Card Clubhouse IG Hop - Week 7

Hello lovely friends; I'm back to share my card for the new Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my sweet friend Kelly. We are on Week 7 and as it's 'April Fool's Day' our theme is 'just for laughs'. I'm sure we all have some funny or punny sentiment stamps or images in our stash so grab them and join in the fun! We can't wait to see what everyone makes. 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 was searching through my stash and found this fun coffee themed sentiment stamp, which I'm not sure if I have ever used (and the store closed a very long time ago so shame on me!).  I paired it with a to-go coffee cup and I think it turned out super fun.  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 using a coffee ring stamp created my background; I also ink blended around the edges for a softer look using the same brown ink pad.  I die cut the to-go coffee cup and adhered the pieces together with liquid glue and added some white highlights with a gelly roll pen.  I stamped and heat embossed both the sentiments using kraft card and gold embossing powder and fussy cut the coffee word and used my trimmer to cut down the other sentiment.  I adhered everything onto the background with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few red sequins. For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped and ink blended along the bottom to match the front.  I die cut another cup and adhered it to the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with brown ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

As You Like It challenge - favourite embellishments (I really like these smooth sequins without the hole as they are pretty and suitable for all types of cards)

Do-All Creative challenge - repeated stamping (my background is one stamp repeated)

Double D challenge - humour

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food (or drink) goes

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional die cuts

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - emboss it

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist die cuts/punches

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardclubhousehop2026 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Casual Fridays - coffee talk stamp (store now closed)

Spellbinders - I dance die set

Altenew - coffee ring mini stamp

Spellbinders - scarlet smooth disc color essentials sequins

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

Versamark - embossing and watermark ink pad

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

coloured card from scraps bin

*Gina K Designs - warm cocoa ink pad

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

Thank you x

Card Clubhouse IG Hop - Week 1 Warm Welcome

Good morning friends from a very chilly South Wales; the ice and snow have gone for the time being, although we are expecting more tomorrow evening!  I hope you are all safe and warm in your craft rooms lol!  I'm back to share my card for the new Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are on Week 1 and this is our first week for 2026!  Our theme is 'warm welcome' so think welcoming the new year, new supplies and/or warm colours.  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 decided to make a welcome to the neighbourhood card as the house across the street from me has just been sold and I thought I would be ready for when the new neighbours move in.  As the sentiment I wanted to use was quite long I made a landscape style card, which is very rare for me!  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute house:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and ink blended some green ink over half of the panel fading to white at the edges.  I masked off the bottom of the panel and stamped some trees over the ink blending using the same green ink.  I made a 'road' from some grey card and used a white gelly roll pen to draw the lines.  I adhered this below the trees with double sided tape.  I die cut all the pieces for the house, fences and dog from white card and ink blended them for a softer look using warm colours.  I adhered them together with liquid glue.  I did die cut 2 extra fences  and also 2 more dogs so that I could layer them up.  I added the house with foam squares and the fences and dog with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment below the road in black ink.  I felt the card was a little unbalanced so added the doghouse to the right side to compliment the dog on the left side.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for a little dimension and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped two trees in the bottom right corner and using the same green ink lightly ink blended over them to soften them.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (entry 3 of 3)

Aud Sentiments challenge - ATG + sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - something new (new home)

Crafty Calendar challenge - anything new (new home)

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Let's Craft and Create challenge - ATG & something new (new home)

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use stencils and/or dies

We Love Stamping challenge - something new (new home) - I stamped the trees and sentiment

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardclubhousehop2026 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Altenew - neighborhood home die set

Altenew - across the pond stamp

Heffy Doodle - everyday sentiment duos stamp (for inside greeting) - store now closed

*Gina K Designs - natural silhouettes stamp (for tree)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - cherry red, grass green, warm cocoa, honey mustard

Sakura - black gelly roll pen (to add details to dog)

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

grey card from stash

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

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks #792 - ATG

Good morning lovely friends; it's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge. As we have a 5 week month it means we have an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge this week and Lori 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.  Sadly I needed a sympathy card so that is what I'm sharing today.  I was inspired by a card I saw by Michelle Lupton which you can see here. I changed up the embossing folder, card size and sentiment.  I kept the colour blend although I flipped it.  It's such a pretty colour combo.  I hope you like it.  The colours look a little darker in the photos; they are softer in real life. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the embossing:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel to 5" x 5 1/2" and ran it through my intri-cut with the 3D embossing folder.  I then took my orange ink and ink blended up from the bottom to about half way.  I then blended in some pink ink up into the right corner leaving the left corner white.  I stamped the sentiment using the orange ink and cut it out with the coordinating die (I also cut 2 more from white and stacked them up with liquid glue).  I added some scrap white card behind my embossing panel and adhered it to the card base with liquid glue (the card base is 5 1/4" x 5 3/4" which I cut from a piece 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" and scored at the 5 1/4" mark on the long side).  I added the sentiment with liquid glue and finished off with some clear sequins.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4 7/8" x 5 3/8" and stamped the sentiment in the centre using the orange ink pad.  I embossed a white panel 4 7/8" x 1 1/2" with the 3D folder and ink blended the orange and pink inks all over and added it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered the card base with double sided tape.  Such a soft and delicate card and I hope the recipient will take some comfort from it. 

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 'anything goes' 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:

Altenew - ambridge bouquet 3D embossing folder - discontinued

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp & die set (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - with sympathy stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink & tangerine twist

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

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

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop September 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 'autumn', which is great theme and with so many images to choose from such as pumpkins, leaves, apples, figures bundled up in their sweaters/gloves the world is your oyster!  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 wanted to use leaves on my tag as there are so many variations in the colours in the autumn.  I ended up going really clean and simple this month but I really like how it turned out.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting two tags from white card.  For the front of the tag I used a woodgrain backdrop die to add some texture and interest.  I die cut 3 leaves, 1 from red, 1 from yellow and 1 from green card from my scraps bin, added some inking around the edges for definition and added them to the tag with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in the bottom right of the tag using a dark brown ink pad.  I used some kraft coloured twine to make a small bow and using liquid glue adhered it to the top of the leaves.  I also added a hole reinforcer cut from kraft card.  I finished off with a few sequins to match the leaves.  For the back I die cut another 3 leaves and adhered them to the bottom left of the second tag and I also stamped another sentiment using the same dark brown ink.  I added another hole reinforcer cut from kraft card and then adhered the tags together with liquid glue.  I found some ribbon and twine that matched my colours and looped them through the hole for some extra colour.  I know it is really clean and simple but I love it. 

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

AAA Cards challenge - follow the leader (CASE Ceal's card)

Alphabet challenge - K is for keep it simple

Aud Sentiments challenge - tags and/or thank you + sentiment

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - stitching real or faux (my tag has stitching detail)

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line N - tag, free, stamped phrase

Color Throwdown challenge - red, yellow and green

Hand Stamped Sentiment challenge - inspiration photo (inspired by leaves and colours)

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags challenge - ATG

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo (inspired by the colours)

Just Us Girls challenge - die week/ATG

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme birthday

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG fall optional inspiration photo

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional theme changing seasons

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 #gorgeousgifttagsSept2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

tag supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting tags dies

Gina K Designs - autumn leaves dies

Lawn Fawn - stitched woodgrain backdrop die

Altenew - autumn bounty stamp (for both sentiments) - on sale!

Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - kaleidoscope sequins (store sadly closed)

twine and ribbon from stash

2024 Crafty Kickoff IG Card Hop - Week 3

Hello friends and happy Hump Day.  I hope you've all had a great week so far.  I'm back to share my card for this week's Crafty Kickoff IG Card Hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. Each Wednesday we will shared a themed card and this week's theme is a colour challenge:

What a fun colour palette to work with.  Even though the image is of a winter scene you don't have to make a winter card or even include a bird, just be inspired by the colours.  Here is my card:

A close up look for you:

I decorated the inside:

I was inspired to use the red, orange and green colours from the graphic and went very geometric and clean and simple on my card.  I began by cutting a white card panel 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped the images randomly in the upper centre of my panel using the 3 colours I had chosen.  I've had this stamp set for years but this is the first time I've used it and I love it, so will definitely be pulling it out again.  I then simply stamped a black sentiment within the triangle pattern. I attached the card panel onto my card base with foam tape for some dimension as there was no other bulk on my card. For the inside I cut the same size card panel, stamped my sentiment in black ink and added 3 triangles, one in each of the colours, in the bottom left.  This panel was added to my card blank with double sided tape.   I think this was the fastest card I have ever made (once I'd faffed about thinking where to place my triangles).  I love the colours together and I think it would be a great card for anyone.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - Anything CAS goes optional twist Valentine

Allsorts challenge - anything but square

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option make me smile

NBUS challenge - first time using this very old stamp set

Seize the Birthday challenge - no topping this time

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

I would love it if you would pop over to Instagram and see the amazing work by all the other crafters taking part in the hop.  Please use the hashtag #2024CraftyKickoffIGCardHop to find the hop and also so that we can find your creation if you are inspired to take part.  

I've got lots of cards to share with you tomorrow so please pop by and check them out.  As always I appreciate the comments you leave and thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Altenew - Sohcahtoa stamp set (retired)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - jelly bean green, red hot, sweet mango

Versafine - onyx black ink (for sentiments)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card (for card base and panels)

Krafty Chicks Design Team card

Good morning friends, I have some exciting news to share with you today.  I am delighted and honoured to be joining the talented team over at Krafty Chicks challenge!  Today I am sharing my first card as a fully fledged chick in the hen house.  The themes are on a rotation so you always know what is coming up:

Week 1

Stamps (must have a stamp/digi image on card/project)

Week 2

Christmas (must have something with Christmas on it)

Week 3

CAS (Clean and Simple)

Week 4

All Occasions (Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's, etc.)

Week 5

When there are five Thursday's in the month,

Anything Goes

As we are on Week 1 this week the theme is 'Stamps' so we want to see some stamping on your card.  I went clean and simple again (I don't know what is happening to me lol) and here is my card:

A close up of the cute image:

I did a little ink blending on the inside to match the outside:

I began by stamping the cute critter and coloured him with a mix of Promarkers and Tri-blend markers and used the matching die to cut him out.  I also added some white highlights with a gel pen.  I cut a panel of white card 3 3/4" x 5" and ink blended some teal ink into the centre; for some added interest I also used a confetti stencil using the same ink but with a heavier hand.  I cut a mat panel from teal card and added the white panel with double sided tape.  I added my cute fox with foam squares to just slightly above the centre of the card and stamped the sentiment in black ink below him.  No embellishments at all but I think it looks cute just as it is.  For the inside I cut another white panel the same as the front and stamped a sentiment in the centre.  I added some light ink blending over and slightly extending out from the sentiment in the same teal ink.  Again matted the white panel onto a teal panel and adhered it to my card with double sided tape.  

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

Aud Sentiments challenge - make your own background and/or birthday + sentiment

CRAFT challenge - ATG

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Pearly Sparkles challenge - CAS

Stencil Fun challenge - Must use a stencil optional birds

Unicorn challenge - birthday

I hope you will be able to join us over at Krafty Chicks and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.   Check out the blog for all the rules and to see the amazing cards from the very talented design team - Leanne, Diane and Lori.  Helen is our guest designer for January so please leave her some love too.  

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

Card ingredients:

MFT - sending sweet celebration wishes stamp & die

MFT - card sized confetti stencil set

MFT -inside and out birthday greetings stamp set

Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers

Gina K Designs - tranquil teal ink pad

Altenew - lagoon card stock

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen

CAS flower card

Hello again friends.  I hope you are doing ok and surviving this really hot and humid weather we're experiencing in the UK at the moment.  I have to be truthful; I don't like really hot weather so I've been struggling, the fans have be a lifesaver these past few weeks.  I like it dry and sunny but a little cooler would be better for me.  

Anyway enough waffling from me.  I'm back to share a CAS card that I made for a friends birthday.  I don't make CAS cards very often as too much white space makes me want to keep adding embellishments lol.  I managed to contain myself on this card and I think it looks ok.  

Here is my card:

I stamped the floral image with Memento tuxedo black ink and coloured it with Promarkers.  I added a little bit of gold gel pen to the centres of the smaller flowers, although it's hard to see in the photos.  I added a sentiment stamped in Versafine onyx black ink and a few black pearls.  I mounted the panel onto an aqua panel and then onto the card base and my card was done.  Very simple but it's surprising how long it actually took me to make it lol!

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

Use your stuff challenge - flowers

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Creative Inspirations challenge - something for the girls

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - flowers

Color Hues challenge - red and aqua

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me such lovely comments, I really appreciate them.  

Have a great week. 

Crafty hugs, 

Card ingredients:

SSS/Altenew Stamptember set - framed friendship (limited edition 2020 no longer available)

Promarkers

Kuretake Zig writer - gold

Gina K Designs - black, gold, silver pearl mix

Stampin' Up! - tempting turquoise card stock (retired)