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Monday, 2 November 2026

#290 Winter Animals



Hell and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday. Helen has chosen #290 Winter Animals. To see the inspiration from our deisgn team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a white circular card. I die cut a circle for the stamped image. The robin is from the Tall Tails set from Katy Sue Designs. I know a robin is around all year, but we do think highly of them around the winter season. I used Distress Inks to colour the background and Promarkers for the robin. I decoupaged the robin's body and hat for extra dimension.  A Quickie glue pen and Glamour dust glitter added the final touch, creating icy looking snow. 



Sunday, 1 November 2026

Pearly Sparkles #124 Add Sparkle and Shine


Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Pearly Sparkles Lori has chosen #124 Add some Sparkle and Shine . To see the inspiration by the design team, please visit the blog.

I bagan with a white 6! card. I added a gold Mirri Mat to the card. On a piece of white card, I gold embossed with embossing powder the word Sparkle onto a lightly covered lemon/yellow background created with inks. On seperate pices of spare white card, I stamped the Sparkle  and Elegant shoe. I then coloured these with Zig watercolour brush pens. Higlighting with a darker orange . I added sparkle to both shoes using a sparkle Wink ofg Stella brush pen. The roses, left overs from another card were added with the die cut greeting. All atamps and both shoes were created for Daisy B stamps, which sadly has closed. Small gold stud gems were added. 



 

MAWTT - A Mascuine Card


Hell and welcome to my blog. 

Today we begin a new challenge at MAWTT -Moving Along With The Times

Tracy has chosen for the challenge - A Masculine Card. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog.

I decided to have a go at making this unusual card, after watching it being made on a craft TV programme. This is the front view, I will add the reverse further down the page. I followed the measurements and score lines to create the required folds, which was simple. I used papers and cards from my Hunkydory stash. The toppers, there are a total of 5, all except one, are from a collection of Bookmark toppers from Hunkydory. The odd one out, is the guy battling the rapids, he is from a H.D. pocket pad of Sporty Guys, these are much shorter than the Bookmark toppers, but I did a bit of cutting and pasting, literally and covered the gap with a sentiment greeting. I added matching papers on the inside. On the reverse I left one panel for any messages. 



Dragonfly Dreams - #206 Embossing


Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin our new challenge at Dragonfly Dreams.   Pamela has chosen #206 Embossing To see the inspiration created by the design team, please visit the blog.  

I began with a white 7 x 5 in. card. I added a beige background cardfor a mat. On a piece of white card I embossed using a Cuttlebug folder to create the backgound. Using a score board I added 10 score lines to add further interest to the white embossed card. To the background I added a die cut of flowers and leaves from my stash. I die cut the flower heads again with three autumnal soft colours. adding these over the white flower heads.  The leaves were coloured with a Zig brush pen. The sentiment was stamped and then fussy cut, adhered with 3d foam. 

Ornament and Bow


 Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin our new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges. For the month of November our challenge, chosen by Billie A is #190 An Ornament and Bow. To see the creations from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I created a white landscape 7 x 5inches card. Firstly using a Crafter's Companion Stamp & Die set, Festive Baubles I stamped on the end of the front of the card. I then using the die cut I cut the edge off, leaving the bauble. I coloured them with a gold metallic pen and a red Zig watercoloir pen. I added gold Mirri card to the background at the back and part of the front of the card. The sentiment is from a Hunkydory Big Book of Festive Sentiments. Three red bows were added, with a small gold gem stone in the centre. Four larger gold gems were added to the front of the card. 

Thursday, 29 October 2026

Autumn Florals/Foliage


 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Cardz 4 Galz,  we begin a new challenge chosen by Lynda.  #288 Autumn Florals and Foliage. To see the creations from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a white 7 x 5 in. card. I added a Kraft card for the mat, where the remainder of the card was built upon. I made a tag, covered with a piece of a design of autumnal florals and foliage. I added green  and cream gingham check and fancy matching papers for the background. Using kraft card I die cut several scrolls , cut up and placed into the design. All papers used are from a Debbi Moore Inspiration #78 Magazine. I added a stamped sentiment. 

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Use at least 3 of Purple, Black, Orange, Green.


 Hello, thanks for popping by. Today we begin a new challenge at our monthly Cards 4 Guyz. Sue J has chosen #391 to use at least 3 of Purple, Black, Green Orange. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

Hello, For an upcoming male birthday, I was inspired by some cards  I saw on Pinterest. I began with a white  7 x 5in. card. I added a Black mat and an Orange mat. I embossed a Circles design, using an embossing folder. Using the colours, Purple, Green and Orange, I twice die cut letters for the word Happy. I adhered each letter to another the same, to give more dimension,. I stamped the birthday greeting from somewhere in my stash. Finally I added Green and Orange enamel dots. Happy crafting.