60th Wedding Anniversary

We were having a break in our caravan last month, when I discovered a blogging friend had just celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary.  I wanted to make a card before we came home, so just used what I had available.  I keep a basic craft kit in the caravan and take down a few extra papers, embossing folders and dies etc, in case of bad weather.  I decided to make a Hexagonal Floating Card, a fold I've made quite a few times recently.  

The patterned paper is from The Range and luckily there was a sheet of paper with hearts on.  I used an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder for the white panels.  The stitched circles are Memory Box die cuts and I used number dies from The Works.  A strip of acetate was attached to the middle front panel so the circles with the numbers can be attached to give the illusion they are floating.

I didn't have any 'Anniversary' stamps, but I had a Stampin' Up 'Painted Glass' set of stamps with an appropriate sentiment, so I stamped the sentiment with Versafine 'Onyx Black' and attached it to the inside back panel.

I am joining in the following challenges:

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

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Creative Creases Challenge #121 ~ Use a Fancy Fold

Allsorts Challenge ~ Moodboard

A second post from me today.  Please scroll down to see my Crafty Calendar Challenge DT card.

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Brenda has a wintery Mood Board  for you.  There are plenty of ideas on the Mood Board, or there is always the Anything Goes option.

As there is snow in every picture, I decided to go with a White on White snowy card, with a touch of silver.

 

I've had this embossing folder for a few years, I'm not sure if it was a magazine cover gift or one I bought in a charity shop, but I haven't used it for a long time.  I layered the embossed card on a silver pearlised mat.  I die cut a few Memory Box 'Twilight Snowflakes' to add some extra texture.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Greatest Part of Christmas' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Morning Mist'.  To finish off my card and added two Card Candi, which matched the silver pearlised mat. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards ~ D for Die Cuts, E for Embossing, F for silver Frame

CAS on Friday Challenge #346 ~ Embossed Background

Christmas Crafts All Year Round November Challenge ~ V and W (White on White)

There are two prizes, a $25 voucher from Simon Says and an A4 stamp set from AALL and Create.

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Use Die Cuts/Paper Piece

The November Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Use Die Cuts/Paper Piece'.  I've made two DT cards, one using die cuts and one using paper piecing.

The first card is using a new preloved die I bought recently and used for the first time. It's a Memory Box 'Snowmen Snowglobe' die, which I think should be used to make a 3D card using some other dies.  As I don't have the other dies and I couldn't find the instructions for how it should be used, I came up with my own way of using it.  The frame and snowmen are all part of the same set.  I was given some Crafter's Companion Christmas papers by a friend, so I used a small piece for the 'sky'.  I raised up the frame on foam pads to add some dimension.  The frame has a hole at the top, I think for some ribbon or twine, but I covered it up with a punched snowflake. The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Greatest Part of Christmas' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  I'm playing catchup with Beccy's month of Holiday cards, so this is my first entry.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards ~ A for Arch, B for Blue and C for Christmas

CRAFT Challenge #792 ~ Christmas

The Paper Funday Challenge #93 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Autumn or Christmas

NBUS Challenge #92 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff - Die set

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #305 ~ Christmas Sentiment/Free/Snowman

My second card is using a old wood mounted Woodware stamp, 'Disco Diva' by Francoise Read.  I've had it for about 20 years and often used it for making birthday cards for children in my Reception class.  It hasn't been used for a long time, but I thought it would be a good image for paper piecing.  This card took me right out of my comfort zone, as I try to avoid fussy cutting whenever I can. I paper pieced the green part of the outfit and also the shoes and bag using papers from The Range.  The rest of the image was coloured with Promarkers.  I added three tiny green pearls around the image.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'. The sentiment and mat was hand cut.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #845 ~ Birthday

I Love Promarkers Challenge #618 ~ Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff November Challenge ~ Disco Diva

We Love Stamping November Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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

Fishy Birthday

It was my great nephew's 17th birthday last week and this is the card I made for him.  He lives very near the coast, you can almost see the sea from his house, so I decided to have a sea theme.  I saw a card on Facebook using a similar style of fold but there were instructions, so I worked out some measurements and this is what I came up with.

The patterned paper was from a 12 x 12 paper pad from The Works.  I had some snippets from a previous project, so I used these before cutting into a new sheet. I used a snippet of white card, cut into a square and embossed with a Sheena Douglass 'Water Ripples' embossing folder. The yacht is a Poppystamps 'Marina Sailboats' die cut, cut from another snippet.  I used two Sizzix dies to die cut the sentiment and mat. 

The card folds flat for posting.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Snippets Playground Challenge #544 ~ Use Snippets

Creative Creases Challenge #120 ~ Use A Fun Fold

I made a matching money gift wallet....

.....using the same patterned paper I used on the card on the inside of the wallet.