Just Us Girls challenge #845 - Mood Board week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am back to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and it's Mood Board Week and Carol Mayne has a beautiful photo to inspire us this week. There are so many gorgeous details to choose from and I'm sure this is going to be a really popular week. I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

and a closer look at the photo:

Isn't it an adorable photo?  The neutral colours are gorgeous and of course the ghost mug is super cute.  You could just use the colours, the cosy sweater, the ghost, the leaf or a combination of all of them.  I can't wait to see what you choose.  I decided to use all of them on my card and I think it turned out super cute.  I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel to 4" x 5 1/4" (although I will cut it down later) and stamped the gorgeous knit background using a light brown ink pad.  I didn't have a ghost mug but I did have a mug and a ghost die so cut them both from white card and darkened the edges with some light grey ink for some dimension (I cut 3 more ghosts so that I could layer them up).  I cut some leaves from a yellow card and inked up the edges with a light brown ink pad.  At this point I decided to cut down my panel using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.  I added three of the leaves 'inside' the mug and two more peeking out of the bottom using liquid glue and adhered the mug onto the background using double sided tape.  I did add some very thin foam squares behind the leaves at the top for some stability.  I added the ghost onto the front of the mug using liquid glue.  I used a fun pre-printed sentiment, which I die cut with a sentiments strip die and inked over it with the light brown ink, before adhering it below the mug using foam squares.  I finished off with some gold pearls.  For the inside I die cut another white stitched rectangle and also stamped another piece of the knit background and added a strip to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I die cut one more ghost and 3 more leaves and added them in the bottom right corner using liquid glue.  I used another pre-printed sentiment, which I die cut and inked as before, and added this into the centre of the panel using liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CRAFT challenge - Halloween

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar challenge - autumn/Halloween

Creative Aunt challenge - Halloween

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - Halloween or autumn

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Dream Valley challenge - pearls and/or gems

First Cup challenge - must include a hot or cold drink

Let's Craft and Create challenge - ATG optional theme: colours of fall

Pearly Sparkles challenge - trick or treat

Sweet Stampin' challenge - cute creations (my background is stamped)

The Dream Factory challenge - Halloween

The Pick 3 challenge - brown, leaves, Halloween

Tic Tac Toe challenge - fall colours, leaves, metallics

Try It On Tuesday challenge - Halloween

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

We Love Stamping challenge - shades of autumn (my background is stamped)

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as it is such a fun photo and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for our guest designer Carrie Sheridan and the rest of the design team. 

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh - winter mug die set

Gina K Designs - close knit background stamp

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set 

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach and kraft

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver mini metallic pearl mix

Simon Says Stamp - EZ strips Halloween (for sentiments)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

yellow card from my scraps bin

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Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #842 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to my little corner of blogland. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. Now we know that CAS is subjective but generally it's lots of open space (doesn't have to be white), no embellishments (or very few) and an uncluttered design. It can be a difficult design to pull off but we hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

I saw a fun card on Pinterest and decided to give it a go.  I changed up the layout ever so slightly and also the colour scheme but the shapes are the same.  I think it turned out great and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and also a second white panel which I die cut with a stitched rectangle.  I decided to use the colour scheme on the current AAA Cards challenge and cut my coloured card to 1" squares and 3/4" squares and used a punch to round 2 of the corners which made them look a bit like a petal.  I added the 'petals' with liquid glue onto the stitched rectangle, starting at the top left corner and working down towards to the bottom right corner, leaving a slightly gap in the middle for my sentiment, which I stamped in black ink.  I adhered both the panels together and added it to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut two more white panels and 4 more squares from coloured card.  I added the 'petals' in the bottom left corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added the panels onto my card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

AAA Cards challenge - game 325 - color challenge

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (my stitched rectangle)

Addicted to CAS challenge - happy

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Creative Friday challenge - faux stitching

Inkspirational challenge - CAS optional twist plaid

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional keep it tiny

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'CAS' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori. Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Creative Craft Products - notch/corner punch

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set

MFT - sweet 16 stamp set (which was a freebie)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Card Clubhouse IG Hop - Week 21

Hello lovely friends; I'm here to share my card for the Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my sweet friend Kelly. We are on Week 21 and our theme is 'opposites attract' for example, black/white, dark/light, clean/layered, pastel/bright, warm/cool, soft/texture. This is going to be a great hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

For my card I decided to go with colours vs white as my opposites attract and I think it turned out quite pretty.  I used some bright patterned paper, white card and a leafy die cut and I'm really happy with it.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the patterned paper and white card using a die set from MFT and adhered the pieces onto a white panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4".  I die cut the leaf die from white card and also from the patterned paper and adhered the white piece onto the front of my card using liquid glue.  I pieced the white leaf inners back into place over the patterned paper and pieced the patterned paper leaf inners over the white card using liquid glue.  I chose an ink pad of a similar colour to the teal stripe and stamped my sentiment in the upper part of the white section.  I finished off with some pastel pearls on the white section and some white pearls on the paper section.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" stamped the sentiment in the centre using the teal ink pad.  I cut a piece of the patterned paper and die cut part of the leaf from it before adding it onto the bottom of the panel, as well as the outline leaf inner, with liquid glue.  I adhered the panel onto my card base using double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist: think pink

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Dream Valley challenge - pearls and/or gems

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use patterned paper optional ghost/ghouls

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use patterned paper or scissors 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - think pink

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardclubhouse2026 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - outline clustered leaves die

MFT - blueprints 18 die set

Altenew - across the pond stamp set (for outside sentiment)

Simon Says Stamp/Studio Katia - flower bunch stamptember set (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - blue lagoon ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Primark - paper pad

 I have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Stencil Fun IG Hop - Oct 26

Hello friends; I here to share my card for the Stencil Fun IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Jane. We are a group of crafters who are determined to use their forgotten and neglected stencils. I'm definitely guilty of this; I have so many stencils but usually forget to reach for them so this hop is perfect for me. The theme is always anything goes but we will have an optional theme to use if we want to. This month's optional theme is 'abstract/splatter and I'm sure there will be lots of fantastic and colourful creations.  I'm excited to see what everyone has made.

I used a stencil from Uniko appropriately called 'abstract triangles' for my background and loved the colours from the current Colorful Options challenge of black, red and orange.  I also added some spatter with white gouache.  The background screamed Halloween to me so that is what I made.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

a closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I started with a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" (but will cut it down later) and stencilled the abstract design using black, red and orange ink pads (starting from the outside and working in towards the centre).  I think it turned out fantastic and looks really striking.  I decided to cut it down using a stitched rectangle die and also cut the next size up from black card to create the look of a wide frame.  I added some scrap black card behind the stencilled panel for dimension and adhered it to the black panel with liquid glue.  The background was perfect for a Halloween card so die cut some spooky shapes from black card and added them onto the background with liquid glue.  I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment and used a sentiment strips die to cut it out.  I added the sentiment with foam squares.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stencilled at the bottom using the same inks.  I die cut it using the stitched rectangle and also cut another bigger one from black card.  I die cut another tree and bird from black card and added them to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel using black ink and added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Colorful Options challenge - black, orange, red and white - option 1 & 4

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - autumn/Halloween

Creative Aunt challenge - Halloween

Creative Friday challenge - faux stitching

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn or Halloween

Pearly Sparkles challenge - trick or treat

Shopping Our Stash challenge - black cats (or bats, spiders etc)

Stencil Fun challenge - use a stencil optional theme: orange

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

We hope you will be inspired by our Stencil Fun Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #stencilfunoct2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love,

card supplies:

Uniko - abstract triangles stencil

Clearly Besotted - fright night stamp & die set

Simon Says Stamp - stitched rectangles die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - cherry red and tangerine twist

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die set

MFT - extreme black hybrid ink pad (for blending)

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for spatters)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad (for sentiment)

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

CASE IT IG Hop - October 26

Hello again friends. I hope you've had a great start to your weekend. I'm here to share this month's card for the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created. There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).

