Recycled Christmas Card

The Rudolph Days Challenge begins today and Maureen has passed the reins over to Helen Nile to run the challenge.  Many thanks to both Maureen and Helen. You can now find the Rudolph Days Challenge HERE, so we can all continue to keep on track with making our Christmas cards this year and inspire each other.

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I'm planning to recycle as many of the cards we received last Christmas as I can and turn them into new cards.  This is the first one.  I used Lisa Horton's 'Scalloped Layered Squares Dies' to die cut the shop bought card and matt gold card. I put a clear gem in the middle to add a little sparkle. 

I am joining in the following challenge:

Rudolph Days February Challenge

Allsorts Challenge ~ Things that Fly

It's my turn to choose the theme for this week's Allsorts Challenge and I've chosen 'Things that Fly'.  Birds, butterflies, aeroplanes, kites.....or will you choose something else that flies?  There is always the option of Anything Goes for the challenge.

I used a Gemini 'Floral Aperture Create-A-Card Die - Spring Blooms' into the front of the cream coloured card blank and added the die cut pink flowers with tiny cream pearls in the centres. The butterfly was made with Memory box  'Pippi Butterfly' and 'Isabella Butterfly' dies.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year', stamped with Versafine Clair 'Charming Pink'.

 

I decorated the inside of the card with patterned paper from The Works.

Prizes are from our generous sponsors,  AALL and Create and Aldridge Crafts.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #515 ~ Die Cuts/Punches/Stencils

Double 'D' Challenge ~ Patterned Paper

Ellie's I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge ~ Something Beginning with B (Butterfly, Blooms)

Triple B February Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

NBUS Challenge #59 ~ Never-Before-Used-Schtuf (new aperture and flower die)

Snippets Stepper Card + London Photos

Is anyone else still checking their spam comments?  Most days there is at least one genuine comment in my spam and some days there are several.

Onto today's card, a masculine stepper birthday card for my nephew who will be celebrating his 30th birthday in a couple of weeks.

The card base was made with a Presscut 'Step Card' die.  The patterned paper it from The Works.  I layered the Lin and Lene seahorse on the Spellbinders scalloped oval mat. 

 

 

I used lots of snippets, including turquoise for the mat which I forgot to take a photo of.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #474 ~ Use Snippets

Cardz 4 Guyz ~ #341 Fun Folds (More than one)

As promised in a previous post, a few photos of my recent trip to London with my daughter, Joanna. 

The main purpose of going was to see the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour in the O2.  Last time we were in London, Joanna had me climbing over the top of the O2!

We visited St Paul's Cathedral. The last went inside I was a teenager, but didn't get the chance to climb inside the dome to the whispering gallery that time.

 

So we climbed up the steps to the Whispering Gallery. (I can now cross that off my bucket list.)

 

We carried on up the 528 steps to the Stone Gallery and finally to the Golden Gallery, which is a walkway on top of the dome.

During a guided walk around London, we went down Pudding Lane  and saw the plaque marking the spot where the Great Fire of London started in 1666.  (Did you know that if you put Roman numerals in order of value, the date is 1666?)

We saw lots of famous London landmarks.

We went to 'Frameless', an amazing immersive experience, where works of art come to life as you navigate the rooms.

Allsorts Challenge ~ Use Pink

Dena has chosen the theme 'Use Pink' for this week's Allsorts Challenge, with the optional theme of Anything Goes.

I used a MFT 'Cross-Stitch Flower Frame' die with pink card, the cross-stitching was done with crochet cotton.  I made the flower with dies from the Sue Wilson 'Passion Flower' set and added a pink pearl in the middle.  The banner was made with dies from the Sue Wilson 'Stitched Flags' set.  The patterned paper is from The Works.  I stamped a sentiment using a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year', stamped with Versafine Clair 'Charming Pink'.

Prizes are from our generous sponsors, AALL and Create and Lavinia

I am joining in the following challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #14 ~ Anything Floral Goes with Optional Mood Board 

Colorful Options February Challenge ~ Pink

Creations in Pink Challenge # 67 ~ Anything Goes in MAINLY Pink

Triple B February Challenge ~ Birds, Butterflies, Blooms

Time Out Challenge #257 ~  Birthday!