Try It On Tuesday challenge - GDT card

Good morning lovely friends. I know I don't normally post on a Tuesday but I was asked to be a guest designer for the Try It On Tuesday challenge and of course I happily accepted. Their challenge starts today, runs for 2 weeks and the theme is 'keep it simple'. 

  

I decided to make a clean and simple sympathy card as I prefer them to be this way; I don't like too much fuss on a sympathy card as a rule.  As I'm patiently waiting for my new kit from Gina K Designs to arrive I thought I would dig into last month's kit and use something that I hadn't shown any love to yet.  This is such a pretty stamp set and can be used for so many different occasions.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details: 

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by ink blending the circle shape onto my white panel (cut to 4" x 5 1/4").  I do have a circle stencil mask but to be honest I was too lazy to look for it so I just die cut a circle from another white panel and used that as my mask.  I used two shades of light teal ink and went slightly darker towards the left hand side.  I then took the curved silhouette stamp and stamped it over the circle with black ink.  I decided to pop up the sentiment so stamped that onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut it out; I also die cut 2 more from white to stack them together.  I used liquid glue to adhere the sentiment to the card.  I decided to add 3 clear sequins around the sentiment for some subtle bling.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel before adhering it to my card base with double sided tape.  I admire crafters that can make one-layer cards but I always have to have some dimension on my cards or in my eyes they look too boring lol!  For the inside I cut another white panel and ink blended along the bottom with the remaining ink on my blending brush.  I stamped part of the image in the bottom right corner and the sentiment in the centre, both with black ink.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line I: 1 layer card, stamped image/text, ink smears/blending

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - circles

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

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - anything CAS goes optional theme 'things that fly'

Unicorn challenge - something new (my stamp & die set is new)

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

I hope you will be able to join in the fun and I can't wait to see what you all come up with. I would like to thank Avril and all the team at Try It On Tuesday for approaching me to be a guest designer and I would suggest you go and check out their amazing creations too.

Have a wonderful day everyone; I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - courtyard silhouettes stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass & blue lagoon

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #803 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends, I hope you're having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. Now we know that CAS is subjective but generally it's lots of white/empty space, no embellishments (or very few) and an uncluttered design. It can be a difficult design to pull off but we hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

I needed another sympathy card and I think they suit a more clean and uncluttered design anyway so this challenge was perfect for me.  I used a coloured card base for a change and even though the background is not white that is fine as long as the design is clean and simple.  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 card panel 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" from a teal/green card.  I used an arch nesting die set to cut a white panel and also a layering panel from black card and ink blended some soft stone ink around the edge of the white panel.  I stamped the flowers and used the coordinating colouring layering stencils to ink blend them.  I used the matching die to cut it out and also cut one more from white card so that I could layer it up.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and again used the matching die to cut it out plus one more from white.  I adhered all the layers with liquid glue.  I added the arch onto the card base with double sided tape and arranged the die cuts and adhered them with liquid glue.  I finished off with a few black pearls.  I know it's not a pure one-layer CAS card but I think it's clean and simple enough lol!  For the inside I cut the same arch panels, ink blended around the edge of the white panel with the soft stone ink and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I adhered the layers together with liquid glue and added it on to the card base with double sided tape.  I meant to add another floral arrangement in the bottom corner but obviously got distracted and forgot; I'll have to add that before I send it out.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Aud Sentiments challenge - ATG + sentiment

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes with optional mood board

Creative Knockouts challenge - something to say

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - floral

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

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

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'CAS' 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. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - spring clusters stamp & die set & layering coloring stencils

Gina K Designs - sending flowers stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass, blue lagoon, turquoise sea, sweet corn, key lime, grass green, fresh asparagus, soft stone

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

Mama Elephant - B2B arches die set

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my stash

*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

CASE IT IG Hop - January 26

Hello again friends. I hope you've had a great day so far. I'm back to share this month's card for the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created that was inspired by that original. There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).

This month I was inspired by Amy (@stampwithamyk over on IG); her cards are so beautiful and this one is so dreamy, calming and delicate.  I wasn't going to make a sympathy card, as hers is, but I really need some for my stash so went with it anyway.  I chose a pink colour scheme instead of blue, used one dove instead of two, used a rectangle panel instead of her arch panel and my card is 5" x 7".  I think you can definitely see that my card was inspired by hers!  Here is her card for my inspiration:

Isn't Amy's card just stunning.  I've literally had this photo in my camera roll since September last year and finally got around to CASE-ing it.  The colours, ink blending and paper are just amazing. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my card base; I cut some white card 10" x 7" and scored it at 5" on the longer side.  I found this beautiful paper in my stash that I got in a Papercraft Society box; unfortunately I only had one sheet so a bit sad that I've used it but I think it was perfect for a sympathy card.  I cut the paper to 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".  The stitched panel was left over from die cutting a frame previously (it was the centre piece that fell out) and it was the perfect size for this card as I didn't want to cover all that beautiful paper.  I cut a beige mat layer as I felt it was soft enough for the muted colours in the paper.  I die cut the dove from white card and added a bit of orange to the beak piece and green to the leaf and adhered them all together with liquid glue.  I ink blended some light pink ink to the top half of the stitched rectangle and added the dove over it with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in a mid grey ink as I thought black may have been too harsh.  I adhered the paper directly to the card base with double sided tape. I added some scrap card behind the stitched panel and adhered it to the paper with double sided tape.  I finished off with some pink heart embellishments (not going to say how long it took me to decide where to put them lol!).  For the inside I cut a white layer and adhered it to a beige mat layer and added some left over strips of patterned paper to the top and bottom with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with the same mid grey 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:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Aud Sentiments challenge - ATG + sentiment

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line O: rectangle, stitching, free, patterned paper

Craft Rocket challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - anything new (my dove die is new to me)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS: sympathy

Little Red Wagon challenge - happy new...... I used a new dove die

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use stencils and/or dies

Pearly Sparkles challenge - use patterned paper

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

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

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

MFT - peaceful dove die currently on sale!

Sunny Studio - everyday greetings (for outside sentiment)

Sugar Pea Designs - heartfelt sympathy stamp (for inside sentiment) store now closed

*Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 20 die set (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - light carnation ink pad (for ink blending)

Versafine Clair - morning mist ink pad

Paper from the Textures by Lou Collins Papercraft Society Box 63 - no longer available

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - crystal collection - summer of love - store sadly closed

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

beige card from stash

*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

Krafty Chicks #792 - ATG

Good morning lovely friends; it's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge. As we have a 5 week month it means we have an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge this week and Lori is our hostess. It can't get any easier than ATG so come and join in the fun with us. 

The world's your oyster this week, you can make anything you like.  Sadly I needed a sympathy card so that is what I'm sharing today.  I was inspired by a card I saw by Michelle Lupton which you can see here. I changed up the embossing folder, card size and sentiment.  I kept the colour blend although I flipped it.  It's such a pretty colour combo.  I hope you like it.  The colours look a little darker in the photos; they are softer in real life. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the embossing:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel to 5" x 5 1/2" and ran it through my intri-cut with the 3D embossing folder.  I then took my orange ink and ink blended up from the bottom to about half way.  I then blended in some pink ink up into the right corner leaving the left corner white.  I stamped the sentiment using the orange ink and cut it out with the coordinating die (I also cut 2 more from white and stacked them up with liquid glue).  I added some scrap white card behind my embossing panel and adhered it to the card base with liquid glue (the card base is 5 1/4" x 5 3/4" which I cut from a piece 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" and scored at the 5 1/4" mark on the long side).  I added the sentiment with liquid glue and finished off with some clear sequins.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4 7/8" x 5 3/8" and stamped the sentiment in the centre using the orange ink pad.  I embossed a white panel 4 7/8" x 1 1/2" with the 3D folder and ink blended the orange and pink inks all over and added it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered the card base with double sided tape.  Such a soft and delicate card and I hope the recipient will take some comfort from it. 

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

* to be updated *

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'anything goes' 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.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Altenew - ambridge bouquet 3D embossing folder - discontinued

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp & die set (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - with sympathy stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink & tangerine twist

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

*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

Krafty Chicks challenge - CAS

Hello friends and happy Thursday.  Well the weeks are certainly flying by aren't they?  I can't believe I'm sharing my week 3 card for the Krafty Chicks challenge already.  Week 3 is always CAS, which I know a lot of people struggle with (me included), but I think it does get easier the more you make them.  

I like the look of clean and simple but honestly don't always know when to stop but I've made quite a few CAS cards in the last few weeks and I'm liking them more.  I decided to make a sympathy card as I'm always usually rushing to make them so here is my card for today:

a closer look:

and I decorated the inside:

I recently watched a video on YouTube that reminded me about partial embossing, which is something I have done before, but completely forgot about so wanted to try again.  I grabbed 2 different embossing folders and embossed them onto white card leaving a gap large enough to fit my sentiment.  I scored each edge of the embossing to define them and make them look more 'finished'.  I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat emboss with gold detail embossing powder.   I cut a leafy die 3 times from white and once from a matte gold speciality card and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I added the die cut to the embossed panel with liquid glue.  The white panel was then added to the same matte gold card with double sided tape.  I also added it to my card base with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I wanted to try and keep it as clean and simple as possible.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped my sentiment with black ink.  I added a smaller sprig of the die cut in the bottom right corner.  Again the panel was matted onto the gold card and adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - ATG with embossing option - snow people

Craft Rocket challenge - use embossing

Crafty Catz Challenge - ATG optional twist - no designer paper

Double D challenge - sparkle and/or shine (shimmer card and heat embossing)

Just Us Girls challenge - mood board week (inspired by the colours and textures)

Pearly Sparkles challenge - CAS

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - sparkle and shine (shimmer card and heat embossing)

I hope you will be able to join us over at Krafty Chicks and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.   Check out the blog for all the rules and to see the amazing cards from the very talented design team - Leanne, Diane and Lori.  Helen is our guest designer for January so please leave her some love too.  

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Swiss dot embossing folder

Gina K Designs - Tapestry embossing folder

Gina K Designs - Botanical duo die set

Gina K Designs - Fresh Florals stamp set (for main sentiment)

Gina K Designs - So Many Sentiments stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Tonic Studios - Craft Perfect 6 x 6 card pack - gold hearted

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Versafine onyx black ink

Versamark

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Tonic Studios - Nuvo deluxe glue

Sympathy card

Happy Friday friends.  I hope you're having a good day and looking forward to the weekend.  We are currently in local lockdown in my part of South Wales so although on a day to day basis things are pretty much the same we cannot leave our county for the time being.  It's still a very worrying and stressful time isn't it.  Fingers crossed the minority will now listen and things can return to 'normal' soon. 

Today I have a sympathy card that I made a little while ago for a friend who lost her husband but didn't have chance to share with you.  It's fairly clean and simple but I have to say I love it.  

Here is my card:

close up of the card:

I began by taking a white card panel and using a stencil and distress inks I lightly inked the lower left corner of the panel.  I choose a simple floral image and stamped it over the stencilling in black ink and added a sentiment above.  I layered the white panel onto a black and green panel and added this to a white card blank.  I didn't add any embellishments as I loved it as it was and didn't want to spoilt it.  As my card was 5 x 7 in size I used my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board and made my own envelope.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

CCC Digi Creations challenge - monochrome

Krafty Chicks challenge - all occasions

Daisy Chain challenge - CAS

I hope you have a great weekend.  Stay safe everyone. 

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Studio Calico - sympathy set

Clearly Besotted - fancy sayings (for sentiment)

icraft 4x8 stencil #8525

Distress oxide inks in twisted citron & shabby shutters

Versafine onyx black ink

cardstock from my stash

We R Memory Keepers - envelope punch board

Colour Spectrum 12x12 paper pad (brights) for envelope