Wedding Anniversary

An anniversary card today for a crafty friend and her husband.

I used a MB 'Large Circle Burst' die in a square of cream card, which was matted and layered on deep red pearlised paper and a cream card blank.  The heart is a MB 'Sofia Heart'.   As the heart is a very intricate die and difficult to keep straight,  I inlaid the die cut in the red circle. (Joining in the Addicted to Stamps and More! challenge - challenge started on Wednesday Australian time, but it's still Tuesday in the UK!)

I am joining in the following challenges:

4 Craft Chicks Challenge #384 - Dies/Punches with a twist

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 394 ~ All you need is LOVE!

HLS January Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #274 ~ Clean and Simple

Let's Create and Craft Challenge #133 ~ Anything Goes + option Love is in the Air

Country View Crafts January Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - DT Post

The Crafty Calendar Challenge this month is 'Mythical Creatures' - Fairies..Dragons..Goblins etc.  

A 'Thank You' card today for a crafty friend who gave me some lovely crafty goodies for Christmas.  I used a beautiful 'A Day for Daisies' image from one of our sponsors, 'Standing on a Flower', which I coloured with Promarkers.  I covered the fairy's wings with a clear Spectrum Noir glitter brush and they really sparkle IRL.  The image is die cut with a Spellbinders 'Daisy Chain' die.  To make the base card, I used a Presscut 'Step Card' die.  I cut two strips of white card for the sides, doodled a stem down both with a black fineliner pen and decorated with punched flower heads.  The border at the bottom is a Memory Box 'Spring Border' die cut, cut in green and then in blue, using just the blue flower heads.  

I hope to see you over in Crafty Calendar Challenge before the 28th of this month with your Mythical Creatures creations, where you'll be in with a chance of winning a super prize from one of our two generous sponsors.....

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge ~ Flowers

Moving Along With the Times Challenge #62 ~ Flowers

4 Craft Chicks Challenge #384 ~ A/G with a twist - Dies/Punches

Country View Crafts January Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Time Out Challenge #100 ~ Thankful

With Sympathy

Welcome to my new follower, Julie of Crafty Julie's.

We ended 2017 with the sad family news that my uncle had unexpectedly passed away.  This is the card I made to send to my cousin, his daughter.

The panel is embossed with a Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' e/f, which I used as a background for the Memory Box 'Prim Poppy' die cut.  The three pearls are white, although they look pink in the photo. The phrase 'The camera never lies' is a myth!

I am joining in the following challenges:
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge ~ Flowers
Alphabet Challenge ~  U for Use 3 of Something 
Moving Along With the Times Challenge #62 ~ Flowers
4 Craft Chicks Challenge #384 ~ A/G with a twist - Dies/Punches
Simply Create Too Challenge #134 ~ Use Embossing 
Country View Crafts January Challenge ~ Anything Goes

103 Years Young!

Three years ago I made a card for a very special 100 year old lady who I see regularly supporting our local football team.  Well, today she is 103 years young, still going to watch the matches and still as amazing as ever!  As usual, her card is in the team colours of blue and white, with a football theme.  This time I've made a rocker card, with a good contrast between the colours as her eyesight is not too great.

I used royal blue pearlised card, die cutting two circles with Sue Wilson 'Double Pierced Circle' dies.  I scored the largest one through the middle, before folding in half to make the rocker part of the card.  I used a snippet of white card to die cut a slightly smaller circle and used just half the circle on the rocker base.  The football die cut is another snippet of white card, using a Dixi Craft 'Football' die.  The die also embosses.  I left the die cut in the die and I used black distress ink and a dauber to ink through the apertures of the die to make the patterns on the footballs.  The letters are Memory Box 'Alphabet Soup' die cuts, using some of the blue card left from die cutting the circles.  I adhered them starting in the middle to make sure I got the spacing right.  The sentiment in the centre is computer generated.

I am joining in the following challenges:
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Weeks 313 & 314 ~ Use Snippets
Country View January 2018 Challenge ~ Anything Goes
That's Crafty Challenge ~ Anything Goes
LTCCB #18 - January Anything Goes!
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes