Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 6

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 6 and as it's Kelly's birthday next week our theme is 'birthday fun'.  A really easy theme for you this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I know Kelly loves the colour green as it's her birthday month colour so I wanted to make her a card using that.  I searched through my stash and found this adorable cactus stamp set from MFT Stamps and thought it would be perfect.  I also went all out and made a shaped easel card.  I hope you like it. The lighting was really weird here today so my photos are a bit naff.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the adorable cacti:

Here is the inside of the card:

I made my own envelope and added an image on the front to match:

I began by stamping my images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I created my card base using a large scalloped circle die (approximately 5 1/2" in diameter) by folding an A4 piece of card in half placing the die over the fold and running it through my die cut machine.  I also cut one more  scallop circle from white so that I could cover the front of my card and added this with liquid glue.  I cut 2 white circle dies and ink blended the larger one with green ink.  On the smaller circle I used a fun dotty stencil using the same green ink and faded it out towards the edge.  I stamped the sentiments (which I previously had cut in half) and cut them out with sentiment strip dies.  I adhered the two circles together with liquid glue and added them to my card base with liquid glue.  The images were arranged on my card front and the two outer ones were added with liquid glue and the centre one with foam squares.  I added the thinner sentiment above the images and the larger sentiment below, both with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought there was enough going on.  For the inside I cut another two circles and ink blended and stencilled them to match the front.  I used a smaller cactus image and added that at the bottom right with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The circles were then adhered to the card base with liquid glue.  I made my own envelope using an envelope punch board using green paper and as I had one image left over adhered that to the front left corner with liquid glue.  A really sweet card and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  If I thought it would reach her in time I would send it to Kelly in Florida but I don't think it will sadly.  

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

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #14

Allsorts challenge - feminine

Aud Sentiments challenge - glitter & bling or St. Patrick's Day/green + sentiment

Colourful Options challenge - it's not easy being green

Crafty Calendar challenge - more than 1 fold

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist add a sentiment 

Creative Creases challenge - ATG with a fun fold

Everybody Art challenge - lots of layers

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - make it punny

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or a girly card

Inspired By challenge - St. Patrick's Day (I was inspired by the colours)

Just Us Girls challenge - green

Make My Monday challenge - use a die or punch

The Neglected Stuff challenge - use an old, neglected item (the go-kreate dies are really old)

PINspirational challenge - inspirational photo (I was inspired by the colours)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - fun with stencils

Stencil Fun challenge - ATG but you must use a stencil optional theme splatters

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - shades of green

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2025 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:

MFT Stamps - let's stick together stamp & die set - retired

Go-Kreate - XXL concentric straight circle & XXL concentric scallop circle dies - retired

Promarkers

MFT - birthday chicks clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiment dies

Gina K Designs - lucky clover ink pad

Gina K Designs - fizzy stencil

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently unavailable

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed