Card Clubhouse IG Hop - Week 5

Good morning lovely friends; I'm back to share my card for the new Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my sweet friend Kelly. We are on Week 5 and our theme is 'let it shine'. So grab your mirror card, foil, embossing powders etc and get your shine on!  We can't wait to see what everyone makes. 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 was originally going to use some Gina K foil but someone had mentioned gilding flakes in our group and I thought I had some somewhere that I had never used so decided to give it a go.  I had silver gilding flakes so went for a dramatic navy background and it's not perfect but not too bad for a first try.  I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look trying to catch the shine:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a navy panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using transfer gel duo and a dotty stencil created the background which dries tacky ready for the gilding flakes.  I left the background for about 1 hour or so and then applied the gilding flakes with my fingers and once I had full coverage I used a stiff brush to remove the excess flakes.  I had flakes flying everywhere and I'll probably be finding them for days lol!  It's not perfect as some of the gel went under the stencil in parts so some of the dots are a bit irregular but I think it looks ok.  I did cut down the panel slightly to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and added a silver mirror mat layer with double sided tape.  I didn't want to cover too much of the background so die cut two skinny word dies from silver mirror card (plus some from navy card to layer) and an oval from vellum.  I adhered the silver words directly to the vellum with liquid glue and then adhered the navy words under the vellum so that there would be some separation from the background.  The oval was then adhered to the background with liquid glue.  I added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  As if I didn't have enough shine already I finished off with some silver sequins around the sentiment!  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and added a left over strip of the dotty background to the bottom with liquid glue; I also added a strip of the mirror card along the top.  I matted this panel onto a navy panel with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with navy ink and then added the panel onto 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

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist no squares

Aud Sentiments challenge - glitter/bling and/or St. Patrick's Day green + sentiment

Creative Friday challenge - monochrome

Girlz Creative Splash of Colour challenge - blue and/or yellow

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Make My Monday challenge - card for a male

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional die cuts

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - make your own background

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardclubhousehop2026 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Tonic Studios - Nuvo gilding flakes silver bullion

Thermoweb - decofoil transfer gel duo

MFT - large polka dots stencil 

Clearly Besotted - happy and birthday word dies (retired)

Spellbinders - classic ovals large die

Spellbinders - color essentials sequins: silver smooth discs

Uniko - sparkle sentiments stamp (for inside greeting)

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

*Gina K Designs - in the navy ink pad

*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

Bright & cheerful card (and a sad life update)

Hello friends, I hope you're having a great day so far.  Before I share my card I wanted to give you a sad life update.  Skip ahead if you're only here for the card!

We've had a rough few days here - we had to say goodbye to our beautiful fur-baby Reggie.  After 11 years of faithful devotion and love, he finally succumbed to his health issues.  He took a turn for the worse on Saturday night and we had to make the dreadful but caring decision to let him go.  The last few years he has had lots of medication to take but he never complained and took everything in his stride.  He was a big softie and loved nothing more than eating and sleeping with the occasional walk of course.  Our lives are sadder without him; he was our shadow and wanted to be with us all the time.  The house feels empty and so quiet.  Here is our beautiful boy:

I'm trying to distract myself with crafting (although it's not really working) but made this card for a friend's birthday.  I was inspired to use the bright and cheerful colours from this month's SSS IG challenge which are orange, yellow and teal.  I used all products from Gina K Designs.  

Here is my card:

It's hard to tell in the photo but the background was created using one of Gina's new poly-glaze sheets; in real life it really shines and the gold is gorgeous.  I die cut and used the matching layering stencil to ink blend the flowers.  I cut 2 more plain die cuts and layered them together for dimension without using foam tape.  The sentiment was from a pre-printed sentiment sheet but I coloured it with the same yellow ink as I used for my ink blending.  I added the panel onto a piece of yellow card and added some gold pearls to finish.  A fairly simple card but it looks really pretty I think. 

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

Simon Says Stamp IG challenge - summer color challenge

Krafty Chicks challenge - all occasions

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Creative Inspirations challenge - something for the girls

Allsorts challenge - bunch of flowers

Triple B challenge - birds, butterflies or blooms

Stencil Fun challenge - use stencils - option layered stencils (I used a layering stencil)

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - use a sentiment

Try it on Tuesday challenge - summer blooms

Papercraft challenges - girls, girls, girls

Thanks for stopping by; I really appreciate all your comments and your continued support. 

Have a great day. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Create Friendship layering bundle (now available individually)

Gina K Designs - delicate basket poly-glaze sheets

Thermoweb (Icraft) deco foil sheets - gold

Gina K Designs - mixed messages sentiment sheets

Gina K Designs - wild dandelion, tangerine twist and tranquil teal ink pads

Gina K Designs - blending brushes

Gina K Designs - pearl mix (black, gold and silver)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm bright white card for the card base

yellow card from stash

Please note: I always add links to where I bought my products (i.e. in this instance directly from Gina K Designs) but her products are available in UK stores - Bumbleberry Crafts and Dies to Die For.  I usually buy the bundles directly from Gina K Designs as they are such good value, even with the added postage.