Krafty Chicks challenge #781 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Another card to add to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently bought a few die sets in the Spellbinders sale and was itching to use them so pulled a couple of them out for today's card.  I decided to make a shaped card and I love how it turned out; I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous stag:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by creating my card base using one of the new die sets called essential stylish ovals.  I took a full sheet of white card and scored it in half, placed the die slightly over the score line and ran it through my die cutting machine.  The finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I cut another smaller white oval from the set and stamped it with a script background using versamark ink and heat set it with gold detail embossing powder.  I slightly inked the edges with a red ink pad.  I die cut all the pieces from the floral stag die set using coloured card from my scraps bin and used liquid glue to adhere them all together.  For my arrangement I basically followed the picture on the packaging as I really liked it.  I used liquid glue to adhere everything to the panel except for the upper part of the stag, the large flower and the poinsettia which I added with foam squares.  I stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out; this was added with foam squares.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few gold pearl embellishments.  For the inside I again die cut another smaller oval, heat embossed the script background, just to the very top, and added another poinsettia and holly leaf with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in a dark chocolate ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I really like this floral stag die set and I think it would look great on a 5" x 7" card too.  

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

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist diamond shapes

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Allsorts challenge - animals

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + a sentiment

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line B - Christmas, brown, free

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - embossing (I heat embossed my background and sentiment)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Cut It Up challenge - add a sentiment

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - lots of layers

Dream Valley challenge - shaped cards

FarmQuest Country Christmas challenge - ATG with outdoor settings 

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags challenge - ATG

Let's Craft and Create challenge - ATG optional polka dots and/or stripes

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional mood board

The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist '4 legged friends'

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

Spellbinders - floral stag die set - still on sale!

Spellbinders - essential stylish ovals die set - still on sale!

Spellbinders - Christmas magic sentiment stamp & die - still on sale!

MFT - romantic script BG stamp

Versamark - watermark ink pad

Cosmic shimmer - detail bright gold embossing powder

Limetree Crafts -  250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here - but limited numbers

Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad

Gina K Designs - pearl mix - gold, black and silver metallic

coloured card from my scraps bin

Krafty Chicks challenge #780 - birthday

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. It can't get any easier than this week's challenge so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was Willow the cat's 4th birthday at the beginning of the week so of course I had to make a card for her!  Like most cats she is in love with cardboard boxes; any size, shape, colour, if we have a box it is soon hers lol!  Of course I decided that I had to make a box card for her, which even if I say so myself, turned out super cute.  There are a few extra photos today as it was really difficult to capture everything.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my box card:

A closer look at the cute kitty image:

Some extra views to capture the details:

I tried to make my own Amazon logo lol!

Here is the crazy kitty which was my inspiration:

I used a die to cut out the box using kraft card as I wanted it to look like cardboard.  The die has a beautiful decorative edge to the flaps but I didn't want that look for this project so simply trimmed that part off with my paper trimmer.  I used double sided tape to secure my box together.  I also die cut 2 of the inside pieces of the box from kraft which supports the box plus allows you to arrange your images and fill up the box.  I stamped all the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I die cut the letters to spell her name and also the number 4 x 4 times from white card and stacked them up using liquid glue.  I originally was going to put some of the smaller images onto acetate and secure them higher for some extra interest but I didn't really like it so cut the acetate off except for the fish which is still raised a little higher.  I arranged the images where I wanted and adhered them with liquid glue.  I added the name and number onto the front of the box and also added a birthday sentiment onto the front flap.  At the last moment, for a bit of fun, I attempted to draw my own Amazon logo on the side of the box; it's not perfect but it made me chuckle lol!  I think it turned out super cute.

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

Allsorts challenge - animals

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape +s sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Creases challenge - ATG with a fun fold

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

I Love Promakers challenge - ATG or black and white

Show Us Your Pussycats challenge - ATG featuring a cat

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - quite quirky

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist '4 legged friends'

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

Studio Light - exploding box die (SL-ES-CD116)

Neat & Tangled - kitty's favourite things stamp & die

Neat & Tangled - puppy's favourite things stamp & die (for present, cupcake & hat)

Promarkers

MFT - little letters die-namics

Spellbinders - simply perfect alphabets (for number 4)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Crafter's Companion - 280gsm kraft cardstock

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here - but limited numbers

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 16

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today 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 16 and our theme is 'summer luau'. Such a fun theme this week; think bright colours, Hawaii and party! 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 had an older MFT stamp set that fit the bill perfectly this week which I had never used up so it was time to give it some love this week.  I used really bright colours and made a circle shaped card for a change.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping all the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers.  I don't have the coordinating dies so had to fussy cut everything out apart from the palm tree which was from another set.  I'm not the best at fussy cutting, especially now I'm older and my eyes aren't what they used to be, but I think they turned out ok.  I used a large scalloped circle die to cut out 2 pink circles and scored the top of one and glued them together to form my card base.  I cut 2 white circles and lightly ink blended on both using ocean mist and sandy beach ink pads.  I also die cut 3  white clouds.  I arranged the images onto the first circle and when I was happy with the arrangement added them all with liquid glue, apart from the hula girl and the floral arrangement under the palm tree, which were added with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and then finally adhered the clouds with liquid glue.  As a finishing touch I added some highlights with a white gel pen.  I cut some scrap white card for behind my circle and then added the circle panel onto the pink circle with double sided tape.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added another floral arrangement in the bottom right of the circle.  I did have to trim some of the top of the circle to fit the card base and then adhered it with double sided tape.  I love how bright and happy this card is and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer fun'

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #18

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer things'

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - Anything floral goes optional mood board

Daisy Chain challenge - girls

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - letter F (flowers)

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags - ATG

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or black and white

Papercraft challenges - tropical paradise

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG summer optional mood board

Triple B challenge - use at least one bird, blooms or butterflies optional inspiration board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - summer

Unicorn challenge - girls

We Love Stamping challenge - flowers

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 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 supplies:

MFT - Polynesian paradise stamp

MFT - inside & out birthday greetings

MFT - cutest clouds ever die-namics

Lawn Fawn - life is good stamp & die set (for palm tree)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist & sandy beach

Go-Kreate - XXL frames scalloped circle & plain circle die sets

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts -  250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

pink card from stash

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop August 25

Hello friends, I hope you're doing ok and that you've had a lovely day so far. It's time for a new theme for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, which takes place on the 5th of each month. You always have the option to go for anything goes but the extra prompt this month is travel/vacation', which is fun theme and open to interpretation. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made.  I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us. 

I decided to make a little scene on my tag this month and went bright, summery and cute.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting the tag and the inner panel from white card (I didn't realise how large the tag was when I bought it - it's 4" x 6" so plenty of room to create my scene).  I ink blended the clouds on the inner panel and added a grey piece of card at the bottom; to imitate the road I used a white gelly roll pen to add some dashed lines.  I stamped the little critter and the sun, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.  I die cut the cute car from a light orange card, the little clouds from white card and the 'for you' from black card.  I added the inner panel onto the tag with liquid glue as well as the 'road' to the bottom.  I die cut 3 extra cars from white card and layered them with liquid glue.  I adhered the critter with liquid glue and then added that to the road with liquid glue also.  The sun and the 'for you' were adhered with liquid glue and the clouds were added with foam squares.  I found 3 different ribbon/twine that coordinated with my colour scheme and tied them to my tag.  I finished off with some white gelly roll pen highlights.  For the back of the tag I again ink blended the clouds, die cut the 'to/from' from black card and 2 more white clouds; I adhered them all with liquid glue.  A really sweet tag and suitable for children and adults alike I think.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist summer fun

Allsorts challenge - animals

As You Like It challenge - favourite, cats or dogs (this is a hard one as I love both (and have one of each); cats today but it will be dogs tomorrow lol!)

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Color Dare challenge - #663 - orange, yellow blue

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine

Show Us Your Pussy challenge - ATG but must feature a cat

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use a stencil

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - travel

We hope you will be inspired by our Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagshop2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

 

card supplies:

Marianne Design - big tag CR1551 die set

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

MFT - cute caravan die set

MFT - missing you every single day stamp & die set

MFT - gifty greetings die set

Gina K Designs - the good life stamp & die set (for sunshine)

Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

ribbon and coloured card from stash

AAA Birthday challenge #76 - sport

Hello again friends and happy 1st of August. I hope you all had a wonderful July, although it went by in the blink of an eye once again.  I had a great month as it was my birthday on the 12th and I was spoilt as usual by my lovely friends and family.  I even got to relax and watch the Wimbledon finals that weekend too.  

