Allsorts Challenge ~ It has to be spring

The Allsorts Challenge theme this week is 'Spring', chosen by Brenda.  There is also the Anything Goes theme if spring themed cards are not your thing.  We have lot of tulips in our garden and this gave me the inspiration for my card.

 I made a Tri Panel Z Fold card, a fold which is easy to make and perfect for using up snippets of patterned paper.  The patterned paper is from The Works.  I used a Marianne Design cross-stitched tag die cut and used crochet cotton to stitch the tulip design.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Glamorous'.  The number dies I used are from The Works.

There are lovely prizes to be won from AALL and Create

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge ~ Use a Die

I was delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer for the Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge.  The theme this month is 'Use a Die'.

I decided to make a masculine card for a friend.  To make the card base I used a Spellbinders 'Happy Days' die.  The papers are from a paper pad from The Works and I added four punched stars on the steps. The sentiment was made with Creative Expressions dies, 'Mini Shadowed Sentiments - Happy Birthday', which cuts out the words and the shadow background.

Allsorts Challenge ~ For The Love of Animals

This is my second post today.  Please scroll down to see my Crafty Calendar Challenge DT card.

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Lolo has chosen the theme 'For the Love of Animals', an appropriate theme as April is National Pet Month.  We love to see all your entries and there is always the optional theme of Anything Goes.

I used a die from the Spellbinders 'Pawing Around -Dog) set and layered the heart shaped die cut on Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' die cuts.  The panel was embossed with a Creative Expressions 'Pawprint Lattice' embossing folder. The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Wish You Were Here' set, stamped with Versafine Claire 'Rain Forest'. 

Prizes for weeks 773/4/5 are from Highlight Crafts and Stamp Addicts.

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Dry/Wet Embossed

The theme for the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month is 'Dry/Wet Embossed'.  Our generous sponsor this month is All Dressed Up.

Our sponsor kindly gave us digi images to work with and I chose to use Little Sports Champ.  I coloured the image with Promarkers.  I embossed the pale green with Darice dots embossing folder.  The footballs are peeloff, attached to white card and fussy cut.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends at on 28th April, so please hop over to the challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the DT have made for inspiration.