Double Z Fold Card

After a craft weekend  last Saturday and Sunday, then off to North Devon last Monday for a few days, I'm hoping to catch up with my blog visiting this weekend

The Allsorts Challenge is running for two weeks with the optional theme of  'In the Spring Garden'.  The tulips are just beginning to peek through in our garden, so I'm sharing a mid-challenge tulip card. 

I used a Marianne Designs cross stitch die for the holes and die cut into a square using a die from the Spellbinders 'Postage Stamps' set.  The cross stitching was done with crochet cotton.  The patterned paper was from a very old Dovecraft 'Back to Basics III' paper pad. 

I used a Couture Creations 'Fireflies' embossing folder for the green panels and added three matching green pearls.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Craftlandia Challenge 14 ~ Lace and/or Stitching (Real or Faux)

As You Like It Challenge ~ Favourite: Gems or Pearls (and why) My favourite are pearls as I feel they make the card look more elegant and stylish.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #570 ~ Use Die Cuts

My Time To Craft Challenge #505 ~ Easter Flowers or Spring Flowers

Cluck Cluck and an Easter Bunny

Last weekend I went on the three day crafting event with friends.  The were about fifty crafters there, with everyone doing their own thing, but plenty of time to see all the fabulous projects being created.  Most crafters were scrapbookers, but I chose to make lots of cards.  I still need to take photos of the cards I made, which I'll add to my blog over the next few weeks.

It was my great niece's 12th birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for her.  She keeps chickens and sells their eggs to the neighbours, so this was the starting point for her card.

 I made a Three Panel card, with a crossed stitched hen design on the front panel.  The cross stitching was done with crochet cotton on a MFT cross stitching die cut.  I used Stampin' Up patterned papers left over from previous projects.  The middle panel was embossed with a Crafts-Too 'Feathers' embossing folder to keep the bird theme.

The card measures 5" x 7" when folded.  The gingham paper was only 6" x 6", so I cut it into two pieces to fit the back panel and put a strip of green card to cover the join and added five punched hearts.  The card folds flat for posting.  There is a space on the back panel to write a message.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Craftlandia Challenge 14 ~ Lace and/or Stitching (Real or Faux) 

Country View Crafts April Challenge ~ Things with wings

HLS April Birthday Challenge

Triple B April Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

We Love to Create Challenge #3 ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

My second card is an Easter Card.

The bunny is a Woodward stamp 'Hoppy Bunny', stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black' and paper pieced. The papers were all snippets from a Stampin' Up paper stack.  I used Memory Box 'Stitched Square Layers for the square die cuts and added three tiny green pearls. 

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Crafting Uncles Challenge #39 ~ Spring and/or Easter

Use Your Stuff Challenge #481 ~ Easter

Stamping Sensations April Challenge ~ Anything Stamped with a CAS option

We Love Stamping April Challenge ~ Anything stamped/option (real) Birds and Animals

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #673 ~ Easter / Spring

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Use Die Cuts

The April Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Use Die Cuts'.  Our generous sponsor this month is Lawn Fawn.

 

For my DT card I made a sympathy card using Sue Wilson's 'Ray of Light',   'Stitched Flags' and  'Passion Flower' dies.  The 'Ray of Light' die cut was layered on plain white card.  I added a tiny pearl in the middle of the passion flower.

I made a similar card in pink and white.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on 28th April.  Please pop over to the challenge blog to see all the wonderful cards the DT have made.

Allsorts Challenge ~ In The Spring Garden

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and will run for two weeks.   The theme this time is 'In the Spring Garden' or you can go with the Anything Goes option.

I always think primroses look beautiful in a spring garden with their delicate shade of yellow.   I chose to use one of our sponsors images, Ruth Hamilton Designs 'Primula' and I coloured the image with Promarkers.  I lined up the image with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and created an embossed frame, before layering it on a green mat. Three tiny green pearls finished off my card. 

Prizes this month are from our generous sponsors Oakwood, AALL and Create, Stamp Addicts, Ruth Hamilton Design, Aldridge Crafts

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to see all the beautiful cards the DT have made.