Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Summer

The September Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Summer'.

My DT creation is a Double Z-Fold card.  I used one of the dies from the Joanna Sheen 'Beach Hut' set, the little door opens, so I backed the beach hut with light grey so that is shows through the windows and door.  The patterned paper is from The Range.

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

Exam Success

A masculine card for my great nephew who received his brilliant GCSE results recently.

The Crafter's Companion 'Celebrate Your Success' set comes with a die and several appropriate stamps.  I started by die cutting the 'Celebrate' in a 6" x 6" card blank.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  The stamped part of the sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'

I attached a piece of plain blue paper to inside of the card so it would show through the die cut part of the sentiment when the card is closed.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #835 ~ Masculine

Allsorts Challenge ~ All Creatures Great and Small

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Brenda has chosen the theme 'All Creatures Great and Small'.  For my DT card, I've made a Hexagon Pop-Up card.... you can find the instructions for making this style of card HERE.

The patterned paper is from The Works.  There are seven different little mice on the card, all Lavinia stamps.... 'Double Trouble', 'Basil and Bibi', 'Tilly and Tango', 'Minni and Moo'.  I added some sparkle to the lightbulb and lamp with a gold Wink of Stella glitter pen.  The sentiment is also a Lavinia stamp from the 'Heartfelt Verses' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  The card folds flat for posting.

There are 2 prizes of stamps, stickers and scenescapes from Lavinia Stamps (photos not to scale) for the lucky randomly chosen winners. Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

NBUS August Challenge #89 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (all mice stamps)

Make My Monday #285 ~ Use Yellow and White plus another colour (Yellow, white and black)

Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers August Challenge

Creative Creases Challenge #118 ~ Use a Fancy Fold

Snoopy Tag

I rarely buy craft magazines, but I couldn't resist the current Creative Stamping Magazine.  It had a set of 'Peanuts' Christmas stamps as the cover gift and I used two stamps on my tag.  I made this tag today so I could enter the Tag-Along (and ATCs) Challenge, but realised too late that the challenge ended earlier today.  

The tag shape was made with a Stampin' Up punch and I used a corner rounder for the right hand side of the tag.  The image and sentiment were stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne' and I coloured the image with Promarkers.  I finished off my tag with a piece of red and white grosgrain ribbon.

I am joining in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers Challenge #613 ~ For the Boys

Passion for Markers Week 852 ~ Ribbons and/or Bows

We Love Stamping August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge #787 ~ Christmas

Rudolph Day August Challenge