AAA Birthday challenge - DT card

Good morning lovely friends and happy 1st of June.  I can't believe we are already in the 6th month of 2023 - where has the time gone?  

I am here today with my DT card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge.  This month our hostess is Deekshita and she has chosen 'water colours'.   The challenge lasts from 1st June - 30th June and it is for birthday cards only.  

I started my card with a completely different plan in my mind but I changed it after finishing my water colour background; the final result is not what I envisaged but I think it turned out ok.  

here is a closer look:

As I say I began by water colouring the background using my Gamsai Tambi water colours.  I was originally going to add a little critter image over the top but I didn't like it so searched through my stamps and found this beautiful Gina K Designs stamp which fit the shape I'd created perfectly.  I did use some clean water and 'bleached' out the flowers a little so that there would be some colour difference from the background.  I haven't made a circle card for such a long time and I thought it would be perfect for the wreath shape.  I used an old Go Kreate XXL circle die set but had to trim the black circle as the size difference was too big but don't look too closely as my border is a little wonky in places lol!  I finished off by adding a scripty sentiment and some black pearls.  The card base was created with the same larger circle dies and I added some extra interest with an embossing folder.  The finished card is 5 3/4" diameter.  

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

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Krafty Chicks challenge - stamp act

SSS Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge - ATG (option bright colours)

Can you handle the pressure challenge - ATG (option bird/birdhouses)

Double D challenge - flowers

Allsorts challenge - anything goes (option use a stencil)

I hope you will have a chance to join in with our challenge this month.  Please pop over to the blog for all the details and to check out the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT.  We also have Ana as our guest designer this month.  

I cannot wait to see your amazing creations. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty hugs and love, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Kindness wreath stamp set (not sure if discontinued)

Gina K Designs - Spring floral BG stamp set (for sentiment)

Strathmore Bristol smooth watercolour card 

Gansai Tambi watercolour palette

Go Kreate XXL circle dies 

Gina K Designs - embellishment pearl mix

We R Memory Keepers sunburst EF (discontinued)

Fairy birthday card

Happy Saturday friends.  I hope you're having a great start to your weekend.  The weather is glorious here in South Wales and for once I have an empty washing basket lol!  

I'm popping in today with a card I made a little while ago for a crafty friend using this adorable fairy stamp and matching die set (which includes the gorgeous frame die too).  

Here is the card:

here is a close up of the fairy:

I began by stamping the fairy with memento tuxedo black ink and colouring her with my promarkers; I also added some highlights with a white gel pen.  I then used the matching die to cut her out.  I die cut the frame 3 times from white card and glued them together for dimension and stability.  I placed the frame on to some very pale blue card and then onto purple cardstock to make a very small border.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the background with blue ink. I finished off with some pearls and some dots which were done with a white gel pen and a yellow posca pen.  I also stamped a small dragonfly in the background.

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

Daisy chain challenge - for the girls

Allsorts challenge - absolutely anything goes (happy 14th birthday Allsorts)

Cardz for galz - backgrounds

Just us girls - mood board

Alphabet challenge - D is for dragonflies (I may be pushing my luck with my dinky dragonfly so please exclude if so)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and the weather is warm and sunny where you are too.  If not stay inside and craft lol!

I appreciate you stopping by.

Crafty hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Tonic Studios - I love you fairy much (? retired)

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 

Posca pen - yellow

Promarkers

Heffy Doodle - white card

Blue & purple card from my stash

Pearl mix - rainbow

Pinwheel card

Hello crafty friends.  I hope you've had a fantastic weekend and even if you are not a royalist you enjoyed the Coronation bank holiday.  I loved watching all the pomp and ceremony and the tradition was definitely a sight to see.  I think for those watching from abroad it must have seemed magical.  It was just a shame that the weather was so bad.

I'm sharing my first ever pinwheel card that I made for my son's 29th birthday.  I originally bought a die to cut the card shape but it was too small for what I wanted so I just made my own.  I think it worked out ok, even if I couldn't make an envelope big enough to fit it in lol (the size when laid flat was 12 1/2" x 7 1/2")!  He has been a drummer for many years, and was even in a band at one point, so every year I try to incorporate drumming into his card.  

This post is going to be photo heavy as it was really hard to photograph.  

The main components are from MFT stamps, but the large sentiment is Lawn Fawn, the personalisation is Gina K Designs and the verse is Honey Bee Stamps.  I tried to stick to a colour scheme of black, red, white and grey as I think these colours work really well together.  

Here is my card 

close up detail of the die cuts:

All the die cuts were stacked up at least 3 high for added stability.  I am really happy with the finished result and thankfully my son loved it too and appreciated all the hard work I put into it.  Fair play to him he is my biggest cheerleader and takes an interest in my cardmaking.  

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - inspired by music 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - no patterned paper

Mix it up challenge - ATG - option embossing

Craft Rocket challenge - for the boys

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - fun folds +/- summer fun

Crafty Calendar challenge - anything but square

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG - option make it masculine

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - keep on rockin' die-namics

MFT - keep on rockin stamp set

MFT - headphones die-namics

Lawn Fawn - giant happy birthday die

Lawn Fawn - Henry's ABC dies

Quickutz - Nesting stars dies

Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen stamp set

Honey Bee Stamps - Inside: birthday sentiments

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad & red velvet ink pad

Versafine - onyx ink pad

Hobbycraft UK - black cardstock

All other card from my scraps bin

Crafts Too - musical notes embossing folder

DT card - AAA birthday challenge!

Good morning lovely friends.  I have some exciting news for you today, although my blog title probably gives it away lol!  I have joined the DT over at the AAA Birthday challenge.  I am so grateful for the opportunity to join this amazing team but also very nervous too as I haven't been on a design team for many years.  The majority of my cards are for birthdays so this team will be the perfect fit for me and I hope I can also inspire you along the way.  

Ok enough waffling let's get this party started!  The hostess this month is Giorgia and she has chosen the theme of 'balloons', so a nice easy one for you.  The design team have created amazing inspiration so please pop over to the challenge blog to see their amazing creations:

Here is my card for this month:

I've used a Penny Black cling stamp called 'birthday balloons' and coloured with my Promarkers.  I added some white gel pen highlights to her shirt and a couple of the balloons.  The background is created with a mixture of stamps and stencils and the sentiment was simply stamped in black ink.  I finished with a couple of sequins and voila my card was done.  

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

Krafty chicks challenge - all occasions 

Seize the birthday challenge - birthday + topping of balloons

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Allsorts challenge - Anything goes + option of one for the girls

Time Out challenge - fashionable

I hope you will enjoy the challenge this month and I cannot wait to see your amazing creations.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Penny Black cling stamp - birthday balloons

Promarkers

MFT - inside and out birthday greetings

MFT - on solid ground stamp

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

Gina K Designs - brick wall stencil

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Sakura Gelly roll 10 - white gel pen

Versafine onyx black ink pad

Bunny card

Don't faint, but I'm back with another card!  I made a card for the MFT sketch challenge #642 but I'm adding to the linky in the nick of time.  I enjoy using the sketches and always plan to make something but this time I really liked it so wanted to make the effort to join in.  Here is my card:

close up of the cute images:

I began by colouring the adorable images with my Promarkers and fussy cutting them out (don't look too closely at that lol!).  I die cut some decorative circles from pink card and attached my images with thin 3d foam squares.  I also add foam squares to the back of the circles.  I went for some ombre patterned paper and add a thin dark grey cardstock border.  The sentiment was simply stamped onto the card panel with black ink.  No embellishments for a change; I liked the card and didn't want to overdo it.  

I'm entering my card into these challenges:

MFT WSC642 - sketch 

Unicorn challenge - add an animal

Allsorts challenge - ATG - option for the love of animals

Inkspirational challenge - dots and stripes (hope my dotty die cuts are allowed)

Daisy chain challenge - animals

Use your stuff challenge - layers

Craft rocket challenge - layer it up

I appreciate you stopping by.  

Crafty hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - beach bunnies (retired)

MFT - sweet birthday wishes (retired)

Gina K Designs - lots of dots (die used for dotty circles)

Craft Sensations - ombre pastel 12x12 pad

Promarkers

Versafine onyx black ink

Memento tuxedo black ink

Sakura white gelly roll no. 10

Happy birthday Hubby!

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great day so far.  

It was my hubby's birthday earlier in the week and this was the card I made for him.  He doesn't really 'do' cards (I know, can you believe it!) but I thought this would be perfect for him as he is car mad.   

I began by stamping the 3 cars with memento tuxedo black ink and coloured them with Promarkers.  I thought the background was too plain so added some 'splatter' with stamps in matching ink colours and I was much happier.  The husband sentiment was stamped in Versafine onyx black ink and the strip sentiment was a pre-made one that I die cut with a sentiment strip die.   

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

Allsorts challenge - create your own background

Seize the birthday - I didn't use the topping so just went for anything birthday goes

I know my posts have been a bit sporadic the last year or so but (without promising anything) I hope I can try and get back into the swing of blogging, even if it's just once a week.  We'll see how that goes lol!  I really do appreciate you still following my blog and hopefully you will continue to stick with me.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Honey Bee Stamps - car show

Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen sentiment set

MFT - distressed patterns

Creative  Expressions - wordies sentiment sheets - birthday

Gina K Designs - ink pads for background (I used soft stone, red velvet and blue raspberry)

Gina K Designs - large sentiment dies 

Memento tuxedo black ink pad

Versafine onyx black ink pad

Guest Designer - AAA birthday challenge

Good morning lovely friends.  I am delighted and honoured to be a guest designer over at the AAA Birthday challenge blog this month.  

The theme this month is 'layer it up' and here is my card:

 

close up of layers

I decided to go clean and simple with my layers and created a 30th birthday card for a friend using white with a hint of gold and black.  Firstly I cut a panel and scored some lines using my score board for a little interest in the background.  I then splattered some gold and black ink for some drama.  I die cut the leaves from Gina K Designs in white and vellum and the '30' numbers from My Favorite Things in gold.  I also die cut a decorate shape in vellum so that the numbers stood out a little from the leaves.  I assembled the leaves behind the vellum panel and added the numbers on top (I did add a small circle of white cardstock for stability).  The sentiment strip is a pre-made one from Gina K Designs.  Can you believe there is no stamping on this card - shock I know!  The finished card is 5 x 7 inches.  

I hope you will have a chance to enter the challenge, but remember it is a birthday card only challenge.  You can find all the details here.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs,

Card ingredients:

White cardstock - Heffy Doodle

Black cardstock - Heffy Doodle oreo crunch

Foliage fillers - Gina K Designs

Mixed messages sentiment sheets - Gina K Designs

By the numbers - My Favorite Things (retired)

Gold paint - Kuretake Gansai Tambi starry colors

Gold pearlescent card - Tonic 'autumn maple' 6x6 pad (no longer on the Tonic site)

Vellum - Stampin' Up card stock vellum that's been in my stash for years!