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Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Butterfly

Hello everyone
Today's card uses a lovely butterfly from a stamp set by Martha Stewart, which I bought in Canada. I stamped on vellum and embossed with bright gold embossing powder.
I cut a series of holes with my Cameo, and layered the panel over a background piece from my 'ready to use' box. I printed out the word and layered onto the turquoise piece
Challenges

 

Sunday, 3 November 2024

Christmas Bear


 Good Morning fellow crafters

I am continuing with Christmas cards, and this one I made with a Spellbinders die set that I won last year in Rudolph days (thank you so much)

I raided my scrap drawer to find some pieces that I could use, highlighted parts of the bear with DI vintage photo and added KindyGlitz to the snowflakes, snow hills and the trees

Challenges

Snippets Playground

Penny's - a/g

CRAFT - a/g

Allsorts - magic of the season

Creative Moments #263 - a/g

Saturday, 26 October 2024

Happy Holidays

 


 Sneaking in with my last entry for BYSHC.
 Unfortunately the gold does not show up well

Friday, 25 October 2024

you're how old?

 


Today's card uses one of the birds from Tim Holtz's crazy birds set, one of my favourite sets to use.
I have used a background from my experiments box, made with Distress inks in wilted violet and possibly shaded lilac.
I stamped the bird on a scrap and fussy cut to colour with DI's again
 I then die cut an oblong and glued the bird on. Sentiment was printed on my PC

Challenges
We Love Stamping - a/g option
Stamping Sensations - a/g option
Allsorts - a/g option

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

BYSHC number 3

 

Another entry for




BYHC Christmas

 


Another entry for the BYSHC contest
I have printed the image and used diluted gold paint around the edges of the base card, then did some white splatters




Sunday, 20 October 2024

Merry Christmas

 


Hello and Welcome

I have made a start on Christmas cards and this is one of them
I diecut the snowman (Creative Expressions) from a strip of white card and adhered to my cardbase which had some snowflake paper attached
The scarf and nose had a touch of red marker and the black is marker as well
I attached a sentiment outlined with the marker
Challenges
BYSH Cardmakers - October Linky
Allsorts #803 patterned papers




Thursday, 3 October 2024

Live every moment

 


Welcome

I almost forgot that I wanted to enter the Allsorts challenge with this card.

I am not sure where I got this background from, as it was in my box of 'ready to use' pieces.

The stamps I think are indigo blu and I used a pretty piece of lace across the middle


Challenges

Allsorts #800 - a/g

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Surfing Santa


 Welcome

Nothing for a month, then 2 in a row!

I have an excuse though, I have had a couple of hospital stays, but no pacemaker required yet, although could happen in the future

I used a lot of scraps from my scrap folder to cut out this surfing Santa, and will be sending it to my Aussie grandsons who are keen surfers. All cut out on my Sillhouette Cameo


Challenges

Snippets Playground

Craft Shop - no stamps

CRAFT #733 - Christmas

Word Art - 2nd entry

Crafty Catz #678 - a/g

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

Sympathy

 

Hello and welcome

Today's card was made using a Stampin Up stamp from the Asian Artistry set.
I have kept it very CAS and coloured the bird to match the base card, which has the front cut on a curve.
It looks like I had better clean my scanner, as those marks are not on the card, so will have to 'Google' what to use for cleaning!

Challenges
Allsorts #799 - Sympathy
Word Art Wednesday #665/666 - a/g
We love Stamping - hand coloured image

Sunday, 18 August 2024

Being Unique

 


Today's card was made with the items that I won at Allsorts birthday celebrations
'Little Tribe' Stencil from Aall & Create and 
'USA' also from AAll & Create
I used the following Promarkers for colouring

hair - praline & caramel
dress - prussian and molten red
face -pastel pink & pale blossom, around eye - lilac
Challenges

Friday, 21 June 2024

Birthday flowers

 


Todays card was made using part of a very old stamp from Inkadinkadoo 'Gardenia' I coloured the stamp using my small Memento ink pads in Dandelion, Olive Grove, Bamboo Leaves, Rose Bud, and Lilac Posies.

