Card Clubhouse IG Hop - Week 18

Hello lovely friends; I'm here to share my card for the Card Clubhouse IG hop organised by my sweet friend Kelly. We are on Week 18 and we have a lovely mood board to inspire you this week. There is something for everyone on this board; black cats, squirrels, pumpkins, leaves so I'm sure this is going to be a great hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

Here is the beautiful mood board:

Isn't it fun with such gorgeous images.  My eye was immediately drawn to the colourful rainbow of pumpkins/gourds and I decided to make my version of that image.  I drew their faces with a marker which adds to the whimsy I think and did some soft ink blending in the background.  No stamps were harmed in the making of this card lol!  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at my 'dodgy' faces:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used it in landscape orientation (which I don't do very often) so that I could fit all of my pumpkins/gourds in a row.  I die cut them from coloured card from my scraps bin and used a memento black marker to draw their faces.  I also die cut the leaves from a pale beige card and ink blended them with kraft, red and green inks for an autumnal look.  I cut a strip of the beige card and gave it a woodgrain effect using the kraft ink pad.  I ink blended the centre of the panel using jelly bean green, sea glass and sandy beach ink pads and also added some water drops and white spatter.  I added the 'wood' strip at the bottom with liquid glue and added the rainbow pumpkins/gourds with foam squares.  I added the most of the leaves at the top of the panel with liquid glue, apart from two, which were adhered with foam squares.  I used a pre-printed sentiment and die cut it with a sentiment strips die and added some scrap black card behind for dimension before adding to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I finished off with a few gold sequins.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for stability and a little dimension and adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added another 'woodgrain' strip to the bottom with liquid glue.  I die cut three more pumpkins/gourds and added them in the bottom right corner and also added two leaves in the top right corner, all with liquid glue.  I used another pre-printed sentiment, again die cut with a sentiment strips die, and added that on the 'wood' strip using liquid glue.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using liquid glue.  

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

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

Colorful Options challenge - rusty brown - option 3: rainbow

Creative Inspirations challenge - hello autumn

Snippets Playground challenge - use your left over pieces (all my die cuts are from scraps)

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes fall season optional inspiration board

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardclubhouse2026 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 - boo-licious fall cupcake (for pumpkin/gourd & leaf)

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc color essentials sequins

Gina K Designs - ink pads - key lime, jelly bean green, sea glass, tomato soup, honey mustard, kraft, sandy beach

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Simon Says Stamp - EZ strips Halloween & EZ strips reverse Halloween (gifted to me by a friend)

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)

coloured card from my scraps bin 

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Thank you x

Just Us Girls challenge #837 - mood board

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am back to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and it's Mood Board Week and Lisa has a beautiful board to inspire us this week. It is such a gorgeous image this week and I'm sure this is going to be a really popular week. I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

here is a better look at the mood board:

Isn't it a stunning picture?  Obviously you can be drawn to the sunflowers, butterflies or both or just use the colours as your inspiration.  I decided to use both on my card today and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  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 blended all over the panel using Christmas pine ink. The sunflowers are a three step stamp and I used Gina K's tip on how to mass produce using a template (or 3 in this case) to get perfect alignment; and it really worked, they are all stamped perfectly.  Once they were all stamped I used the coordinating die to cut them out.  I also stamped the butterfly and coloured it with my Promarkers before using the coordinating die to cut it out.  I added the sunflowers using foam squares in a cluster in the centre of the panel and added the butterfly at the top again adding a thin piece of foam tape behind the body so that the wings could be lifted up a little.  The sentiment was stamped onto white card using black ink and cut out with the matching die (I also cut 3 more from plain white card to layer up).  The sentiment was adhered over the sunflowers using liquid glue.  The panel was then added to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and blended the Christmas pine ink along the bottom.  I had one sunflower and one butterfly left over so adhered them over the blended border using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base using double sided tape. 

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

Alphabet challenge - I is for insects

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood photo

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist use die cuts

Craft-alnica challenge - sunflower

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge - inspiration photo

Inkspirational challenge - garden

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo

We Love Stamping challenge - summer blooms or ATG

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as it is such a beautiful board and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for our guest designer Betty and the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - breath of sunshine stamp & die set (*Bumbleberry Crafts)

Gina K Designs - courage to fly mini stamp (current incentive - will be available next month)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sweet corn, honey mustard, dark chocolate, Christmas pine

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

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 links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #831 - ATG with a twist

Good morning lovely friends; I hope your week is going well so far. I'm sharing my card for the new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 5; and as it's an extra week this month we have an anything goes theme and Diane is our hostess. However we are mixing it up this year and adding an optional twist and the twist this time is 'mood board' and we have a beautiful summery board to inspire you.  Such a fun twist and we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

Here is the gorgeous mood board image:

My eye was immediately drawn to the water melon image and luckily for me I had just purchased a fun fruity stamp set from Time For Tea Designs in their recent sale so it was shown some love right away!  I created my own 'patterned paper' using the stamps and I think it turned out super cute.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and created my background using the single melon slice stamp; I also stamped the bunny with the melon slice and coloured them all with my Promarkers.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the bunny image (along with 3 more from plain white) and added white highlights with a gelly roll pen.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink on white card and also die cut another 3 from plain white card and stacked them using liquid glue.  I decided to cut out the background using this fun wavy edges die and also cut a mat layer from black card using the next size up; I adhered the layers together with double sided tape.  I used the same wavy edge die set and cut a smaller one from vellum to use as a grounding layer for my image and sentiment (as the background was super busy).  I decided I needed another layer of vellum to give some separation.  I added the bunny and sentiment onto the vellum using liquid glue and added the two layers of vellum together using double sided tape.  This was then adhered to the background panel using liquid glue. The panel was added to my card base using double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as the background was busy enough already.  For the inside I cut another white layer and black layer using the wavy edge dies.  I had a tiny piece of the background left over so cut a strip for the bottom again using the wavy edge die and adhered all the layers together using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink (I did some masking so that I could slightly change the sentiment).  I stamped, coloured and die cut one more melon slice and added that to the top right corner using liquid glue.  The panel was then adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  

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

Craft-alnica challenge - children

Double D challenge - favourite fruit

Dream Valley challenge - hand coloured image

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food or drink related

I Love Promarkers challenge - children

Little Red Wagon challenge - one thing (1 image, 1 sentiment, 1 panel of handmade paper)

Papercraft challenges - good enough to eat

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - for the children

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'ATG with a optional twist of mood board' 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.  I'll be back later with my DT card for the Just Us Girls challenge.  

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Time for Tea Designs - fruitful friends stamp & die set - on sale!

Scrapbook.com - nested wavy rectangles die set

Promarkers

Sakura - black ballsign glaze pen (to darken the bunny nose and melon pips)

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

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 - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Stampin' Up! - card stock vellum - no longer available

Just Us Girls challenge #832 - mood board 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 it's Mood Board Week and Bobby has a beautiful board to inspire us this week. There are so many gorgeous summer themed images and colours to choose from and I'm sure this is going to be a really popular week. I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

here is a better look at the board:

My eye was immediately drawn to the top left picture featuring pink and teal colours and jars filled with a yummy looking beverage.  I found a jar die in my stash and created a fun shaker card (I know another one lol!).  I think it turned out really girly and pretty and I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the jar:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used three shades of teal ink and ink blended all over the panel; I also added some water droplets and white spatter.  Whilst that was drying I die cut the jar x 10 so that I could stack up the frame part to create my shaker window.  I ink blended one complete jar (frame and inner) using a pink ink pad and added some white spatter to the inner part.  I cut a piece of acetate and adhered that behind the ink blended frame and then adhered the rest of the white frames behind using liquid glue. I also die cut a straw from a different die set from white card and using masking tape created the stripes by ink blending some kraft ink over it and I think it turned out fantastic.  I cut a small piece of kraft card and swiped some brown ink over it to give it some dimension to look like wood (but I think it works as sand too).  I stamped both the sentiments onto white card using a teal ink pad and used sentiment strip dies to cut them out.  I was going to use sequins in my shaker but found some glitter snow which is quite chunky so I thought that would work as ice in my drink.  I added the ink blended background onto my card base using double sided tape and added the kraft card along the bottom with liquid glue.  I adhered the inner part of the jar onto the background and then adhered the straw onto this using liquid glue.  I added a few spoonfuls of the snow and then adhered the layered frames over top with liquid glue trapping the snow inside.  I added the smaller sentiment in the top left corner using liquid glue and the longer sentiment was added across the bottom of the jar using foam squares.  I finished off with some clear sequins.  For the inside I cut another white panel and ink blended along the bottom using the teal ink left on my brush.  I cut a thin strip of kraft card and again dragged the brown ink along it for dimension and attached this to the bottom with liquid glue.  I used another inner jar piece, ink blended over it with the pink ink and added some white spatters.  I adhered this in the bottom left corner, trimming off the bottom of the jar that overhung the panel.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using the teal ink pad and adhered the panel to my card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - make your mark (I ink blended my background)

Creative Inspirations challenge - summer sunshine 

Cut It Up challenge - create your own background (I ink blended my background)

Everybody Art challenge - summer time

First Cup challenge - anything beverage/drink related

INKspirational challenge - summer vibes

Let's Craft & Create challenge- fun in the sun (sipping cocktails is definitely fun)

Little Red Wagon challenge - P is for pink

The Four Seasons challenge - summer with optional inspiration board

The Pick 3 challenge - ink blending, sparkle, sentiment

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as there is so much on the board to inspire you and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for our guest designer Bonnie and the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

Sizzix - jar of flowers die set (I only used the jar)

MFT - soda pop die-namics (for the straw)

Tonic Studios - bottoms up stamp

Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink, kraft, blue lagoon, turquoise sea, tranquil teal

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies 

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

The Works - glitter snow

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for spatters)

kraft card from my stash

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Thank you x

Just Us Girls challenge #828 - moodboard

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am here to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and it's our 'mood board week' and I am your hostess. It's such a pretty floral mood board and I'm sure you'll all have a lot of fun creating from it and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

There are so many flowers and in so many colours in the mood board.  Obviously the flowers are the focal point but the colours and fun squares in the layout could also call to you.  I decided to go with multi coloured flowers on a dark background, which I don't do often enough, as I love the look.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my navy panel to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and scored some lines horizontally using my score board (they are hard to see in the photos but are more obvious in real life).  I die cut the flowers from coloured card from my scraps bin and the centres from white and then ink blended the centres using a slightly darker ink.  I added the centres to the flowers with a tiny foam square.  I die the 'hello' word from gold mirror card and the shadow from vellum and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I heat embossed the sub sentiment onto the navy card using white embossing powder and used a sentiment strip die to cut it out.  I added some scrap white card behind the navy panel and adhered this to the card base using double sided tape.  I added the flowers to the panel again using a tiny foam square and both the sentiments were added with foam squares (cut really small).  I finished off with some gold pearls and also decided to add some white dots using my gelly roll pen to the flower centres and randomly in the background.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and added a piece of the navy card (although it looks black in the photo) to the bottom.  I die cut one more flower and added thatto the bottom left with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment using navy ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Allsorts challenge - anything goes from the garden

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge - sketch #686

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional blooms

Creative Moments challenge - pastels or brights 

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - summer flowers

Triple B challenge - birds, butterflies, blooms optional mood board

Unicorn challenge - flowers

Such a great mood board 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. Our guest designer is Kellianne, so please leave her some love too.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Spellbinders - be bold blooms die set

Spellbinders - hello smile die set (I only used the hello)

*Gina K Designs - a little hello stamp (for outside sub-sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Gina K Designs - layered carnation stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - in the navy ink pad

Gina K Designs - gold, black and silver pearl mix

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

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

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Stampin' Up! - card stock vellum (retired)

all coloured card from my scraps bin

*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