Allsorts Challenge ~ Sympathy/Thinking of You/Get Well

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Gail has chosen the theme of 'Sympathy/Thinking of You/Get Well' for the new Allsorts Challenge.  I've made two masculine DT cards for this challenge.

For my first card, I made a masculine 'Get Well' card for a friend who recently had a fall.  Initially the doctors thought he had fractured his hip, but fortunately it's just badly bruised.

The die is unbranded and the patterned paper is from The Range.  The sentiment is a stamp is from the Happy Little Stampers 'Dandelion Wishes' set, stamped with Stampin' Up 'Night of Navy'.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Craft Rocket Challenge #140 - Use dies

Crafting Uncles Challenge #80 ~ Anything goes

Triple B September Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

My second card is a Thinking of You card for a friend whose Mum recently passed away. 

 

 I used a Creative Expressions 'Dragonfly Dreams' die with a square of white card and layered it on a pale blue mat.  The extra little dragonfly die comes as part of the set.  The sentiment is a Woodware stamp, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Morning Mist'. 

 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #525 ~ Diecuts and/or Stencils

Aud Sentiments Challenge #341 ~ Tags and/or Thinking of You + a Sentiment

We have a lovely prize of three floral dies and download of ready coloured reflections artwork to match the dies plus papers from Highlight Crafts.

Dinosaurs

 A card for a delightful young man who celebrated his 7th birthday yesterday.  He loves dinosaurs, so this is what I came up with.  

I used a new Craft Addiction 'Stitch Craft Fusion Frames (Rectangle)' die in the front of a 6" x 6" card blank to create the stitched aperture.  I found a piece of fern patterned paper and backed the aperture, completely covering the inside of the front of the card.   The dinosaurs are dies from the Craft Addiction 'Dinosaur Set', also used for the first time.  A sentiment and two Card Candi finished off my card.   The dinosaurs were cut from snippets, so I'll be joining in the Snippets Playground Challenge.  The patterned paper wasn't technically a snippet, but has been sat in my snippet drawer for well over 10 years waiting to be used.

I am joining in the following challenges.

Snippets Playground Challenge #539 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS Challenge #90 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (dies)

Craft Rocket Challenge #140 ~ Use dies

Let’s Create and Craft Challenge #235 ~ Frame It!

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #89 ~ Use Patterned Paper

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Summer

The September Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Summer'.

My DT creation is a Double Z-Fold card.  I used one of the dies from the Joanna Sheen 'Beach Hut' set, the little door opens, so I backed the beach hut with light grey so that is shows through the windows and door.  The patterned paper is from The Range.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on the 28th September.  Please hop over the the challenge blog to see all the beautiful creations the DT have made.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Love Those Pretty Papers September Challenge

Creative Creases Challenge #119 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Krafty Chicks Challenge #836 ~ Birthday

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #642 ~ More than one fold

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #89 ~ Use Patterned Paper

Exam Success

A masculine card for my great nephew who received his brilliant GCSE results recently.

The Crafter's Companion 'Celebrate Your Success' set comes with a die and several appropriate stamps.  I started by die cutting the 'Celebrate' in a 6" x 6" card blank.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  The stamped part of the sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'

I attached a piece of plain blue paper to inside of the card so it would show through the die cut part of the sentiment when the card is closed.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #835 ~ Masculine