Bluebirds

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A CAS card today.

The image is a Die-namites 'Birds on a Branch'  die cut.  I used the die again with blue card and snippeted off the birds and layered them over the green die cut.  The layered sentiment is raised up on foam pads.

I am joining in the following challenges:

CAS on Friday Challenge #181 ~ Animal(s)

Crafty Catz challenge 509- Anything Goes with optional twist CAS

Moving Along With The Times Challenge #119 ~ Things with Wings

Try it on Tuesday Challenge ~ Cut It Out!

Dancing Sunflower

The Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme of  'Flowers'.   Our generous sponsor this month is Lemon Shortbread.

Lemon Shortbread kindly gave the DT images to work with and it's no surprise that I chose the beautiful 'Dancing Sunflower'.   I coloured the image with Promarkers, before layering on a slightly larger yellow rectangle.  I used a green metallic stamp pad and a small sunflower stamp to stamp all over the green background.  You can't really see it in the photo, but IRL it sparkles, especially when it catches the light.  The sentiment is computer generated and a finished off my card with a few MFT 'Musical Notes' die cuts. 

The Crafty Calendar Challenge end on June 28th, so plenty of time join in the challenge.  Please pop over to the challenge blog to see all the beautiful cards the DT have made this month. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #252 ~ Flowers + A Sentiment

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #392 ~ Make Your Mark

I Love Promarkers Challenge #411 ~ Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon Challenge # 552 ~ Create your own Background Paper

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Make Your Own Background

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #121 ~ Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Week 12  ~ Anything Goes 

Flour

Well.... I've taken the plunge and I've clicked the button to try out the new blogger format on this post to test it out.

I made today's card for a friend who left me a bag of flour on my doorstep as a RAK. She knew I had been trying for ages to find some and it took a little detective work to work out who had left me the flour. In these difficult times, it's the little things that can mean such a lot. Who would have thought a few months ago that I could have got so excited about a bag of flour! A banana and walnut cake was soon in the oven!

The patterned paper is from an old Dovecraft paper pad.  I die cut a white square with a wonky stitched die and layered it on a pink square.  The cupcake was made with a Dovecraft punch.  The top of the cupcake was embossed with a Cuttlebug 'Tiny Bubbles' embossing folder to add some texture and raised up on foam pads.  The sentiment is a peeloff.  I used snippets for the white square and cupcake, so I'll be sharing my card over in The Playground. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #379 ~ Use Snippets

Try it on Tuesday ~ Cut it out! - Fussy cut or use dies

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June Challenge

Alphabet Challenge ~ D is for Dry Embossing

Crafty Catz Challenge #508 ~ Anything Goes + Option of at least two layers

Little Red Wagon Challenge # 552 ~ Patterned Paper

Baaaaa!

It's a friend's birthday today and she loves anything 'sheep' related.   This is the card I made for her. We spent a lovely couple of hours this morning socially distancing in her garden with a couple of other friends.  It was lovely to do something 'normal' now some of the lockdown restrictions have been lifted in the UK.  We won't be visiting any beaches or anywhere busy for quite a while though!  

My design was inspired by cards I saw on Kath's blog HERE and HERE.  I die cut Tattered Lace 'Sheep Border' and placed on a rectangle of turquoise card.  I used a scoreboard to emboss three stripes above and below where the sheep were going to go.  I turned the card over and attached the sheep in the gap.  The sentiment was layered and raised up on foam pads.  Three pearls finished off my card. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Try it on Tuesday Challenge ~ Cut it Out!

2 Crafty Critters Challenge #39 ~ Anything Goes with a Critter

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #244 ~ Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge ~ D is for Dry Embossing