Circle Bridge Card

My hubby and I arrived home yesterday from a wonderful week in Cumbria with five other couples, staying in a large self-catering house.  We've been going away together to different places every year since 1990 (except for during Covid).  I'll post a few photos of our holiday at the end of this post.

A birthday card using a style of card I make for my husband HERE.  This time it's a feminine card.

The patterned paper is from The Works.  The circles were cut with Memory Box dies.  I embossed the white circle with a Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder.  The butterfly was made from Memory Box 'Pippi Butterfly' and 'Isabella Butterfly' die cuts and attached to the circle just by the body to leave the wings free. 

This is the back of the card.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is a Stampin' Up 'Label Me Bold' stamp, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Charming Pink'.

I am joining in the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge #780 ~ Birthday Blog Hop

Love Those Pretty Papers May Challenge ~ Anything Goes/Fancy Fold

Moving Along With The Times Challenge #189 ~ One or More Butterflies

Dragonfly Dreams May Challenge ~ Use Die Cuts

Triple B May Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

AAA Birthday Game #85 ~ Anything Birthday Goes, We Are 7

If you've read this far, here are a few photos of the fabulous area around Cockermouth, Cumbria.

View from our bedroom window.

Allsorts Challenge ~ Monochrome

It's my turn to choose the theme for the Allsorts Challenge.  I've chosen 'Monochrome', so I would love to see your cards using black and white or shades of one colour.  As always there is also the option of Anything Goes.

I saw this style of card demonstrated on the Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page, I'm not sure if it has a name.  The front middle panel lifts up to reveal the message. The papers are from The Range.  

I die cut a Memory Box 'Chloe Stem' flower and attached to the front panel.  The layered sentiment is attached with foam pads.

This is the back of the card.

 This card was much more simple to make.  I saw the instructions for making it on Di's blog HERE.

The patterned paper is from The Range.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Humming Along' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Monarch'.  I hand cut a mat for the sentiment and raised it up on foam pads.

An advantage of making this style of card is that with the leftover pieces of patterned paper, you can make a second card.

There are two prizes for the Allsorts Challenge, a A5 stamp set and an A6 stamp and stencil.

There will be a very special challenge for our 17th Birthday on 23rd June, so be sure to mark the date in your diary.

Dragonfly Dreams ~ Guest Designer

I was delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer for the Dragonfly Dreams May Challenge.  The theme this month is 'Die-Cuts'.

I decided to make a Joy Fold card, using one of my favourite set of sentiment dies, Stamp Market 'Paper Hug'.  The paper is from a paper pad from The Works.

There is a plain white panel inside to write the message.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Love Those Pretty Papers May Challenge

Creative Creases Challenge #115 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Creative Knockouts Challenge #569 ~ 2 or More Pattern Papers

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ All White

The May Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today and the theme is 'All White', so we would love to see all your White on White creations.  Just a simple DT card today as it was the first one I made using mainly just my left hand after my little mishap, but I'm pleased how it turned out.  

 

I used a snippet of white card with a Darice embossing folder which I bought in a charity shop a while ago and this is its first outing. I attached a scrap of white hessian type ribbon to the embossed panel, which I had corner rounded.  The panel was then layered over the card blank which I had also corner rounded.  The sentiment was one I had already stamped from the Stampin’ Up ‘Humming Along’ set and I hand cut a mat from a white snippet to make it more rigid.  The sentiment was attached with foam pads to add some extra dimension.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on 28th May and I'm looking forward to seeing all your All White creations.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #531 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS May Challenge #86 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

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