Christmas again

 

Another card for the Christmas box and another entry for the Spring into Christmas blog hop

I diecut the snowman from white card and layered onto a red card base. I then added some black buttons and the bird's eye with Enamel Accents I drew around the edge with a white Sharpie and filled in to make the design as per a suggestion by Natasha Foote

Challenges

(BYSHC) hop - spring into  Christmas (2nd entry

Rudolph Days

CardzTV - a/g

Christmas Wishes

Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well

My card today follows the sketch from Sketch Saturday

I have used a New Zealand made stamp of a pohutukawa blossom, which is better  known as our New Zealand Christmas tree, as it blooms at Christmas time and is a stunning sight, usually found in coastal areas. I highlighted the ends with red Kindyglitz, which doesn't show so well in the scan.I also trimmed some sparkly washi tape to edge the sentiment which was stamped with Brilliance, I think the colour is called red gold

Challenges

BYSHC - Spring into Christmas hop

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #539 - Festive

Sketch Saturday #657

 

Lets Squash It #7

 

Hello all and welcome

This is one of the cards that I have made for Mother's Day, which is May 9th in our country

I have specifically made it for the 'Lets Squash It challenge' where we have been asked for 3 embossing folders and a person.

I cut my background piece and inserted a dotty one in the gap so that it would fit in my card

I then embossed the floral strip, computer generated the message, and added this lovely little vintage girl.

Challenges

Lets Squash It #7

Creative Fingers #206 - a/g

Pammie's Inky Pinkys  #2116- a/g

Perfectly Pantone

 

I am using this beautiful stamp again from Paperbabe. I stamped it on yellow card with a slightly deeper yellow ink and then fussy cut. I positioned it in the bottom right corner and trimmed off the excess, and added a touch of yellow Wink of Stella to highlight

I then used an embossing folder to make the flag message and mounted on a scrap of the yellow card, and adhered to the pale grey card base.

These are the current Pantone colours as requested for

The Mod Squad challenge

Paperbabe #142 - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Bee Happy!

 

 

Good morning all

Today's bright and cheerful card is all about the bees!

I first stamped a portion of honeycomb background ( Indigo Blu) to the right, and then diecut a circle from a scrap that was lying on my desk.

I stamped it with the hive and smaller bee, and edged with a black marker

The words were stamped directly onto the card, and the larger bee on a scrap and the fussy cut

They were all embossed with detail clear ep and the large bee is raised on mounting tape

challenges

Allsorts #619 - butterflies, birds or bees

Crafters Castle #40 - Spring/Mother's Day/Summer

Crafty Calendar - spring/easter

We Love Chocolate Baroque - springtime

Happy Birthday doggie!

 

Hi everyone.

It is good to be back home after a 10 day road trip in our motorhome

This quick and easy card was made with Penny Black stickeroos adhered to some scraps of white card. 

I diecut the dog with a die that I won from Stamplorations and edged with a red copic marker

The bone is edged with a black marker and I used an offcut of striped card for the layering

Challenges I would like to enter

Penny Black Saturday - a/g or cute

Pixies Crafty workshop #400 - use snippets

Ally's Angels #45 - a/g

Crafter's Castle #40 - a/g

Crafty Catz #546 - a/g

Spring Summer coffee lovers #4

 

My fourth entry for the Spring/Summer coffee lovers hop.

I printed my digi and coloured with copics, sharpies and WOS, then fussy cut and attached in the corner of the bright base card

The message and bee are from a freebie set from a magazine, and stamped with Brilliance graphite black

challenges

Passion for markers #584 - bunnies or blooms

The Cats Pajamas #277 - use florals

Allsorts #616 - spring flowers

Colour Crazy Kraft challenge #11 - a/g

Spring summer coffee lovers #3

 

Another entry for the Spring/Summer coffee lovers hop

I printed the digi and coloured some of the words etc with copics

Distressed the edges and sponged with walnut stain DI

Adhered to a brown textured card base

Spring Summer coffee lovers #2

 

My second entry for the Coffee Lovers blog hop

I printed a Stamplorations digi onto Fabriana card and coloured with copics.

Attached to a pretty coral colour base card

Spring Summer coffee lovers

Spring Summer coffee lovers

Hi everyone, I have been away, so had to make a card quickly this evening for this fabulous hop.

I stamped the background using a very old un-named stamp and expresso ink pad.

I then added a strip of washi, and my lovely Stamplorations sticker which I attached to some kraft card

Coffee Loving Cardmakers
 

pillow box

 

 hi everyone

Today's project is not a card, but a pillow box that I cut out on my Cameo Silhouette, using some Coredinations card that I have been hoarding for many years. I used a funky flower embossing folder on the front and sanded to expose the underlying colour.

The flower is a Dreaming Tree design that I cut using scraps from my never shrinking scrap box, and the stamens are made with a punch

Challenges

Let's Squash it #6 - boxing clever with floral embossing

Pixies Crafty Workshop #398 - using scraps

Shadow stamping

 

 My first attempt at this technique after watching a video by Natasha Foote, a fellow kiwi

I used a very old pink stamp pad and part of a set by Rubber Dance (round in circles) to stamp directly onto my base card 

Then I used versamark and  a cherry blossom stamp from a Flourishes set, and then shifted the stamp slightly and stamped with a white  ink pad. The sentiment is stamped onto velum, trimmed and wrapped around, and I also added some white highlights with a white Sharpie pen

Challenges

Ikes World #142 - a/g / opt monochrome

Stamping Sensations - monochromatic

Cute Card Thursday #677 - Celebrate

Allsorts - a stamped image

Allys Angels #44 - a/g

Thanks for visiting today and stay safe

shabby chic

 

Hi everyone and welcome back

Today's card was made using a scrap of a pretty designer paper (unknown) with a torn edge that I sponged with walnut stain DI. I attached the picture and added a pink sponged butterfly, a matching flower, gold peeloff sentiment and a gold strip down the right hand side.

Challenges

Creations in Pink #31 - a/g

The Funky Junkie Boutique - a/g/vintage/shabby chic

Creative Sketchy Girls #57 - girls only

A perfect time to craft #3-2021 - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Birthday Girl

 

I made today's card for my dil's birthday

I cut a square of patterned paper slightly smaller than my card base, and then used a matching plain paper to die cut the zig zags and the TH flowers. The centres are brads.

The black happy day is made from wood, and a made the 'birth' piece from scraps and peel off stickers

I would like to enter the following challenges

Unstampabelles #108 - a/g (2nd entry)

Uniko - 9th birthday celebration

The Cats Pajamas #376 - use patterned paper (2nd entry)

AAA Birthday #22 - a large sentiment

Thanks for visiting today

Birthday Boy

 

Hi everyone, I am back again with another last minute card for the challenge at Sketch Saturday

I have used a textured brown card as my base, added a layered strip for my peeloff sentiment. a diecut circle and a fussy-cut dog picture that I had in my 'things to use' box

Challenges

Sketch Saturday#648

Time Out #182 - 7th birthday

Girlz Creative Crafts #10 - use an animal

Thanks for visiting

Purple

 

Good morning all, I hope you are enjoying your day.

We will shortly be going to do our weekly grocery shop, so just time to do this post beforehand

This design is similar to one I saw recently

I stamped my flower (Paperbabe) onto a scrap with Shades Dye ink in purple majesty, coloured with  Promarker orchid and Copic Sketch amethyst, and the centre with Wink of Stella gold.After trimming down I edged both layers with gold pen and marked out a square onto the first layer. I also outlined with gold the message piece and used a peeloff for the message. I have hundreds of these to use so you will be seeing a lot of them!!

Challenges

3 room studio #24 - use purple

Pixies crafty workshop #397 - using snippets

Passion for Markers #580 - feminine

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #152 - a/g

A Perfect time to craft - a/g

Blue Lily

 

Good afternoon all

I found some time today to have a play with some of the goodies I received from Mrs A for winning one of her competitions recently

I wet  lines through one of the pretty papers, so that I could pull off a strip to layer across my card.

I have coloured the flower with the Spectrum-Noir  'Starry Sky' Sparkle pen and dragged out the colour with water. I then used the Nuvo glitter Marker 'Imperial Blue" to highlight the edges.

The green leaves are painted with  Magic Colour 'grecian olive'

I have added a peel-off which I coloured blue to match

Challenges I would like to enter

Stamping Sensations - colour my world

We Love Chocolate Baroque - flower, butterfly or birds

Bastel-Traum #98 - birthday

TTCRD - a/g

Paperbabe #138-a/g

Best Wishes

 

Welcome back

I am quite disappointed with the result of this scan, it looks so much better IRL

I have used the same die again as in my last post, which was a freebie with a magazine, and loosely followed the directions from there .

I used a white card base, a diecut rectangle frame, and a piece of dp for my background. I also added a silver peeloff to finish

Challenges

Unstampabelles #108 - a/g

A Perfect Time to Craft #2 - open challenge

The Cats Pajamas #376 - use patterned paper

Girlzcreativecrafts # 9 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

With Love

 

Hello again

To make the background for today's card, I first swiped Broken China and Peeled Paint distress inks onto an acrylic block and spritzed with water. Then pressed onto a piece of watercolour card. When it was dry, I trimmed it and layered it onto black card stock, and then onto my card base.

I used my Misti to stamp the words, and added the diecut flower panel and 3 red heart sequins. Unfortunately they show black in the scan!

Challenges I would like to enter

Creatalicious #204 - a/g opt kisses

Crafts Galore Encore #84 - a/g

Stamplorations - Love challenge (2nd entry)

Mod Squad - all about love

Allsorts - Love is...

Bastel-traum #97 - love

CRAFT #585 - Love/Valentine

With Love

 

Hi everyone

Seeing that it is Valentine month, I thought I would make this card with a cute pair of cats that I have had for too many years that I care to remember!

I used a heart stencil (unknown) on my background, and then stamped and embossed the 2 cats on a scrap of black card

They were then fussy cut and attached over the hearts, and a little gold paint added to the eyes

Finished off with a couple of peel-offs and then attached to my black base card

Challenges

Simon Says Monday - love and/or hearts

Stamplorations - love challenge

Sweet Stampin - love

Allsorts #609 - 4 legged friends

Pixies Crafty Workshop  #395- snippets

Butterfly

 

Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and safe

Today's card features a Paper Artsy stamp that I have had for a few years. I had to buy it when I saw Leandra demonstrate it when she visited New Zealand

I stamped it twice with my Misti, so that I could fussy cut the butterfly and layer it

After colouring in shades of orange, I layered it with mounting tape and also added gold micro beads to the body. The flowers were lightly coloured too.

I trimmed down to a square and distressed  the edges before  attaching to the base card. A strip of Washi tape finished the bottom nicely matching the gold and orange

Challenges

Countryview Challenges - squares

We Love Chocolate Baroque - feminine

The Cats Pajamas #375 - think spring (2nd entry)

Creative Fingers #200 - a/g (2nd entry)

Incywincy designs - a/g

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamp

Never too old!

 

Hello all, I hope you are all keeping well

Today's card uses one of my favourite Art Impressions stamp sets

I have coloured using Promarkers, chilly red, cadet blue, pastel blue

Reno Art natural grey 2 (hair), lettuce

Touch, sun white (flesh)

I trimmed the image layer and attached to a matching blue card before attaching to my base card

Challenges I would like to enter

Art Impressions #300 - Celebrate with AI

Creative Fingers #200 - a/g

Passion for Markers #575 - a/g

Cute Card Thursday #670 - birthdays

THTSB # J2021 - a/g

A home without a cat!

 

Welcome back

Today's card features a cat from an Indigo Blu set that I have had for quite some time.

I stamped him on a scrap and coloured with markers - one of my favourite combo's of  Promarkers, pastel yellow, summer sun, and tulip yellow, and copic ciao Y38. I love how I can graduate the colours on this stripey cat!

I layered him onto a diecut stitched circle of white scrap, and then onto my yellow embossed background (Craft Concepts 'sun rays')

The sentiment is from a set by The Ink Road Stamps

Challenges

Passion for Markers #574 - favourite colour combo

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamps (I love cat stamps)

Dare to be Artsy - a/g

The Cats Pajamas #375 - think spring (I have used spring colours)

Pixie's Playground #394 - use snippets

The House that Stamps Built J1321 - a/g

Lets Squash It #4 -  ef and an animal 2nd entry

I apologize that I cannot get the link function to work, I will try again later

Meow

 

Hi, and welcome back

Today's fun card uses one of the very first dies that I bought, many years ago. I decided it needed an outing once again

The background dp has been embossed in my cuttlebug, and the top corners rounded. The folder does not have a name, but it is by Cuttlebug

The cat and mouse were die cut from scraps, as was the 'grass' piece at the bottom.

I did some faux stitching with my Sharpie white paint pen, and attached all to a black card base

Challenges

A perfect time to craft #1 - a/g

Classic Design challenge -a/g

Crafts Galore Encore #83 - a/g

Crafty Friends #148 - a/g

Lets squash it #4 - ef and animal

Get Creative #97 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Open your heart

 

Hi everyone

Today's card is based on the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

I trimmed some navy card slightly smaller than my white card base and added the two pieces of designer paper. I wound some sparkly gold thread three times around on the left and then attached a butterfly that I had stamped and fussy cut. I stamped the sentiment onto a circle of white, using Brilliance 'pearlescent sky blue' for both. Finished with three gold raised pearls for decoration

I would like to enter the following challenges

Creative Moments #206 - a/g

Mod Squad - must have wings (my butterfly)

Art Impressions - resolutions

Allsorts #606 - favourite colour (I love this shade of blue)

Sketch Saturday #642

Sweet Stamping - new (my sentiment is new)

Lost Coast #113 - starting with 'B' (my butterfly)

Flying high

 

Hello all and welcome back

Today's card uses a cute stamp that I won from Mia at Craftartista. 

It is  a House Mouse design, so now I can enter their challenge

I have coloured with Promarkers, IG07 silver lining and G956 ocean teal

The teal matched my background paper nicely

Challenges

Passion for Markers #573 - birthdays

Allsorts #605 - a/g

Creatilicious #202 - a/g (I did not use the option)

Simon Says Monday - use something new (my new stamp)

House Mouse and friends #331 - new beginnings (my new stamp)

Cardztv #131 - a/g

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Thanks for visiting

'Happy'

 

Hi and Welcome

Today's card features mainly TH products. 

I diecut the white piece on the top and the bottom. The crazy bird was stamped onto a scrap and coloured with Promarkers - C729 pastel blue, G829 pastel green, G827 soft green, G956 ocean teal and Y247 summer sun

I added dimensional magic to his eyes and beak.

The sentiment is from Unity, stamped in DOX cracked pistachio and embossed with 'dye boss'

Then layered onto a toning green card base

Challenges

Passion For Promarkers #572 - add a sentiment

Stamping Sensations - anything with wings (2nd entry)

We Love Chocolate Baroque - a/g (2nd entry)

Cardztv #130 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

A change from Christmas

 

Welcome back

Only five more sleeps, I am sure all the littlies are starting to get excited

My card today has a background piece, where I coloured one side of the EF with a mauve ink pad, before running through my cuttlebug. It has highlighted the design nicely

I stamped my butterfly (Martha Stewart) onto a scrap of card that I had been experimenting with different sprays. I also cut some narrow strips to use as a background to the butterfly. The sentiment is die cut from a scrap of black card

Challenges

Stamping Sensations - anything with wings

We love Chocolate Baroque - a/g

Lets Squash It #3 - Embossing folder & dies/fussy cutting (I did both)

Lavinia World#42 a/g

Pixies Playground-using scraps

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a Happy Christmas and a safe and healthy 2021

Merry Christmas

 Welcome everyone, I hope you are all feeling festive!

I made this card for my sil who is also a cardmaker

I used a starry patterned paper for the background and cut the words from some pretty mauve card, which I then 'twinked' with Wink of Stella The holly leaves are punched, as are the sparkly berries

Challenges

Allsorts #602 - a/g (2nd entry)

Art Impressions - Reason for the Season

Creative Knockouts #381 - a/g

Joy

 

Welcome back to my blog.

This is one of the cards that I have made to send this year

I masked off a strip along the centre and coloured with distress oxides

I cut the j and y from a scrap of navy basil card using my Cameo Silhouette, and the snowflake from a scrap of pale blue card, I double embossed the snowflake with some sparkly ep and attached with some mounting tape.

Challenges

Unstampabelles - Joy (I did not use the twist)

Show and Share - use velum and/or glitter

CardzTV #129 - a/g

Allsorts #602 - a/g

....and again

 

I'm back with another Christmas card for my box

I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday, and used papers from a Christmas pad by Rosie's Studio.

After cutting the pieces, I edged them with a gold metallic pen

I finished off with some gold metallic embroidery thread for the tie across the bottom

Challenges

Sketch Saturday #638

A Blog Named Hero - glitter and sparkle

The Papercraft Challenge - a/g

Christmas again

 

Welcome, and thanks for visiting

Another card to add to my box., 

This time I have used an older stamp by PSX that was given to me by a friend, and partially stamped on both corners. I used versamark and white detail EP

Challenges

Allsorts #600 - Christmas flowers, wreathes, or trees

Artistic Stamper - Christmas

Mod Squad - white and bright

Bye for now

Another Christmas Card

 

 Hi everyone

Sorry I have been MIA for a while as I have been unable to use my right arm and hand properly after an angiography which left me black and blue from hand to elbow. It is slowly healing but still quite technicolour!

Back to my card, which I had made before this happened.

I followed a design I saw from Liz McGuire at buttonsforbrains as I really liked the layout.

I raided my scrap box to find some suitable papers, used some washi tape, stamped and embossed snowflakes, stamped my snowman on a scrap and cut him out, coloured his scarf and hat with Promarkers  R766 Molten Red and added some sparkly KindyGlitz to his hat.

Thanks Liz for a lovely design

Challenges

Pixies Playground #391 - using snippets

Passion For Promarkers #570 - glitter and sparkle

Allys Angels #40 - a/g

coffee time

 

Hi,

back today with an entry for the coffee lovers blog hop

I have printed a digi that I won from Stamplorations directly onto a textured cream card.

The image is lightly coloured with pastel pencils

and the message is from a set by Uniko

Challenges 

Coffee Loving blog hop

Crafters Castle #35 - a/g

Crafty Calender - a/g

Christmas wishes

 

Welcome back, and I hope you are all well

Today's card uses a stamp from a set by Penny Black called 'Holly Jolly'

I coloured his hat, scarf and stocking with a pink marker, and added some sparkle to the hat trim and also to the snow he is standing on

I diecut the message from a black glitter paper and cut out the panel with stitched die, then adhered to a black card base

Challenges

Stamplorations - CAS + pink and black

We love Chocolate Baroque - Christmas

Pammy's Inky Pinky #2044 - a/g

AAA Cards #177 - maximum white space (I did not use the option)