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

Cupcake craft challenge #168–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Delphine has set the theme and she has chosen “two’s company” so we want to see images of two boys, two girls or one of each on your projects. The idea is to have two or more characters on your work (coming from the same stamp or different stamps). Animals don't count, but fairies and angels are ok.  Here is my card:

I have used two images from sassy studio designs - the image on the left is called ‘prom cameo’ and the one on the right is called ‘circle cameo 4’ and they are coloured with promarkers and flex markers.  I made this card for my niece who is 18 at the end of the month.  I’ve used the magnolia flourish die again and the finished card is A5 in size. 

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and one lucky winner will receive 4 digis of their choice.

 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor and for November that is Crafts U Love and one lucky winner will receive a £15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Quirky crafts challenge – attitude

Stamptacular challenge – punch it

Digital Tuesday challenge – anything goes

Party time Tuesday challenge – bling it on (2nd entry)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – sugar and spice (spice this time) 2nd entry

The paper variety challenge – all about family (card is for my niece)

Truly scrumptious challenge – BINGO (gems, flowers, dies/punches)

Do you stack up? challenge – inspired by a song (pretty woman)

Dutch dare challenge – punches and dies (2nd entry)

Southern girls challenge – inspired by a song (pretty woman)

Crafty Ann’s challenge – floral frenzy

Allsorts challenge – black, white & 1 other colour (I’ve used pink)

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Images: sassy studio designs – ‘prom cameo’ & ‘cameo circle 4’

Papers: DCWV – glitter stack (black & white paper), k&co – ‘smitten pink paisley’ 12x12 paper, pink and black card from papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, magnolia doo hickeys flourish die, ek success retro flower punch, papermania adhesive stones, circle nesties, SU scalloped border punch, sentiments created on the pc

Sassy studio designs–GDT card

Good evening dear friends.  I’m embarrassed to say that I was a guest designer over at sassy studio designs for October and this is the first card I’ve been able to blog.  As you know at the beginning of the month I was unable to print out any digis due to being out of ink in my printer and I’ve had a bad few weeks personally so this is the first chance I’ve had to be part of the team.  I would like to apologise to the wonderful girls over at sassy studio designs for my lack of creations and I am personally so disappointed as I really love the sassy digis and I enjoy using them as they are so grown up lol!   I made this card for this week’s “inspired by a movie” challenge and the film I chose was “elf” as it is just so funny and perfect for the time of year.  Here is my card:

I decided to go for a twist on the traditional colours and used lime green instead of the normal holly green, which I think looks quite funky.  The image is called ‘Santa’s helper’ and I coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  I cut out the image as she was a little bit too big for any of my nesties and raised her up on 3d foam squares.  The papers are old ones that I found in my stash – the checked paper is doodlebug and the words paper is momenta.

The design team are so talented and have created beautiful projects for this challenge.  Please pop over to the challenge and check them out. 

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

OSAAT challenge – Christmas

Stamptacular challenge – borders and frames

The squirrel & the fox challenge – hats or flowers

Craft your passion challenge – BINGO (pearls, free, ribbon)

Heart song inspirations challenge – embossing and/or 3 or more layers

Ladybug crafts ink challenge – non traditional and/or distressed Christmas card

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or get started, make a Christmas card

The beary sweet challenge – your beary best i.e. anything goes

By the cute and girly challenge – Christmas girls

Kaboodle challenge – sassy girls

If you’re quick you still have until 7am tomorrow to enter a card into the challenge, and although we’d love to see your sassy images, you can use any image you like.  I’ll be back later with another card using a sassy image (I am trying to make amends for my poor show last month!!).  I hope you have a wonderful evening and thanks so much for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘santa’s helper’

Papers: doodlebug – limeade grid paper, momenta - ‘thinking of you paper, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, nesties labels 1 small, white organza and lime organza ribbon (layered together) from the pretty little ribbon shop, personal impressions sentiment, circle nesties, dovecraft snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house 

Cupcake craft challenge #161–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends.  As promised I’m back with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge .  Our lovely boss lady Faye has set the theme and she has chosen “if you go down to the woods today” which basically means you have to include a teddy on your project!  Here is my card:

I was lucky enough to receive an image from our sponsor this week (sassy studio designs) called ‘Little Honey’s – Goldilocks’ and coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex makers.  The image is so sweet isn’t it – with the girl holding the three little bears awwww!   The gorgeous papers are echo park from the ‘be mine’ paper pad. 

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and one lucky winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice – and you will definitely be spoilt for choice. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor, who for September is, Bunny Zoe’s crafts and one lucky winner will receive a £15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Corrosive challenge – dies and/or punches

OSAAT challenge – use your favourites (pink/black is a fave colour combo of mine)

Digital Tuesday challenge – people images

Flourishes timeless Tuesday challenge – all dolled up

Crafty sentiments challenge – happy birthday

Moving along with the times challenge – 3 papers, 2 embellishments and 1 image

Pixie dust studio challenge – circles

Sassy studio designs challenge – hip to be square

Simon says stamp challenge – use dies or punches

Stamping for the weekend challenge – what a cutie

Stamp magic challenge – square

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – favourite colours (pink/black is one of my current faves)

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything goes

Crafty calendar challenge – let sleeping bears lie

2 sisters challenge – gingham or plaid (my ribbon is gingham)

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Ok so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by. 

 

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘Little Honey’s – Goldilocks’

Papers: echo park – ‘be mine’ paper pad, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, circle nesties, papermania adhesive stones, SU gingham ribbon, personal impressions sentiment, SU scallop border punch

Cupcake craft challenge #152–DT card

Hello again friends, I’m back once more this morning to share with you my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Sari has set the theme and she has chosen “shabby sparkle”, so we would like to see all your shabby and sparkly creations.  Now as you probably know I don’t really do shabby that well, mine always seem to end up distressed but hey that’s way a challenge is all about I suppose.  Here is my card:

I have used a gorgeous image from sassy studio designs called “skater sassy” and coloured her with my promarkers.  The papers/cardstock are all DCWV from their “vintage” card kit.  The papers already look shabby so I just roughed up and inked all the edges and add stickles to really make them sparkle (please click on the images for a closer look at the sparkle).  The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo and is part of the ‘wild side ticket sentiments’ and I made some shabby lollipop flowers. 

Our sponsor this week is sassy studio designs and one lucky winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice.  As you can see from my card their images are definitely sassy!

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor and for July that is polka doodles  and the lucky winner will receive 4 Christmas stamps. 

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous cards once again this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Crafts and me challenge – add a flower (my lollipop flowers)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – for a teen

Your next stamp challenge – 3 embellishments (flowers), 2 papers, 1 image

Shelly’s images challenge – show us what you got

Crafty catz challenge – no pink or blue allowed

Paper cutz challenge – anything goes

2 sisters challenge – anything goes

Allsorts challenge – free and easy

Catch the bug challenge – heavy metal with brads or eyelets

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Sweet stampin’ challenge – f..f..fashion

Totally gorjuss challenge – punches or die-cuts

Paper pretties challenge – make it shine

Ok, so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘skater sassy’

Papers: All card & papers from DCWV – ‘vintage’ card kit

Tools: promarkers, SU circle punches (for flowers), brads from stash, sentiment from raindrop echo (wild side ticket sentiments), stickles, oval nesties

Charisma cardz #29–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Well another week is whizzing by and it’s Thursday already which means a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge.  I have the pleasure of setting the theme this week and when we were asked to choose our themes way back at the beginning of the year I was expecting mid July to be blazing sunshine and lovely and hot (how wrong was I!!) so my theme is “sunshine colours”.  You can make whatever you like just as long as it reminds me of summer.  Here is my card:

I have used a fab image from sassy studio designs called ‘flapper2’ and I coloured her with my promarkers.  The yellow gingham paper has been in my stash for years ? maybe Joanna Sheen, but not 100% sure and the patterned paper is basic grey I think but can’t remember which pad (sorry I’m so vague but I used odd sheets I found in my stash when I had a bit of a tidy up lol!).  I kept the layout pretty simple but I think it looks ok.

We have two sponsors this week, firstly we have make it crafty who are offering 3 digis of the winner’s choice.

Our second sponsor is Meljen’s designs and the lucky winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards for your inspiration so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Craft your passion challenge – text it

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – use a digi stamp

Stampavie and more challenge – birthday

Totally papercrafts challenge – girly girls

Allsorts challenge – free and easy

Bizzy becs challenge – 1920’s inspired

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge and I can’t wait to see your creations.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: Sassy Studio designs – ‘flapper2’

Papers: ? Joanna Sheen gingham paper, basic grey paper (not sure which pad), plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, ribbon from stash, sentiment created on the pc, SU oval all punches, SU scalloped border punch, pearls from the hobby house, corner rounder punch

Winter wonderland blog hop!

Sorry I have a long post today

so grab a cuppa and a biscuit and get settled!!

Winter Wonderland challenge will be 2 on 30th May and we are ceLebrating by having a week Long bLog hop.  We have 11 sponsors this week, yes, that’s right 11!!!  But that’s not aLL because each member of the DT has some candy to give away too.  Both teams are pLaying aLong this week plus Janet who joins us at the end of each month so that’s another 11 prizes to be won.

We wouLd Like to have as many prize winners as possibLe so if your name is drawn for more than one prize we wiLL draw again.  That means 22 Lucky people wiLL win a prize this week.  With so many prize winners we won’t be choosing a top 3 just for this week.

ALL you have to do to join in the fun is:

• Play aLong with this week’s easy and fun chaLLenge
• Be a foLLower of Winter Wonderland challenge 
• Visit each member of the DT and coLLect a Letter
• Leave them a comment and enter their candy draw
• Rearrange the Letters to make a two word Christmas CaroL
• E-maiL the answer to Winter Wonderland

Of course you don’t have to join in the bLog hop if you don’t want to.  You can stiLL enter this week’s chaLLenge and be in with the chance of winning one of the 11 prizes this week but why miss out on doubLing your chance of winning

The Letter you need to collect from me (just in case you hadn’t worked it out!) is…….. “L”

You shouLd have arrived at my bLog from Jane’s bLog but in case you’re a littLe Lost you can go back to the beginning here.

Our theme this week has been set by Suzi and she has chosen “bLue & white” which is a very popuLar coLour combo for Christmas cards, so should be an easy task this week.  I am using an image from one of our sponsors – Sassy Studio Designs caLLed ‘LittLe Honey’s – Winter Wendy‘

Here is my card:

I don’t know why but I found photographing this card very difficult!  So I apoLogise for the dodgy pics – it is a much nicer card IRL honest!  The papers are a magazine freebie and the gorgeous ribbon (which reminded me of snowbaLLs) is from the ribbon girl. 

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

Lexi’s creations challenge – spots and/or stripes (my spotty ribbon and embossed circle)

Kaboodle challenge – distress, rip, tear or crumple (I inked all the edges of my card and the embossed circle)

Lollipop crafts challenge – bling it (my pearls)

OSAAT challenge – bling it on (pearls)

Crafty cardmakers challenge – embossing

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

Digital Tuesday challenge – texture (my embossing)

I love promarkers challenge – pearls

Papertake challenge – pale, pretty pastels

Creative inspirations challenge – Christmas in May

Let’s craft and create challenge – dies to die for (my circle nesties)

2 sisters challenge – use a digi

Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas challenge – let’s see some scallops

Crafty sentiments challenge – special occasions (Christmas)

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Moving along with the times challenge – holidays (Christmas is a holiday!)

The rest of the DT have created amazing cards once again this week, so why not join the hop and then you’LL have a chance to check them aLL out! 

The next person on the hop is LYNSEY. 

I am aLso offering some candy of my own, which includes 2 Joanna Sheen Christmas stamps, some ribbon, buttons and any other odds and bits I can find!  (Sorry I haven’t had a chance to photograph the candy but wiLL add one soon). 

To enter my personaL candy just Leave me a comment and I wiLL randomLy draw a winner at the end of the chaLLenge.

I hope you will enter our challenge and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today. 

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘little honey’s – winter Wendy’

Papers: magazine freebie, SU whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, ribbon from the ribbon girl, papermania glitter snowflakes, pearls from the hobby house, stickles, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, cats eye chalk ink pad

Cupcake craft challenge #142–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again, I’m back to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  The theme this week has been set by the lovely Faye and she has chosen “in the garden”, so we want to see things that you find in the garden.  Now I went down the fantasy route and my thing in the garden is a fairy (well they do live at the bottom of the garden don’t they!).  Here is my card (using one of our sponsors images).  Sorry there are a few pics today:

I tried my hand at making a tent style card and followed a tutorial I found here, although I did cheat a little and used a ready made card inside of two separate pieces of card as they do in the tutorial.  I am really pleased with how it turned out and it was very simple to put together – the hardest part was opening and closing the jump ring lol!  The gorgeous image is by sassy studio designs and is called ‘little honey’s tinkerbell’ and I coloured her with my promarkers.  I added some girly embellishments and voila my card was done!!

Our sponsor this week is sassy studio designs and the lucky winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice and I promise you, you will be spoilt for choice.

We also have a new cupcake joining our team this week – Jane – and to celebrate we have an extra prize up for grabs.  The generous gang at the ribbon girl are offering a stunning twine bundle to one lucky winner – to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is leave a comment on Jane’s blog.  I am so jealous as it is gorgeous!

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor and for May that is Crafts U Love and the lucky winner will receive a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

My fellow cupcakes have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

The crafty pad challenge – holes (my card has an aperture)

Cutie Sunday challenge – butterflies (I have a small punched one in the corner)

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s punch it out

Paperminutes challenge – wings

Papertake challenge – fancy a punch

Scrap creations challenge – circles

Delightful challenge – flowers

The paper variety challenge – movie inspiration (Peter pan as tinkerbell is his best friend)

Aud sentiments challenge – no sentiment

Do it with digis challenge – sassy and sparkly

Dutch dare challenge – winged things

Moving along with the times challenge –use two things beginning with B (butterfly and bling)

Shelly’s images challenge – bling is a girl’s best friend

Mami doodles challenge – spots and/or stripes (my paper is spotty)

Sew many cards challenge – anything goes

Stamp something challenge – anything goes

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – use old supplies (everything is old except the image)

Bizzy becs challenge – flourishes (my bling)

Little Claire’s challenge – sparkle (2nd entry)

Ok, so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you can join in with my challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘ little honey’s tinkerbell’

Papers: dovecraft – ‘back to basics II’, purple card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, prima bling, ek success medium retro flower punch, MS frond punch, MS butterfly punch, circle nesties, small circle punch from stash