Cards For All Seasons IG Hop - Week 9

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 9 and we have a beautiful mood board/colour challenge to inspire you this week.  You can take whatever you like from the mood board; the colours, arches, birds, books, flowers, the world is your oyster!  A really fun theme for you this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

Isn't is such a pretty mood board; it's so soft and dreamy.  I was immediately drawn to the books and flowers as I knew I had a book stamp in my stash somewhere lol!  I tried to use as many of the colours as I could and went for a soft, vintage style and even stamped in brown ink so that it wouldn't be as harsh as black.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

I decorated the inside, as always:

I began by partially stamping the book image by masking the part I wanted (it was quite large and I didn't need all of it) in brown ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I also made a mask for the image so that I could ink blend around it and also stamp the flowers coming out from behind the books. Once all the stamping was done, I removed the mask and coloured everything with my Promarkers, adding some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I trimmed the panel to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" as I stamped the image a little off centre.  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card using the same brown ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I adhered it below the image with foam squares.  I added 3 pieces of scrap white card behind the image panel (instead of using foam tape) and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with some soft pink adhesive pearls.  For the inside I stamped another book to the bottom of a white panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4" and again ink blended around it with a soft pink ink.  I coloured the books again with Promarkers and added white gelly roll pen highlights.  I decided not to add any flowers on the inside as I didn't want to take up too much room.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with brown ink.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I wish you could see this card IRL as it's much softer and prettier (in my opinion).  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark

Allsorts challenge - inspired by a song (paperback writer by The Beatles)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist feminine

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional feminine

CRAFT-alnica challenge - book best friend

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or masculine

Little Red Wagon challenge - use that stash

Word Art Wednesday challenge - ATG

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:

Funky Fossil Designs - spellbound stamp - ? retired

Promarkers

Spellbinders - spring smiles stamp (for flowers)

Spellbinders - nature's dance stamp & die (for outside sentiment)

Spellbinders - fashion Bella color essential pearl dots 

Honey Bee Stamps - inside: birthday sentiments 

Memento - rich cocoa ink pad

Gina K Designs - innocent pink ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed