Just Us Girls challenge #811 - guest designer card

Hello again lovely friends. I'm back with my third card as guest designer for the Just Us Girls challenge and this week is 'Mood Board week' and there is a gorgeous inspiration photo to get your creative juices flowing.  

Here is a larger photo:

Is that just a gorgeous photo?  You could be inspired by the actual mug or just the colours, whatever speaks to you.  I went very literal and used the mug and colours as my inspiration but I think it turned out super cute.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting all my pieces from white card (I cut 3 of the mugs so that I could stack them) and coloured them with my ink pads.  I used pink for the mug and used a slightly darker shade on the edges for some dimension.  I used the light pink on the marshmallows, a light beige on the cream and a dark brown on the chocolate pieces.  I used liquid glue to adhere the mug, add the cream and chocolate pieces and added foam squares behind the marshmallows.  For the background I cut a panel from white card 3 3/34" x 5" and used a floral stencil and the light beige ink and using a light hand stencilled the whole panel but fading out at the edges.  I also cut a pink mat layer from pearlescent card and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I added foam squares behind the mug and adhered it to the background; I also added two more marshmallows at the base of the mug with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares.  I stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and used a sentiment strips die to cut it out.  I adhered the sentiment over the mug with foam squares.  I finished off with some gold pearls and some dots of glitter accents.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and pink mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I used the floral stencil and just stencilled a strip at the bottom of the panel, adding a thin border of the pink card.  I added two more of the marshmallows in the bottom right corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre with pink ink.  I 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

Aud Sentiments challenge - dies and/or love, anniversary, wedding + sentiment

Crafter's Cafe challenge - for the girls optional ATG

Creative Inspirations challenge - think pink

Creative Moments challenge - feminine

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - dies or punches

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

First Cup challenge - anything drink related

Little Red Wagon challenge - just the way you are

Make My Monday challenge - use 2 dies

Stencil Fun challenge - create your own background 

I hope you will be inspired by the gorgeous photo and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Please pop over to the challenge blog and check out all the amazing creations by the Design Team.  

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh - winter mug die set

Pretty Pink Posh - valentine mug additions die set

MFT - sweet birthday wishes stamp (for sentiments)

Versamark - embossing & watermark ink pad

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Tonic Studio - nuvo glitter accents - fresh snowfall

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

pink pearlescent card from my stash

*Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die

Gina K Designs - flower garden stencil

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

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, warm cocoa, dark chocolate, light carnation, medium carnation

*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

Stencil Fun IG Hop - October

Happy Sunday friends; I hope you've all had a great weekend so far. Today I am sharing my card for this month's Stencil Fun IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Jane. We a group of crafters who are determined to use their forgotten and neglected stencils. I'm definitely guilty of this; I have so many stencils but usually forget to reach for them so this hop is perfect for me. The theme is always anything goes but we will have an optional theme to use if we want to. This month's optional theme is 'Halloween' and I'm excited to see who has used this optional theme.

I know it's hard to believe but I didn't actually have a Halloween stencil in my stash - I know shocker - so of course I had to go shopping!!  I decided upon a Halloween script stencil as I thought it would make a fun background and I also went with a shaker element too.   I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I also decorated the envelope:

I began by ink blending my background with orange, lime green and purple inks, I then placed the stencil over top and stencilled with black ink to achieve the 'reverse stencil' technique (which I have done once before here).  I added some white gel pen highlights which I think really makes the background pop and I cut the panel down to 4" x 5 1/4".  At this point I decided to make a shaker card so I cut a circle from the upper centre of the panel and also cut a slightly smaller circle from an orange panel so that I could have a inside mat layer.  I adhered the two panels together with liquid glue and then added a piece of clear plastic (salvaged from some packaging) for my window with double sided tape.  I die cut the letters for the word 'eek' 4 times and adhered them together with liquid glue and also die cut some bats from black card.  I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment and cut it out with a sentiment strips die.  I decided to trim the panel down slightly and added an orange mat layer behind it with double sided tape.  I found a sequin mix that included some orange, purple and green sequins so used that inside my shaker window along with some of the bats.  I added thin foam tape around the window and adhered it together to seal the window. I added the eek word with liquid glue and the sentiment with black foam squares.  I added some scrap card behind my panel with double sided tape and adhered it to a black card base for some extra drama.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and adhered it to an orange mat layer.  I adhered a strip of the stencilled background down the left side of the white panel and stamped the sentiment in black ink.   I also added one of the bats in the top right hand corner with liquid glue.  As I had the circle left over from cutting out the window and a thin strip of the background still left I decided to decorate the front and back of my envelope too.  