I'm here today to share my card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge and this month our theme is 'sport' which is such a fun challenge.  Don't forget sports are unisex so you can make a pink football card if you like!  I hope you will take on our challenge this month and get creating. Our guest designer this month is the lovely Cathy R. so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

I recently bought some dies from a new-ish craft company and they were perfect for this month's theme.  Most of the men in my life enjoy football so this card will definitely find a new home very soon.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the football silhouette images from black glossy card, plus I also cut an extra two layers from white card and stacked them up with liquid glue.  I die cut 4 of the postage style rectangles and leaving the die in place lightly ink blended some green and blue ink for a soft background.  I white heat embossed my birthday sentiment onto black card and use a sentiment strips die to cut it out.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and arranged the 4 rectangles in a grid layout, adhering them with liquid glue.  I also added each of the football silhouette images with liquid glue over each rectangle.  I added the sentiment in the centre with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind my white panel for some thin dimension and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  No embellishments this time as I thought there was enough going on.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and ink blended the green and blue inks to about half way up.  I adhered another silhouette footballer to the bottom left corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I'm really happy with how this card turned out.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Creative Moments challenge - embossing (my sentiment is heat embossed)

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - Letter F - football

Girlz Makes Guyz cards challenge - ATG masculine

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie challenge - happy birthday

Inkspirational challenge - word prompt 'birthday'

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine

Make My Monday challenge - masculine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

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.

Have a great day.

Love and hugs,

card supplies

Craft Addiction UK - mini football collection dies

Lawn Fawn - little letter die set (for postage style rectangle)

Clearly Besotted - happy birthday all stamp (for outside sentiment) - retired

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - jelly bean green and sea glass

Lawn Fawn - sweet smiles stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Verasafine - onyx black ink pad

Wow! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

Imagination Crafts - glossy black card (I got mine from eBay)

Krafty Chicks challenge #779 - ATG

Good morning lovely friends; it's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge.  We have a 5 week month so that means we have an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge this week and Diane 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.  I wanted to share the anniversary card I made for my hubby (which was a few weeks ago).  I love the fun image and sentiment and went for a bright and cheery colour combo.  The card is 7" x 7" in size.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I used the coordinating die to cut it out.  To create my card base I cut one piece of white card 8" x 7" and another piece 7" x 7"; on the larger piece I scored at 1" on the 8" side and used this 'tab' to attach the two panels together using double sided tape.  I cut a white panel 4 3/4" square and using a heart stencil and some light grey ink created a soft background for my images.  I matted this panel onto some gold mirri card with double sided tape.  I cut a piece of yellow patterned paper 5 3/4" square and again matted it onto the gold mirri card with double sided tape.  I then cut another white panel 6 3/4" square and matted it onto the gold mirri card again.  I adhered all the layers together with double sided tape.  I stamped the happy anniversary and husband words onto scrap white card and cut them out with a sentiment strip die.  I adhered the image into the centre of the stencilled panel using foam tape and stamped the 'me love you' sentiment in black ink below.  I added the other sentiments above the image with foam squares.  The whole panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  For a final finishing touch I die cut 5 hearts from the gold mirri card and added them around the image with liquid glue.  I kept the inside fairly simple this time; I cut I white panel 5 3/4" square and again added a gold mirri card mat.  I added a border of the patterned paper to the top and bottom with double sided tape and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added some more gold hearts in the left upper and right bottom corners.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  Quite a few layers and dimension on this card but I knew I wouldn't be posting it so it didn't matter.  

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

Christmas BINGO (or not) challenge - Line G - square card, free, frame

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - our anniversary in July

Cut It Up challenge - monochrome

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine (anniversary card for hubby)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge - ATG

Make My Monday challenge - masculine (anniversary card for hubby)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist 'fun with stencils'

Tic Tac Toe challenge - any colour, free, sentiment

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

Stamping Bella - cave couple stamp & die

Uniko Stamps - everyday love sentiments stamp

Uniko Stamps - everyday family stamp

Gina K Designs - forever flowers stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiment dies

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad

Time For Tea Designs - scattered hearts stencil

The Works - 12 x 12 paper pad - pastel basics

Limetree Crafts - 12 x 12 smooth white 250gsm card

Versafine - onyx black ink

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

gold mirri card from stash