Allsorts Challenge ~ Let's Get Sentimental

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Helen has chosen the theme of 'Let's Get Sentimental', so make the sentiment the focal point of your creation.  As always, there is always the option of Anything Goes as we love to see all your creations.

 

I've got two cards to share today.

I saw this style of card demonstrated on the Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page recently.  I thought it would be a good style for my great nephew's 16th birthday.  I used Creative Expression dies to cut the circle aperture and the frame.  The aperture in the card demoed was left empty with a picture on the inside back panel.  I wanted to use the Happy Birthday die cut, (bought a long time ago on eBay).  I knew it wouldn't lie flat on the back panel, so I thought I try suspending it from behind the aperture. I attached the die cut with bakers twine, coloured with a blue Sharpie pen.  The patterned papers are from The Range.

My second card was a fairly quick and easy to make.

The sentiment is a Lawn Fawn 'Giant Happy Birthday' die cut.  I used a Lisa Horton 'Scalloped Layered Squares' die for the mat.  The patterned paper is from The Range. 

The prize this fortnight is a Sweet Poppy stamp A5 stamp set and sentiment stencil.

Allsorts Challenge ~ Christmas

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Christine has chosen the theme of 'Christmas'.  A perfect theme for anyone like me who is behind with making their Christmas cards this year.  As always there is also the Anything Goes option.

I bought this nativity die in a charity shop recently and thought it might be a good die for batch making cards.  There was no packaging, so I suspect it may be an unbranded die. It's quite small, so I decided to make a 5" x 5" card.  I found a piece of navy card in my snippets drawer just the right size for a square mat slightly smaller than the card blank, with some left over for the die cut.  The white rectangles were cut from a white snippet.  I layered the navy die cut on the larger rectangle.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Snow is Glistening' set, stamped with SU 'Night of Navy'.  I finished off my card with three clear gems to add some sparkle.

There are two prizes this fortnight of stamps, stencils and dies.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards

Christmas Gnomes

A Christmas fancy fold card inspired by a demo I saw on the Nifty Noodles Crafting page.

The papers are from The Works and the image is from the same paper pad.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards ~ D for Diagonal stripes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

Creative Creases Challenge #108 ~ Anything Goes with a Fancy Fold

Christmas Full Star Border Card

I've seen this style of card on several blogs lately, so I went in search of a tutorial.   I found this video HERE by Iced Images.  It was surprisingly easy to make.

The papers are from The Works and are stiff enough to make the star section. The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Perfect Plaid' set, stamped with Versafine 'Crimson Red'.  I used a SU punch to punch the sentiment shape and an inverted corner punch on the red mat. The card folds flat for posting. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping November Challenge ~ Anything Christmas

Stamping Sensations November Challenge ~ Christmas

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards ~ B for lots of Burnishing.

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #324 ~ Christmas

Creative Creases Challenge #108 ~ Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

CRAFT Challenge #767 ~ Christmas

AUD Sentiments Challenge #331 - Glitter and/or Christmas + a Sentiment

Colorful Options November Challenge ~ The Colour Red

Love Those Pretty Papers November Challenge