Snippet Strips

A card made for a friend who celebrated her birthday recently.

I used a rectangle of navy blue card, just a slightly smaller than the card base.  I cut snippets of patterned paper into strips of random widths and layered them onto a the navy rectangle in a pattern leaving a small gap between each strip.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin Up  'Humming Along', stamped with SU 'Night of Navy'.  The sentiment was layered on a navy mat and attached to the card with foam pads to add some dimension.  This was the second card I made using this technique and I've just realised that I didn't ever post the first one on my blog, so I'll add it below.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Snippets Playground Challenge #510 ~ Use Snippets

The sentiment is from the same set of stamps I used on my first card.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

 C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #759 Thank you / Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge ~ For A Child

It's my turn to introduce the new Allsorts theme and I've chosen 'For A Child'.  As always there is the option of Anything Goes.

I made a stepper card using Presscut 'Step Card' die.  The image is a very old Lavina Stamp, one of the first ones I ever bought, not long after they started producing stamps 20 years ago.  I coloured the image with Promarkers adding sparkle to the fairy's dress, wings and crown with Wink of Stella glitter pens. I used Sizzix 'Stacked Label' dies to die cut the image and mat.  All the red card is non-shed red glitter card, although the sparkle doesn't show up in the photograph. The sentiment was cut with a die from the Lisa Horton 'Word Strips - Volume 1' set.  I made the little flowers with punches.

There will be 2 Allsorts winners and the prizes are Saturated Canary and HM stamps.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge #105 ~ Use a Fun Fold

I Love Promarkers Challenge #586 ~ Magical

Krafty Chicks Challenge #775 ~ Birthday

Die Cut Diva's July Challenge ~ Happy Birthday

Tag

The Tags and ATCs June Challenge ends in a few days, so I've made a tag to join in before the challenge closes.

The tag was made with a Stampin' Up punch and a corner rounder.  The Tags and ATCs theme is 'Drinks', so I decided to us my Stampin' Up 'Sip, Sip, Hooray!' set of stamps. The sentiment, cocktail glass and olives were stamps from this set.  I coloured the glass, liquid and olives with Promarkers.  I added a little grey shading to ground the glass.  I doodled a pattern around the edge with a fineliner pen and added three tiny pink pearls.  I used pink organza ribbon, both ends are the same length, but I didn't notice when I took the photo that one end had bent right over.  The white card came from my snippets drawer, to I'll be sharing my tag over in the Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Tags and ATCs June Challenge ~ Drinks

Snippets Playground Challenge #509 ~ Use Snippets

Creations in Pink Challenge # 82 ~ Anything Goes in MAINLY PINK

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Anything Goes 

We Love Stamping June Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Good Luck

No time for crafting this week.  I spent Sunday morning at the Minor Injuries Unit and came home with a week's supply of antibiotics and plenty of pain killers.  I've been sleeping a lot and my crafting mojo has flown out of the window. I'm so behind with my blog visiting too, but hope to get back on track soon.

I'm sharing a card I made a month or two ago and didn't get round to adding to my blog.  It's a Good Luck card for a friend who recently became Chairman of a club I belong to, to wish her good luck for the coming year.

The card fold was made with Made To Surprise 'Side Panel Showstopper' dies. The patterned paper is from The Works.  I embossed the plain green card, I'm not sure of the brand of the folder but I think it's probably a Creative Expressions one.  The four leaf clover was stitched with crochet cotton on a postage stamp shaped square.

The card folds flat for posting.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge ~ E is for Embossing Wet or Dry

Creative Creases Challenge #104 ~ Anything Goes with a Fun Fold