under the sea

 

Today's card uses one of my favourite stamps by Kaisercraft called Coastal Escape

I stamped with Versafine onyx black and embossed with detail clear embossing powder onto a background from my 'play' box. It resembled underwater so was a good match.

I highlighted the seaweed and shells with markers and also the seahorse which I stamped seperately and raised with mounting tape

I used Promarkers - moss and praline

Challenges

Allsorts #815 - close to nature

We Love Stamping - anything but square

Stamping Sensations - hand coloured or a/g

The Crafters Cafe #315 - a/g

Do-all Creatives - a/g

Dragonflies

 

I am back today with another card.

This one uses a piece of white card embossed in my cuttlebug.

The dragonflies are peeloffs attached to some lovely shimmery iridescent pper and then fussy cut, and the attached only by their bodies. All layered onto a pretty mauve base card

Challenges

Allsorts #814 - matching pairs

Polkadoodles #2 a/g

Gem of a Challenge #1 a/g

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2502 - a/g

We Love to Create - a/g

Crafty Catz - a/g

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/-a/g

flowers

 

 Hello and welcome to my first post for 2025.

I hope everyone enjoyed their festive celebrations. Ours was non existant as my OH has been in hospital for 2 weeks, but thankfully he was able to come home on Christmas afternoon. My DIL brought us some Christmas dinner that she had cooked, so we just enjoyed a quiet evening at home. He is now improving but it takes time

My card was made using a die that I bought from a fellow Kiwi, so I am sorry I do not know the brand.

I used a white scrap and a teal scrap to cut them and then attached to my card and envelope. I then attached a matching flower held together with a lovely large brad

Challenges

Snippets Playground #497

Crafty Calender - add a diecut

Allsorts #814 - matching pairs

We Love to Create - a/g

Classic Design Challenge - a/g

Penny's Paper Crafty #587 - a/g

With Love

 

Hello crafty friends

Today's card uses a new to me stamp by Stampendous called Ranunculus Field. I have coloured with the following markers

Promarkers R766 and Y334

Copic G21

Creativ 13 and 23

After trimming and layering onto black, I used DI antique linen to soften the white.

 I used a border punch on some DP and stamped the sentiment by Woodware (deco sayings) and added a touch of colour to the cut outs on the border

Challenges

CRAFT #745  - new/a/g (I used a new to me stamp)

Classic Design - a/g option

Creative Inspiration Challenges #21 - a/g

I Love Promarkers #573 - a/g

Sheepski Designs #93 - a/g

Passion for Markers #769 - a/g

Word Art Wednesday - a/g

Merry Christmas

 

Hello everyone

I have made this card for my entry into Uniko's challenge.

 I have totally CASed the one that Bev has for her sample, as I loved the layout so much.

 The stamp is 'Mid Century Modern Christmas' and I have coloured the trees with my Copics

Challenges

Uniko Christmas Party

Stamping Sensations - winter or a/g 2nd entry

We Love Stamping - winter or a/g 2nd entry

Crafts Galore Encore - a/g

Allsorts #810 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Naughty cat!

 

Hello everyone.

Today's card features a stamp by Colorado Craft Company.

I stamped onto a pirce of DP using Versafine Onyx black, and have coloured using the following markers

Prtomarkers - Molton Red, Moss

Graphic Markers - 35, 23, CG2

I have added some red Kindyglitz and gold Wink of Stella to the baubles

Challenges

We Love Stamping - winter or a/g

Crafts Galore Encore #130 - a/g

Stamping Sensations - winter or a/g

Passion for Markers #768 - presents

Allsorts - a/g

Love

 

Hello again

I have used this beautiful stamp by Indigo Blu, embossed with bright gold embossing powder, onto a pre-made background. I have layered onto a toning base card, and also added some sparkle around the edges

Challenges

Stamping Sensations - 3rd entry

Allsorts - I used the a/g option - 2nd entry

The Crafters Cafe - a/g option 2nd entry

29 again!

 Hello everyone

Today's card was requested by a friend as she had seen a similar one I had made.

The crazy bird (Tim Holtz) was stamped on my background from the 'ready' box and also on some dp in a toning colour. I fussy cut the bird and adhered over the stamped image My message also used the spotty paper, and the 'life happens' is a piece from a sticker by Stamplorations

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty Chhallenge #585 - a/g

A Perfect Time to Craft - a/g

Classic Design #11 - a/g

Love to Craft - a/g

Stamping Sensations - a/g option (2nd entry)

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

Crafts Galore Encore - a/g

Stamping Sensations - a/g

Crafter's Cafe #314 - a/g

 

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

Happy Holidays

 

 Sneaking in with my last entry for BYSHC.

 Unfortunately the gold does not show up well

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

Penny's Challenge - a/g

A Perfect Time to Craft - a/g

The Paper Funday - a/g

Allsorts - a/g option

BYSHC number 3

 

Another entry for

BYSHC

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

BYSHC

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

Crafty Calender - a/g

Die Cut Divas - a/g

Word Art Wednesday - a/g

Allsorts #803 patterned papers

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