Allsorts Challenge ~ Traditional Christmas Colours

The Allsorts Challenge theme this time was chosen by Lynne and she has chosen the theme of 'Christmas Colours'.  As always there is also the option of Anything Goes.

I decided to make a CAS card in red and gold.  I used a Sue Wilson 'Joy' set of dies.  The gold is a pale gold glitter card.  I finished off my card with three tiny, red gems.

 

There are two prizes, a Tim Holtz Festive Foliage stamp set and a voucher for digital downloads from Buddly Crafts. 

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Halloween

The October Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today and the theme this month is 'Halloween'.

 

I used a MFT 'Cross-Stitch Tag' die with stiff white card and chopped off the top to make a rectangle.  The spider was cross stitched with black crochet cotton.  The striped paper was from a My Mind's Eye 'Something Wicked' paper pad.  I used a Cuttlebug 'Spider Stew' embossing folder.  The sentiment is a stamp from La-La Land Crafts 'Lil' Devil Marci' set, stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black'.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on 28th October, so please hop over to the challenge blog to see all the creations the DT have made for inspiration.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Crafty Animals Challenge #99 ~ Anything Goes with an Animal

Double D Challenge ~ Trick or Treat Smell My Feet Challenge 8 spiders feet

As You Like It Challenge ~ Square or not? (and why) I prefer making square cards as there seems to be more flexibility on where to put all the different elements.

Two Old Bats October Halloween Challenge

Allsorts Challenge ~ Woodland Critters

The Allsorts Challenge begins today and Sarah has chosen the theme of ‘Woodland Critters’.  The theme ties in perfectly with World Animal Day, which is on 4th October.  There is also the option of Anything Goes.

 

I used a Studio Light triptych die for my navy blue base card. I die cut the smallest panels in white and inked them using an Adirondack 'Denim' ink pad, masking off the moon with a circle of card.  To make the scene, I used the following Lavinia stamps: Woodland Hares, Owl - small (discontinued), Silhouette Grass, Forest Moss, Slender Mushrooms Mini, Toadstool Mini, Vine Branch, Climbing Ivy.

There will be two prizes of Lavinia Stamps, stencil and stampscapes for the lucky randomly drawn winners.  For this challenge there will also be some surprise random spot prizes open to all entrants Worldwide. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping September Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations September Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #259 ~ Dies/ Punches

Double D Challenge ~ Make Your Own Background 

Crafty Animals Challenge #98 ~ Anything Goes with an Animal

Daisy Chain Challenge #100 ~ More than 1 fold

Creative Creases Challenge #107 ~ Anything Goes with a Fancy Fold

Inkspirational Challenge #351 ~ Mood Board (mushrooms)

Craftlandia Challenge #24 ~ Fairy Tales

The Craftlandia Challenge #24 begins today and the theme this time is 'Fairy Tales', or you can go with the Anything Goes option.  Our generous sponsor this month is Gecko Galz.

Our sponsor kindly gave us images to use and I chose to use one of the images from the 'Fairy Magic Digital Collage Set'.  The patterned paper is from an old Papermania paper pad.

There will be a $25 voucher to spend for the lucky winner.  Please head over to the Gecko Galz Etsy store to see the range of collage sets, stamp sets, paper and ATC packs and complete digital kits that Leanne (the owner) has in the store.

 

The Craftlandia Challenge #24 will end on 30th September. 

Bird Tag

The Tag-along (and ATCs) Challenge this month has the theme of  'Things With Wings'.   It's a friend's 70th birthday party today, so I decided to make a tag for her present inspired by the Tag-along theme.

I used a Poppystamps 'Stitched Main Street Tags'.set of dies.  The larger die I cut in white twice and glued them together to make the tag stiffer. I used the smaller of the dies with a snippet of  blue ombré card and embossed it with an Embossalicious 'Clouds' embossing folder.  I used a Stampin' Up 'Bird Builder' punch with snippets of green and brown card for the bird and branch.  The tag die cuts have no hole, so I used my Crop-a-Dile to make one for the ribbon.  I finished off my card with a sentiment typed on the computer.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Tag-along (and ATCs) September Challenge ~ Things With Wings

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #259 ~ Dies/ Punches

Triple B September Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Can You Handle The Pressure? Challenge ~ Anything Goes With A Twist of Layers

Pink

I made this card for a friend who celebrated her birthday this month.

The patterned paper is from The Range. I recently bought a preloved set of Stampin' Up 'Stitched Nested Labels Dies' and used them for the first time on this card for the layers in the centre and the sentiment.  The flower is Memory Box 'Fuchsia Sprig' die cut.  I finished off my card with three white pearls.

I am joining in the following challenge:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge ~ Anything Florals Goes

Creations in Pink Challenge # 85 ~ Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #323 September ~ Flowers

Sparkles Monthy Challenge #192 ~ Single Flower

Triple B September Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Dream Valley Challenge # 344 ~ 2 or More Layers

Love Those Pretty Papers S78eptember Challenge ~ ATG Using Pretty Patterned Paper

Try It On Tuesday ~ Pretty Papers

NBUS September Challenge #78 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff 

Triple Fold Card

I saw a Triple Fold Card made by a friend in a Facebook group.  I watched a link HERE for the instructions and tweaked the measurements to make this 6" x 4" card so the die cut would fit.  The card was sent to friends who celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary two days ago, the same day as me and my hubby.... although we have been married two hours longer than them. 😉  I used the same paper on both anniversary cards, my hubby's anniversary card is HERE.

