Bees

Hello and thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Dawn ha chosen      #275 Bees. To see the design team's inspiration please vist the blog. 

I began with a 6" white sq. card. The stamps I used are all from a Hobby Art stamps set Bee-Friendly. sadly the business has now closed. I coloured with Promarkers, glittered the wings and used white gel pen for accents. The background is a soft blending of DI Broken China. Take care and I hope you enjoy the challenge. 

Clean and Simple

 Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at our monthly Cardz 4 Guyz. Helen has chosen #385 CAS - Clean and Simple. To see the inspiration from the deisgn team, please visit the blog,

I used a 5 x 5 inches plain white card. I blended Mustard Seed and Dried Marigold for a background to hold the 'Happy Birthday' die cut from Crafter's Companion. I added a few small gems from a wheel of different colour gems from The Works. The image card has been raised with 3d foam pads.

Birds and/or eggs

 Hello and thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday. Heather has chosen #276 Birds and/or eggs. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

For my card, I began with a 5 x 7 inches white plain card. I added a mat with silver Mirri card. I placed in the centre of the card the layers I had decoupaged from pages with the window and owl from a Hunkydory Little Book of Wizardry I the added with 3d foam pads the beautiful silver and pale blue frame mount. Finally adding a sentiment from my Hunkydory sentiment stash. I am looking forward to seeing your birds and or eggs for this challenge, I hope you enjoy creating your bird cards. 

Z is for Zoology

Hello, today we begin a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges, Another collection from A - Z is coming to an end with Z is for Zoology chosen by Deborah. Any animal will do. To see the design team's inspiration, please visit the blog.

I began with a 5 7" white card. I added a black mat, then a green layer The main image is a free download from Pinterest. I blended several light green colours of DI's before  I used Promarkers to colour the remaining images.. Then added it to a black mat. Finally I addded a sentiment Happy Birthday. 

 

April Showers

 Hello, we are starting  new challenge today at Cardz 4 Galz. Sue J has chosen #274 April Showers.  To see the design team's inspiration, please visit the blog. We are currently looking for  few card makers to join our DT. All details can be found on the blog. 

For my card, I began with a 6" sq. card. My appropriate stamp is small, so I created a background for the stamped image to sit upon. I used papers from a FSC paper pad - Whiz Kids. All of the mats are gold Mirri card. The stamp is an unknown make, I bought it in a charity shop.I used Promarkers to colour the image. 

Pastels and Rabbits

Hi, thanks for popping by. Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Maria  has chosen #199 Pastel Colours and Rabbits. To see the design team's inspiration, please visit the blog. We also have a Design Team Call at present. all the details are on the blog. 

I began with a 7 x 5 inches white card. I cut a number of pastel coloured strips of paper from various Hunkydory Duo colour paper pads. These were then added diagonally ont the card, making a pastel coloured background. The rabbit topper and additional circle elements are from aa Hunkydory topper sheet. I also added a Happy Birthday sticker sentiment, a bow and several yellow enemal dots. I hope you enjoy the challenge.

Monotone

Hello and welcome. Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday (MMM) - Dawn has chosen #275 Monotone. To see the creations by the design team, please visit the blog.

I began with a 7 x 5 inches white card. The mat is of a very dark royal blue. The pale background, denim, and the circles were all from a Hunkydory A5 Essential Denim paper pad. I used dies to create the circles, a few raised on foam pads. A strip of the mat card lies down the left side with three dark blue gems. The 'Birthday' die is from old stash and the Hugs die is a 'newish' die from Humkydory. I hope you like my Monotone card. I look forward to seeing the entries in the challenge blog.