Vintage Santa

It's time to make a card for the Christmas Card Club and it was the lovely Lizzie's turn to choose the theme and she asked us to make a vintage card.

I have a whole load of vintage pictures, oval and rectangle, that I got in a moment of madness ages ago and I've only ever used a couple of them. They have a bit of a strange glimmer on them - almost an embossed glitter, hard to describe ... I'm still not sure whether I really like the look or not.

Anyway, this card used an offcut of DCWV paper for the background and a piece of My Mind's Eye paper torn in an oval as a backing to the Santa picture. I only had a very small piece of the red and gold netting, so I cut it into two because it wouldn't go all the way across - no one is going to know that it's just two little snippets, are they?! With the addition of three little red gems the card was done.

This is another card for my CHNC challenge 121: red and green must be seen - hope to see you there!

I based the card on Stella's sketch 135 on Catch the bug:

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets 69
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 12: presents
Crimbo crackers 39: vintage
52 Christmas card throwdown April theme: Santa Claus
Christmas cards all year round April: O Christmas tree
Fussy & fancy 87: vintage
Cards galore: vintage
Pink gem 76: distress it

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

With sympathy

A clean and simple card using an offcut of patterned paper (no idea of the manufacturer) with a stamped sentiment, dotty ribbon and three resin flowers.

Colours are for Cupcake inspirations 206:

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 68
Hiding in my craft room 93: super scraps Saturday
Order of the opus gluei 154: colour challenge - all bright or all pastels
Creative belli 167: pastels (all old and forgotten supplies)
Sweet stampin: pastels
Papertake: one paper taker - one patterned paper only
Penny's 123: use a sentiment
Paper crafting journey: use a sentiment..
Victorine 57: springtime flowers or colours
Bearly mine 82: spring flowers
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
The cutie pie 42: clean and simple
The house that stamps built DCC410: clean and simple card
Lexi 88: add lace and/or ribbon
Challenges 4 everybody 18: anything goes
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 2.15

Gold for an angel

When my new CHNC challenge 120 started on Saturday I said I would be back with another 'wonderful wings' card using a stamp kindly supplied by one of the sponsors, Flonz Craft. Most of the week has gone by and I've only just got round to making the card.

I've based in on the sketch given for Merry Monday 58 on Always playing with paper (I like to try and support other Christmas challenge blogs as much as possible):

The pearlised panels at the sides of the card and on which the angel image was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with gold detail powder was from my offcuts box, as were the little pieces that were cut with my fishtail die (these are already proving to be so handy and well worth buying) The gold mirror card panel was embossed using the A4 embossing folder that came with my eBosser, which was then mounted on to some matt gold card from Create and Craft. The gold glitter strips are from Paper Cellar.

As is always the case with mirror card, this was very difficult to get a photograph, so this is the best I could do - unfortunately, it doesn't show the sheen caused by the gold embossing on the image.

This is also for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 68
Christmas card challenge week 20: something with wings
Cards in envy: things with wings (everything on the card is flat to fit in an envelope for ordinary postage)
Crafts 4 eternity R119: wonderful wings
Pile it on 15: embossing (dry and wet)
LEJ 49: emboss it
Bloggers challenge: emboss me
Card crafters circle 70: die-ing to impress you - die cuts and/or dry embossing (both)
Stamp and create April: use at least 1 die cut

Wishing you a very happy birthday

A simple birthday card using a ready patterned card blank on to which I've stamped the sentiment (a well used and love funstamps stamp), with the addition of some lovely prima flowers.

This is for:

A card a day Facebook
Addicted to stamps 54: birthday card - add birthday sentiment
Craft room: so sentimental
Tuesday throwdown 143: focus on the sentiment
Penny's 123: use a sentiment
Paper crafting journey: use a sentiment
The paper nest dolls 2: happy, happy birthday
Paper pretties 254: happy birthday to ...
Victorine 57: springtime flowers or colours
Bearly mine 82: spring flowers
Let's craft and create 68: flowers
The paper shelter 108: make it bloom - at least two flowers
Whimsical: smell the flowers
Broken box stock 24: floral
Little scrap pieces fun Friday: May flowers
A and T 23: flowers
The cutie pie 42: clean and simple
The house that stamps built DCC410: clean and simple card
Stamp dreams 10: monochrom
Rhedd & rosies 4: monochrome
Challenges 4 everybody 18: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Nutcrafters 41: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Make it Monday 136
52 card pick-up 2.15

Have a great day

A quick card using background cut from a folder that has been upcycled, with other elements added from a Kanban kit.

This is for:

Cards for men 8: anything goes
Love to create 61: for the guys
Aud sentiments 78: for a guy
Papercraft star 141: a clock or a watch
Frilly and funkie: upcycle for earth day

Oh baby!

I can't believe that I haven't blogged since Saturday. To be honest, I just didn't feel like it. I've got cards to show, but just couldn't get round to doing so.

Anyway, here is a welcome baby card using the front of a scalloped edged card and elements from a kit that I've had for ages. You can see that inside the pocket is a piece of card designed to hold a gift card.

This is for:

Craftting by designs: anything goes with a twist - oh baby
Ruby's rainbows 52: round and round
Paper creators 7: all about spots
Whimsy 58: pretty in pink
Hobby cutz 4: monochrome
Rhedd & rosies 4: monochrome
Great impressions April: pastel colours and/or polka dots
Shopping our stash 97: text or letters (hope the large letter is OK)
Challenges 4 everybody 18: anything goes
Kreativer Basel 20: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes

CHNC challenge 120: wonderful wings

Can you believe that it's Saturday again?! Having blogged loads of cards in the last couple of weeks, I've had a couple of days break ... well, sometimes, life just takes over - lol!

So here I am with CHNC challenge 120: wonderful wings - the idea is to make a Christmas card that features wings in some way - perhaps an angel, a fairy, a bird, a butterfly ... or any other ideas.

I followed the sketch for Merry Monday 57 on Always playing with paper:

This was an opportunity to use one of the dies that I used for last week's CHNC card - I'm sue I'm going to be using these Die-namics fishtail dies again and again - use the largest one for this card. Papers are all offcuts, most of them left over from last week's card (double sides MME papers, so extra mileage out of them). The image is an angel one kindly given by Bugaboo Stamps who are sponsoring CHNC challenge 120. Everything was mounted on to a kraft card blank.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's crafty snippets week 67
Hiding in my craftroom 93: super scraps Saturday
ABC Christmas: G for girl or guy - card for a girl
QKR stampede 34: for a child
CRAFT 202: Christmas
Moving along with the times: inspired by a song or film - Christmas carol 'Angels from the realms of glory'
Christmas at sweet stampin 5: krafty Christmas
Totally papercrafts 162: get krafty
Crafts 4 eternity R119: wonderful wings
Victorine 56: stripes & dots
Stamp and create April: use at least 1 die cut
Digistamps4Joy 64: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.15

Golden garden

This is a card blank with a gold foil edging on to which has been matted an invertage garden scene.

This is for:

Tuesday alchemy 54: garden gold
Crazy amigo: home sweet home
613 avenue 14: anything goes with spring fever
Joanna Sheen: spring into spring
My Sheri 107: spring has sprung
Scrappy frogs April: think spring
The pink elephant 194: use spring colours
Fab n funky 166: spring colours
The paper shelter 107: spring delights
Going grey with Scrap creations: flower power
Crafting by designs: spring flowers
Simon says: April showers and/or spring flowers
Divas by design: flowers
Di's digi designs: flower frenzy
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14

New home card

New home card using decoupage upcycled from a card received. Before assembling the decoupage I printed the sentiment and then heat embossed it with clear powder because the ink was wet on the shiny card.