 

I used a Memory Box 'Heart Waterfall' die and backed the apertures with red card.

 

The plain red panels were embossed with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder.

The sentiment was a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Many Mates' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  I recently bought this preloved set of stamps and as I'm using it for the first time, I'll share my card in the NBUS Challenge.

The patterned paper is from The Range and I included a plain white panel for the message.

I am joining in the following challenge:

NBUS Challenge #78 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff 

Daisy Chain Challenge #100 ~ More than 1 fold

Creative Creases Challenge #107 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Die Cut Divas Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge ~ Anything Goes With A Twist of Layers

Our Anniversary

It's our 51st Wedding Anniversary today and this is the card I made for my hubby.  Not sure where the years have gone!  I made a Triple Panel Fold Flat Card after watching the a Jamie Rodgers video HERE.

The patterned paper was snippets from a 12 x 12 paper pad from The Range.  I die cut some hearts from snippets of red card. The red panel was embossed with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder.

This style of card folds flat for posting, although I obviously didn't need to post this card. 😉

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #515 ~ Use Snippets

Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge ~ Anything Goes With A Twist of Layers

Love Those Pretty Papers September Challenge

Creative Creases Challenge  #107 ~ Use a Fun Fold

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #322  ~ Anything Goes + optional Use Patterned Papers

Allsorts Challenge ~ Trees/Leaves/Plants

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Val has chosen the theme of 'Trees/Leaves/Plants'. There is also the option theme of Anything Goes.

The image is a Little Claire's Designs stamp, stamped with Versafine Claire 'Nocture'.  (Another craft company which sadly is no longer trading.)  The background was embossed with Spellbinders 'Dainty Dots' embossing folder.  I added a couple of green punch leaves to match the green frame.

Two lucky winners will receive lovely stamps sets which echo this weeks theme.

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping September Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations September Challenge ~ CAS/Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams September Challenge ~ Happy Birthday

Inkspirational Challenge #350 ~ Trees

Dinosaur

Our daughter has a family of three lodging with her, including a delightful six year old who had his birthday a couple of days ago.  He is dinosaur mad, so it was easy to think of a theme for his card. 

It took me a while to find this dinosaur stamp as the last time I used is was HERE for my great nephew's birthday.... in 2013!  There is no brand name on the packet, but I remember buying it at a craft fair in a bargain bucket at the NEC.  I stamped the image on a snippet of white card using Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured it with Promarkers, grounding the dinosaur with pale grey.  The patterned paper was snippets too, from a paper pad from The Range.  I used a die from The Works for the number six, using another snippet of white card. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #514 ~ use Snippets

Passion For Markers Challenge - Week 805 ~ For a Boy

Try it on Tuesday ~ It's All About Children

Daisy Chain Challenge #100 ~ More than 1 fold

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #223 ~ AG + Lots Of Layers

We Love Stamping September Challenge ~ Make It Cute

Stamping Sensations September Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff September Challenge (Dinosaur Stamp)

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Add Layers

 The Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Add Layers'.  For my DT card I've made a Tri Panel Z Fold card.

The patterned paper is from The Range.  I used a Memory Box 'Paper Cut Tulips Circle' die for the focal point.

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

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts Challenge #554 ~ Lots of Layers

Krafty Chicks Challenge #784 ~ Birthday

Little Red Wagon Challenge # 823 ~ Fancy Fold

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #223 ~ AG + Lots Of Layers

Dream Valley Challenge # 343 ~ 2 or more Papers

Daisy Chain Challenge #100 ~ More than 1 fold

Z Fold Card

It's the 1st September tomorrow and I need to make 14 cards for birthdays and anniversaries this month!  I think September is the busiest month for sending cards for me..... apart from Christmas.  I've already made six cards, so thought I'd better crack on with the rest.  I saw that the Diva Cut Divas Challenge ends in a few hours, with the theme of 'Make a Z Fold Card', so that was the inspiration for my masculine card.

The patterned paper was from an old Dovecraft paper pad.  I used an unbranded Happy Birthday die I bought from eBay quite a few years ago and layered it on a red mat, die cut with a Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' die.  I used a punch for the small stars.

To finish off my card I added a plain panel for the message.

I am joining in the following challenge:

Die Cut Diva August Challenge ~ Make a Z Fold Card

Dragonfly Dreams August Challenge ~ Lots of Layers

Creative Creases Challenge #106 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Krafty Chicks Challenge #783 Masculine

Dream Valley Challenge # 343 ~ 2 or more Papers

Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge #68 ~ Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge ~ Birthday

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Donna has chosen the theme 'Birthdays', so a nice easy theme, although there is always the Anything Goes option.  I've  made a Hexagonal Floating Card after watching Paul Ford's video HERE.

The patterned papers are from The Range.  I die cut a Sue Wilson 'Majestic Monarch' butterfly.  I attached the butterfly to the clear acetate panel down the front of the card.  This is the element which makes the butterfly appear to be floating.

 

There are two stamp sets each for two lucky randomly drawn winners.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge #106 ~ Use a Fancy Fold

Double D Challenge ~ Butterflies

Dream Valley Challenge # 343 ~ 2 or more Papers

Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge

Triple B August Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Twofer

Two cards to share today.   I'm on a mission to finish off unfinished cards and to reduce my ribbon mountain. 

This card was in my unfinished pile, with just the leaf patterned paper (from the The Range) and the purple mat attached to the card blank.  I intended using it for another card, but changed my mind and made a totally different card.  To complete this card, I used a floral stamp from the Julie Hickey 'Friendship Blooms' set and coloured the flower with Promarkers.  I stamped the flower head again, coloured it with the same Promarker and fussy cut it.  I layered the fussy cut flower head on top of the original flower, using glue in the middle and foam pads on the petals to raise them up.  A pink enamel dot was added to the centre.  The sentiment was a stamp from the 'Friendship Blooms' set.

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping August Challenge ~ Flowers

Stamping Sensations August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Challenge #589 ~ Anything Goes

Triple B August Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

My second card is a Christmas card as the August Rudolph Days Challenge ends in a couple of days.

I used an Inkylicious stamp 'Christmas Deer (Happy)', stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  It was a recent charity shop buy, which I used today for the first time.  I don't think it had previously been used and as it's dated 2012 on the packet, it was about time it was inked up.    I used two dies from the Sue Wilson 'Double Pierced Circles' set, chopping off the bottom of the layered image. The background was embossed with a Sue Wilson 'Frosted Stripes' embossing folder.  I added a strip of ribbon, layered on red panel.  To finish off my card, I added three clear gems to the largest snowflakes in the image to add some sparkle.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days August Challenge

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #190 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenge #337 ~ Anything Goes

Craft Challenge #762 ~ Christmas

NBUS Challenge #77 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

Travel Tag

The Tag-along (and ATCs) August Challenge ends tomorrow, so I've made a tag to enter before the challenge closes.  The theme this Month is 'Travel'.  

The tag shape was made with a Stampin' Up tag punch and I corner rounded the bottom corners .  I made a mask for the stencilling using dies from a new Spellbinders 'Color Block Cloudscape' set and used an Adirondack 'Sail Boat Blue' ink pad for the stencilling.  I used the tag punch again with a snippets of white card to add a top to the tag, colouring it first with the ink I'd used on the cloud stencilling.  The balloon is a Memory Box 'Hot Air Balloon' die cut, it's a small version of the one I used HERE.  To finish of my card I used white Ric Rac instead of ribbon or twine, as it seemed to match the shape of the clouds.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Tag-along (and ATCs) August Challenge ~ Travel

Stencil Fun August Challenge ~ Anything using a Stencil

Make My Monday Challenge #259 ~ Hot Air Balloons

NBUS Challenge #77 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff  (Cloud Dies)

Card Swap

A Zig Zag card made for a card swap.

It's easer to make than it looks, just a few score lines and two cut lines. The patterned paper is from The Range.  The flowers on the centre panel were made with punches and I added a few lines with a fineliner pen to make them look like the flowers in the floral paper.  The sentiment was made with dies Stamp Market 'Hello Die'.

The card folds flat for posting.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Word Power August 2025 Challenge

Creative Creases Challenge #106 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #322 ~ Use Patterned Papers

Fishing

A masculine card today for my niece's husband.

The image and sentiment is a Little Claire's 'Silhouette Boat' stamp, stamped with Versafine Claire 'Nocturne'.  The text panel is patterned paper from Anna Marie Designs.  The matted image is attached with foam pads to add some dimension. I added a few Card Candi to finish off my card.  Everything, apart from the card base and Card Candi, was snippets so I'll be sharing my card over in The Playground.  It took me a while to get enough matching red snippets from my snippets drawer, there seems to be so many shades of red! 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #513 ~ Use Snippets

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #377 ~ Boats

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #322 ~ Use Patterned Papers

Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge #68 ~ Anything goes

Stamping Sensations August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

We Love Stamping August Challenge ~ Anything Goes 

Allsorts Challenge ~ I Spy something beginning with 'B'

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Ellie has chosen the theme 'I Spy something beginning with B'.  As always there is always the option of Anything Goes.  I've made a masculine card for my brother with B for Balloon, Basket and Blue.

For the background I used a new die from the Craft Addiction 'Slatted Square Collection' set.  I die cut it using a navy blue and backed with square of pale blue.  The balloon is a Memory Box 'Beautiful Balloon' die I won a little while ago in the Snippets Playground and it had it's first outing for this card.  I attached the balloon with foam pads.  The clouds are Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds' die cuts and I attached two with foam pads.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with SU 'Night of Navy'.

There are prizes of coordinating stamps and dies for the two lucky winners.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge #336 ~ Add a Sentiment

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #191 ~ CAS (Clean and Simple)

NBUS Challenge #77 ~ Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (Balloon die )

Color Dare Challenge #664