Eclipse Card

A second post from me today, so please scroll down to see my earlier post.  I have continued to multitask, crafting and watching England play football.  Phew!.... what a tense game at the end.

I saw the Eclipse card that Val put on her blog today HERE and decided to have another go using this technique.  I've only made one Eclipse Card before and that was HERE in 2017, so it was about time I tried it again. Back in 2017 is was often called Hidden Word, Camouflaged Word or Steganography, but the same technique now seems to be called Eclipse.  A friend celebrates her birthday this week, so this will be for her.

 

The patterned paper was from The Range.  I used a preloved Happy Birthday die a bought a while ago.  There was no packaging, so I'm not sure of the brand.  I put tiny foam pads of the back of the die cut to raise it up.  I felt the card needs something extra, so I punched out a few flowers for the corners.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #722 ~ All Occasions

Poppies

I've been multitasking this weekend, with a small craft table set up in front of the television so I can craft and watch the football (soccer) at the same time.  I have a growing box of part finished projects, stamped images and die cuts which I decided I should start using up. This image was coloured up ages ago and I thought it was about time I used it on a card.  

The stamp is one of my favourite poppy stamps,  a stamp from the Hero Arts 'Delicate Blossoms' set. The image was coloured with red Promarkers and a sparkly green pen.  I layered the image and the panel of patterned paper on black mats.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up ' Best Year set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  Three black flower gems finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping June Challenge ~ Fabulous Florals

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Fabulous Flowers

My Time To Craft #537 ~ Summer Florals

I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge #16 ~ Something Blooming Lovely

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ In the Garden

Allsorts Challenge ~ Way to Grow

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Gail has chosen the theme 'Way to Grow'.  How will you interpret this theme?  Gardens/plants/children..... or something else?  As always, there is also the 'Anything Goes' option.

The image and sentiment are Bugaboo digistamps, which are sadly discontinued.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a little colour to the sentiment panel.  The dotty background paper is from The Range.  I die cut a Memory Box 'Fairytale Flower Border' in white, snippeted in half to fit, and coloured it with Promarkers, using the colours I'd used on the image.

Prizes from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous

I am joining in the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ In The Garden

Make My Monday Challenge #228 ~ Outdoor Summer Fun

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Fabulous Flowers

My Time To Craft Challenge #537 ~ Summer Florals

Christmas Gingerbread Man

I had an exciting evening yesterday..... photos at the bottom of this post.

A Christmas card today to join in with a few challenges.  The Rudolph Days June Challenge begins today which means it's only six months until Christmas. 😲

 

The Crafter's Companion 'Jolly Gingerbread Man' is one I won in the Snippets Playground Challenge and I used it for the first time today.  I used brown textured card for the gingerman and attached it onto a Sizzix 'Stitched Oval' die cut  I used the die again in black, white and red card and inlaid and the little pieces.  I wasn't sure what to do about a sentiment, so I decided to emboss the cream background with an Apple Blossom 'Merry Christmas' embossing folder.

Everything apart from the card base was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Snippets Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days June Challenge 

Snippets Playground Challenge #483 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS Challenge #63 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (Gingerbread Man die)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 165 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #724 ~ Christmas / First Christmas

Moving Along with the Times Challenge 167 ~ Early Christmas

So, yesterday evening I was finally able to use my Balloon Flight voucher.  The last date was cancelled at the last minute as the winds suddenly got stronger.  Yesterday was a perfect evening with light winds.

Allsorts Challenge ~ Bees/Blooms/Butterflies

This is my second post today.  Please scroll down to see my Craftlandia Challenge DT card.

Mervi has chosen the theme of  'Bees/Blooms/Butterflies for the Allsorts Challenge this week.  As usual there is always the Anything Goes option.  I watched a video on the Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page demonstrating this fold and I included bees and blooms on my DT card.

 

Patterned papers are from The Works and The Range.  I die cut the sentiment using Sue Wilson 'Mini Shadowed Sentiments Happy Birthday' dies.

The hive is from the Sweet Dixie 'Bee Happy' set of dies and I added grass with an MFT 'Fresh Cut Grass' die cut.   I used Creative Expression 'Daisy Blossoms' dies for the flower and leaf.

Prizes from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts Challenge #524 ~ Fun Fold

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #256 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - Fancy Fold

The Paper Funday Challenge #66 ~ Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Fancy Folds

Craftlandia Challenge #19 ~ Sun and Seashells/Anything Goes

The Craftlandia Challenge #19 begins today and runs until 30th June.  Kim has chosen the theme of Sun and Seashells/Anything Goes.  Conjurer or Dreams is the generous sponsor for this challenge and the prize is 4 sets of your choice.

 

The image is one kindly given to us to use by our sponsor.  The background was was stencilled using Lavinia Stamps Elements 'Blue Atoll, Mermaid and Pine' inkpads.  I added a strip of beige burlap mesh lace ribbon across the middle to add some texture before attaching the layered image with foam pads.

Please hop over to the Craftlandia Challenge blog to see all the beautiful creations the DT have made. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz ~ #227 Summer Fun

Time Out Challenge #266 ~ Photo Inspiration - Sea

Thinking of You

A sympathy card today.  I usually to prefer to use the sentiment 'Thinking of You'.

