Get Well Soon

I've just realised that I haven't posted anything on my blog, apart from scheduled DT and GD cards, since the beginning of April.  Our daughter was unexpectedly taken into hospital last month for another major operation, so my blog and visiting blogs I follow have taken a back seat for a few weeks.  I made this card for Jo a month ago, but due to her operation being cancelled three times at the last minute, we could only give it to her last week when she finally had her operation.

The patterned paper is from The Works.  I used one of the patterned papers to die cut the Memory Box 'Chloe Stem'.  The sentiment is a stamp from the SU 'Humming Along' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Glamorous'.

As everything I used was from my snippets drawer, apart from the card blank, I'll be sharing my card over in The Playground this week.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #480 ~ Use Snippets

Memory Box Challenge #107 ~ Pretty in Pink

A Place to Start May Challenge ~ Anything Goes + Opt Twist For a Lady

Make My Monday Challenge #225 ~ Florals

Moving Along With The Times May Challenge #166 ~ Flowers

Triple B May 2024 Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Allsorts Challenge ~ Spots and Stripes

The theme of the Allsorts Challenge this week has been chosen by Lorraine and she would love to see lots of 'Spots and Stripes' this week.  As always, there is also the option of Anything Goes.

I used a Lisa Horton 'Padded Quilt' embossing folder for the background.  The patterned paper is from Anna Marie Designs.  I die cut a flower and leaves using dies from the Creative Expression 'Daisy Blossoms' set. The circles are Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' die cuts.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Birthday Friends' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Purple Delight'. 

There are some lovely to be won from prizes from Stampendous.

Just one more week until our 15th Birthday, please share our logo to help spread the word.  There are amazing prizes to be won, so be sure join us again next week.

Allsorts Challenge ~ More Than One Fold

This is my second post today, please scroll down to see my Crafty Calendar Challenge DT card.

It's my turn to introduce this week's Allsorts Challenge.  I love making fancy fold cards and so I've chosen the theme 'More Than One Fold'.

I saw a similar fold to this, so I worked out the measurements to make the card from an A4 sheet of card.  The papers are all from a paper pad from The Range.  The sentiment is a stamp from the  Stampin' Up 'Humming Along' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Warm Breeze.  The sentiment was punched out with a Stampin' Up punch and the mat cut by hand. The two flowers are Creative Expressions 'Daisy Blossoms' dies cuts.  The die cut on the right is Memory Box 'Kensington Branch' cut from a snippet of the dark green patterned paper.  I used the same die to cut the flowers and butterflies in white and yellow and layered them on the original green die cut.

The card fold flat for posting.

There are lovely prizes to be won from  Oakwood and Highlight Crafts.

Just a heads up that Allsorts will be celebrating their 15th Birthday on May 18th, with some special prizes.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #479 ~ Use Snippets (everything apart from the base card)

Moving Along With The Times May Challenge #166 ~ Flowers

Triple B May 2024 Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #245 ~ Butterflies, Free, Patterned Paper

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Anything Goes

The May Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme of Anything Goes. Our generous sponsor this month is Di's DigiStamps.

Our sponsor kindly gave us images to work with and I chose to use the pre coloured digi stamp  Valentine Highland Cow.   die cut the image using and mat using Memory Box 'Stitched Rectangle Layers' dies.  The tartan patterned paper is a sheet from a Paper Cellar paper pad.  I punched the sentiment with a Stampin' Up punch and hand cut the green mat. The sentiment is raised up on foam pads.

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