Monday, 5 April 2021

Lantern Card

The Butterfly Challenge this fortnight is 'L for Lantern Card'.  Mrs A has put all the instructions for making a lantern card HERE.  My card incorporates all the elements, Lantern Card /Lawn Green/Lilac/Laser Lemon/Lattice work
+ a Butterfly

To include the lattice element, I used a Cheery Lynn 'French Lattice Small Frame', cut in white and layered over yellow.  The green frame was made with two dies from Sue Wilson's 'Double Pierced Squares' set and the circles are Memory Box dies.  The patterned paper is from an old Dovecraft paper pad.  All the flowers were made with dies from the new Lisa Horton box magazine and I alternated the flowers with Poppystamps 'Elsa Butterfly' die cuts on the four folded strips.  The finished card was layered on a lilac mat.


The card folds flat for posting.  I decided not to put a sentiment on the card, as I don't know who will be receiving it.  If a sentiment is needed, I'll either add it in the middle of the lattice, or perhaps put a sentiment on a small tag and attach it to the ribbon.

I'm hoping my little video works. 🤞

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Sunday, 4 April 2021

Purple and White

HAPPY EASTER

A card today following a sketch on the Creative Minds - Kind Hearts Facebook page.  Following a sketch still takes me out of my comfort zone, but I was pleased how this one turned out. 

The patterned papers are from a Papermania paper pad and were snippets left over from a previous project.  I used silver holographic card for the rectangle and circle mats and silver thread on the scalloped die cut circle. The ‘Spirelli’ circle is raised up on foam pads. I didn't have a fish tail banner die the right size, so I cut four banners using a Sue Wilson’s die and hid the join behind the purple circle so it looks like two long ones. The flower in the middle was made with dies from the Creative Expressions 'Petite Forget-Me-Nots'. The sentiment, stamped in purple, was from a SU set of stamps.  Everything, apart from the card base was snippets, so I’ll be sharing my card over in The Playground. 
 
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Saturday, 3 April 2021

Happy Easter

The April Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Easter/Spring'.  Our generous sponsors this month are Lawn Fawn and Crafty Ribbons.

I made a fancy fold card and used a stamp that came as a cover gift with a magazine.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a faux stitching with a black fineliner pen.  The gingham paper was from a SU paper stack.  I added two little yellow pearls either side of the sentiment, which I'd raised up on foam pads.

On the inside of a card I used a stamp from the same set, leaving space to write the message. 

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

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Thursday, 1 April 2021

Disappearing down the rabbit hole.....

An Easter card today for my great nephew.

I first die cut a hole in a piece of brown card, before embossing with a Darice 'Wood Grain' embossing folder.  I put  a piece of black card on the white card blank where the hole would be.  The bunny was made with circle and oval dies/punches and a white pop pom added.  The leaves are Joy Craft 'Autumn' die cuts.
 
I thought I'd better tell you that it IS a bunny.  I showed the finished card to my hubby and he thought it was a pair of slippers!

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