The crafting challenge May: flowers and/or butterflies
The paper funday 29: anything goes + option: flowers
Taylor made cards 4U 5: anything goes + option: May flowers
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 145: anything goes
Penny's 496: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 491: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 685: anything goes
Cardz TV 140: anything goes
Love to craft 58: anything goes
Love to scrap 145: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 5: anything goes
Corrosive 5: anything goes

Saturday, 8 May 2021

CHNC challenge 541

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 541 -  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 tree or two or more'.

For my card I used a Stampotique stamp byMaryse Carrier inked with Versamark onyx black, heat embossed with clear detail powder and coloured with chameleon pens.

The background foiled card is by Kanban, as is the sentiment, with bands of washi tape across the top and bottom.


This is also for:
Merry little Christmas 34: anything goes Christmas
CRAFT 596: Christmas
Krafty chicks 558: stamp act 
Paperbabe 143: anything goes          
QKR stampede 419: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 38: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 145: anything goes
Penny's 495: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 489: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 685: anything goes
Polka doodles 19: anything goes
Cardz TV 140: anything goes
Love to craft 58: anything goes
Love to scrap 145: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 5: anything goes
A place to start 5: anything goes
Crafty creations 421: anything goes
Creative moments 214: anything goes

Friday, 7 May 2021

New home

This is a card I made the other day to send to a friend. The background paper was from Lisa Horton's magazine bundle with the page from a book with the houses die cut with the scalloped die from Spellbinders. I then stamped with the new home stamp from Hobbycraft.


This is for:
Cardz 4 galz 146: new beginnings
Mod squad: use a book page
Krafty chicks 558: stamp act 
Paperbabe 143: anything goes          
QKR stampede 419: anything goes
LeAnn's world 101 38: anything goes
Dies R us 168: anything goes (used a Spellbinders die)
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 145: anything goes
Penny's 495: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 489: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 685: anything goes
Polka doodles 19: anything goes
Cardz TV 140: anything goes
Love to craft 58: anything goes
Love to scrap 145: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 5: anything goes
A place to start 5: anything goes
Crafty creations 421: anything goes
Creative moments 214: anything goes

Saturday, 1 May 2021

CHNC challenge 540

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 540 -  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 bell or bells'.

This card was put together digitally with the free background and the bells banner, adding the text digitally, before printing out.


This is also for:
Merry little Christmas 34: anything goes Christmas
Fab n funky 521: Christmas
CRAFT 596: Christmas
Krafty chicks 557: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 489: anything goes
Creative fingers 207: anything goes
Crafting happiness 94: anything goes or bright colours

Friday, 30 April 2021

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2021 challenge

This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May 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 card using papers and elements from Crafter's Companion Full Blooms 12 x 12 paper pad. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the middle edges of the pink and gold paper. Some elements are raised up with 3D foam. Sadly, it's difficult to see the gold foiled roses that are between the other elements ... and the leaves in the right hand corner have been obliterated by a bit of over-exposure - they should look like the ones in the bottom left hand corner.


Inside:


This is for:
Little red wagon 599: smell the roses
Krafty chicks 557: anything goes
Aud sentiments 273: use a birthday sentiment
Classic design 5: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Birthday card for football fan

A commissioned card for a Charlton Athletic football fan using Papermania 'Mister' papers and football paper from PDA card and craft. I used two stamps and dies from Lisa Horton's Double Layered Sentiments and silver 'Scrabble' type tiles and puffy footballs from stash. The Charlton logo was downloaded from their website and cut with one of the nested circles dies.


Inside:


This is for:

The paper shelter 467: a birthday card
Elliebelle's crafty Wednesday April: something beginning with B: birthday, balls
International art & soul 107: a card or gift for a man
Cut it up 224: masculine cards
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
Krafty chicks 556: all occasions
Aud sentiments 273: use a birthday sentiment
Crafty sentiments: anything goes

Monday, 26 April 2021

To a dear niece

This is a card made and sent to my niece last week, using the layered petals 3D embossing folder by Lisa Horton using a piece of light mushroom colour pearlescent card, adding the Happy Birthday embossed on gold using part of Lisa's Birthday greetings embossing folder, sanding over the top and adding a flower embossed and cut to match in gold.


This is for:

Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
Mod squad: flowers - spring has sprung
Krafty chicks 556: all occasions
Aud sentiments 273: use a birthday sentiment

Saturday, 24 April 2021

Experimenting

I had used Lisa Horton's lovely Roses embossing folder with a piece of white card and had also saved the outside of a die cut I'd used earlier with some silver matt mirror card using Lisa's nested scalloped die.

I thought I would experiment and brushed across the embossed roses (not being too careful) with versamark before then covering with detail silver embossing powder and heating. I then covered the rest of the area by brushing with pink oxide distress ink. The card was finished off with the Dovecraft birthday greeting and the silver gems in the corners.

It's not perfect, but I think it was a good experiment using dry and wet embossing together.


This is for:

Incy wincy: colours of spring and/or embossing
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
The paper shelter 466: dies and/or punches
Mod squad: flowers - spring has sprung
Krafty chicks 556: all occasions
Aud sentiments 273: use a birthday sentiment
Always fun 210: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 488: anything goes
Cardz TV 139: anything goes
Colour crazy 16: anything goes
Polka doodles 17: anything goes
Creative moments 213: anything goes
Crafting happiness 93: anything goes

CHNC challenge 539

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 539 -  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 'for a child'.

For my card I've used Love to Craft Festive Fun papers. The stamped image is Anita's Santa in the chimney inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum noir pens with the addition of liquid pearls for snow. This was mounted on to an offcut of red mirror card. Two deer and the strip of Merry Christmas sentiments were added.


This is also for:
Merry little Christmas April: anything goes Christmas
Simon says Monday: bright, cheerful colours
Sweet stampers 55: lots of layers
Colouring in scrapland April: anything goes + option: tell me a story: Santa got stuck in the chimney
Paperbabe 142: anything goes
QKR stampede 418: anything goes
Always fun 210: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 144: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 488: anything goes
Cardz TV 139: anything goes
Colour crazy 16: anything goes
Polka doodles 17: anything goes
Creative moments 213: anything goes
Crafting happiness 93: anything goes + option: hanging out

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Birthday

Yet another card using the lovely Dahlia 3D embossing folder by Lisa Horton, inking the embossing with pink oxide distress ink, then using the outline die to cut and emboss the dahlia in a piece of yellow patterned card to layer with 3D foam, having swiped it with the pink oxide distress ink pad, I mounted on to gold mirror and then on to holographic silver and added the Dovecraft Happy Birthday. Everything was then added to a tent style opening white card blank.


This is for:

Incy wincy: colours of spring and/or embossing
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
The paper shelter 466: dies and/or punches
Cut it up 223: how's the weather? (spring)
Mod squad: flowers - spring has sprung
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 144: anything goes
Crafting happiness 93: anything goes