Just Us Girls challenge #830 - Die Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am here to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and this week is Die Week and Ina has chosen 'use a forgotten favourite'. I know we all have dies that we used to love but then new supplies come along and they get relegated to the back of the draw; this challenge is the perfect opportunity to show them some love and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.  Our guest this month is Bonnie so please pop over and show her some love.  

I've had these talk bubble dies in my stash for years and to be honest I think I've only used them once but I love the look of these types of dies.  I decided to go with a fairly simple but colourful and playful design on my card and I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using coloured card from scraps bin die cut lots of the talk bubbles.  Once I had played about for a while and settled on the layout I stamped the sentiments on to each one using black ink.  I added foam squares to most of them except for the two that were hanging over the edge of the panel; these were added with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I debated adding embellishments but in the end I decided not to.  For the inside I cut another white panel and added three of the talk bubbles to the bottom with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then added the panel to the case base with double sided tape.  It was a fairly quick and simple card to make once I figured out what I was doing.  

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

Creative Moments challenge - pastels or brights 

Double D challenge - potpourri challenge (I was inspired by the shapes and colours)

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - something beginning with B (birthday)

Papercraft challenges - sunny days and bright hues

Word Power challenge - sentiment as the focus of your card

I can't wait to see what forgotten dies you grab this week and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team. 

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - talk bubbles die set

Paper Smooches - birthday sampler stamp (no longer available)

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

Krafty Chicks challenge #826 - Birthday

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. This is such an easy challenge as we always need birthday cards so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was my friend's birthday a few days ago and this is the card I made for her.  I've had this stamp for a little while and never used it and saw it when I was searching for something else so I thought I would finally show it some love.  I ended up making a shaker card, which I haven't done for a while, and I think it turned super pretty.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and embossed it using a pretty swirly embossing folder.  I stamped the wreath image, coloured it with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also cut another 3 from white card so that I could stack it up using liquid glue.  It was a this point that I decided the wreath would be perfect for a shaker window so cut a piece of acetate and added that behind the stamped wreath using liquid glue.  I then adhered this to the other 3 plain white wreaths using liquid glue.  I used some clear sequins for inside my shaker but felt I still needed a little more dimension for them to shake freely so added some foam tape shaker strips around the wreath and adhered it over the sequins onto the background.  I didn't use the sentiment from the wreath set for the front as I wanted something a little bigger so found this sentiment already stamped and die cut so I only had to cut another 3 plain white ones to stack up, again for extra dimension.  The sentiment was adhered onto the background using liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and added it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and partially embossed the swirly pattern along the bottom.  I stamped, coloured and die cut another wreath and cut it apart so that I could place it over the embossed portion, using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Allsorts challenge - bees, blooms and/or birds

Alphabet challenge - E is for embossing (wet or dry)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an embossing folder with an optional twist of purple

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional blooms

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - something beginning with B (blooms)

Little Red Wagon challenge - I see (I used acetate for my shaker window)

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use a colouring medium (I used alcohol markers)

Tic Tac Toe challenge - floral, dry embossing, summer (my colours are summery)

Try It On Tuesday challenge - in the garden

TGIF challenge - popping it up (I used foam squares for my shaker window)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' 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 want to say how much I appreciate your lovely comments, your support really does mean the world to me.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - let's celebrate stamp & die

Gina K Designs - elegant thoughts stamp & die (for outside sentiment)

Gian K Designs - petite flourish embossing folder

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Promarkers

*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

AAA Birthday challenge #87 - for the girls

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to July which is my favourite month as it's my birthday month lol!  I can't believe we are already more than half way through this year.  A cooler week this week (thank goodness) but it's forecast hot again next week I believe.  

As it's the first of the month it means we have a brand new challenge over at AAA Birthday challenge. This month's theme is 'for the girls' and we all love our flowers and girly images so I'm sure it will be a popular challenge. Our guest designer this month is Brenda so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

I decided to go with flowers for my card as there was a recent incentive stamp & die set from Gina K that I hadn't used yet and wanted to show some love.  I went with a bright and happy yellow, grey and black colour combo that I think would brighten anyone's day.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with my Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also cut three more from white card so that I could stack them up using liquid glue.  I used some patterned paper from an older GKD 6x6 pad and cut it out using the plain rectangle from master layouts 21 and I also cut 2 arches from white card from the same ML set.  I added a black mat layer to the paper panel and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink onto the smaller arch and glued both the arches together using liquid glue.  I added the flower image to the bottom right of the arch using liquid glue. I added some scrap white card behind the arch and adhered into the paper panel with double sided tape.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape and I finished off with some yellow pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel, again using the rectangle from ML21 and added a black mat layer.  I added a strip of the patterned paper to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue and stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I stamped, coloured and die cut another flower spray but felt it was a little too large for the inside so decided to trim the bottom leaves off and also the top bud flower (although I did re-use the bud and one of the leaves but re-arranged them) and adhered it to the bottom right corner of the arch.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape. 

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

Allsorts challenge - bees, blooms and/or birds

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge - sketch #688

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional blooms

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - something beginning with B (blooms)

Moving Along with the Times challenge - use a colouring medium (I used alcohol markers)

The Pick 3 challenge - yellow, frame & sentiment

Try It On Tuesday challenge - in the garden

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs.

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed. I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - holding you close stamp & die

Gina K Designs - perfect posy stamp (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - watercolour floral 6x6 paper pad

Gina K Designs - master layouts 21

Gina K Designs - wild dandelion card stock (for card base)

Gina K Designs - rainbow pearl mix

Promarkers

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

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

*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

Card Clubhouse IG Hop - June 26 snack time

Hello lovely friends; I'm back to share my card for the Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my sweet friend Kelly. We are on Week 12 and our theme is 'snack time' so we would like to see all your food and drink related dies, stamps, papers etc. 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.

My favourite food has to be pizza so when I saw the theme I knew exactly what I was going to use! This is an older die set but it always makes me smile when I use it.  I am a vegetarian so the pepperoni topping I used would be a no-no (much prefer mushrooms) but it looks so pretty on my die cut pizza.  The 'onions' are actually flower centres but I think they look fab.  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 the pieces of my pizza slices and added some shading using the ink left on my blending brushes.  I used foam squares to adhere the crust and liquid glue for everything else.  I thought this red gingham card would be perfect for my background as it reminds me of a tablecloth. I cut a panel 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and adhered it to the front of my card base with double sided tape.  I die cut the ciao! word x 4 and stacked them up using liquid glue.  I also white heat embossed my sentiment onto black card and used my trimmer to cut it out.  I added the pizza slices to my background using foam squares and the ciao! with liquid glue.  The stamped sentiment was added with a mix of foam squares and liquid glue and I added some leaves around the pizza slices with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and added it onto a mat layer of the gingham card.  I also added a piece of the gingham card to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added another die cut pizza slice to the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered 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

Creative Moments challenge - pastels or brights 

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - masculine

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food and/or drink

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

TGIF challenge - popping it up (my pizza slices and sentiment are popped up with foam squares)

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:

Spellbinders - D-Lites party food die set (retired but found a pre-loved one here on sale!)

Spellbinders - sugar coated sentiments stamp on sale!

Spellbinders - be bold blooms die set (for leaves and 'onions')

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

Limetree Craft 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Limetree Craft - 160gsm maize versatile card

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Versamark - embossing & watermark ink pad

Memory Box - cranberry gingham card (no longer available)

all other card from my scraps bin

Uniko June Release Day 2 Introduction

Good morning friends and welcome back to my blog. It's day two of introductions for Uniko's June release. Our next introduction is a fantastic stencil called 'Ink & Flip: Triangulate'. Bev has quite a lot of these amazing and innovative stencils in her collection now and this one is just as amazing. There are so many possibilities of how to use them.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stencilling my panel using 4 different ink pads (a yellow, orange, light and dark pink).  Instead of using the whole panel on the front of my card I decided to cut some circles from a white panel and layer it over the stencilled background for a fun, clean and simple layout.  Before adhering them together I stamped the split sentiment using black ink.  The panels were then adhered together with a mix of double sided tape and liquid glue.  I didn't add anything else as I really loved the clean design with the pop of colour from the circles.  For the inside I cut a white panel and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I had a small piece of the background left over so I cut some small circles and added them to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue (I think they actually look like beach balls so an idea for a future card maybe lol!).  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

* to be updated *

Please check out what Bev and the rest of the team have created by clicking the links below:

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Natalie

Vinita

I hope you can pop back tomorrow at the same time to see day 3 of the introductions.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Uniko - Ink & Flip: Triangulate stencil (will be available on Saturday)

Uniko - everyday sentiments & everyday love stamps (for outside sentiment)

Uniko - organic wishes stamp (for inside sentiment)

Waffle Flower - nesting circle dies

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - wild dandelion, tangerine twist, bubblegum pink & passionate pink

*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

Just Us Girls challenge #826 - Die Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am back to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and this week is Die Week and Carol has chosen 'butterfly'. I think everyone loves butterflies so I'm sure this will be a really popular theme and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

I decided to use the Lawn Fawn butterfly wreath die set again but this time I only used the butterflies and not the wreath part.  I went for a soft colour combo and a bright card base and I think it turned out really pretty.  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 the main part of the butterflies from white card and the inside parts were cut from vellum.  I used my Promarkers to colour the backs of the vellum in oranges and yellows and adhered the two parts together with liquid glue.  I cut an arch from white card and did some soft ink blending with sea glass ink and I also die cut a slightly larger arch from vellum and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I die cut some grass from green card x 2 and adhered them to the bottom of the arch using liquid glue.  I die cut a decorative panel from white card and roughly ink blended some orange and yellow inks (just using what was left on the brushes) to add some interest behind the arches.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink the upper left corner of the panel before adhering the arches with foam squares.  I cut teeny tiny slithers of foam tape for the backs of the butterflies and adhered them randomly over the arches.  I stamped the happy birthday sentiment in black ink and used a sentiments strip die to cut it out.  I adhered it with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue.  For a finished touch I added some gold metallic pearls.  I decided to make a coloured card base for a change and found this pretty orange pearlescent card in my stash.  I cut it to 4 1/4" x 11" and scored it at 5 1/2".  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 decorative panel from white card, added another grass die cut in the bottom right corner and one more butterfly with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink in the centre of the panel.  The inside of my card base was an off-white colour and didn't look that good against my bright white panel so I cut another piece of the orange pearlescent card and adhered it inside the card base with liquid glue before adding the white panel on top.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (3rd entry)

As You Like It challenge - favourite sentiment (it has to be happy birthday as 90% of my cards are birthday cards)

Aud Sentiments challenge - monochrome and/or birthday + sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - birthday

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG must use a die cut

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - B is for butterflies

Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge - inspiration photo

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - in the garden

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms and/or butterflies optional inspiration board

I'm sure our gallery will be full of beautiful butterflies this week and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Lawn Fawn - magic iris butterfly wreath add on die set

Spellbinders - notched corner frames die set

*Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

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

Gina K Designs - fancy frames mini stamp (for happy birthday)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Tiddly Inks - flutter by to say hi stamp (I cut off the hi part!)

Clearly Besotted - fresh grass die (retired)

Mama Elephant - B2B arches die set

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Stampin' Up! - cardstock vellum (no longer available)

*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