Layered onto some pink textured card and added a sentiment from Natash Foote

Challenges

We Love Stamping - fabulous florals

Stamping Sensations - mood board, I used similar colours of the flowers

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - mood board, I used similar colours of the flowers

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

'Good Shot'

 

Hello and welcome back
One of my grandsons has his 15th birthday next week, so I decided on a basketball theme as this is the sport he plays.
I cut the ball and the person on my Sillhouette, and stamped the sentiment ( from Paperbabe Stamps) in orange to match and then used clear detail EP to give it a lovely sheen
Challenges
Allsorts #785 - masculine
Creative Moments #259 - men and boys
Crafty Calender - for a child

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Just For You

 


Hello and welcome back
Today's card is the result of browsing through a catalogue of Penny Black from 2004. One of the examples was quite appealing so I cased it for this card. I used a stamp on the left side and then adhered four different washi tapes for the vertical stripes. I mounted the two stickeroos onto some toning cream card and adhered to the card base.
Challenges

Thursday, 23 May 2024

The older I get!


Hello fellow crafters
A quick card that I made this morning using a background that I previously made after watching Kate Crane demo for Paper Artsy, using Infusions. This was the orange colour but a bit more of the walnut crystals showed through. I stamped the image (Paper Artsy Zinis ZN30) on a scrap and coloured with markers
Creative Graphic markers - 35 lemon yellow, 6 pale pink, 46 vivid green, 23 orange, and Copic R01 pinkish vanilla
The wording is stickers by Ranger
Challenges
We Love stamping - vintage or a/g
Stamping Sensations - mood board (I used orange and green colours) 

 

Monday, 20 May 2024

Thank you

 


I am back again today with another entry for Allsorts 15th birthday celebration.

I stamped the flower and the message using my Misti, and added a little colour randomly to the flower. Lastly I added the lines with a fine black pen

Sunday, 19 May 2024

80th birthday

 


Hello and welcome

I don't usually make 8x8 cards, but was asked for a big size so that the choir members could sign it. It was for the choir leader who is also fond of reading, so I used both suggestions to make the card. The pile of books is 3d layered so that it stands off the page. 80 was cut with my Cameo Silhouette, and the word was stamped and embossed with bright gold EP

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-720-anything-goes.htmlChallenges

Allsorts - 15th birthday


Friday, 10 May 2024

18th birthday

 



Welcome
I have not had much crafting time recently, but this is one that I made for my only gd's 18th birthday.
The file was on a facebook group that I belong to and I will try and find the designer's name.
Here we go ----
It is called Birthday Fold by Sabine Harris, in the Sillhouette Card making and Papercraft group
I used a lot of scrap pieces for the letters and their bases so I would like to enter in
Snippets Playground - using scraps
Allsorts - more than one fold
Lets Craft and Create - a/g + pretty pink or baby blue (I used both)

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Celebrate balloons

 


Hello and welcome back
I have made a card to enter into a few challenges, using one of the crazy cats from TH
I haven't used one for a while so I think they were feeling a bit neglected!
I have used all kinds of scraps from my scrap pile

I have coloured the cat with Copic Y26 and Creative Graphic Marker Y343
"Celebrate' is from a set by Paperbabe

Challenges
Allsorts #777 - balloons
Snippets Playground - a/g with snippets

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment so that I know you have been!



Thursday, 28 March 2024

Thanks

 


Hi all
I am back again today, trying to get some challenges completed before the end of the month.
For this one, I have tried the fractured technique for the first time. I used a Stickeroo trimmed down to a square and added black strips cut from some scraps. The sentiment is an old one from Hero Arts

Challenges
Creations in Pink - a/g using mainly pink

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Colourful Spots!

 

 Hi all and welcome back.

