Cards For All Seasons IG Hop - Week 18

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 18 and our theme is 'the great outdoors'. Such a fun theme this week; think camping, tents, campfires, bears, etc. 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 managed to get my hands on this fun camper van stamp & die set from Heffy Doodle before it closed and had never used it so I thought it would be perfect for this week's theme.  It's a tiny set that also includes a sentiment, a small tree and some silhouette flying birds (the 'tick' style ones). The layout was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the camper van:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the camper van onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers, added a few white gel pen highlights and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I also stamped 9 of the trees in 2 shades of green ink and again used the matching die to cut them out.  I cut a brown panel of card 3 15/16" x 5 3/16" and used a very old cuttlebug embossing folder for some texture.  I added it to a kraft mat layer that was cut to 4" x 5 1/4" with liquid glue. I cut the orange patterned paper 3 1/16" x 4 1/4" and again adhered it to a kraft layer with liquid glue.  The checked paper was cut to 1 9/16" x 4 15/16" and matted onto a kraft layer with liquid glue.  I added the paper layers to the embossed panel with liquid glue.  I die cut a circle from kraft card and stamped the sentiment at the very bottom using a dark brown ink pad (the birthday came from another set).  I added the trees with liquid glue and the camper van with foam squares.  The circle was adhered to the lower right corner of the panel with foam squares.  For a final finishing touch I added some orange and green enamel dots.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for stability and dimension and then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and adhered it to a kraft mat with liquid glue.  I added a strip of orange paper to the top and a strip of the checked paper to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I added 2 of the trees and another camper van to the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  Finally I stamped a sentiment in the centre with dark brown ink. The panel was adhered 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 (I die cut my camper van, trees and circle)

Allsorts challenge - birthdays

As You Like It challenge - favourite colouring medium (Promarkers, I've used them for over 15 years and love them.  The blend well and I still have my original pens for the most part)

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line G - kraft, free, hand-coloured image

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist happy birthday

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional twist use patterned papers

Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG (I die cut my camper van, trees and circle)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - lots of layers

Dream Valley challenge - 2 or more papers

Farm Quest challenge - camping

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or gnomes

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo (I was inspired by the trees and colours)

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - stamp it in STAMPtember

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stamp it

The Four Seasons challenge - fall/inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colours)

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 tomorrow 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:

Heffy Doodle - happy camper stamp & die set - store now sadly closed

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now sadly closed

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

LDRS Creative - happy fall 6x6 paper pad - no longer available

Honey Bee Stamps - swimming by stamp (for birthday word)

Spellbinders - standard circles large die set

Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Crafter's Companion - 280gsm kraft card

MFT - just roll with it stamp (for inside sentiment)

Provo Craft/Cuttlebug - forest branches embossing folder

Cratelier - mint rainbow enamel dots

Your Next Stamp - summer chill enamel dots

Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 16

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 16 and our theme is 'summer luau'. Such a fun theme this week; think bright colours, Hawaii and party! 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 had an older MFT stamp set that fit the bill perfectly this week which I had never used up so it was time to give it some love this week.  I used really bright colours and made a circle shaped card for a change.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping all the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers.  I don't have the coordinating dies so had to fussy cut everything out apart from the palm tree which was from another set.  I'm not the best at fussy cutting, especially now I'm older and my eyes aren't what they used to be, but I think they turned out ok.  I used a large scalloped circle die to cut out 2 pink circles and scored the top of one and glued them together to form my card base.  I cut 2 white circles and lightly ink blended on both using ocean mist and sandy beach ink pads.  I also die cut 3  white clouds.  I arranged the images onto the first circle and when I was happy with the arrangement added them all with liquid glue, apart from the hula girl and the floral arrangement under the palm tree, which were added with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and then finally adhered the clouds with liquid glue.  As a finishing touch I added some highlights with a white gel pen.  I cut some scrap white card for behind my circle and then added the circle panel onto the pink circle with double sided tape.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added another floral arrangement in the bottom right of the circle.  I did have to trim some of the top of the circle to fit the card base and then adhered it with double sided tape.  I love how bright and happy this card is and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer fun'

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #18

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer things'

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - Anything floral goes optional mood board

Daisy Chain challenge - girls

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - letter F (flowers)

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags - ATG

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or black and white

Papercraft challenges - tropical paradise

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG summer optional mood board

