Badminton

I came home on Friday from a lovely week away with a group of friends, in a large self-catering house just outside Clovelly, North Devon. I'll add a few photos at the end of this post.

I made this card for a friend who celebrated her birthday just before we went away.  We both play badminton once a week with a few other friends, so this was the theme of my card.

 

The racket and shuttlecock are dies from Sweet Dixie 'Badminton' set. The shuttlecock is attached with foam pads to add some dimension.  I die cut two squares using dies from the Lisa Horton 'Stitched Scalloped Layered Squares' set and embossed the smaller square with a folder that look a bit like a badminton net.  I'm not sure of the brand as it is a preloved folder I bought a while ago and there is no brand name on the folder.  The sentiment and mat were die cut with two Sizzix dies.

I remembered to take a photo of the snippets I used, so I'll be joining in the challenge in the Snippets Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #506 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS Challenge #74 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (pre-loved embossing folder)

 Little Red Wagon Challenge # 807 - D is for Die Cut

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #219 ~ AG + No Patterned Paper

AAA Birthday Game #73 ~ Anything Birthday Goes

If you've read this far, here are a few photos taken last week.  Clovelly and Hartland Quay were both film locations for the 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' film.

 

Clovelly

The dramatic coastline at Hartland Quay.

...... and finally, a photo of the dining room in our accommodation, what a fabulous wall!

Allsorts Challenge ~ Paper Piecing

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Lynne has chosen the theme 'Paper Piecing'.  I've paper pieced stamped images in the past, but decided to find a die that I could paper piece.

I used a Sweet Dixie 'Large Owl Applique Patchwork Square' die.  I used the die with brown card and put blue card behind the central square to make the owl stand out.  I then layered the brown frame on a beige mat.  I used the die again with the patterned acorns and leaves paper from a very old paper pad, called 'Woodland Folk'.  To keep all the little pieces in the right place I used a square of  'PRESSN'SEAL' (which is like a slightly sticky thin plastic) over the die cut, before removing the paper from the die.   This keeps all the pieces in place until you need them and makes it easier to inlay all the little patterned papers in the right space.  I used snippets of orange, white and shades of brown with the die so I could inlay the spaces in the owl.  I die cut the leaves in green and laid them over the top of the brown leaves in the frame to add some dimension.

The prize this fortnight is a Personal Impressions £20 store voucher.

I wasn't sure if the card above looked too busy, so I made a second card using paper from The Range with a more subtle pattern.

This time I inlaid all the spaces around the owl so that everything was flat. After removing all the small patterned paper to inlay, I was left with a patterned paper frame. Rather than waste it.......

..... I attached it to a square card blank. I punched a couple of small circles in a darker shade of green and used them for the eyes.  So a really quick and easy card to finish.

Don't forget to put our next challenge in your diary.  As it's our 16th Birthday Celebrations there will be some amazing prizes to be won.

I am joining in the following challenges with the first card:

Love Those Pretty Papers May Challenge

Mix It Up Challenge #77 ~ Paper Piecing

Triple B May Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Dream Valley Challenge #336 ~ Things With Wings

Out of my comfort zone....

The Tag-along (and ATCs) Challenge started this month.  I've already made a tag, so I thought I'd have a go at making an ATC.  I usually make 7"x 5" or 6"x 6" cards, so it was a challenge to make something much smaller.

The ATC measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".  I covered a piece of card with a snippet of patterned paper from The Range and corner rounded the corners. I doodled a pattern around the edge using a dark green fineliner pen..... no idea why it looks blue in the photo!  The leaves and flowers are stamps from a Two Jays 'Funky Flowers' set, a recent purchase from a charity shop and they had their first outing.  I stamped the leaves on the ATC in Versafine Clair 'Rain Forest' and again on a snippet of green card. I fussy cut the leaves on the green card and paper pieced them on the ATC.  I stamped the flowers and centres with Versafine Clair 'Shady Lane, fussy cut them and glued onto the ATC.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with 'Rain Forest'.  Three tiny yellow pearls finished off my card. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Tag-along (and ATCs) May ~ Anything Goes

We Love Stamping May Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations May Challenge ~ Feminine/Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #74 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff 

Crafty Catz Challenge #693 ~ Anything Goes with an option of May Flowers

Craft Rocket Challenge #693 ~ Flowers

A second make to share today, a card made for a 19 year old neighbour who completed the London Marathon recently for the first time.  The run was made even more difficult due to the unusually hot weather for this time of year.

I used a die and stamps from the Crafter's Companion 'Celebrate your success' set. The layered, punched stars are attached to the card with foam pads.

I added a piece of blue card behind on the inside to show through the 'CELEBRATE' when the card is closed.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Word Power May 2025 Challenge

Butterflies Galore

An easy fancy fold card today after watching a video on the Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page..... just one extra fold.

The patterned papers are from The Works and The Range.  I used Memory Box 'Pippi' and 'Isabella' dies to make the two butterflies.

There is a plain panel inside for the message.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge ~ B is for Butterflies - more than 2

Krafty Chicks Challenge #766 ~ Birthday

ATG Using Pretty Patterned Paper May 2025 Challenge

Triple B May Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Creative Moments May Challenge #270 ~ Patterned Paper