 

I stamped the Lavinia 'Lilium ' stamp with Versafine  Clair 'Morning Mist'.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Dandelion Wishes' set, stamped with the same stamp pad.  I added some subtle stencilling for a background using a Lavinia 'Feather Leaf' and pink Distress Ink.   I used the same ink to paint the image.  I mounted the image on a grey mat.

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping June Challenge ~ Fabulous Florals 

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Creations in Pink Challenge # 71 ~ Anything Goes in MAINLY PINK

The Paper Players Challenge #694 ~ Sympathy or Encouragement

Purple and Green

I made this card for a friend's birthday.

When I've used this Sizzix 'Botanical Mask' die on previous cards, I've layered it on a coloured mat, so that just one colour would show through, making it very quick card to make.  This time I decided to put tiny green snippets of green card behind all the leaves and stems, which I thought would be quick and easy.  How wrong was I! It was really fiddly to do, making sure that the green wouldn't go over the spaces where I wanted the purple to show through.  After attaching all the green snippets, I layered the white card on a purple mat and then into a green mat before attaching to the card blank.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair. The green mat was also a snippet, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Snippets Playground.  

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #482 ~ Use Snippets

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Florals Goes

Triple B June Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies, Blooms

Craft Rocket Challenge #115 ~ No Design Paper

Allsorts Challenge ~ Masculine

Brenda has chosen the theme of 'Masculine’ for this week's Allsorts Challenge, but as usual there is always the option of Anything Goes. I made a masculine Bay Window birthday card for my DT card.

A friend gave me a part used Carta Bella 'Bon Voyage' 6 x 6 paper pad.  She is a scrapbooker rather than a card maker and didn't think she's find a use for these papers.  Rather than her binning them, I took them off her hands. 😀 There are a few other pages left, which I'm sure I'll be able to use to make a few cards.  The yacht was die cut with Memory Box 'Marina Sailboats' dies and layered on Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' die cuts.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Tulip Red'.

Prizes from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create.  Please hop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to see the wonderful creations the DT have made.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts Challenge #523 ~ 2 or more Pattern Papers

I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge ~ Something for Boys or Men

Make My Monday Challenge #227 ~ B is for ...... Bay Fold, Boat, Blue

Daisy Chain Challenge #86 ~ Birthday

Tic Tac Toe Challenge # 249 ~ Layers, Die Cut, Patterned Papers

Allsorts Challenge ~ Flowers Galore

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Lolo has chosen the theme 'Flowers Galore'.  We would love to see this week's challenge flowing with lots of flowers.  As always there is always the Anything Goes option.

For my DT card stamped lots of flowers from the Stampin' Up 'Thoughtful Blooms' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Purple Delight'.  I punched out the flowers and raised them up on foam pads to add some dimension and I added a tiny white pearl in the centre of each one. I found a snippet of embossed card left over from another project to use for the panel.  It had been embossed with a Creative Expression 'Heart Lattice' embossing folder.  

 Prizes from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create.

I am joining in the following Challenge:

As You Like It Challenge ~ Favourite type of embossing and why. (Dry, because I love the different textures I can add)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #719 ~ Stamps

Alphabet Challenge ~ E for Embossing, wet or dry

Try it on Tuesday Challenge ~ Emboss it

Triple B June Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies, Blooms

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Anything Goes

We Love Stamping June Challenge ~ Fabulous Florals

Thanks

A snippets Thank You card to share today.  I wanted to make the card in navy and yellowy gold, colours that were significant for the recipient. 

 

I used an MFT 'Stitched Cover-Up Companion - Diagonal' die in a white card and an IO 'Thanks' die using navy blue card. I backed the white frame with a dotty paper from The Range and layered the frame on a navy blue mat.  The flower was made with punches.  Everything, except the card base, was snippets. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #481 ~ Use Snippets 

Allsorts Challenge ~ Lots of Layers

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

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Sarah has chosen the theme of  'Lots of Layers'.  If lots of layers is not your thing, you can always go with the Anything Goes option.

I've had this Star Card fold on my list of techniques to try for a while, so I thought it would be a perfect style of card for this week's Lots of Layers theme.  The patterned papers are from The Works.  I used a Memory Box 'Fuchsia Sprig' die with pink card and layered the die cut on Memory Box 'Stitched Oval Layers' die cuts.

The prize this week is a Christmas bundle, 12x12 DP pad, stamps, ephemera, chipboard and ribbons.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #522 - How Does Your Garden Grow

Krafty Chicks Challenge #718 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ For A Child

The June Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today and the theme this time is 'For A Child'.  Our generous sponsor this month is RAM Stamps.

Our sponsor kindly gave the DT digi stamps to use and I chose Rocket Adventure.  I coloured the image with Promarkers.  The background was embossed with a Creative Expressions 'Shimmering Stars' embossing folder and I added three punched stars.

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

I am joining in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge ~ E is for Embossing Wet or Dry

I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge #15 ~ Something for Boys or Men

Try It On Tuesday Challenge ~ Emboss it!