Word Inspiration - Rainbow

 Hello and welcome, firstly sorry about the slight blur on my photo. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Pamela has chosen #281 Word Inpiration - Rainbow. To see the design team's inspiration please visit the blog. We send our best wishes to Sue J who is recovering from surgery. Get well wishes sent from us all. 

Word Inspiration -Rainbow, Wow, this sent the old brain waves into motion. I had to think of this one for a few weeks, all I kept thinking of was the old ditty, I learn't as a child, Richard of York, Gave Battle In Vain, If your not sure of it , here it is                                                                                                                    Richard -Red Of -Orange, York -  Yellow, Gave -Green, Battle -Blue In -Indigo - Vain- Violet. 

 When looking through some dies for inspiration I came across my branch of birds, seven needed, perfect, cut one off. I kept repeating the sentance of Richard of York, from there it just all fell in place. I embossed the white sheet with a bark like Embossing Folder. Matted onto black card. The birds were coloured in the seven rainbow colours. I die cut the sentiment You Brighten my day,  Hunkydory, then coloured it with Prism Inks also from Hunkydory I glued at random seven colours of sequins. The lower sentiment , You are Amazing is from a Hunkydory 'Just My Type' paper pad, again Hunkydory. I hope you have as much fun and are inspired by this challenge as I was.

Summer Theme

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. Pamela has chosen #388 Summer Theme. Lots of options here, maybe you know just the right item in your stash to get started. To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I first took an A 4 blue Matt card and folded it in half, giving me an A5 card for the base of my card.I then added white card then I added a striped paper. I used the same Matt card to mat the design at the beach. I then added a strip of sea shells as an embellishment down the left side. The sentiment is a die cut. The card and papers  are all from a Hunkydory  - 'Coastal Charm' collection. The sentiment is also a die from Hunkydory.

A Kid's Card

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Dawn has chosen #202 A Kid's Card. to see the inspiration from the design team please visit the blog. 

I made two cards from the same source. all card and topper designs are from Hunkydory - the kit being Teddy Times with an 8x8 paper pad and backing cards.

The top card, I cut with both a die and a blade the oval aperture, adding the topper on the inside.  Matted onto a gold backing card. I added gold pearls to the front. The insert was added on the back of the card.

The lower card - I used a backing card to create an easel card, decorated with toppers and sentiments. Red gems were added and a gold frame.

Happy crafting. 

Christmas in July MMM

Hello and welcome to my blog. today, we begin our new challenge. I apologise for the delay, better late than never. Today at Make My Monday, Sue J has chosen #282 Christmas in July.  We send our love and wishes for a speedy recovery to Sue following her recent illness. To see the inspiration from the design team, plaease visit the blog. 

For my card, I began with a white 5 x 7 inches card, then added a dark blue mat. On this I have added a background of snow flakes. The topper has a mat of the same blue card. I added the sentiment foilage and a Christmas present box. Finally addding a die cut sentiment in gold Mirri. The papers and topper design are all from an Electric Ink Design for Christmas.  

For Festivity Card

 Hello and welcome to my blog. 

Today at Alphabet Challenges we begin our new challenge. I have chosen F is for Festivities. To see the inspirational cards from the design team, please visit the blog.

I chose to celebrate a wedding because I knew I had a wedding folder in my stash. All the wedding related ephemera were given to me from a friend, some time ago. I began with a white 7 in x 5 in. I added a pretty beige mat decorated with a rose ribbon strip of paper and a few white small pearls. Inside the  die cut white card frame I added the tag of the happy couple. The glasses and a few fussy cut roses were added with glue and a small 3d foam pad.  I hope you will find a festivity to create a card. Best wishes. 

For a Friend/Friendship

 Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge for Cardz 4 Galz. Debbie has chosen      #280 For a Friend or Friendship. to see the design team's inspiration, please visit the blog

I began with a 6" white card. I added a cover of a deep pink card. Onto this I placed my final topper. I created this by first embossing the upper pink panel and the lower white panel of card with an embossing folder. These two labels were added onto a piece of silver Mirri card, From a sheet of  ' Stamps by Me' by Toni Darroch,  provided in a Creative Stamping magazine # 134 I stamped the group of three friends, coloured with alcohol marker pens.Then fussy cut them adding to the card with 3d foam. I added silver peel off dots to the embossed areas. Finally I added the two sentiment stamps from the same stamps sheet. Looking forward to seeing your cards for friends.

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July with Sparkle.

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin our new challenge at Dragonfly Dreams.  Maria has chosen #202 Christmas in July with Sparkle. To see the inspiration created by the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a piece of white stamping card, cut to fit onto a 6" card. I blended with DI Chipped Sapphire, to cover the full page.. I then stamped with Versamark, using Visable Image Sketched Snowflakes, adding White Embossing powder and then heat embossing . I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set. On looking at the card now, I have decided it needs a few scattered silver sequins to add more shine. I added the finished stamped page to a mat of silver Mirri, this was added to glued to the page silver Washi tape. I hope you enjoy the challenge, happy crafting. 

P.S. Picture #2 now in place. I have added a few gems to the card.

Monochrome Winter Wishes

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges. Debs has chosen for us, #186 Monochrome Winter Wishes. to see the design team's inspiration, please visit the blog. 

I began with an A5 card, I added a gold Mirri mat. All the papers, sentiment buttons and the paper ribbon strip are all from a Christmas Hunkydory topper sheet of Peace and angels, I added a number of very sparkly gems. I hope you enjoy the challenge of making a monochrome winter card. 

 

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Hello and welcome, today at Pearly Sparkles, we begin our new challenge. Magdelene has chosen               Christmas in July. to see the design team's inspirational creations please visit the blog. 

Following a template design, I made a single side stepper card. The papers and sentiment used are from a design sheet by Hunkydory. I added 3d foam pads to the frame, so the beautiful Christmas tree looks as though sunk below the frame,. Blue gems were added. I created a writing space on the inside. 

 

The Male Room - #212 Hobbies

 Hello, welcome to my blog. Today at The Male Room our new challenge is #212 Hobbies. To see the inspirational creations from the design team, please visit the blog. 

The older my eldest son becomes, it seems each decade brings along a new hobby. His birthday is coming up soon, and this challenge inspired me to create a card showing his newest hobby which is attending events and exhibitions, anything to do with Classic cars and motor bikes,I got the template for the card , from a Hunkydory programme on You Tube. I used one sheet of metallic Adorable Scorable red/brown card. All the pictures are cuts from various Hunkydory  Little Books. The sentiment is from a Hunkydory Judst My Type paper pad. 

Use A Colouring Medium

Hello, today we begin with the new challenge at MAWTT- Moving along With the Times. Pamela has chosen - Use a Colouring Medium. I decided, for a change for me, to go full out with Water-Colouring using pens from my Zig pen collection 

I began with a 6" white card, To apply the background main water area, I used the technique with a number, of different Zig pens, I added, yellow, orange, red to an acrylic block, then sprayed with water , mixing up the colours. Then I turned it upside down and stamped the mixed watercolours onto a piece of card to fit on the main card at a later time.Using a small background stamp I stamped this, coloured with a Zig pen, all over the card, to enclarge the background,. I then stamped the Sunflower Grunge stamp from Visable Image, onto the piece of card with the background coloured. I then stamped the sunflower head only onto another piece of card, I coloured this several times with yellow, orange and a touch of brown. I then fussy cut the flower head and with 3d foam pads added it to the flower stamped on the main card. I then coloured the stem and leaves. The completed card was added to red card added to the card base.

I finally added the sentiments, all from the same stamps set from Visable Image. -Sunflower Grunge.