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

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #20

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Aud Sentiments challenge - ink blending and/or fall/thanksgiving + sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn/Halloween

Crafty Calendar challenge - Halloween 

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - spooky....... colours/words

Creative Inspirations challenge - autumn/something spooky

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn/Halloween

Inkspirational challenge - seasonal (Halloween)

Just Us Girls challenge - word week: Halloween

Little Red Wagon challenge - Halloween

Moving Along With The Times challenge - sentiment as the focus

Stencil Fun challenge - ATG with a stencil optional theme Halloween

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist cute or creepy

Tic Tac Toe challenge - stencil, free, embossing (my sentiment is heat embossed)

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card 

We hope you will be inspired by our Stencil Fun Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #stencilfunoctober2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh - Halloween words stencil

Gina K Designs - ink pads - tangerine twist, key lime, wild wisteria*

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies*

Gina K Designs - white pigment ink cube*

Waffle Flower - nesting circle dies

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

Clearly Besotted - fright night stamp - retired

Spellbinders - simply perfect alphabets dies

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

WOW! - clear gloss super fine embossing powder

Sakura - white no.10 gelly roll pen

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - sprinkles rainbow circles sequins - store now closed

orange card from my stash

* I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store.  If 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 #755 - Christmas

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 2.  As always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We want you to see all your festive creations this week and we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently bought a fun Christmas mug die that I've been itching to use so today's challenge was the perfect opportunity (although the mug itself could be used for various occasions).  A bit of stencilling and lots of die cutting and my card was done.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the mug:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and using a snowflake stencil created my background using a very light grey ink.  I matted this panel onto a grey panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4" using double sided tape.  I cut the mug die from red ink and inked the edges with a slightly darker red ink for some definition.  I also cut the inner part of the mug from brown card to resemble cocoa.  I cut the candy cane from red and white card and adhered it together with liquid glue.  I cut 3 marshmallows and 2 snowflakes from white card and using my trimmer I cut a strip of black card for the belt.  I don't have the holiday additions die set that coordinates with the mug set so I had to make my own buckle using gold mirri card (it's not perfect but I think you can recognise it as a belt buckle lol!).  Once all the die cutting was done I assembled all the pieces.  The inner of the mug was adhered with liquid glue before the candy cane and marshmallows were tucked into the mug and secured on the back with some double sided tape.  The belt, buckle and 2 snowflakes were added with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink and die cut it out with the coordinating die (I cut another 2 from white so that I could add some dimension without fiddling with tiny strips of foam tape).  I added foam squares behind the mug and added it to the centre of my panel.  The sentiment was added across the mug with liquid glue.  I added gold sequins to the centres of the snowflakes and onto the background.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel, instead of using foam tape, and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside of my card I cut the same size white and grey panels, I stencilled the very bottom of the white panel using the snowflake stencil and adhered the panels together with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and added a die cut snowflake in the bottom left corner.  I also added a gold sequin into the centre.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  Although there was a bit of die cutting it wasn't too fiddly and the card came together quite quickly.  

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

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist couples

ABC Christmas challenge - D is for die cuts

Crafts Galore Encore challenge - ATG

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional theme use a die

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - colour challenge - red, black and white

Daisy Chain challenge - layer it up 

Little Red Wagon challenge - red alert!

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Scrapping4Fun challenge - black, white + 1 other colour (I went with red)

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional theme pink and/or red

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG winter optional mood board

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - red or pink

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

Pretty Pink Posh - winter mug die set

Funky Fossil Designs - snow is falling stencil

Gina K Designs - graphic tree stamp & die set (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad 

Spellbinders - Santa's sippin' sayings stamp (for inside sentiment) - on sale!

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc color essential sequins

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (currently not available but this 250gsm smooth white card is an alternative in stock here)

coloured card from scraps bin

Fall Friends Card Making IG Hop - Week 3

Hello again friends; I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. I'm back with my card for Week 3 of the 'Fall Friends' IG card hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. For Week 3 we want to see 'hayrides and fall festivals'. so think tractors, pumpkin patch, scarecrows, apple picking etc and come and join in the fun.

