#189 Use colours Red and Green

 

Hello, welcome to my blog, today is a busy day for challenges. Here at Sparkles Christmas Challenges Melissa has chosen, #189 Use Colours Red and Green. To see the inspiration by the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a white 6" card. I used a sheet from a Hunkydory Essential paper pad for the background. I added three bookmarks from a Hunkydory Bookmark Toppers - A Magical Season to a gold Mirri mat. I then placed them central on the prepared card. I raised the centre piece on 3d foam pads. The sentiment is also from the same set. 

MAWTT - An Easel Card

Hell and welcome to my blog. 

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

Andreja has chosen for the challenge - To Make an Easel Card. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I made a 5" sq. easel card. I covered the base with papers from a Hunkydory Essential paper pad - Paper. I was able to add these to resemble the sheet of paper from the Little Book of Dragonflies. I used 3 sheets to decoupage the dragonfly. I finally added gemstones to the card and to the wings. I found in my stash a small metal dragonfly which I added to the base.  I look forward to ssing your easel cards. 

#286 An Easel Card

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today is a busy day in my craft world, as it will be in others. Thankfully, I have prepared well in advance. At Cardz 4 Galz Johanna has chosen #286 An Easel Card. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a 6" white card, Folded it into an easel card. On the base and both the folds on the upper part of the card I added navy blue card for the solid background. I then added on all three sections the designed paper from an Electric Ink - Christmas Kit from Debbie Moore Designs. All the designs, ephemera and tags are from the same kit. I added gold pearl gems. 

Pearly Sparkles #123 Trick or Treat

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Pearly Sparkles Magdelene has chosen #123 Trick or Treat . To see the inspiration by the design team, please visit the blog.

I made an octagonal easel card. I used Distress Inks to colour the front, the stamped branches, the house and the ghouls. Splattered water for atomosphere. Glitter touches here and there. Spider's webs, bats and a large pumpkin. All of the stamps, except the branch were old ones from Tandastamps, sadly a company, no longer in business. The branch os from Sheena Douglass- Pinescape stamps. For those who celebrate Halloween, I hope you all have a 'spooky' time and have fun. 

 

#287 Pink Card and Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness month

 Hello, welcome to my blog,Today at Make My Monday we have a new blog, chosen by me.  We would like you to help us be part of the recognition for the International  Breast Cancer Awareness during the month of October. The theme for the next two weeks is #287 A Pink card with a Pink Ribbon. Please add the logo enclosed to your post. To see the inspirataion from the design team, please visit the blog.  

For my card,, I used a 7 x 5 inhes white card. I added gold Mirri to the front of the card. Using the backing card, topper sheet and decoupage elements, along with an insert from a Hunkydory Flourishing Florals, I added the decoupage pieces using 3d foam pads. a ribbon strip, with a pink ribbon attached, with a pink bow. I added pale pink gems and a sentiment,

K is for Kittens

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we began a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges. Billie A has chosen K is for Kitten/s. To see the inspiration created by the design team, please visit the blog. 

Many of you may have realised over the past two months I have had many computer problems, I have even bought a new computer,which has improved somewhat, however, I have needed to source a replacement photo editing programme. I am very much in the learning stage,very much frustrated too, I apologise for the photo, the rotation needs more work on it. Anyway here goes.

 

I began with three sheets/pages of the kitten and duvets, from a Hunkydory Little Book of Denim. The base shhet#1 was adhered to a deep blue piece of card to stabalise. Sheet #2 was fussy cut around the duvets and the kitten. Sheet #3 I fussy cut the kitten. All 3 sheets were raised with 3d foam pads. I added white gem stones to two corners. The base card was adhered to a sheet of lace paper from an essential book of lace papers from Hunkydory. A sentiment for a birthday also added. 

 

#285 Fantasy

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. we have a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Dawn has chosen                #285 Fantasy, it can be fairies, goblins, dragons, whatever from a fantasy world. To see the inspiration created by the design team, please visit the blog. 

For my card, I began by choosing 3 pages from a Hunkydory Little Book of Dragons,, I added the first page onto a piece of orange card for sturdiness. The second layer was fussy cut to provide the olde world map. The third layer is of course the fiery dragon.All layers were raised with 3d foam pads. I die cut from a Hunkydory set of vertrical sentiments dies., the Happy Birthday greeting.