Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ For A Child

The May Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'For a Child'.

The image is an All Dressed Up digi stamp which I coloured with Promarkers using the colours of our local football team. I layered the image on a blue mat and raised it up on foam tape to add some dimension. The sentiment is part of the digi stamp.  The patterned papers are from Anna Marie Designs.

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

There is a lovely prize of two stamps for the lucky randomly chosen winner.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts Challenge #546 ~ For The Kids

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #491 ~ Make Your Mark

Passion For Markers Week 786 ~ Birthdays

I Love Promarkers Challenge #582 ~ Anything Goes/Masculine

Frog Tag

A new challenge begins today, 'Tag-along (and ATCs) Challenge'.  Tags and ATCs are something I rarely make, so I'm looking forward to this challenge giving me the inspiration to step outside of my usual cardmaking. 

The basic tag is MFT 'Cross-Stitch Tag' die.  I have a few Marianne Designs cross stitch dies too and there are free design on their website.  I chose the frog on this download HERE.  I adapted it slightly to fit a rectangle rather than a square and I used crochet cotton for the stitching.  I layered the completed cross stitch tag on two mats.  The hole for the ribbon was part of the die cut, but I used a craft knife to cut a matching hole in the green and red mats.  A piece of ribbon with a stitched pattern finished off my tag.

I am joining in the following challenge:

Tag-along (and ATCs) May Challenge

Dream Valley Challenge # 335 ~ Our 4 Legged Friends

Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge ~ Animals

We Love to Create Challenge #5 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

Crafty Animals Challenge #94 ~ Anything Goes with an Animal

Christmas in April

This card didn't start off as a Christmas card.  I was making some invitation cards for our Big Lunch street party which is happening in a few weeks.   

The front was embossed with an old Sizzix embossing folder.  I made 18 of these cards and had the text ready to put on the plain panel on the front of the card.  I designed and printed the inserts in colour with all the details and a photo of last year's street party to perfectly fit a 6" x 4" card..... and then realised the card blanks weren't actually 6" x 4", but I think were the equivalent US size card. (Note to self..... always measure the card blanks to check the size).  As the inserts didn't fit, I decided to attach the printed inserts to a piece of coloured card and send out the invitations as a single layer card.

 

After thinking of what to do with all the half made cards, I made one of the cards into a Christmas card. 

I used a snippet of red card to cut a panel to cover the plain white part of the card. Using a Cheery Lynn 'Winter Neighborhood Border' with a snippet of white card, I cut it long enough to fit the red panel.  After trimming off the excess I glued the panel to the base card.  The matted sentiment was attached with foam pads to add some dimension.  As I still have 17 cards with the embossed front, I think I will batch make a few more Christmas cards like this as they will be quick and easy to complete.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days April Challenge

Snippets Playground Challenge #505 ~ Use Snippets

Inkspirational Challenge #340 ~ Seasonal (Winter)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #753 ~ Christmas

Cut it Up Challenge #328 ~ Starts with a "C" (Christmas)

The Holly and Ivy Challenge #183 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

 52 Christmas Card Throwdown April TechniqueChallenge ~ Embossing

Following the Christmas theme, yesterday I was able to use the Christmas present my daughter gave me last December.... a ticket to see the Torvill and Dean 'Our Last Dance' performance in Birmingham with her.  The show was amazing!

Allsorts Challenge ~ Inspired by a Song

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Sarah has chosen the theme 'Inspired by a Song'.  I chose the song 'Love Me for a Reason' by the Osmonds.  It was number one in the Official UK singles chart the day Alan and I were married, a really romantic song.  Just as well our wedding wasn't the day after, as the number that day was Kung Fu Fighting. 🤣  I decided to make an anniversary card for good friends of ours who celebrated their anniversary last weekend.

 

The card base was made with a set of  Made To Surprise 'Side Panel Showstopper' dies.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  I used a digi stamp from Bugaboo, which sadly is no long available.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.

The card folds flat for posting.

There are three lovely prizes of die sets from In2Craft to be won.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts Challenge #545 ~ 2 or More Pattern papers

Alphabet Challenge ~  A is for Alphabet (A is for Anniversary)

Daisy Chain Challenge #95 ~ Not Square