I had a few different images to choose from but sometimes too much choice is worse than none and I stamped quite a few before settling on this gorgeous pumpkin stamp.  I knew I wanted to use the pumpkin background stencil so didn't want an image too large to cover too much to it.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the pumpkins:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping my image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I don't think there is a die for this image so I fussy cut it out.  I found a sign stamp in another set from my stash and some small word stamps in a different set so mashed them together to make my pumpkin patch sign.  I forgot that I stamped the words in Versafine ink so they did smear a little when I coloured them with Promarkers but I think it looks like a weathered sign so left it as it was.  I again fussy cut out the sign.  I stuck the sign behind the pumpkin image with liquid glue so that it looked like one image.  I then went onto stencilling my background; I cut a white piece of card 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and wanted a multi-colour background so used a combination of mini and detail blending brushes to colour them in.  I am really happy with how it turned out and the soft colours look beautiful in real life.  I cut a mat layer from dark brown card and adhered them together with double sided tape.  When I placed the pumpkin on top of the background it looked a little lost so I die cut a scalloped border piece from white card and a mat layer from the brown card as a grounding panel for my image.  I adhered them together with liquid glue and then added it to the background with double sided tape.  I stamped a simple happy fall sentiment in kraft ink on the right side and then adhered the pumpkin image towards the left side with foam squares.   The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I again cut a white panel and brown mat layer; I stencilled the lower third of the white panel with the pumpkin stencil and added a thin strip of the brown card as a border.  I adhered the panels together with double sided tape.  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with the kraft ink.  The panels were then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I'm really happy with the finished card and I hope you like it too.  

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

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - any colouring medium (promarkers)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist autumn/fall

Cut It Up challenge - colours of fall/autumn

Day of The Month Card Club challenge - autumn stroll day

Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge - inspiration photo

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/gnomes

Inspired By challenge - fall (I was inspired by the colours)

Papercraft challenges - fabulous fall

Simply Create Too challenge - fall or autumn

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional fall frenzy

The Four Seasons challenge - fall

Tic Tac Toe challenge - spring/fall, free, markers/pencils

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; use the hashtag #fallfriendscardhop2024 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 enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by.  

Love and hugs, 

  

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - everything nice mini stamp

Promarkers

Gina K Designs ink pads - jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, honey mustard, sweet mango, kraft

Pretty Pink Posh - pumpkin background stencil

Time for Tea Designs - hooray hamster stamp (for sign)

CC Designs - Cinnamon with pumpkin (for outside sentiments) - retired (but available as a digi stamp)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - scalloped edge die collection - retired

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently oos

Brown card from stash

Colorful Options challenge - Guest Designer

Good Morning lovely friends.  I'm excited to be a guest designer over at Colorful Options challenge this month.  They always have really fun colour boards to inspire you and this month is no different.  

When I saw the colour board my eye was immediately drawn to the cat so I knew I wanted to use an image of a cat on my card.  I had a quick rummage through my stash and found this line art image that I don't think I've ever used before.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using a fun stencil and the brightest inks I had I made my vibrant background.  I added some water droplets to add some interest to my background and once dry I stamped the cat line art image in versafine black ink over top.  One of the sentiments that came with cat stamp was 'you had me at meow' which wasn't really something I would use but I love the font so I found another stamp in my stash that said happy birthday to you and with some masking replaced the word you with the meow word so the sentiment now says 'happy birthday to meow' which I thought was really fun.  I heat embossed the sentiment onto black card with white embossing powder and used a strip sentiment die to cut it out.  I added onto the colourful background with foam squares.  The panel was added to the card base with foam tape.  I tried quite a few different embellishments but nothing looked right so I left it clean and simple.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using the same stencil and inks just stencilled the fun shape into the left corner of the panel.  I stamped a simple sentiment in black ink and added the panel onto my card base with double sided tape.  The card turned out just the way I wanted and it's vibrant, fun and clean & simple.  I hope you like it too.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes option get well cards

Addicted to CAS challenge - pun

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG option rainbows/lots of colours

Crafty Animals challenge - must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - happy birthday

Everybody Art challenge - ATG

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - ATC and/or CAS

Scrapping4Fun challenge - ATG + stamping

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG option animal magic 

I would like to thank Makira and all the team over at Colorful Options for having me as a guest this month and I can't wait to see your interpretations of the colour board.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today; I'll be back on Thursday with my DT card for the Krafty Chicks challenge.  Until then have a great start to your week. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Picket Fence Studios - Sophie kitten stamp - retired

MFT - watercolour wash free form stencil - oos ? retired

Gina K Designs - inks - cherry red, tangerine twist, wild dandelion, lucky clover, blue raspberry, wild lilac, white pigment ink

Pretty Pink Posh - let's party stamp (for part of the sentiment)

MFT - smitten kitten stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine - onyx black ink pad