I have made the background for this card using Memento inks, rose bud, love letter, cottage ivy, and new sprout. I used circular ink blending sponges to create the spots. After cutting the 'happy' I embossed it twice with detail black ep, and the birthday is embossed with detail white

Challenges
Inspiration Station - I was inspired by the colourful dresses


The Paper Funday #63 - a/g or optional, use dies
Lets Craft and Create - a/g 2nd entry



Sunday, 24 March 2024

Yellow Daisy Trellis card


Hi there
A design that is new to me, but there are a few tutorials on YouTube if you want the instructions.
I attached a piece of unknown DP to the top to cover the upright supports, and added a pretty yellow daisy and green leaves to complete.

Challenges
Lift challenge - trellis card
Creative Crafting Uncles - Spring or Easter
Lets Craft and Create #205 - a/g or Thank you

 

Thursday, 21 March 2024

Blue Butterfly

 


Welcome back
Today's card is made with a TH set that I won from Holley earlier this month
I stenciled with Memento summer sky, stamped the butterfly with Memento teal zeal and the sentiment with Versafine onyx black. I also stamped the butterfly again on vellum with summer sky and added some wee pearls to finish
Challenges
We Love Stamping - 2nd entry
Lost Coast #183 - let's fly

Monday, 11 March 2024

Yellow

 


Welcome back, I have not posted anything for over a month as have had family staying since early January

I saw the challenge at Allsorts is for yellow, so decided to case one of the cards that I made a couple of years ago, but this time I used yellow tones of distress inks. The stamp is an unknown one and I added some detail with Smooch ink in a gold colour. The sentiment is from Paperbabe

Challenges
We love stamping - feminine
Stamping Sensations - Spring or A/G
Allsorts - yellow or A/G
Simon Says Wednesday - add a sentiment

Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment so I know you have been!

Monday, 29 January 2024

Three dragonflys

 


Welcome to today's card

I have followed a design by Monika Weclewska in an older Papercraft Essentials magazine.
I had to compromise and 'use what I have'
The background splotches are from a set by Paperbabe, the dragonflys are unnamed, and I also used a peeloff to finish off. The dragonfly panel was a scrap layered onto the piece cut from the end of the card base
Challenges
Stamping Sensations - a/g option
Allsorts 765/6 = anything but square

Friday, 12 January 2024

I'm Cute!


Welcome bloggers

A quick post to show this cute Llama which I coloured with my markers
Reno Art - 271 cool grey 5,  24 lettuce
Copic - E21 baby skin pink, 110 special black
Thatcolor - CG1 cool grey
Promarker - R766 molten red
Challenges
I love Promarkers - a/g or animals

 
 

Monday, 1 January 2024

Birthday Butterflies

 


Hi and welcome, and Happy New Year to all my friends and followers

 I have been missing again for a while, but have a few January birthday cards to make, so this is the first
My lovely image is an oldie from Crafty Individuals which I purchased whilst in England for a visit a number of years ago.
I stamped and embossed with bright gold EP and coloured the butterfies with Smooch paint, using the red and the gold, After it was dry I added Stickles for some lovely sparkles, and then another blast from the past - peeloffs!
Challenges
Stamping Sensations - favourite colours
Allsorts - a/g option

Sunday, 3 December 2023

Brighter Days

 


Hello and welcome

For this card I have used a SU set and paper pieced the dress and umbrella with the scraps from the base layer

Challenges

Snippets Playground #468

Allsorts #757

Creations in Pink

Crafts Galore Encore

I also entered at UKStampers

Monday, 27 November 2023

40th

 


A 40th birthday card for the daughter os one of my work colleagues.

I cut the base card and also the DP on my Cameo and sponged the edges for a bit more dimension. The message is actually gold mirror card, but it does not scan well.

Challenges

Papercraft - Happy Birthday

Word Art Wednesday - a/g

613 Avenue Create - a/g


Sunday, 26 November 2023

Merry shaker

 


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Welcome crafty friends, I have been missing again for a while but wanted to show this card.

It is quite some time since I have made a shaker, but I saw this design by Christine Werner, and altered it a bit. The green background was made using two different Memento inks to create an ombre look. The Merry was cut with my Cameo Silhouette and I also added a stencilled part of a snowflake in the corner, and the sparkly Christmas word.

Challenges

The Crafting Challenge - a/g

Rudolph Days

Allsorts - Colours of winter

Through The Purple Haze - a/g


Friday, 20 October 2023

Cats and Mouse


 Hi everyone

I wanted to use the sketch from MFT for this cat card, and decided to use the colours from their colour challenge also

I cut strips for the background but the metallic card I used for the teal colour has come out more of a dark green!

I diecut some stitched circles and stamped the cats from a set by Magengo designs. The background is coloured with "Thiscolor" pale pink, and the cats and mouse are coloured with "Promarker" silver lining

Challenges -

MFT Sketch 668

MFT Color Challenge 221

I Love Promarkers - a/g - wings/tails

Passion for Markers #712 - dies/punches

Sunday, 15 October 2023

Butterfly



 

Hi everyone. I hope you are all keeping well

I saw a card made with this die some time ago on a CAS facebook group, and when I saw it come up on a local selling site, I just had to have it

I cut it from a piece of patterned card, which I added a bit more colour to with a copic marker. I also ran the top wings through a textured embossing folder, and touched it up here and there with some gold paint. The honeycome die cut is from a Sizzix set by Tim Holtz. To finish off I added a gold peeloff from my vast collection

Challenges

Allsorts #750 - add some texture

Word Art Wednesday #617/618 - a/g

Snippets Playground - using up scraps

Sunday, 24 September 2023

Birthday hedgie

 


Hi everyone, long time no see!!!

This is one of a series of cards that I made using Penny Black Stickeroos.

I would like to enter it into the challenge at Penny Black Saturday with the subject, anything goes or lots of layers

Thursday, 10 August 2023

Soulmates

 


 Welcome.
I am back today with a card using a 'new to me' stamp by Art Impressions. Don't these friends look like they are having fun!
I have made my background by cutting some scraps into strips and adhering to the base card. After colouring with markers I die cut and layered to the background. A sticker finished it off. 
Challenges
Passion for Markers #702 - use dies or punches
Lets Craft and Create #198 - a/g with polka dots and/or stripes
Stamping Sensations -mood board (I have used the sunshine colours)
Allsorts - Anything but square
Snippets Playground #460 - using some scraps





Monday, 24 July 2023

Christmas in July

 


Welcome crafty friends, I hope you are all doing well.
I have just purchased this die, so this is the first time using it
I have added a foam poinsettia shape with gold sequins

This is my first Christmas card make for this year, especially for the Christmas in July blog hop at BYSHC



Other Challenges



Thanks for visiting, leave me a comment so I know you have been

Sunday, 16 July 2023

Scrap time!

 

Hi everyone.

After watching a video from Natasha Foote (a fellow kiwi), I thought I would have a go!

I sponged the edges of the base card with distress ink (dusty concord) before adding my top layer

The stamp is by Woodware

Challenges


Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment


Thursday, 25 May 2023

Best Wishes

 

Hello again, second post today

I have used one of my 'experiment' backgrounds, made with Brushos on a heavy watercolour card.

The stamp is 'constellation' by Penny Black, embossed in white detail EP and highlighted with a white Sharpie paint pen.

A gold thread is wound around, sentiment layered on mounting tape, and all adhered to an orange toning card base

Challenges

Penny Black Saturday (2/2)

Allsorts #729 a/g (2/2)

Stamping Sensations (2/2)

Crafty Gals Corner #243 - flowers for Mum

Simon Says Stamp - add a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday a/g


With Love

 

Hello all

Today's card uses a stamped image that I found while sorting out a box of bits, so don't know the manufacturer sorry. I have coloured with Promarkers, buttercup, red, orchid, french navy, and Copic Ciao, honey.

Edged with gold and layered onto a piece of embossed DP and then onto a mauve card base.Attached a recycled tag with a gold diamante

Challenges, both of whom are celebrating birthdays, so Happy Birthday to - 

Allsorts #729 - a/g

Passion for Markers #691 - a/g