Colours are for The shabby tea room 161: shabby spring:

This for:

A and T 22: hearts
Crazy amigo: home sweet home
613 avenue 14: anything goes with spring fever
Joanna Sheen: spring into spring
My Sheri 107: spring has sprung
Scrappy frogs April: think spring
The pink elephant 194: use spring colours
Fab n funky 166: spring colours
The paper shelter 107: spring delights
Going grey with Scrap creations: flower power
Crafting by designs: spring flowers
Simon says: April showers and/or spring flowers
Divas by design: flowers
Di's digi designs: flower frenzy
Playing in paradise 111: embossing
Wow embossing April: alter or recycle something
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14

Love hearts

These three CAS cards were made by upcycling some card from a folder. I love the quote I've printed for this first card:

These are for:

Perfect sentiments 74: sweet treats
Freshly brewed April: sweet treats
CRAFT 201: recycle
A and T 22: hearts
Creative inspirations 209: anything goes + option: hearts
Kaboodle 166: use any shade of pink
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135

Ruby wedding anniversary

I was asked to make a Ruby wedding anniversary card. I have to confess that I re-purposed some bits from a couple of cards I made long ago and didn't really like.

The spotted background was made with an embossing folder and the swirls with a stencil, using fired brick distress ink. The hearts were die cut using snippets and flowers from stash.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's crafty snippets week 67
CRAFT 201: recycle (recycled parts of two cards made before)
Playing in paradise 111: embossing
Whimsical designs: emboss it
Whoopsi Daisy: swirls
Sugar creek hollow vintage 56: fabulous flourishes
Eclectic ellapu: love is in the air
Forever friends 59: die cuts/punches
Card mania 18: punches and/or die cuts
A and T 22: hearts
Crafting by designs: spring flowers
Divas by design: flowers
Kaboodle 166: use any shade of pink
Rhedd and rosies 4: monochrome
Happy campers 14: flower power
Di's digi designs: flower frenzy
Order of the opus gluei 154: colour challenge - all bright or all pastel
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14

Christening card

I was commissioned to make a Christening card with the request that it have lots of pink, the child's name and a Bible verse.

I've used double sided Fancy Pants 'heavenly' paper from their Key Lime Pie range.

The Bible book shapes were cut with a nestie die. I used a little strip of white teddies (had these for years) as the stopper and the Forever Friends bear and other elements.

Inside I stuck a couple of glittered hearts with gems and the 'on your special day' sentiment.

The scripture verse:

This is for:

Forever friends 59: die cuts/punches (used FF products)
Card mania 18: punches and/or die cuts
Twist of faith 32: getting in shape
Word art Wednesday 75: anything goes
Tuesday throwdown 142: fancy folds
Little Claire 31: cards with folds
A and T 22: hearts
Creative inspirations 209: anything goes + option: hearts
Ready teddy go 21: anything goes (featuring a bear)
Kaboodle 166: use any shade of pink

A life on the ocean wave

Similar card to the previous one, this time blue instead of pink.

This is for:

Emergency crafters: beat the blues - nautical with shades of blue
Gingerloft: for the guys
CASology 39: travel
Stuck on u: sea worthy (die cut ovals)
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14

Manly pink and brown

Simple card for a man using Hunkydory card and a couple of ovals on to a brown card blank.

This is for:

Gingerloft: for the guys
CASology 39: travel
Polka doodles 14: pink and brown
Stuck on u: sea worthy (die cut ovals)
Kaboodle 166: use any shade of pink
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14

With sympathy

I've layered a piece of acetate with swirls and spots on to a picture of a flower, mounted on to white card and then on to the pink card blank, with the addition of the stamped sentiment.

This is for:

Charisma cardz 13: use acetate
Whoopsi daisy: swirls
Kaboodle 166: use any shade of pink
Great impressions April: pastel colours and/or polka dots
Happy campers 14: flower power
2 sisters 138: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 135
52 card pick-up 2.14