Birthday card for Nanny

Hello again friends.  I'm back to share a card I made for my boys to give to their nanny for her recent birthday.  It's a beautiful, bright and sunny day here in South Wales and I must have been dreaming of spring when I made this card as I used bright and cheerful colours for my colouring.  Here is my card:

I began by stencilling my panel with a light grey ink trying to keep the ink darker at the top.  I then stamped my image twice and coloured them with my Promarkers after which I die cut them with the matching dies.  I stamped the sentiment onto the panel with black ink.  I decided to add the images onto a white die cut circle to make them stand out a bit from the inked panel and then the whole panel was adhered to yellow cardstock before adding to my card.  The finishing touch was some sparkling gems for a little bling.  

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

Uniko Stamps 9th birthday - make a birthday card

Creative Sketchy girls - girls only

Use your Stuff - it's my favourite (colouring and ink blending)

Cardz 4 Galz - Mother's Day or special lady 

Cute Card Thursday - feminine

SSS Wednesday challenge - anything goes 

We Love Chocolate Baroque - flowers, butterflies or birds

Allsorts - feminine

Unicorn - use flowers

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.  The weather is supposed to be nice all weekend here so perfect for walking the dog.  I really brightens your mood when the sun is shining doesn't it.  

Take care and stay safe.

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Uniko Stamps - Originally Organic stamp & dies

Promarkers

Uniko Stamps - Quilted stencil

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink (Bumbleberry Crafts)

Yellow card & bling from my stash

Heffy Doodle - white cardstock

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker cardstock

Versafine Onyx black ink

Memento Tuxedo black ink

CAS pastel card

Hello again friends.  I'm back again to share a card I made for my nephew's 32nd birthday yesterday.  I really wanted to try the MFT color challenge so the colours may not scream 32 year man but I really liked the end result.  Here is my card:

I used this very fun stamp set from MFT called 'party patterns' using ink pads as close to the color challenge as possible.  I die cut the stars and added them with foam pads and also used foam pads to add the layer onto a piece of silver grey cardstock which I then attached to my card base with liquid glue.  The sentiment was stamped with versafine onyx black ink and die cut with the flag die.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought it looked fine as it was.  

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

MFT color challenge: #159

Sweet Stampers challenge - CAS

SSS Wednesday challenge - favourite technique (stamping & die-cutting)

Krafty Chicks challenge - CAS

I hope you're having a great week so far.  I'm happy to report that except for a sore arm and some joint pain I survived my 2nd vaccine relatively unscathed lol!

I'll be back soon (I hope)! 

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - 'party patterns' stamp set (which I think is retired)

MFT - blueprints 18 (for the stars and flag banner) 

Clearly Besotted Stamps - friends & family 

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1 (Bumbleberry papercrafts)

Versafine Onyx black ink for sentiment

Various ink pads for stamping (Gina K Designs, Catherine Pooler, Ink it Up)

Heffy Doodle - white cardstock

My first slimline card!

Happy Sunday crafty friends.  I hope you've had a good weekend and hopefully did a bit of crafting.  I went for my 2nd vaccine today (I'm very lucky to work for the NHS) and don't feel too bad at the moment but a lot of my co-workers have felt more unwell after the 2nd one than the first so I'm keeping everything crossed that I don't suffer too badly with this one.  It's worth it though as hopefully this will be our way out of this pandemic/lockdown. 

I'm here to share my first ever slimline card (I know behind the times as always lol!).  I made this card recently for one of my lovely DT friends and I have to say I really loved the size and how it turned out.  I think I may make a mini slimline soon as they look a cute size too.  

When I made this card I was following an MFT sketch challenge but ran out of time to enter it - oops!

I began by stamping the 3 fun images and coloured them with my promarkers; I also added some ink blending behind the images for some contrast.  I then cut 3 circles from another piece of card and layered it over top the images with foam tape.  The sentiment was white heat embossed and cut with my trimmer.  I added some splatters and a few sequins and my card was done.  

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - slimline

SSS Wednesday challenge - fave technique (die cutting, colouring with alcohol markers)

Inkspirational challenge - word prompt: tower

MFT slimline challenge - birthday wishes

I hope you have a wonderful week.  Stay safe and take care.

Hugs, 

Card Ingredients:

MFT - old friends (Dies to Die For)

Promarkers

Spellbinders Nestabilities - standard circles large

SSS - white fine detail embossing powder 

Pretty Pink Posh - sparkling clear mix sequins

Distress Oxide inks

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker cardstock

Heffy Doodle - white cardstock

CAS birthday card

Oh my goodness I cannot believe that it's been so long since I last blogged a card.  I hope there are still a few of you out there to read my ramblings!  I hope everyone is doing ok and the lockdown is not taking too much toll on you.  I have been feeling a little down but I think between lockdown and the dark and dreary days it's already been a long winter.  As I work for the NHS I've already had my first vaccine and should have my 2nd dose in a month or so.  I think everyone is pinning their hopes on the vaccine taking control of the virus and I must admit I am too.  

Anyway enough waffling, I have a very CAS card to share with you tonight.  I made it for one of my lovely DT friends:

I'm not very good taking photos at the best of times but in these long dark days my photos are even worse.  I assure you my card was much nicer in real life.  I had just received this cute MFT stamp set and had to use it but as my card was going to The Netherlands I didn't want it too bulky so that postage wasn't too expensive.  I used the background stamp to create the 'splatter' behind the animals, which I coloured with my promarkers.  I used the coordinating dies the cut out the critters and added them to the card with foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment and again added it with foam tape.  A few sequins and my card was done.  I hope you like it. 

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

Allsorts challenge - 4 legged friends

Less is more challenge - in a row

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Krafty chicks challenge - any occasion

Crafty friends challenge - animals/birds

I know I promise every time I post that I will be back soon so I won't say that this time lol!  I'll just say 'see you on the flip side' 😀.

Card ingredients:

MFT Missing you every single day (stamp & dies)

MFT Distressed patterns

MFT beary special birthday (for sentiment)

Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear mix sequins

Memento tuxedo black ink for stamping images

Versafine onyx black ink for sentiment & splatters

Promarkers to colour images

Embossed & Blended birthday

Hello again friends.  I hope you're having a great Sunday - the weather here has been awful today, we've had torrential rain on and off all day.  Well we've had a very eventful few weeks since I blogged last.  Hubby's Covid test came back positive, I became unwell and had a positive result too and then our eldest son tested positive also.  The only one un-affected (or at least not showing systems) was our youngest son so he must be made of strong stuff.  Luckily my husband had a relatively mild dose; he is overweight and has high blood pressure so I was worried about him but thankfully he was ok.  Myself and my son had it a little worse and it felt like a bad dose of flu; heachache, temperature, aching all over, generally feeling yucky but we did have the extended wiped out feeling and just a simple shower left us worn out.  I am happy to report that we are all feeling much better now and back at work.

Anyway enough of my waffling let's get to the reason that you are here - a card!  It was one of the lovely girls on my Design Teams birthday this week so this is the card I sent her. 

close up of the card:

close up of the sentiment:

I began by stamping the large background stamp onto a white card panel using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with white fine detail embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool.  I then used 3 colours of distress oxide inks and blender brushes until I was happy with the blend.  I stamped and cut out the sentiment and added this to a circle of vellum with foam tape; this was then added to the card with liquid glue.  I then added the panel onto a white card blank and the finishing touch was a few sequins in matching colours.  

I'd like to add this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - celebration time

Little Red Wagon challenge - things beginning with B (birthday, balloon)

Crafty Friends challenge - embossing 

Cute Card Thursday challenge - stamping

Krafty Chicks challenge - all occasions

Mix It Up challenge - anything goes option distressing

The Crafty Cafe challenge - use some pink

Seizure the Birthday challenge - texture (embossed background)

Chocolate Baroque challenge - anything goes

Now I'm feeling back to 'normal' again I'll hopefully be back to blogging a little more often.  We are currently in a fire-break lockdown for 2 weeks in Wales so nothing much else to do except craft lol!  Enjoy the rest of your evening and take care of yourselves.

Card ingredients:

Uniko Stamps - block party birthday

Distress Oxide Inks in spun sugar, picked raspberry and wilted violet

Stampin' Up vellum

Waffle Flower Crafts - essential sentiments stamp set & matching die

Little Things by Lucy's Cards - passion flower sequin mix

Gina K designs - layering weight card stock

Taylored Expressions - blender brushes

Floral wreath card

Hello again friends.  I hope your Monday has gone better for you than mine.  My husband has been unwell since yesterday and went for a Covid test this morning so this means I have to stay home from work until he has his result - fingers crossed it will be back tomorrow and negative, otherwise we will all have to self isolate for 14 days!!  The trouble is flu is so similar to Covid that without a test you cannot be 100% sure can you? 

On a brighter note I have another card to share with you that I made for another of my lovely Design Team.  It has an autumnal feel due to the colours but it was for her birthday.

Here is the card:

a close up of the image:

I began by stamping the gorgeous image onto a white card panel and coloured it with Promarkers, I also added a small sentiment into the centre.  This panel was then layered onto green and orange card before adding to my white card blank.  I decided to add a small die-cut butterfly and a few sequins for interest.  The finishing touch was some sparkle onto the flowers and butterfly.  A really clean and simple card once again but the image is so pretty I didn't think it needed anything else. 

I would like to enter my card into these challenges:

Sweet Stampers challenge - things with wings

Chocolate Baroque challenge - wings with anything goes option

Allsorts challenge - autumn colours

Little Red Wagon challenge - celebrate

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - happy birthday

Crafty Friends challenge - autumn colours

Inspired by challenge - colors of fall (I hope it's ok I didn't use the sketch)

So hopefully I'll see you again in a couple of days with good news!  Take care of yourselves and stay safe. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Funky Fossil Designs - blooming birthday stamp set

Promarkers

Uniko Stamps - birthday wishes (for sentiment)

Heffy Doodle - white card

green & orange card from stash

Nuvo Aqua shimmer pen - glitter gloss

Little Things from Lucy's card - just peachy sequins

Studio Katia - dazzling celery fusion sequins

Versafine onyx black ink

Memento tuxedo black ink

Happy Bear-thday!

Hello again friends, I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and actually blog the cards I make lol!  I made a card for this week's MFT sketch challenge and thought I would try and enter it before the challenge ends (which is normally what I do).  I made this card for one of my lovely DT ladies whose birthday is today.  

Here is my card:

close up of image:

I began by masking off a small strip of my card blank and ink blending with my distress oxide inks and blender brushes.  Once completed I added some water droplets (although one turned out a little bit larger than the rest!) and dabbed with a piece of kitchen towel.  I stamped and coloured the cute bear image and fussy cut him out.  I then die cut a spellbinders decorative circle from pink card and a plain circle from white card.  I adhered these together with liquid glue and added foam squares to the bear before adding to the circles.  I stamped the sentiment below and called my card done.  A very cute (and very pink) card.  

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

MFT sketch challenge - sketch 508

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - animal antics

Inkspirational challenge - day 

Krafty Chicks challenge - all occasions

Daisy Chain challenge - CAS

Little Red Wagon challenge - celebrate

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and stay safe.

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - beary special birthday

Distress oxide - picked raspberry

Spellbinders - picot edge circles

Spellbinders - standard circles large

Promarkers

Versafine onyx black ink

Memento tuxedo black ink

Signo uni-ball white gel pen

Taylored Expressions blender brushes