Allsorts Challenge ~ Feminine

It's Lynn's turn to choose the theme for this fortnight's Allsorts Challenge and she would like to see 'Feminine' cards.  I've made two DT cards, both for the same wonderful friend who celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this month. 

The first card is for a group of friends to sign, so is a little larger than the cards I usually make .

I used lots of dies on this card.   The numbers from the Works and I also used Sue Wilson 'Scalloped Lattice Frames', 'Ornate Pierce Rectangles', 'Pinwheel Floral', 'Birthday Candles', 'Windswept Grasses' dies.  After I had put the frame on the card blank, I cut of the corners to leave a small border to match the rest of the card.  The flower is raised up on foam pads to add dimension.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Die Cut Divas October Challenge ~ Shaped Cards

The second card is the one from me and my hubby.

The card shape was made with a Spellbinders 'Happy Days' die.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  The flowers and leaves were dies from the Creative Expressions 'Daisy Blossoms' set.

The card folds flat for posting.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge ~ Anything Floral Goes

Triple B October Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Creative Creases October Challenge ~ Use a Fancy Fold

There are two prizes from AALL and Create for the randomly chosen winners.

Caravan Crafting

I've had a busy week or so, with a long weekend in London with my daughter, home for a day to celebrate a friend's 90th birthday with a lovely Afternoon Tea, then off the next morning for a week in our caravan in North Devon.   I hadn't planned to do much crafting in the caravan if the weather was fine, but there were a few cards I needed to make while we were away.  The first one was for a blogging friend who recently lost her Dad.

A simple design for this sympathy card.  I cut a snippet of patterned paper (from The Range) into a square and then cut it into quarters.  I corner rounded opposite corners.  I did the same with a slightly larger snippet of lilac card, which left a small border around the small squares.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Painted Glass'.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Snippets Playground Challenge #543 ~ Use Snippets

We Love Stamping October Challenge ~ Anything Goes option

My second card was made for my daughter who had an operation on Saturday.  There is a little story about the design.  Despite my best efforts and encouragement, my daughter is definitely NOT a crafter. 😂 However, she does like receiving my handcrafted cards, which I know she keeps.  While we were in London we went in a shop with lots of stickers etc and my daughter said "Oh look there's some of that fancy 'tapey stuff' you use." Sure enough there was some 'tapey stuff', otherwise know as washi tape!  Did I need any more washi tape? No, but I bought it anyway, a box of 12 reels of floral tape with vintage look.  So, I decided to make her Get Well card using the tape.  I cut a rectangle of white card slightly smaller than the card blank put strips of the washi tape across the card, cutting the tape slightly longer than the card so a could tuck it behind to keep the tape secure. The sentiment is stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Humming Along' set and I added three tiny red pearls. The finished card front was layered on the card blank.  

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

NBUS Challenge #91 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (Washi tape)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #643 ~ Three of Something (Gems)

If you've read this far, here are a few photos of my long weekend in London with my daughter, Jo.

Travelling with my daughter is like having my own personal tour guide... she plans everything, mostly as a surprise.  We arrived in London in time for Afternoon Tea at Brigit's Bakery.....

......then a quick visit to Covent Garden.....

.... before a trip to the theatre to see a wonderful evening performance of Matilda.

We were up early the next day to visit the fascinating Time Walk exhibition.

Next stop, a bit of retail therapy and time for some Japanese Souffle Pancakes..... absolutely delicious!

Last activity of the day, a ride on a tunnel slide. The silver curly tunnel is on the left in the photo. 

Here is Jo's video going down the tunnel. Best viewed with sound ON. It was so much fun, we went down twice.

Last day, a brilliant concert at the O2, the main reason for our trip to London.

Allsorts Challenge ~ More Than One Fold

It's my turn to host the Allsorts Challenge for this fortnight.  As anyone who follows my blog knows, I especially love making fancy fold cards, so I've chosen the theme 'More Than One Fold'.  Will your project have two folds, or perhaps it will have multiple folds.  If fancy fold cards aren't your thing, there is always the option of 'Anything Goes' as we love to see all your creations.

For my DT card, I've made a Double Z Fold Card.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  The flowers are dies from Sue Wilson's 'Passion Flower' set. The sentiment is a die from the Sue Wilson's 'Birthday Candles' set.

I decided to cover all the panels and leave the back of the card plain for the message.

There are two prizes, a bundle of craft essentials from Stix2 plus an A5 stamp set.

Cards Gifted to a Friend

A wonderful friend will be 90 years young next Monday and I've been racking my brain trying to decide what to get her as a gift.  I'm sure she will receive lots of flowers, plants, chocolates and the odd bottle of wine when a group of us go out for Afternoon Tea with her next week.  I pop in to visit her regularly and any cards I send her, she displays for weeks and sometimes months, so I thought I'd make her a selection of birthday cards she can send to friends, together with a book of postage stamps.  Here are the cards I made, all designed to send with a regular stamp.

 

 

I'm sharing the last card in a few challenges.  The Happy Birthday is a preloved Poppystamps 'Happy Birthday Channel' die I bought ages ago.  I'd forgotten I had it until I was looking through my dies for a different one, so I used it for the first time on this card.  The orange paper and patterned paper was from my snippets drawer, in fact everything on all these cards, apart from the card blanks was snippets.   The flower was made with Creative Expressions 'Daisy Blossoms' dies.

I am joining in the following challenges:

 Snippets Playground Challenge #542 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS October Challenge #91 ~ Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

A Cut Above October Challenge ~ Use Die Cuts

 Neglected Stuff October Challenge ~ Happy Birthday die