Krafty Chicks challenge #843 - Masculine

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to my little corner of blogland. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 4; and as always the theme is 'Masculine' and Lori is our hostess. Now we know that masculine cards are our least favourite to make but we do need them from time to time.  There are so many fun images for the men in our lives which makes creating for them so much easier. We hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

Quite some time ago I picked up this fun stamp in a friend's crafty destash and it's been sitting unloved and waiting to be used so today was its turn in the spotlight.  It's quite a busy card, with lots going on, but I think it turned out super cute.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used a small checkerboard stencil and some black ink to create my background.  I stamped and coloured the images and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut them all out.  I die cut a white frame and also one from green card and placed the green inner inside the white frame to replicate grass.  I felt the frame looked a little lost on the background so cut a black stitched rectangle to make it stand out a little more.  Before adhering the layers together I roughly handcut a 'road' and used my white posca pen to mark the white lines.  I added the road onto the grass, and the frame and grass onto the black mat using liquid glue.  I stamped and white heat embossed my sentiment onto black card and used a fishtail banner die to cut it out.  The image and the sentiment were added with foam squares and the tyre and flag with liquid glue.  No embellishments this time as there was so much going on already!  The panel was adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I stencilled a small border and added that to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut one more image and cut him a little grass mound to stand on to cheer his friend across the finish line, adding both with liqud glue.  The panel was then adhered to the card base using double sided tape.    

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 '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:

MFT - fast-track friends stamp set

Promarkers

MFT - you wow me clear stamp

MFT - rectangle frames die set

MFT - small checkerboard stencil

MFT - blueprints 27 die set (for fishtail banner die)

MFT - extreme black hybrid ink pad

Gina K Designs - master layouts 05 (for stitched rectangle die)

Wow! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Posca - white PC-5M medium bullet tip paint pen

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - Oct 26

Hello friends, I'm back again 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 'purple & green' which I'm sure will be very popular, especially with Halloween coming up soon.  I used an old paper pack from Dovecraft with the perfect colour combo and fun patterns and was inspired for the layout by a card I saw recently on Instagram by my friend Julie.  I think it turned out so pretty and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and then cut my papers into strips of varying thickness; I also cut some thin strips of dark purple card to coordinate with the papers.  I used liquid glue and added the strips to the top left corner of the panel, alternating paper and purple card.  I mulled over quite a few ideas for the bottom section but decided to add just a few small butterflies; the outlines cut from the purple card and the inner parts cut from the papers and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I added these onto the panel with a very thin foam square.  I stamped the sentiment using a lime green ink, which matched the paper, onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut it out (I also cut 2 more from plain white card so that I could layer them up).  The sentiment was adhered with liquid glue.  I didn't add any embellishments as I like the clean look as it was.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and added some of the leftover strips to the bottom right corner using liquid glue.  I die cut and adhered one more butterfly and added that over the strips with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using the lime green ink and then adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape. 

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

* to be updated *

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopOct2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

card supplies:

Dovecraft - back to basics II 6x6 paper pad - retired but some on eBay

Lawn Fawn - magic iris butterfly wreath add on die set (only used the butterflies)

Gina K Designs - courage to fly mini stamp & die set (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer mini stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - key lime ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

purple card from my scraps bin

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Uniko - Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Good morning friends.  Today I'm over on the Uniko store blog sharing a quick and easy Christmas card using Stunning Snowflakes clear stamp and I thought I would share it over here too.  

It's a really pretty stamp with lots of gorgeous snowflakes in a couple of different sizes, so perfect for whatever project needs a snowflake.  I went for a wintry blue and silver colours combo as it's starting to get really chilly here and this matched the vibe.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the snowflakes:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting a postage grid from white card and using blue ink stamped the snowflakes in each of the spaces, except for the smaller ones.  For the smaller spaces I stamped and heat embossed my sentiments using silver powder.  To bring in a bit more silver I cut my mat layer from gorgeous silver glitter card and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I also cut some dots from the glitter card and used them as my embellishments.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut a stitched rectangle from white card and stamped 3 of the snowflakes in the bottom right corner using the blue ink and again added some glitter dots to the centres.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using a dark grey ink.  I cut another glitter card mat and adhered them together with liquid glue.  The panel was then added to my card base using double sided tape. 

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

* to be updated *

I hope I've inspired you to create a wintry snowflake card.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Uniko - stunning snowflakes clear stamp

Uniko - rustic snowflake clear stamp (for let it snow sentiment)

Uniko - rustic wreath clear stamp (for peace & joy sentiment)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 14 (for postage grid & stitched rectangle dies)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 01 & master layouts 02 for plain mat layer dies

Gina K Designs - lots of dots die set (to cut dots)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - blue sky and slate

Heat it up - silver embossing powder

Versamark - embossing and watermark ink pad

Tonic Studios - craft perfect silver screen glitter card

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

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

Thank you x

ATC Scraps Makes IG Hop - Oct 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations 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's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends 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.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with V, W & X. I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter. This month was a little more tricky trying to stick to animals and food but one out of three isn't bad lol!  One more month to go and the series will be complete. I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too. I used mostly older, retired products but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them; do you have a favourite from this month's trio?

Here are my three ATC's:

A closer look at 'V':

A closer look at 'W':

and a closer look at 'X':

I decorated the backs the same as usual:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for my backgrounds (as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself) along with some stamped pieces and card strips left over from a previous project. I also added some ink blending to make the ATC's match the images a little more. I stamped the whale and vase of flower images and coloured them with Promarkers and used the matching dies to cut them out. The x-ray was a free image I found on the internet, printed out and covered with crystal glaze to give it a shiny look.  I decided to use the frames again this month and I die cut them from card to coordinate with my backgrounds and images and adhered them with liquid glue. The whale was added with foam squares and the vase and x-ray were adhered with liquid glue. I die cut the letters from coloured card, stacking them x 3 and added them to the ATC's with liquid glue; for this month I added some highlights to the letters with a white gelly roll pen. For the backs I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one of the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.

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

* to be updated * 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesOctt26 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,

ATC supplies:

Lawn Fawn - whale you be mine clear stamp & die set 

Clearly Besotted - a little something clear stamp - retired

x-ray image printed from internet

MFT - little letters die set

MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pad

Tracey Hey - 'words' A4 paper pad

Hunkydory - scalloped edged picture frames die set

Promarkers

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed 

ATC silicone stamp (won in a challenge)

coloured card all from my scraps bin

Girlz & The Art of Letters challenge - guest designer card

Hello again friends, I'm back with my second card for today and I am guest designer over at the Girlz & the Art of Letters challenge.  They have a fun challenge based on the letters of the alphabet and this fortnight the letter is L.  So get your thinking caps on and join in the fun. 

I was originally going to use a lion image but changed my mind and settled on using some ladybird (or ladybug to my American friends) images instead, plus a few leaves.  I coloured them with Promarkers and actually mirror image stamped one of them so that they could look different ways.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside too:

I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I used a mirror image 'stamp' to be able to have the one image facing the other way and although I had the die I decided to fussy cut it out as I wasn't confident that I would cut it correctly if I used the die.  I used the die to cut out the original image and added some white highlights to both images.  I cut a piece of green card 4" x 5 1/4" and embossed it using a lattice design folder and because the green card was quite thin I adhered it to a white panel to give it some stability.  I die cut three ovals from white card and also cut three more so that I could layer them up and ink blended some blue and green ink to mimic sky and grass.  I adhered them to the green panel using liquid glue, cutting off the extra that was overhanging the panel and added the ladybirds to the first two using foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment onto the third oval using black ink.  The leaves were already die cut from a previous project so I added them between the panels using liquid glue.  I finished off with some red solid sequins. The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the green embossed card to the bottom using liquid glue.  I die cut another oval, inked it as before and added it over the embossed strip using liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut another ladybird and added that on the oval using liquid glue.  I also added two more leaves alongside the oval using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel using black ink and added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  

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

* to be updated * 

I would like to thank Claudia and all the Team for inviting me to be a guest for this fun challenge and I hope you will pop over and leave them some love.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Clearly Besotted - cute as a bug stamp - retired

Clearly Besotted - fancy sayings stamp (for sentiments - retired

Promarkers

Crafts-Too - fancy lattice 5" x 7" embossing folder

Spellbinders - essential stylish ovals die set

Spellbinders - be bold blooms die set (for leaves)

Spellbinders - scarlet smooth disc color essentials sequins

MFT - mirror image stamp

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

green card from my scraps bin

Penny Black Saturday challenge - midway reminder card

Hello friends; it's another busy day on my blog today as I have two cards to share with you. The first is my second card as guest designer for the Penny Black Saturday challenge. They have a midway reminder post and I was delighted to join in again.  The challenge is 'ATG' but has an optional twist of 'bright colours'.

