Krafty Chicks #792 - ATG

Good morning lovely friends; it's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge. As we have a 5 week month it means we have an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge this week and Lori is our hostess. It can't get any easier than ATG so come and join in the fun with us. 

The world's your oyster this week, you can make anything you like.  Sadly I needed a sympathy card so that is what I'm sharing today.  I was inspired by a card I saw by Michelle Lupton which you can see here. I changed up the embossing folder, card size and sentiment.  I kept the colour blend although I flipped it.  It's such a pretty colour combo.  I hope you like it.  The colours look a little darker in the photos; they are softer in real life. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the embossing:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel to 5" x 5 1/2" and ran it through my intri-cut with the 3D embossing folder.  I then took my orange ink and ink blended up from the bottom to about half way.  I then blended in some pink ink up into the right corner leaving the left corner white.  I stamped the sentiment using the orange ink and cut it out with the coordinating die (I also cut 2 more from white and stacked them up with liquid glue).  I added some scrap white card behind my embossing panel and adhered it to the card base with liquid glue (the card base is 5 1/4" x 5 3/4" which I cut from a piece 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" and scored at the 5 1/4" mark on the long side).  I added the sentiment with liquid glue and finished off with some clear sequins.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4 7/8" x 5 3/8" and stamped the sentiment in the centre using the orange ink pad.  I embossed a white panel 4 7/8" x 1 1/2" with the 3D folder and ink blended the orange and pink inks all over and added it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered the card base with double sided tape.  Such a soft and delicate card and I hope the recipient will take some comfort from it. 

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

* to be updated *

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'anything goes' 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:

Altenew - ambridge bouquet 3D embossing folder - discontinued

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp & die set (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - with sympathy stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink & tangerine twist

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

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

Cards For All Seasons IG Hop Week 22 - Boo!

Hello again friends; I'm back to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 22 and our theme is 'boo'. Such a fun theme this week and open to lots of interpretation; even if you don't want to make any more Halloween creations you could use Halloween colours instead.  There are going to be so many awesome creations along the hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I found some plain white gift bags recently that I've had in my stash for years so I thought, even though I don't have many trick or treaters, why not decorate them to fill with sweets and chocolate (and if I don't have any callers I'm sure my sons and myself will eat the goodies lol!).  I know I've used this stamp set once already this year but it's so super cute and I gave more of the images some love this time around.  I went with the same layout and design on each bag just changed up the images and colours.  There are lots of photos today as I wanted to give each bag its moment in the spotlight haha!  I hope you like them.

Here are the bags all together:

Here is each bag and a close up of the image:

 

 

 

 

 

I worked in a production line style as I felt it made everything go faster.  I cut all the pieces of pattern paper, the striped paper is 4 7/8" x 5 1/8" and the strip of paper is 4 7/8" x 1 14".  I also cut black card mat layers for each piece and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I cut 5 of the arches from white card and using the next size up cut a black layer.  Before adhering them together I stamped the spider webs in black ink (although I used second generation stamping on 4 of them as I thought the first one was too dark) and stars in a colour to match the paper.  I did some ink blending around the edges in the same ink colour as the stars and then adhered the arches together with liquid glue.  I stamped and die cut all the images (except for the bats which I die cut from black card) and then coloured them with Promarkers.  I also added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  It was then time to assemble; I added the strip onto the black and white panel with double sided tape, added the arch into the centre with foam tape and placed the images and sentiment onto the arch with foam squares.  I added the bats with liquid glue and also added a string to the spider so he wasn't floating in mid air!  I think they are adorable and if I do have any kiddos at my door on Friday I'm sure they will love them.  

I would like to enter my gift bags into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cfascardhop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back tomorrow 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,

supplies:

Hobbycraft - small gift bags 5 pack

MFT stamps - fab-BOO-lous friends stamp & die

Mama Elephant - B2B arches die set

MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pack

Authentique - glowing 6x6 paper pad

Dovecraft - back to basics II 6x6 designer paper pack

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

Promarkers

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

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

Krafty Chicks challenge #791 - Masculine

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 4; as always the theme is 'masculine' and Lori is our hostess (although she is currently taking a short break). I know masculine makes can be difficult but we always need them so come on, take the challenge, and get ahead. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I always tend to veer toward clean and simple makes when I make masculine cards (unless it's for my boys or hubby) and this is how today's card turned out too.  It was so quick to make and although I made it in shades of grey I think it would awesome in bright colours too.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by making my circles; I didn't have enough plain grey cardstock that matched each other so used some grey ink pads and blended onto a white piece of card before die cutting them out.  I did use one scrap of grey card as it matched the blended colours really well.  I adhered the circles together with liquid glue and then cut it in half with my scissors.  I cut a panel of grey woodgrain patterned paper, which was from a Christmas pad I bought a few years ago in TKMaxx and matted that onto a black layer with double sided tape.  I adhered the circles with liquid glue in the upper half of the panel and stamped the happy birthday sentiment in black ink.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  No embellishments as I don't think many men really go for bling as a rule, although I'm sure some men do.  For the inside I cut a white panel and black mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I had cut lots of circles from the different colours of card and ink blended pieces so used them in the corners, adding them with liquid glue.  A really abstract card but suitable for males of all ages I think.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes optional twist greys (monochrome)

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

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

Paper Rocks Scissors - ATG (I used scissors to cut my circles in half & pp for background)

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG optional theme pumpkins

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - clean and simple

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'masculine' 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:

Waffle Flower - nesting circle dies

Uniko - floral vines stamp (for HB sentiment)

Uniko - organic wishes stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Gina K Designs - ink pads - soft stone, slate, stormy sky

grey card from scraps bin

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

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - October

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my card for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends, leave them on a co-worker’s desk, or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.  