Triple B challenge - use at least one bird, blooms or butterflies optional inspiration board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - summer

Unicorn challenge - girls

We Love Stamping challenge - flowers

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 - Polynesian paradise stamp

MFT - inside & out birthday greetings

MFT - cutest clouds ever die-namics

Lawn Fawn - life is good stamp & die set (for palm tree)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist & sandy beach

Go-Kreate - XXL frames scalloped circle & plain circle die sets

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts -  250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

pink card from stash

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop August 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 travel/vacation', which is fun theme and open to interpretation. 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 decided to make a little scene on my tag this month and went bright, summery and cute.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting the tag and the inner panel from white card (I didn't realise how large the tag was when I bought it - it's 4" x 6" so plenty of room to create my scene).  I ink blended the clouds on the inner panel and added a grey piece of card at the bottom; to imitate the road I used a white gelly roll pen to add some dashed lines.  I stamped the little critter and the sun, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.  I die cut the cute car from a light orange card, the little clouds from white card and the 'for you' from black card.  I added the inner panel onto the tag with liquid glue as well as the 'road' to the bottom.  I die cut 3 extra cars from white card and layered them with liquid glue.  I adhered the critter with liquid glue and then added that to the road with liquid glue also.  The sun and the 'for you' were adhered with liquid glue and the clouds were added with foam squares.  I found 3 different ribbon/twine that coordinated with my colour scheme and tied them to my tag.  I finished off with some white gelly roll pen highlights.  For the back of the tag I again ink blended the clouds, die cut the 'to/from' from black card and 2 more white clouds; I adhered them all with liquid glue.  A really sweet tag and suitable for children and adults alike I think.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist summer fun

Allsorts challenge - animals

As You Like It challenge - favourite, cats or dogs (this is a hard one as I love both (and have one of each); cats today but it will be dogs tomorrow lol!)

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Color Dare challenge - #663 - orange, yellow blue

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine

Show Us Your Pussy challenge - ATG but must feature a cat

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use a stencil

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - travel

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 #gorgeousgifttagshop2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

 

card supplies:

Marianne Design - big tag CR1551 die set

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

MFT - cute caravan die set

MFT - missing you every single day stamp & die set

MFT - gifty greetings die set

Gina K Designs - the good life stamp & die set (for sunshine)

Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

ribbon and coloured card from stash

Krafty Chicks challenge #779 - ATG

Good morning lovely friends; it's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge.  We have a 5 week month so that means we have an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge this week and Diane 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.  I wanted to share the anniversary card I made for my hubby (which was a few weeks ago).  I love the fun image and sentiment and went for a bright and cheery colour combo.  The card is 7" x 7" in size.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I used the coordinating die to cut it out.  To create my card base I cut one piece of white card 8" x 7" and another piece 7" x 7"; on the larger piece I scored at 1" on the 8" side and used this 'tab' to attach the two panels together using double sided tape.  I cut a white panel 4 3/4" square and using a heart stencil and some light grey ink created a soft background for my images.  I matted this panel onto some gold mirri card with double sided tape.  I cut a piece of yellow patterned paper 5 3/4" square and again matted it onto the gold mirri card with double sided tape.  I then cut another white panel 6 3/4" square and matted it onto the gold mirri card again.  I adhered all the layers together with double sided tape.  I stamped the happy anniversary and husband words onto scrap white card and cut them out with a sentiment strip die.  I adhered the image into the centre of the stencilled panel using foam tape and stamped the 'me love you' sentiment in black ink below.  I added the other sentiments above the image with foam squares.  The whole panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  For a final finishing touch I die cut 5 hearts from the gold mirri card and added them around the image with liquid glue.  I kept the inside fairly simple this time; I cut I white panel 5 3/4" square and again added a gold mirri card mat.  I added a border of the patterned paper to the top and bottom with double sided tape and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added some more gold hearts in the left upper and right bottom corners.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  Quite a few layers and dimension on this card but I knew I wouldn't be posting it so it didn't matter.  

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

Christmas BINGO (or not) challenge - Line G - square card, free, frame

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - our anniversary in July

Cut It Up challenge - monochrome

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine (anniversary card for hubby)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge - ATG

Make My Monday challenge - masculine (anniversary card for hubby)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist 'fun with stencils'

Tic Tac Toe challenge - any colour, free, sentiment

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'ATG' 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:

Stamping Bella - cave couple stamp & die

Uniko Stamps - everyday love sentiments stamp

Uniko Stamps - everyday family stamp

Gina K Designs - forever flowers stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiment dies

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad

Time For Tea Designs - scattered hearts stencil

The Works - 12 x 12 paper pad - pastel basics

Limetree Crafts - 12 x 12 smooth white 250gsm card

Versafine - onyx black ink

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

gold mirri card from stash

Krafty Chicks challenge #778 - Masculine

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 we are on Week 4; as always the theme is 'masculine' and Lori is our hostess. I know masculine makes can be difficult but we always need them so take the challenge and get ahead. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently purchased a new Penny Black wooden stamp, of course featuring my favourite hedgie character, and I was itching to use it so I grabbed it for today's card.  I love these images as they are so cute and really easy to colour.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured him with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I cut the panel down to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4".  I also cut a lovely green striped patterned paper to 4" x 5 1/4" to use as my mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I cut two banners, one from green card and one from red card; I added the green banner with double sided tape and the red banner with a foam square to the top left corner.  I originally stamped the sentiment directly on the panel but I pressed a little hard and it didn't come out very well so I stamped it again onto a scrap of white card and cut it out with a sentiment strips die (I also cut another 3 plain white strips and adhered them together with liquid glue).   The sentiment was added below the image using liquid glue covering up my boo-boo!  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for some dimension and stability and then adhered this to the card base with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the image in the bottom right corner (I used second generation stamping for a softer look).  I used the left over ends of the banners from the front of the card and added them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I had a small strip of the patterned paper left so added that to the top of the panel with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A fun card and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  

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

Colourful Options challenge - summer mood board (I used red, green and a smidge of yellow)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional child's birthday

Creative Inspirations challenge - stars and/or stripes

Critter Crazy challenge - animal birthday

Die Cut Divas challenge - happy birthday

Double D challenge - a card for the kiddos

Girlz Make Guyz cards - ATG male

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or super heroes

Inkspirational challenge - word prompt 'birthday'

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use patterned paper optional theme birthday

Moving Along With The Times challenge - masculine

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional 'in or on the water'

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - stripes and/or dots

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:

Penny Black - game on 4129J wooden stamp

Promarkers

Penny Black - balloon ride clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Echo Park - little girl dots & stripes 6 x 6 paper pad

MFT - blueprints 18 (for banners)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Clearly Besotted - simply said birthday (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Krafty Chicks challenge #777 CAS

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 we are on Week 3; as always the theme is 'CAS' and Diane is our hostess. I know clean and simple means different things to everyone, but generally we want to see an uncluttered design, lots of open space with little or no embellishments. We hope you are up for the challenge and you will come over and join in the fun with us.

For today's card I am again using an image that I had already coloured for another project but never used, although at that time I only needed the horse so hadn't stamped the hedgie but that was easily rectified, along with some fussy cutting.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

So I began by fussy cutting out the horse which I had previously coloured with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I stamped the hedgie part of the stamp onto a scrap of alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers, added some white gelly roll highlights and again fussy cut it out.  Thankfully because the rope has lines it was easy enough to join them together, with liquid glue, without an obvious line.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used what ink was left on my green and blue blending brushes to create a soft blended background.  I added the image with foam squares and stamped the small sentiment just above it in black ink.  I cut some scrap white card and adhered that behind my panel for stability and dimension and this was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I decided not to add any embellishments to keep it as CAS as possible.  For the inside I kept it really simple; I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the image at the bottom using second generation stamping so that it would be a little more subtle.  I then stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.   I love Penny Black images and I think it turned out really cute.

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

Alphabet challenge - g is for girlfriend

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or super heroes

Little Red Wagon challenge - honky cat (if my horse is not appropriate please delete me)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional theme 'in or on the water'

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG optional theme 'beachy'

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - cute critters 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'CAS' 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:

Penny Black - Minding Shelty 2889K wood stamp (I saw some on eBay)

Promarkers

MFT - bitty bears stamp set (for outside sentiment)

MFT - happy hippos stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - blending brushes and ink (although I used what was left on the brushes so not 100% sure but probably sea glass and jelly bean green)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed