Cool Chick

My great niece is celebrating her 14th birthday today and this is the card I've made for her.  She keeps chickens and sells the eggs to neighbours, so I thought this image would be perfect.

I've made a few of these ZigZag cards lately and decided to use embossed card for the panels this time.  They're pretty easy to make the base card, a couple of cuts and a few scorelines.  The image is a pre-coloured digi stamp from Beccy's Place 'Cool Chicks' set of stamps. (Beccy's online digi stamps will no longer be available after June and this set is currently in the sale HERE.) I used Couture Creations 'Fireflies' embossing folder and made the flowers with punches.

I am joining in the following challenges:

The Paper Challenge #632 ~ Anything Goes with the optional twist of Something Funny

Triple B April Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #544 ~ Fun Folds

Dream Valley Challenge # 333 ~ Any Celebration - Birthday, Wedding

Creative Creases Challenge #101 ~ Use a Fun Fold

Can You Handle The Pressure? Challenge ~ Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder

Creative Knockouts Challenge #544 ~ Embossing Delight

The Sound of Music

The current Time Out Challenge theme is 'Inspired by Your Favourite Movie'.  I have so many favourite films, but this week we watched 'The Sound of Music' as it's the 60th Anniversary of when it was first released.  It is the first film I remember seeing at the cinema and I still love to watch it, so this was the inspiration for my card.  I decided to make a masculine card in black and white.

I had a crafting evening with a friend a few days ago and borrowed her large treble clef die to die cut some shape.  She found the die in a charity shop recently, so I'm not sure of the brand, but it was a perfect size for this card.  The patterned paper is from Anna Marie Designs. I used a Crafts Too 'Musical Notes' embossing folder and attached the treble clef with foam pads to add some dimension.  I thought that the top right corner need something, so I dug out and old Sizzix musical notes die..... one of the old thick green one, which I hadn't used for years.  The quavers were a perfect size.  Everything, apart from the card blank, was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #503 ~ Use Snippets

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #613 - One for the Boys/Men

Can You Handle The Pressure? Challenge  ~ Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #285 - Inspired By Your Favorite Movie

Now for some news of a new challenge starting next month.  You can find out all about it HERE.  Don't forget to click the Followers button on the challenge blog to keep up to date with new posts.

I'm looking forward to joining in the fun and getting lots of inspiration for making tags and ATCs.

New Home

A New Home card which I can post on my blog now that I know it's arrived at its destination in Canada.

I started with a blue card blank.  The ground was die cut with a Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside Borders' die.  I used a Woodware punch for the houses, adding a punched red heart to the yellow house.  By coincidence, the real new home is also yellow.

I am joining in the following challenges:

AAA Card Challenge #287: 1+1 (Silhouettes/Landscapes)

Allsorts Challenge ~ Spring Flowers

It's time for another Allsorts Challenge and Ellie has chosen the theme of 'Spring Flowers'.  There are so many spring flowers to choose from for your creation, or you can always go with the 'Anything Goes' option. I love when the first snowdrops appear, as it's a sign that spring it on its way.  Did you know that there are hundreds of different snowdrops?  The most expensive snowdrop bulb sold for £1,850..... for one bulb!  My friend's husband grows dozens of different ones so this card will be going to him next month.

I started by die cutting a frame using a die from the MFT 'Stitched Circle Scallop Edge Frames' set.  I hand cut a circle of mottled green card to fit behind the frame.  The flowers are a Joanna Sheen 'Garden Snowdrops' die cut, which I cut first in green.  I used the die again with white card and snipped off the flower heads and laid them over the green ones.  This added a little bit of dimension.  I used the same green card for the mat.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up ' Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Green Oasis'. 

Prizes this time are beautiful stamps and stencils from AALL and Create.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Challenge #690 ~ Anything Goes with the option of Spring Green

Cut it Up Challenge #326 ~ Colors of Spring

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ Shades of Green