For today's card I once again did not use a hedgie stamp but instead chose a very old girl stamp called 'sweet thing'.  I can't actually recall using this stamp but if I did it was a VERY long time ago.  I went with some pretty, girly papers and I think it turned out adorable.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto a scrap of alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with my Promarkers.  I added some white highlights and fussy cut it out.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used left over pieces of patterned paper to create a fun layout.  I added the paper onto the white panel with liquid glue.  I die cut a stitched square from white card and added the image onto this with foam squares.  At this point I decided to cut out my background panel with a stitched rectangle so that it would match the image panel.  I added some scrap white card behind the square image panel and adhered it to my background with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in black onto white card and used a stitched label die to cut it out.  I added this at the top of the panel with foam squares.  I die cut one flower from white card and added it in the top right of the square panel with liquid glue.  I finished off with some yellow pearls.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.   For the inside I die cut another white panel with the stitched rectangle.  I used some of the left pieces of patterned paper and also cut them out using the stitched rectangle so that they would match the stitching.  I adhered the papers to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue and stamped my sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I also added one more flower over the patterned paper with liquid glue.  I adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape. 

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

* to be updated *

Please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday challenge blog for all the details/rules and to see the amazing creations from the design team. I would once again like to thank Helen and the team for having me as a guest this month. I hope you will find the time to enter the challenge and cannot wait to see all your projects in the linky.

Thanks for stopping by and see you all soon.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Penny Black - sweet thing wood mounted stamp 

Promarkers

DCWV - nana's nursery baby girl 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" paper stack (retired)

Simon Says Stamp - stitched squares die set (no longer available)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 14 (for stitched rectangle and stitched label)

MFT - sweet birthday wishes stamp (for sentiments)

Spellbinders - be bold blooms die set (for flower)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - hand in hand sequins (store now closed)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Just Us Girls challenge #845 - Mood Board week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am back to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and it's Mood Board Week and Carol Mayne has a beautiful photo to inspire us this week. There are so many gorgeous details to choose from and I'm sure this is going to be a really popular week. I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

and a closer look at the photo:

Isn't it an adorable photo?  The neutral colours are gorgeous and of course the ghost mug is super cute.  You could just use the colours, the cosy sweater, the ghost, the leaf or a combination of all of them.  I can't wait to see what you choose.  I decided to use all of them on my card and I think it turned out super cute.  I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel to 4" x 5 1/4" (although I will cut it down later) and stamped the gorgeous knit background using a light brown ink pad.  I didn't have a ghost mug but I did have a mug and a ghost die so cut them both from white card and darkened the edges with some light grey ink for some dimension (I cut 3 more ghosts so that I could layer them up).  I cut some leaves from a yellow card and inked up the edges with a light brown ink pad.  At this point I decided to cut down my panel using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.  I added three of the leaves 'inside' the mug and two more peeking out of the bottom using liquid glue and adhered the mug onto the background using double sided tape.  I did add some very thin foam squares behind the leaves at the top for some stability.  I added the ghost onto the front of the mug using liquid glue.  I used a fun pre-printed sentiment, which I die cut with a sentiments strip die and inked over it with the light brown ink, before adhering it below the mug using foam squares.  I finished off with some gold pearls.  For the inside I die cut another white stitched rectangle and also stamped another piece of the knit background and added a strip to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I die cut one more ghost and 3 more leaves and added them in the bottom right corner using liquid glue.  I used another pre-printed sentiment, which I die cut and inked as before, and added this into the centre of the panel using liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.

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

CRAFT challenge - Halloween

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar challenge - autumn/Halloween

Creative Aunt challenge - Halloween

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - Halloween or autumn

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Dream Valley challenge - pearls and/or gems

First Cup challenge - must include a hot or cold drink

Let's Craft and Create challenge - ATG optional theme: colours of fall

Pearly Sparkles challenge - trick or treat

Sweet Stampin' challenge - cute creations (my background is stamped)

The Dream Factory challenge - Halloween

The Pick 3 challenge - brown, leaves, Halloween

Tic Tac Toe challenge - fall colours, leaves, metallics

Try It On Tuesday challenge - Halloween

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

We Love Stamping challenge - shades of autumn (my background is stamped)

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as it is such a fun photo and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for our guest designer Carrie Sheridan and the rest of the design team. 

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh - winter mug die set

Gina K Designs - close knit background stamp

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set 

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach and kraft

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver mini metallic pearl mix

Simon Says Stamp - EZ strips Halloween (for sentiments)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

yellow card from my scraps bin

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

Thank you x