Cards for all seasons IG Hop - Week 1

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far.  Today is the start of a brand new Instagram Hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This hop is called 'cards for all seasons' and for the next 9 weeks we will be celebrating all things winter.  Week 1 is hosted by Amrita and she has chosen 'countdown to Christmas/winter'. A really fun theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to take part as we are currently in the first week of our kitchen renovation and seriously my house is upside down; I have things everywhere.  Luckily for me I found some images already coloured and die cut that I could use for today's card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

As I said the images were already coloured with Promarkers and die cut out with the matching dies.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and then took a circle die and cut it out of the panel in the upper centre.  I die cut 3 snowy hill and secured them in place behind the circle with double sided tape.  I ink blended directly onto my card base with sea glass and turquoise sea inks and added some 'snow' with a white gelly roll pen.  I added foam tape behind the white panel and adhered it to my card base.  I added all the images with liquid glue except for the large centre house which was added with foam squares.  This design of card would have been perfect for a shaker card but I was short on time and didn't want to mess it up!  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card and cut it out with a sentiment strips die.  I added it below the circle with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as I liked the clean look of everything contained within the circle (apart from the sentiment).  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and die cut another snowy hillside and added it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I placed two trees and one small house into the bottom left corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the upper centre with black ink.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I love these Lawn Fawn winter village images and I will have to use them again soon. 

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

* to be updated * 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2024 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Lawn Fawn - winter village stamp & die set

Lawn Fawn - home for the holidays stamp & die set (for outside sentiment and inside trees)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 8 (for circle die)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass & turquoise sea 

MFT - snowy hillside dies

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

We Love Stamping - Guest designer

Hello again friends; I'm back with my second post for today (and another late post oops!).  I am delighted to be a guest designer over at We Love Stamping challenge this month.  Their theme this month is winter; so feel free to create anything that inspires you when you think of winter time.  

I was originally working off an inspiration mood board but the team decided to change the theme to just winter so my card fits either way thankfully.  I actually used a digital image for the first time in ages and although I always used to use digi images I don't enjoy using them as much as clear stamps these days but I can understand the cost and flexibility they give.  I hope you like my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by printing out my digital image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some white gel pen highlights.  I added some stickles glitter to the 'snow' so that it would glisten.  I fussy cut the image around the border.  In my original inspiration photo there was a squirrel and bunny so I stamped one of each and again coloured them with Promarkers before fussy cutting them out.  I found some dark green patterned paper so cut it into strips and added them directly onto my 5" x 7" card base with double sided tape.  I adhered the image panel on top with foam tape.  I also added the squirrel and bunny with foam squares.  I stamped and die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment and added that with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as I felt there was lots going on already.  For the inside I coloured the top part of the digital image (a failed print that came out the wrong orientation lol) and coloured it with Promarkers.  I added a strip of patterned paper behind it and added it to a white panel, adding a red strip above it. This was matted onto a dark green panel.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  A very traditional card but perfect for an older friend this Christmas.  

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas 

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #10

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - Christmas

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist happy holidays (any holiday)

Christmas With The Cuties challenge - sparkle and shine (I used stickles glitter glue)

Creative Inspirations challenge - Christmas animals

Creative Moments challenge - winter 

Creative Friday challenge - any animals

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured animal

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - Christmas & other winter holidays

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/springtime

Merry Little Christmas challenge - Anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed 

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas 

Stamping Sensations challenge - AG option winter (supplies listed at bottom of post)

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG winter

The Dream Factory challenge - Christmas option funny cards

Tic Tac Toe challenge - #261 - sparkle/free/red and/or pink

Try It On Tuesday challenge - traditional Christmas

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge and I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  I would like to thank Brenda and all the team at We Love Stamping for asking me to be a guest designer and I would suggest you go and check out their amazing creations too.  

Have a wonderful day everyone; I appreciate you stopping by.  

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

LOTV - Christmas scenes post box digital image

LOTV - woodland fairies clear stamp (for squirrel and bunny) - stamp store currently closed

LOTV - verses clear stamp - stamp store currently closed 

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - holiday floral bundle (for sentiment)

Gina K Designs - jelly bean green ink pad

Echo Park - dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad Christmas collection - retired

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available

dark green card from stash

Ranger - crystal stickles glitter glue

AAA Birthday challenge #68 - lovely layers

Good morning friends and welcome to December!  I apologise for my late post; today is the start of having a new kitchen fitted so I've been frantically clearing out 25 years of stuff and completely forgot about my post.  I am repeating the mantra - it will be worth it in the end lol!  

Today I'm sharing my card for this month's brand new challenge over at the AAA Birthday challenge. This month our theme is 'lovely layers'. Our guest designer this month is the lovely Jo from Dotty Pudding Designs so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love. 

This month we'd like to see some layers on your birthday cards.  Now these could be patterned paper layers, a layering stencil, some layered up dies or mats. Or any other way you can think of!  I went with layers of embossed card and as I needed a birthday for my niece from my boys I combined the two.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I decided to make a square card for a change and the card size is 5 1/2" square.   I began by cutting all my layers from white and pink card in decreasing sizes and embossed the white panels with a swiss dot embossing folder.  I adhered the base layer with double sided tape and the top layers with foam tape.  For some definition I ink blended some pink ink over the embossing on the diamond oriented panels.  I already had the images coloured from a while ago (coloured with Promarkers) and just had to fussy cut them out.  I added them to the top panel with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment and added a cousin word below and then die cut it out with a rectangle die; this was also added with foam squares.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  For a finishing touch I added a few pink pearls in each corner.  For the inside I cut a white panel and added a pink mat.  I embossed another piece of white card and added it to the bottom of the panel with double sided tape and added a strip of pink card above it.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  Something a bit different from me but it definitely has lots of layers.  

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

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - Anything embossing goes optional twist winter fun

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional twist use 3+ layers

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/springtime

Inspired By challenge - inspired by celebrations (I was inspired by the colours)

PINspirational challenge - ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - birthday

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs.   

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed.  I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

I'll be back later with another card for you so hopefully you can stop by.  Have a great day. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Waltzingmouse Stamps - we go together clear stamp - store sadly closed

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - swiss dot embossing folder

Gina K Designs - innocent pink ink pad

Spellbinders - perfect pie sentiments & fillings clear stamp (for sentiment)

Spellbinders - fashion Bella self adhesive pearl dots

Uniko Stamps - everyday family clear stamp

Uniko Stamps - birthday wishes clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

pink card from stash

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen