Just Us Girls challenge #838 - Stencil Week

Hello again friends! I'm back to share my DT card for the Just Us Girls challenge and this week it's 'ATG Stencil Week'. As long as you use a stencil you can create anything you like so I'm sure there will be lots of entries.

Stencils are so much fun and can be used for so many different occasions.  I used a fun stencil that I've had in my stash for a little while but hadn't gotten around to using and wanted to show it some love.  I went with a cool colour scheme and I think it turned out so pretty.  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 stencilled the leaf design all over using light blue and light spruce ink pads and once finished I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out the panel.  As soon as I saw the stencil I had the idea to create a butterfly from the leaves so I masked off two leaves and stencilled them 'back to back' to create a butterfly shape; I also fussy cut it out.  I wanted to add some interest to the butterfly body so I took a leaf stamp and stamped onto the 'wings' with black ink.  I cut a thin piece of black card for the body and two tiny slivers of black card for the antenna and adhered them with liquid glue.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  I die cut a stitched circle and a plain black circle and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I added foam tape behind the centre of the butterfly and added it to the top of the circle with foam squares and stamped the sentiment below it with black ink.  The circle was added to the stencilled panel with foam tape.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with some spearmint sequins.  For the inside I die cut a white panel using the stitched rectangle.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to my card base with double sided tape.  As I had cut the stencilled panel quite evenly I decided to add that around the white panel with liquid glue for something a little different.  

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

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #31

Alphabet challenge - I is for insects

Creative Knockouts challenge - use your fave embellies (sequins)

Dream Valley challenge - for a girl or woman

Inkspirational challenge - garden (leaves and butterfly)

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - lots of layers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Such a great challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team. Our guest designer is Betty so please leave her some love too.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Uniko - ink & flip mid century leaves stencil

Uniko - doodle flowers clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Uniko - flower power #10 clear stamp (for butterfly details)

Uniko - simply said blocks clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

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

Gina K Designs - master layouts 01 (for plain rectangle die)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 03 (for stitched circle die)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist & light spruce 

Waffle Flower - nesting circles die set (for black circle)

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)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - 4mm & 6mm spearmint sequins - store closed

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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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #770 - Anything Goes

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week as it's a 5 week month our theme is 'anything goes' and I am your hostess.   Feel free to create anything you like, the world is your oyster lol! We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I needed a sympathy card unfortunately so this week's challenge was just the ticket for me.  I found a lovely smooshed background that I made a little while ago so decided to use this for my card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the florals:

Plus I decorated the inside:

The ink smooshed panel may look familiar as I made a card in February and decided to make two panels at the same time (you can see my original card here if you like).  I thought I would use the panel differently this time and stamped my floral image directly onto it and die cut it out so that all the colour was the focus and then I kept the card background simple.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used a lattice embossing folder to create a subtle background.  I added the panel with foam tape and also adhered the floral die cut with foam squares.  I stamped my sentiment in black ink and die cut it with the matching die; this was adhered with liquid glue.  I finished off with a few black pearls.  For the inside I had tiny pieces of the smooshed panel left so cut them into triangles and added them into the corners of a white panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4".  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to my card base with double sided tape.  I'm really happy with how this turned out and I think the pop of colour against the white background really works.  

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

Allsorts challenge - ATG (happy 16th birthday Allsorts)

As You Like It challenge - embossing wet or dry (I love the look of heat embossing but never seem to get it perfect so I prefer using embossing folders; you can get so many awesome designs these days too)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - anything embossing goes optional zoo/jungle animals

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - floral frenzy

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - add a sentiment

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - pretty flowers

Simply Create Too challenge - anything for a woman

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - emboss it

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - flowers

Word Art Wednesday challenge - ATG

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:

Gina K Designs - lovely flowers stamp & die bundle

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp & die bundle (for sentiments)

Gina K Designs - lattice embossing folder

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

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

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

ink smooshed background created previously using GKD ink pads - passionate pink & dark lilac