This month I was inspired by @houses_built_with_cards and as soon as I saw Heather's cards I was in love, although I could have chosen any of her cards as she is so talented.  I loved the clean and simple layouts, the stripes and of course that I could make a two-fer!!  I have to say that I kept pretty much to Heather's design, using the circles and stripes but changed up the colours and sentiments.  I also used sequins instead of her enamel dots.  You can definitely see that my cards were inspired by hers! Here are her cards for my inspiration:

Aren't her cards just amazing? Using Ardyth's LIMES process (you can watch her video here) we list what we see - she has used blues as her main colours, a die cut circle, stamped sentiments, blue enamel dots and a clean and simple design.  So as I mentioned I pretty much followed Heather's layout and style but changed my colours to bright pink, orange and yellow and my paper is stripes instead of woodgrain.  I used different sentiments and also swapped her enamel dots for black sequins.  I hope you like them.

Here are my cards:

A closer look at card 1:

Plus I decorated the inside:

A closer look at card 2:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and cut some strips from my pink, orange and yellow scraps.  I laid onto the panel at an angle using liquid glue and took a circle die and cut it out of the panel.  For the first card I took another white panel the same size and laid it behind the striped panel with the cut out circle using foam squares.  I stamped the gorgeous bold sentiment using black ink onto the back panel and added some black sequins to finish.  I added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I added some strips of the coloured card to the bottom of a white panel with liquid glue and stamped a sentiment in the centre using black ink.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  

For the second card I used the cut out circle, although I think my stripes were a little bigger than Heather's and didn't leave much room for my sentiment, so I cut a second white circle, trimmed down the striped circle slightly and added it over the plain one with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink at the top of the circle and added foam squares behind.  I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and a piece of black and white striped paper to 2" x 5 1/4" and added it to the panel with liquid glue.  I added the circle on top and finished off with some black sequins.  For the inside I cut another white panel and added a strip of the striped pattern paper at the bottom before stamping the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated * 

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting circles dies

Reverse Confetti - friendly floras stamp (for bold sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sketched roses mini stamp (for birthday sentiment)

MFT - let's celebrate clear stamp (for inside sentiment on birthday card)

MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pack

Clearly Besotted - a little sentiment clear stamp (for inside sentiment on thank you card)

Spellbinders - black smooth disc color essentials sequins

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

Seize the Birthday challenge - surprise guest card

Hello friends, me again; Thursday are becoming such a busy day for me on my blog lol!  I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge so I am guest designing (or the surprise guest as they call it) for the Seize the Birthday challenge.

The theme for this challenge is 'double frame' which is really fun.

This is such a great theme and there are so many ways to use 2 frames on your card.  I took the 'easy' route and laid one frame on top of each other but you could offset them, add images inside them; I can't wait to see what everyone makes.  I used a new-to-me die set from Spellbinders and isn't the panda super adorable.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it.   

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute panda:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting my frames from black card and the inner piece from orange gingham paper (I'm loving these Memory Box papers are the moment) and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I added foam squares behind the smaller frame and added it onto the larger frame.  I die cut all the pieces for the  panda from black and white card and the bow from light orange card, adhering them together with liquid glue.  To make him more in keeping for a birthday I die cut a balloon and party hat from a different spellbinders set from the light orange card and the bobble from the gingham paper.  I added the panda onto the smaller frame using foam squares.  I stamped a simple happy birthday in black onto white card and used a sentiment strips die to cut it out.  I added the sentiment across the legs of the panda using a mix of foam squares and liquid glue.  I didn't add any embellishments as I liked it as it was.  The panel was the adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut the same large black frame and a white inner but also cut a slightly larger rectangle from the gingham paper to layer between, which I did with liquid glue.  I die cut a second panda and added him to the bottom of the frame with liquid glue and stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use patterned paper optional theme ghosts/goblins

NBUS challenge - the panda die is new to me

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use patterned paper or scissors 

I would like to thank Nancy and all the Team at Seize the Birthday for inviting me to be a guest for this fun challenge and I hope you will pop over and leave them some love.  

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Spellbinders - dancin' birthday panda die set - on sale!

Spellbinders - birthday bliss die set DOM-Nov24 (for balloon & party hat)

Spellbinders - lots of wishing you sentiments clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Spellbinders - envelope of wonder clear stamp 

Avery Elle - large pierced scallop die set

Memory Box - mango gingham paper

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x