Reindeer Christmas card

Happy Sunday friends; oh my goodness it has been so long since I last posted, I hope you missed me!  My mojo has been lacking for the last few weeks and I have been in a bit of a creative slump.  However I found an image that I had already coloured up so thought I would try and make something with it.   Here is my card:

a close up of the adorable image:

I also decorated the inside:

As I mentioned I had already coloured up the cute reindeer image with my Promarkers and fussy cut him out.  I embossed a background of kraft card with a snow flake embossing folder and cut it to 4 " x 5 1/4".  I die cut the beautiful decorative circle and also some small trees from white card and also a small snow bank (but it's hard to see it).  I placed the larger tree behind the bank and adhered the smaller tree in front using liquid glue.  The reindeer was added on top with foam squares.  The kraft panel was added to the A2 card base using  double sided tape and then the decorative circle was added towards the top using foam tape.  I stamped and heat embossed a small sentiment and cut it out with a sentiment strip die.  This was added to the bottom right with foam squares.  For the inside I stamped a sentiment in black ink onto a white panel and this was added onto a kraft panel.  This was added to the card with double sided tape.  I lightly inked some sea glass ink into the bottom left corner and placed a white tree on top with liquid glue.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought it looked ok without any.  

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

Crafty Animals challenge - must include an animal

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option lots of layers

Creative Moments challenge - it's alive

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Cut It Up challenge - add a sentiment (must include a die cut)

Inkspirational challenge - word prompt - cold

Little Red Wagon challenge - patterned paper or not - I find myself using paper less and less but do try and use up some of it from time to time.  I use embossing folders a lot, as I have on this card

Moving Along with the Times challenge - ATG

Pearly Sparkles challenge - let's go cute

I will try and hunt down my mojo and make something else really soon so that there is such a long break between posts again.  I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

LOTV - penguins and reindeer A5 stamp set

Gina K Designs - snowflakes embossing folder

Gina K Designs - princess circle decorative die

Gina K Designs - winter wonderland die set (for trees)

Gina K Designs - holiday wreath builder (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad (for light ink blending)

Lawn Fawn - stitched hillside borders

Clearly Besotted Stamps - mini messages

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Crafters Companion - neenah desert storm kraft card

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Versamark ink pad

Promarkers

Happy birthday friend

Hello again, I'm back to share a card I made for this week's MFT color challenge.  I loved the colours of the challenge especially as they weren't ones I would have chosen to use together - that's the point of a challenge isn't it lol!  Here is my card:

I began by die cutting the background but I kept it all together by taping it on the back.  I then die cut the lovely tree and decided it would look fun with all the colours in-laid back in (which I instantly regretted as it was a painstaking job) but I think it looks awesome.  I die cut the friend letters 4 times and adhered them together so that they resemble a chipboard thickness and coated them with my nuvo shimmer pen.  I used foam tape to add my background piece onto the card and also some thin foam squares to add the circle onto this panel.  I stamped a sentiment and die cut it with a banner die and adhered this on top of the circle with liquid glue.  I then added the friend die cut letters at the bottom of my card.  I finished off with some nuvo glimmer glaze on the 3 largest hearts and a few enamel dots.  

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

MFT color challenge 160:

Mix it up challenge - anything goes/option in-laid die cut

Crafty friends challenge - happy birthday

Unicorn challenge - make it feminine

Allsorts challenge - anything feminine goes

I hope you're having a good week so far.  The weather here has been lovely and sunny, although chilly but it's a sure sign that spring is on the way. 

Until next time, take care and stay safe.

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - heart tree die (Dies to Die For

MFT - chevron segments cover up (Bumbleberry Papercrafts)

MFT - words for friends die (Dies to Die For)

Nuvo - glimmer glaze

Nuvo - aqua shimmer glitter gloss pen

Crafters Companion - neenah desert storm card (Craft Stash)

Stampin' Up - tempting turquoise card

Hot pink & chocolate card from stash

MFT - beary special birthday (for sentiment) (Dies to Die For)

Gina K Designs - Master layouts 2 (for the banner) (Bumbleberry Papercrafts)

Spellbinders - standard circles large

Heffy Doodle - white card

Sloth happy birthday

A colleague at work recently celebrated her birthday and she is obsessed with sloths.  I remembered I had this fun stamp set from Tracey Hey which would be so perfect for her.  

This is the card I made:

I made a matching envelope:

close up of the card:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the fun image with memento tuxedo black ink and coloured the image with Promarkers.  I cut the panel and added a chocolate brown layer behind it to frame the image.  I made a kraft card blank and attached a piece of patterned paper with liquid glue.  I then attached my coloured panel onto this with foam tape.  I finished by adding some sequins for a bit of bling.  For the inside I used the same chocolate card and added the left over pieces of patterned paper to the edges and stamped a sentiment in the centre.  Simple but I think it ties everything together to use elements from the front of my card on the inside.  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - frame it

Crafty Hazelnuts's Patterned Paper challenge - use patterned paper

Allsorts challenge - I love.... challenge (I love colouring, cute images and making my own envelopes)

Simon Says Stamp IG monthly challenge - put a stamp on it

I hope you are all keeping well.  The news is full of talk that there may be another lockdown soon; I really hope it doesn't happen this time.  Let's hope everyone complies with wearing their masks and social distancing before it gets that far.  

Enjoy the lovely weather but remember to stay safe. 

card ingredients:

Tracey Hey Alpaca Pals - rocking the wreath stamp set

Crafter's Companion - Neenah desert storm card

Chocolate card from stash

Studio Katia - dazzling celery fusion sequins

Little Things from Lucy's Cards - just peachy sequins

MME 'now & then' - Izzy 6x6 paper pad

Memento Tuxedo black ink pad

Versafine Onyx black ink pad (for sentiments)

We R Memory Keepers - envelope punch board

Promarkers:

forest green, bright green, leaf green, lime zest

orange, mango, soft peach

burnt sienna, cinnamon, caramel, sandstone

A card for Squirrel!

Happy Monday friends.  I can't believe another week has whizzed by and we are now into August!  I hope you all had a fab week last week and managed to enjoy the sunshine.  I'm back to share a card I recently sent to a crafty friend.

close up of the cute image

inside of the card

I coloured the super cute images with Promarkers and fussy cut them out (as I sadly don't have the matching dies).  I altered the sentiment as the one in the set says squirrel! oh nuts, I forgot your birthday.  As my crafty friend is known as Squirrel I wanted to change it.  I stamped the 'Squirrel word and then grabbed my 'call the shots' stamp set and just stamped the GO (from the you always take such GOod care of me) and added the 'nuts', I then stamped the 'it's your birthday' from the 'birthday chicks' stamp set.  I added the images and sentiment to a white scalloped panel cut with the sunshine layers die before adhering this to a kraft card panel.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought it looked cute the way it was.  I had one little mushroom image left so I added this to the inside of my card.  

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

MFT sketch challenge #500

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday (it's their 10th year!)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Krafty Chicks challenge - anything goes

I hope you have a wonderful week.  I will be back soon with another card.

Take care and hugs,

Card ingredients:

MFT Squirrel stamp set

MFT Birthday chicks (for the sentiment only)

MFT call the shots (again for the sentiment)

MFT you give me butterflies (sentiment on inside)

W Plus 9 - sunshine layers die set

Crafters Companion - neenah desert storm card

Promarkers

Mama Makes - happy mail stamp (on envelope)