I found lots of pre-coloured images and backgrounds that I had made and put to one side for another day so decided to try and use up as many of them as I could.  As you can imagine I ended up making an eclectic mix of different styles and occasions but I think they turned out super cute.  I hope you like them too.  Warning: lots of photos today as I made 7 ATC's and I want them all to have their chance to shine lol!  I do love them all but I think my favourites are the coffee & doughnut one or the girlfriends one - let me know if you have a favourite.

Here are my ATC's:

so here is a closer look at each of the ATC's:

Here's what I started with:

So I began by cutting down all the backgrounds to 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" which is the only rule with ATC's, everything else is fair game!  I also die cut or fussy cut the images ready to use.  As I have the pre-made ATC's to use I adhered all the backgrounds onto these cards for some extra stability using double sided tape and liquid glue.  I dug out all the stamp sets to see if there were sentiments I could use and for most of them I did use the sentiments from the sets but for the dog ones I used sentiments from a different set as it didn't have any sentiments with it.  I added the images with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares and either stamped the sentiments directly onto the backgrounds or added sentiment strips.  I finished off with some extra die cuts and my ATC's were done.  I think it's pretty self explanatory what I did to them but if you want more info just drop me a comment and I'll get back to you.  

I would like to enter my ATC's into the following challenges:

* to be updated * 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2025 or #ATCscrapmakesoct25 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Jane's Doodles - donuts! & girlfriends stamp sets - store now closed

Picket Fence Studios - puppy love mini stamp 

Paper Smooches - hot concoctions (for coffee mug)

MFT - farm friends (for sheep/cow & sentiments)

MFT - grassy fields die

MFT - cutest clouds ever dies

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for hearts)

MFT - four legged friends stamp (for sentiments on puppy ATC's)

MFT - mini doily circles dies

Gina K Designs - a very silly season stamp & die*

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die*

Gina K Designs - tapestry embossing folder*

Gina K Designs - double BG 1/grip mat*

Gina K Designs - snowflakes embossing folder*

Promarkers

Lawn Fawn - stitched woodgrain backdrop die

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

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

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - October

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great start to your week.  I'm back today to share my card for this month's Patterned Paper Party Instagram Hop. Do you love patterned paper? Do you have a huge stash that needs using? Well so do we and it's time to get it used! We will be hopping on the 20th of each month to share our ideas. We will definitely be creating cards, but maybe sometimes tags, ATCs, gift bags, boxes, mini albums and scrapbook pages too. We want our patterned paper to be used.  

The theme is always 'anything goes' but each month we will have an optional twist that can be used if you like; this month the twist is Halloween' so grab your patterned papers and have fun. I grabbed this really old paper pad from Authentique that's been in my stash for at least 13 years which I love and tried to use as many of the different papers that I could.  The layout is fairly simple but I think the papers against the black card base really packs a punch.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous papers:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I choose 4 of the papers and used a rounded stitched rectangle die to cut them out.  I made my card blnck originally to US A6 size (4 1/2" x 6 1/4") but eventually trimmed it down to 6" long as it suited the layout better.  I added the papers with double sided tape making sure the brighter orange papers were opposite each other as I felt it was more pleasing to the eye.  I found the pumpkin image already coloured and die cut (it also had the sentiment attached) so I simply adhered that to the centre of the card with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I loved it as it was. For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 3/4" and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I also stamped the spider web in the top right corner.  I used a leftover strip of one of the papers at the bottom of the panel and adhered another cute image in the left corner with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A super cute and fun card.

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

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist pump it up for pumpkins

Colorful Options challenge - orange and black

CRAFT challenge - Halloween/ATG

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn/Halloween

Crafty Calendar challenge - Halloween

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - spooky____ colours/papers

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - Halloween

Creative Inspirations challenge - autumn/something spooky

Creative Knockouts challenge - Halloween or fall

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Double D challenge - Halloween colours optional inspiration board

Hand Stamped Sentiment challenge - inspiration photo

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - spooky fun

Inkspirational challenge - seasonal (Halloween)

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use papers optional theme Halloween colours

Make My Monday challenge - Halloween colours

Papercraft challenges - spooky delights

Pearly Sparkles challenge - pumpkins and/or autumn leaves

PINspirational challenge - pumpkins

The Dream Factory challenge - Coco - Day of the Dead and/or Halloween

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist cute or creepy

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Phew! that's a lot of Halloween/autumn challenges!

We hope you will be inspired by our Patterned Paper Party IG Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous creations along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopoctober2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Authentique Paper - glowing 6x6 paper pad

MFT - Fab-BOO-lous friends stamp

MFT - stitched rounded rectangle stax die set

Spellbinders - classic scalloped circles large

Spellbinders - standard circles large

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad