Summer Soiree Card Making IG Hop - Week 10

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  Not a great week, weather-wise, here; it's grey, windy and very showery, although today has been dry so far.  Not really August weather so far this month.  

We are now up to Week 10 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This is the penultimate week and our theme is 'summer treats' so think ice cream, lollies (or popsicles as they call them across the pond), an iced frappuccino, etc the list is endless.  

I was really pushed for time making my card this week and was delighted when searching through my stash I found these images already stamped, coloured and fussy cut and ready to go - score!  

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I cut my white panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and simply stencilled the background using a fun splat stencil.  I added the images with foam squares and stamped the sentiment below in black ink.  I added the panel to the card base with foam tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel the same size, stencilled a portion of the design in the bottom right corner and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I did have to quickly stamp one more ice lolly and coloured it with promarkers and again fussy cut it out.  I added it over the partial splat with liquid glue.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I think was the quickest card I've made for a while, thanks to most of the images already being done.  I think it's a fun thank you card; I hope you like it too. 

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

Addicted to CAS challenge - blended (I blended 2 pink inks through my stencil)

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils

Allsorts challenge - summer days

Creative Inspirations challenge - summer fun

Daisy Chain challenge - for the girls

Dream Valley challenge - hand coloured image

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - summer

Moving Along With The Times challenge - summer fun

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional theme summer time

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes summer

We Love Stamping challenge - focal sentiment/quote or ATG

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants in my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

Card ingredients:

Heffy Doodle - treat yo'self stamp set - store now sadly closed

Promarkers

Clearly Besotted - splat it stencil

LOTV - verses A5 stamp set (for inside sentiment) - their stamp shop is temporarily closed

Gina K Designs - ink pads - bubblegum pink, passionate pink

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink

Summer Soiree Card Making IG Hop - Week 9

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  Another week has whizzed by in a blink of an eye; it will be Christmas before we know it lol!  

We are now up to Week 9 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week's theme is 'road trips or summer celebrations' so this one is really open as you could even have a wedding card as a summer celebration. 

I decided to combine the themes and have a car load of friends celebrating a birthday on a road trip haha!  I recently picked up this stamp set on an amazing deal and it was really perfect timing for my card this week.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A close up of the fun image:

I decorated the inside too:

I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers.  I used the matching dies to cut everything out.  I cut a white card panel 4" x 5 1/4" and lightly ink blended some clouds in the top 2/3rds using a mini cloud edge stencil.  For the 'road' I cut a piece of mid grey card 1 1/4" x 4" and adhered this to the bottom of the panel.  Before adding the panel to the card base I stamped the party time sentiment in alcohol marker friendly black ink and again coloured it with Promarkers.  I adhered the panel with foam tape and arranged the die cut images before adding them with foam squares.  No extra embellishments this time but I did add a few white gel pen highlights to the images.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped 3 of the presents in the bottom right corner and again coloured them with Promarkers.  I stamped a sentiment across the centre in black ink.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  A really fun image and I enjoyed making this card.

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

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes optional twist: holidays/travels

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Allsorts challenge - summer days/ATG

As You Like It challenge - bugs, feathers or fur - I love cute critters so will always go fur 

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dream Valley challenge - hand coloured image

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthdays

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/my best friend

Inkspirational challenge - mood board - inspired by the colours

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - add a sentiment

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional twist: summertime

The Cutie Pie challenge - four legged friends

We Love Stamping challenge - focal sentiment or quote/ATG

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants in my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Waffle Flower - limo ride stamp & die set (it looks like the stamp is now sold out)

Promarkers

MFT - mini cloud edge stencil - retired

Gina K Designs - on the inside stamp (inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink 

Versafine - onyx black ink 

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

grey card from scraps bin

Summer Soiree Card Making IG Hop - Week 8

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  I can't believe it's Wednesday already.  It only seems like 5 minutes ago I was posting last week's card! 

We are now up to Week 8 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week's theme is 'you are my sunshine' so think sunshine, sun-rays, yellow, encouragement etc. 

I decided to take the theme very literal this week and created and fairly clean and simple but at the same time super cute card (I think so anyway lol!).  I hope you will like it.

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute sunshine:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" from smooth white card and ran it through my die cutting machine with a sun-rays embossing folder.  I didn't actually have a sun die (I know shock horror) so used a pinking edge circle and matching smaller circle die that I found in a set from MFT.  I cut them from some orange and yellow offcuts that I had in my scraps bin.  I also die cut some clouds from white card.  I used the same yellow card to die cut the word 'sunshine' and also 2 more from white card so that I could glue them together for some dimension.  I did some stamp surgery on one of my stamps and used part of it to stamp 'you are my' in black ink onto white card; which I then cut with a sentiment strip die.  I added the circles together with liquid glue and added them to my panel with double sided tape.  I added the larger cloud with foam squares and the smaller cloud with a mix of foam squares and liquid glue as it overlapped the larger cloud.  The die cut sentiment was added with liquid glue and I added the stamped sentiment with foam squares.  The panel was added to my card front with foam tape.  I didn't add anything else as I thought it was cute as it was.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and cut a white strip 2" x 4" and again ran it through my die cutting machine with the embossing folder.  I die cut another 'sun' and one small cloud. I added the embossed strip, sun and cloud with double sided tape.  I stamped a sentiment in the upper centre of the my panel with black ink.  A really fun card I think.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes optional twist holidays/travel

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - anything embossing goes option things with wings

CAS on Friday challenge - two colours (with white or cream) -  I used yellow and orange with white

CRAFT challenge - summer 

Die Cut Divas challenge - wet or dry embossing (I used an embossing folder)

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - romance/friendship

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - be happy (inspired by smiley face/colour)

Double Trouble challenge - what makes you happy/include a smile and/or smile sentiment

Moving Along With The Times challenge - summer fun

My Time To Craft challenge - summertime fun

PINspirational challenge - die cuts

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - anything CAS goes option off centre

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes summer

Try It On Tuesday challenge - keep it simple

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

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants in my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

MFT - blueprints 13 (for circles) - retired

W Plus 9 - sunshine layers die set (for sunshine word) - retired

Clearly Besotted Stamps - sky's the limit (for clouds) - retired

MFT - beach bunnies stamp (for 'you are my' sentiment)

MFT - Polynesian paradise (for inside sentiment) - retired

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Lawn Fawn - you're the zest (for face on the sun)

We R Memory keepers 6" x 6" embossing folder (unsure of the name)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine - onyx black ink

coloured card from my scraps bin

Summer Soiree Card Making IG Hop - Week 6

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  The weather is very changeable here at the moment and we can't seem to string two days together; it's showery today but it was lovely and sunny yesterday.  We did however take Wesley for a walk today around the local lake this morning.  It's gorgeous up there and they even have a cafe so you can have a coffee and a bite to eat if you want.  He really enjoyed himself and was really brave meeting dogs for the first time.  He wasn't too sure about the water though.  

Anyway enough of my waffling let's get down to the real reason you are here.  It's week 5 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week is all about 'Christmas in July' so we want to see all your festive images but of course if you don't celebrate Christmas we would love to see your winter creations too.  

I've been having fun rediscovering my wooden stamps and I'm really going to try and make an effort to use them more.  I found this cute Hero Arts stamp and I remember using it lots years ago but it's been neglected for probably 15 years so I thought I would show it some love.  

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute kitty:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and did an ombre ink blend from left to right using my ink pads and blending brushes.  Using the same inks I stamped some trees in the background and added some gold dots using a metallic pen and white highlights using a gelly roll pen.  I managed to squish one corner of my panel so decided to cut it out using a postage die.  I stamped the kitty image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers, added some white highlights and then fussy cut it out.  I stamped a sentiment under the ink blended strip towards the left side using black ink.  I added the panel onto my card blank with foam tape and also added the kitty with foam squares.  For the inside I again did an ombre ink blend but this time at the bottom of my panel and stamped two trees using the same inks.  I added more gold and white highlights and stamped my sentiment with black ink.  I used the same postage die to cut it out.  I added this to my card base with double sided tape.  A very simple card but I think it's really super cute.  I hope you like it too.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - sketch ombre

Alphabet challenge - H is for Holidays - summer or Christmas in July

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round challenge - anything Christmas or winter holiday goes

Christmas With The Cuties challenge - clean and simple Christmas cuties

CRAFT challenge - Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional twist Christmas

Creative Knockouts challenge - Christmas in July

Daisy Chain challenge - Christmas in July

Day Of The Month Card Club challenge - National US postage stamp day

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas in July

A Blog Named Hero July challenge - color my world (I coloured my image with alcohol markers and ink blended my background)

Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July pick 3 challenge - die cuts/stamps/mainly red & green

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge - woods (like a forest, small grove of trees)

My Time To Craft challenge - clean and simple

Papercraft challenges - holiday time

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas in July

Show Us Your Pussy Cats challenge - ATG must include a cat

Simply Create Too challenge - Christmas in July 

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG optional twist Christmas in July

Tic Tac Toe challenge - die cut/free/any sentiment

Wow so many Christmas challenges around at the moment!  

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants on my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

  

Card ingredients:

Hero Arts - Winter kitty E4841 wood stamp - ? no longer available

Promarkers

Lawn Fawn - winter village stamp set (for trees)

Catherine Pooler - notecard postage dies

MFT - itty bitty holiday stamp set (for sentiments)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - key lime, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Kuretake - Zig writer gold metallic pen

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Summer Soiree IG Card Hop - Week 2

Hello friends; we've made it to the middle of the week *yay*. I hope the weather is good where you are; it's still sunny and warm here in South Wales but I think it's supposed to change for the end of the week. Let's hope that summer isn't over already lol!  

Talking of summer; it's week 2 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  This week is all about 'The Great Outdoors'.

Believe it or not but in my vast stash of stamps, dies etc I did not have one item relating the camping or the great outdoors so for a while I was a little bit stumped.  I am no artist but I decided to have a go at drawing my own caravan as this is as close to camping as I'll ever get haha!  It's not perfect by any stretch but I think you know what it is at least!  

Here is my card:

A close up of my masterpiece!

I decorated the inside:

So I began by roughly drawing my little caravan in pencil and when I decided it was as good as it was going to be I went over it with a letraset fine line black marker (which is safe to use with markers).  I erased all the pencil marks and coloured the caravan with Promarkers.  I fussy cut the image,  added some glaze to the windows and the wheel to make them shine a little and put it aside to dry.  For my background I used a mountain image and stamped it in light grey ink onto a white panel.  I ink blended the grass but then went over it with my markers for some extra definition.  I also coloured the sky and mountains with markers and used the black marker to define the birds.  I cut this panel out with a stitched die and then cut a navy card mat using my paper trimmer.  I decided to heat emboss my sentiment with gold embossing powder in the lower right corner.  I added my caravan with foam squares.  The panels were adhered together with double sided tape and then added to the card base with foam tape.  I finished off with a few gold sequins.  For the inside I cut the same size panels and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I stamped a small portion of the mountain image, coloured it with markers and added that to the bottom of my white panel with double sided tape.  I didn't add a sentiment as the card could be used for quite a few occasions, so left it blank until I know what I'm using it for.  The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark

Aud Sentiments challenge - shaker and/or summer + sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - no design paper

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - ATG

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - the great outdoors

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/pink, blue & yellow

Little Red Wagon challenge - layer it up

Make My Monday challenge - outdoor summer fun

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Try It On Tuesday challenge - here comes summer

Unicorn challenge - emboss it (I heat embossed my sentiment)

We Love Stamping challenge - fabulous florals or ATG

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants on my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

hand-drawn image

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Gina K Designs - spring mountain stamp set

Gina K Designs - grass green ink pad

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc color essential sequins

Letraset - fineliner black 03 pen

Nuvo - crystal glaze

Versamark - embossing & watermark ink pad

Cosmic Shimmer - detail bright gold embossing powder

Summer Soiree IG Card Hop - Week 1

Hello friends; we've made it to the middle of the week *yay*.  I hope the weather is good where you are; it's really sunny and warm here in South Wales for a change.  Let's hope we can string a few days together!  

Before we get to the card I wanted to share a pic of our new puppy Wesley, he is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and he is 9 weeks old.  We picked him up last week but I forgot how much time they take up; it's like having a baby in the house again lol!  It is seriously affecting my crafting time and I literally finished today's card about 20 minutes before I was due to post it.  He is totally worth it though. 

So onto the card making.  Today is the start of the Summer Soiree IG Card Hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  Week 1 is 'itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dots' - isn't that such a fun theme?

I soon as I saw the theme I obviously went for yellow polka dot bikini and thought I would create a beach scene.  I actually used a digital image for the first time in years.  I really do prefer stamping my images but I had the perfect image to use although sadly the store closed many years ago.  

Here is my card:

A close up of the image:

I decorated the inside:

I began by printing out my image onto smooth white card and coloured it with my Promarkers.  I fussy cut it out and then moved onto creating my background.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and masking off the bottom third and ink blended sandy beach ink to create my sand.  I also went over my ink blending with a drifts & hills stencil.  for the middle third of my panel I created my sea using turquoise sea ink and then stencilled over that with tranquil teal using a make waves stencil.  For the sky I used sea glass ink and a mini cloud edges stencil.  To add a little interest I stamped 2 silhouette birds in the sky and a silhouette boat on the horizon.  I die cut a beach umbrella and added it to the left side of the sand with liquid glue.  I then added my image towards the right side with foam squares.  I stamped and die cut a sentiment and added it to the upper right of the panel with foam squares.  The panel was then added to my card base with foam tape.  There were a few things I would have done differently if time hadn't been so tight but overall I'm really happy with the finished result.  For the inside I cut another white panel and created a mini scene to match the front of the card.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink into the centre and then added 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 - die cuts and/or stencils

Aud Sentiments challenge - shaker card and/or summer + sentiment

Cardz for Galz challenge - summer fun

Daisy Chain challenge - birthdays

Dream Valley challenge - summer colours

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/use sepia colours

Inkspirational challenge - mood board (I was inspired by the colours)

Little Red Wagon challenge - women

Make My Monday challenge - outdoor summer fun

Pearly Sparkles challenge - one for the girls

Stencil Fun challenge - use stencils option birthdays

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes summer 

If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants on my post.  We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.  I'm excited this hop has begun and I'm hoping to use some more of my neglected stash.  

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

Card ingredients:

Sassy Studio Designs - polka dot bikini (sadly the store closed many years ago)

Gina K Designs - ocean silhouettes stamp set (for silhouette images and sentiments)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, sea glass, turquoise sea, tranquil teal

Gina K Designs - at the beach die set (for umbrella)

MFT - blueprints 27 (for banner die)

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

MFT - make waves stencil

MFT - drifts and hills stencil

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

yellow card & silver mirri card from scraps box

Versafine - onyx black ink pad