Cards For All Seasons IG Hop - Week 12

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 12 and our theme is 'movies, books or music'.  So quite an easy theme this week; just run with whatever springs to mind in either of these subjects. I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I recently got some stamps from a friend who was selling some of her older stamps and you know how much I love MFT stamps so I grabbed a few.  They are all retired but new to me and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to ink them up.  The stamps are music themed but as they are also birds I kept humming the 'Birdie Song' all the time I was making my card.  For all you young people this song was a terrible novelty song from 1981 which had an equally awful dance that went with it. Look it up on YouTube if you're feeling brave lol!.  I think the card turned out super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping my images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and added some white highlights with a gelly roll pen.  I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the scene builder stamp at the bottom and again coloured it with Promarkers.  Unfortunately my blue pen started to run out about half way through so it's a little patchy but I think it looks ok (I can't complain as I've had my Promarkers for about 15 years and only had to replace about 2 so far!).  I stamped the sentiment with black ink onto some scrap white card and cut it out with a sentiment strip die.  Once I'd figured out where I wanted my images to go and before I adhered them I stamped the musical notes directly onto the background with black ink.  I added both birds and the sentiment with foam squares and the toadstool and flower with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for stability and dimension and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  No embellishments as I didn't think it needed anything else.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the same scene at the bottom of my panel.  I coloured the grass and another flower with Promarkers but left the top plain so that I could write my message.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The flower was cut out with the coordinating die and added with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base with double sided tape.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Allsorts challenge - what makes you happy (cute critters)

Craft Rocket challenge - no design paper

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - add a sentiment

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or summertime

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - fur, feathers and/or flowers

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional inspiration board

We Love Stamping challenge - nature

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 - SY tweet friends stamp & die set - retired

MFT - SY scene builder stamp - retired 

MFT - friends forever stamp (for inside greeting) - retired

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

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

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed