C is for Circles

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Alphabet Challenges , we have reached the letter C, and Tee has chosen C is for Circles. To see the remainder of the teams' inspiration, please visit the blog. 

I began with a cream 7 x 5inches card. I added a Kraft card for the mat. I created a die cut circle on cream embossed card. Behind this I added a dark blue card. I covered the piece cut from the card with lacey paper., then a smaller circle was covered with paper. On a smaller circle I stamped the greeting. I added a strip across the width of the card. Finally I added a die cut butterfly, with three gemstones added to the thorax. I was initially inspired by a card I sw on Pinterest. 

Flowers

 Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Vicki, of the design team has chosen #188 Flowers. To see the remainder of the team's inspiration please visit the blog. 

I began for the base with a white 7 x 5 inches card. I added or contrast a black background. On a white card, I partly stencilled in opposite corners with Fossilized Amber DI. The stamped flower and leaves are by Honey Doo Crafts - Flower Reasons. I used Promarkers ( my favourite medium) to colour the image. The sentiment is on the same set. 

Things with Wings - Real or Fantasy

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Cardz 4 Galz we begin a new challenge. Lynda, on the design team has chosen #250 Things with Wings -Real or Fantasy. To see the remainder of the team's inspiration please visit the blog. 

I bgean with a white 6" card for the base. The background is a piece of green linen card and a smaller square of cream linen card. The main picture is a construction of three pages of decoupaged layers  from a Hunkydory Little Book of Fairy Decadence. Thw wings are cut so they open wider, the flowers at the lower part of the card are also decoupaged. I hope you all enjoy the challenge. 

A Sketch

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.  Jolanda has chosen and provided for #372 A Sketch. Thanks to Jolanda for the wonderful sketch. To see the design team's inspiration please visit the blog.  

(Feel freem to flip, reverse or mirror version)

This is my interpreation of Jolanda's interesting sketch.

I began with a 7" x 5" base cream card. A black mat with a dark cream/light beige

 background card. I followed the design using scraps of paper and card. The central square 

image is a sheet from a Hunkydory Little Book of Wizardry. The sentiment/greeting are 

two strips from a Hunkdory Just My Type Dentiment Strip Pad.

I hope any little boy (or girl) would love to receive a Congratulary card from Hogwart's. 

 

Fun Folds

 Hello everyone, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new two weekly challenge at Make My Monday.

Dawn has chosen for #251 Fun Fold. We love to see the amazing and even regular fun in your card folds. To see the design team's inspirations, please visit the blog. 

I have decorated a lovely folded card, from Hunkydory. On the back page, the background is a satin sheet. The butterlies page and the remainder of the pretty pages are from an A5 paper pad, Hunkydory Butterfly Meadow. I blended DI Evergreen Bough on all of the edges to cover the white edges. I created a label for the sentiment and finally added 3 pearl cascading gems.  I hope you enjoy the challenge. 

Dragonfly Dreams - Sea Life

 Hello and welcome to my  blog. Today a new challenge begins over at Dragonfly Dreams. It being my tme to choose the theme, I have chosen for  May - Sea Life. To see the remainder of the wonderul inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

My card has a 5" white scallop edge for the base. I then embossed with a Beneathe the Waves embossing folder, a gift with Creative Stamping #97 magazine, after embossing I lightly coloured the embossed lines with Distress Inks, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon. I then stamped the background stamps, the Just for You and the bubbles, all from the same stamp set also with the magazine. The Sea Turtle was stamped onto white card, coloured with pencils, fussy cut and added to the card. Finally from the set, I added the stamped Happy birthday greeting. I hope you feel inspired and will enjoy the Sea Life theme. 

Butterflies -more than 2

Hello and welcome, I had a busy day yesterday, but today is a quiet and peaceful challenge. We begin today with our Alphabet Challenge. Veronika has chosen B is for Butterflies - More than 2 is required.

To see the inspirational cards created by the desisgn team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a 7" white scallop edge card for the base. A black mat added then a white mat. The stamped image of Tall Flowers by Kanban is based on a black mat. The butterflies are by Lyndsey Mason - Tattered Butterflies. The flowers and butterflies are coloured with a bright orange Promarker. The sentiment is by Honey Doo stamps.