Thank You

A thank you card for my blogging friend, Janice, who sent me a fabulous die which I used on this card. Janice knew I had been looking for this die, without success, and she managed to find one and sent it to me as a surprise gift!  I must admit, I did a little Happy Dance when I opened the envelope! 

The die cuts a frame with rectangular apertures and I used the die again with patterned paper and inlaid the patterned rectangles in the red frame.  The flower is punched using an Xcut flower punch, which also embosses, and I added a black punched centre.  The leaf is a Sue Wilson ' Petite Vinery' die cut and a sentiment peeloff finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge ~ Thank you so much

Dream Valley Challenge # 190 - Use Dies AND Punches

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Thanks/Thanksgiving

Allsorts Challenge Week 493 ~ Poppies and/or the colour red
HLS November Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2018 Challenge

9th Birthday Card

Welcome to my new follower, Karen Dunleavey of White knuckles and inky fingers. Karen has recently started her blog, so I'm sure she's appreciate a visit from you.

I've just realised that I haven't posted or been around blogland very much for 12 days, but I have a very good excuse.  I celebrated a birthday with a '5' on the end last Sunday.  My hubby decided it was a 'significant' birthday and planned a surprise long weekend for us to a secret destination.  I eventually found out the destination at the airport check in desk - we were off to Iceland!  We had a fabulous few days and I spent my birthday with waterfalls and geysers.  I'll post a few photos in a later post.  

My great nephew recently turned 9 years old and this is the card I made for him.  After being desperate to own a dog for a few years, he eventually got his wish this year, so this seemed an appropriate design for him.  I often make a card with a fancy fold for him and the first thing he said when he opened the card was "How did you make it?".  I think he's still trying to work it out! LOL!

I used a Sizzix 'Rectangle Flip-Its' die for the main card shape.  The dachshund die cuts are by Marianne Designs, assembled and layered on a Creative Expressions 'Pawprint Lattice' embossed background.  The number 9 was cut with an old Sizzix Sizzlit die.  I used patterned paper from a Papermania paper pad and a Poppystamps 'Cat Paw Border' die, which I thought worked just as well for a dog card.

These two photos show the open card from a different angle.

I am joining in the following challenges:

HLS November Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge #395 ~ Birthday

Pile It On Challenge #148 - Pets

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2018 Challenge

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge  #416 ~ With an animal

Simply Create Too Challenge #144 ~ More Than One Fold

Get Well Soon

The November Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today and runs until 28th November.  The challenge this month is 'Paper Piecing'.  This is my DT card, made with an image kindly supplied by one of our generous sponsors, Dr Digi House of Stamps.

The image is called Night Nurse Nina and is coloured with Promarkers. I paper pieced and dress and the apron.  The plasters (or band-aids as I think they are called in the US) are dies from the Sue Wilson 'Feel Better Soon' set.

Our two generous sponsors this month are:

Dr Digi House of Stamps

and 

Crafty Ribbons

Please pop over the Crafty Calendar Challenge to see all the wonderful creations my teamies have made for inspiration.  Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful creations again this month. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Week 492 ~ Pretty Papers

I Love Promarkers Challenge #371 ~ Anything Goes

Special Request

We've been down to our caravan in Devon for a week to close it down for the winter.  Usually there is a reasonably strong wifi on the site,  perfect for visiting blogs on a cold, dark evening when we are in our warm and cosy caravan.  However, for five days the wifi wasn't working at all, so I need to catch up with all my blog visiting.  When we were in the caravan I had a text from my daughter.  I was seeing her the following day and the text conversation went something like this.....

Joanna - "Hi Mum, have you got your crafty things in the caravan?" (Translation - Can you make me a card today please.)

Me - "A few bits and pieces, why?"

Joanna - "I've just heard that one of my Guides has been given a special award and I'd really like to send her a card". (Jo runs a Girl Guide unit)

Me - "What sort of thing did you have in mind?"

Joanna - "Anything really.... she likes horses.....if you could put 'Well Done' on it rather than 'Congratulations' as she will find it easier to read herself.....using the Guide colours of blue and red would be good.....Oh, and if you could fit her name on that would be perfect."  (Translation - I'd like a personalised card please. 😉)

So with my limited supplies I managed to come up with this:

I didn't have a horse die or stamp with me, so my unicorn die cut lost his horn to turn him into a horse.  By chance I had my Memory Box 'Alphabet Soup' dies, which were a perfect size for the sentiment on the 6" x 6" card.  I used a Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder and as it wasn't big enough for the whole card, there is a join underneath the sentiment panel.  All the red and blue card was snippets, so I'll be off to share my card in the Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #338
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes