Barbecue

We returned today from a few days in our caravan in North Devon and we had some rain!  Not just a light shower, but a couple of heavy downpours.  After all the hot weather we've had recently, I've never enjoyed walking in the rain so much! 🤣

Last Saturday we went a barbecue.  The men cooked all the meat and the ladies provided all the salads and homemade desserts.... for all 55 of us!  It was a fabulous evening and I made this card to thank the hosts for holding it in their garden.

I used dies from the Sue Wilson 'King of the Grill' with black, yellow and silver snippets, adding a little red ink to the flames.  A Cuttlebug 'Diamond Plate' embossing folder was used for the embossed panel.  It's at least ten years old and I can't remember the last time I used it, so it deserved to have an outing. The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Whimsical Friends' set, using Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  Three small black pearls finished off my card.  Everything, apart from the card base, was snippets so I'll be sharing my card over in the Snippets Playground. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #538 ~ Use Snippets

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #388 ~ Summer

Try It On Tuesday Challenge ~ Make it Colourful

Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge ~ Use an embossing folder

Neglected Stuff August Challenge ~ Embossing folder

Allsorts Challenge ~ Colours of Summer

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Sarah has chosen the theme of 'Colours of Summer'.  There is also the usual option of Anything Goes.

I haven't made a card with cross stitching on for quite a while, so I thought I would include stitching on this card.  I decided on a colourful summer bloom.  I'm not a flower expert, but I guess this might be a hibiscus.  I used a Marianne Designs 'Cross Stitch Circle' die and die cut into a larger circle.  The stitching was down with crochet cotton.  I used a free Marianne Designs pattern which you can download HERE.  I layered the completed stitched pattern on a pink Memory Box 'Stitched Scalloped Circle' die cut.  The background was embossed with a Spellbinders 'Dainty Dots' embossing folder.

There is a fabulous prize of a butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image for the randomly drawn winner.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Flowers July Challenge ~ Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #43 ~ Anything Florals Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Stitch It

Try It On Tuesday Challenge ~ Summer Blooms

Time Out Challenge #318 ~ Mother Nature

Pink Hexagonal Snippets

A Thank You card I can post now that I know it's been received.

This is the second card I've made using this punch, but this time I made it in shades of pink.  I started by punching a hexagon aperture out of a rectangle of white card using a Stampin' Up 'Heartfelt Hexagon Punch'.  I used lots of pink snippets from a paper pad from The Range with the punch, arranging the hexagons using the aperture hexagon as a guide.  The completed pattern was layered over a pink mat.  I stamped the sentiment on the white hexagon with a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Whimsical Friends' set, using Versafine Clair 'Morning Mist'. I replaced the sentiment hexagon over the aperture using foam pads to add some dimension.  It looked a little plain, so I added two tiny punched flowers.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #43 ~ Anything Florals Goes

Triple B July Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Love Those Pretty Paper July Challenge 

The Sisterhood of Crafters July Challenge  ~ Flowers

Cut and Emboss

Is anyone else finding it frustrating that lots of new posts on blogs they follow are not appearing in their Reading List and the ones that are, aren't in chronological order? It seems to be a glitch with Blogger, which hopefully will be fixed soon.

Onto my cards, a quick and easy design today

 

I used Cuttlebug 'Blooming Bouquet' die which cut and embosses at the same time.  It's a perfect die for making a really quick card and the bonus was I bought it in a 'discontinued' sale for £2.  The sentiment is raised up on foam pads to add some dimension.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Can You Handle The Pressure? Challenge ~ Anything Goes with a Twist of CELEBRATION

Cut it Up Challenge #361 ~ Emboss It!

I made a few cards in different colourways.

My last card is a Christmas card using patterned paper with tiny white Christmas trees on.  The embossing shows up more in real life.

I am joining in the following challenges with my Christmas card:

Rudolph Days July Challenge

CRAFT Challenge #785 ~ Christmas

Little Red Wagon Challenge #868 ~ Christmas in July

Make My Monday Challenge#282 ~ Christmas in July

Inkspirational Challenge #372 ~ Christmas in July