Sea Shells

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge

at Cardz 4 Galz - #126 Sea Shells

Please check out the wonderful creations by the 

design team and for the few rules we have over on the blog.

For my card I have a pale blue mat for my shells page.

I stamped the shell stamps with Versamark, then heat

embossed with white detail powder. When cold, I 

blended DI - Weathered Wood, Milled Lavender and 

Scattered Straw using the resist technique. 

I added a strip of blue card to sit the greetings band. 

The stamps are by Sheena Douglass - Underwater Angels.

Stay well and stay safe. 

Wedding

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today at Cardz 4 Galz,

our new challenge is #125 Wedding.

More details and DT inspiration can be seen on the blog.

For my card, a 7" square card - during the middle of the

 lockdown, I was asked to make a special card for a couple

celebrating their Diamond wedding. 

I used white card and silver mirri card. 

A die by Joanna Sheen for the lower border.

A white organza ribbon thread through a diamante clasp.

Round dies and crystal gems, plus metal corners.

Enjoy your crafting and please stay safe. 

Steampunk

Hello welcome to my blog, thanks for your visit.
I hope you are safe and well, enjoy your crafting.
We begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz today
we have for #124 Steampunk we would like
 to see the feminine  side in your design.
Please pop over to the blog and check out the DT inspiration.

For my card - materials used.

Scallop edge Kraft card purchased. 

Print out sheet from an old CD - Steampunk

Kanban stamps  Jasper set for both the male and female.

Tim Holtz hand - Personal Impressions Steampunk border and watch

Butterfly made with Air dry clay.

Flowers from Poundland. 

Promarkers to colour.

Black gems and silver peel off dots to decorate. 

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Please stay safe, alert and well.

More Than One Fold

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at 

Cardz 4 Galz - #123 More than One Score (Fold)

Please visit the blog for the details and to see the 

fabulous inspiration by the design team. They sure have 

enjoyed this challenge, lots to different types of folded

projects/cards.

For my card, I CASE'd the example given in a magazine

which also had the free set of stamps I used. 

Creative Stamping Magazine #3 - Stamps are Go Wild-

Manufacturer is Crafty Individuals Stamps. 

This is called a Bridge card - it is kept in position by,

in this case, a piece of acetate.

Please stay safe and well. Happy crafting.

CASE Your Wardrobe

Hello, I hope you are well, thanks for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.

Dawn has chosen # 122 CASE Your Wardrobe

For details and to see the inspirational cards from the DT

you need to pop over to the challenge blog. 

For my card, until this challenge, I didn't realise how

my wardrobe is mainly red, black and white with a lot of

shoes and handbags. 

The stamps used are by Woodware Stamps - Haute Coutre

The background card and papers are from my stash.

 A few items were decoupaged to give dimension.

Please stay safe and well. Keep on crafting.

Birthday

Hello again, today we begin a new challenge at

Cardz 4 Galz.  Sue has chosen for the theme

#121 Birthday. For more details please pop to the blog.

Don't miss the wonderful creations by the design team.

I made a 6" sq. card and used stamps by Julie Hickey

- Fresh Flower Border.

A yellow card to mat a white sheet of card.

The flower borders are adhered flat to the card.

Coloured with Promarkers.

The sentiment is raised on 3d foam.

Gems and pearls added to embellish.

Black and Pink

Hello, thanks for your visit. I hope you are safe and well.

Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. 

Leslie has chosen #120 Black and Pink.

Please pop to the blog for more details and to see the 

inspiration by the design team. 

I made a 6" sq black card, matted a piece of pink card, then 

again black card.  The stamped butterfly, onto pink card, is by 

Sheena Douglass- A Little Bit Sketchy - Flying Colours.

Decorated with Diamond Frost glitter on the wing tips. and 

black gems on it's antennae and thorax. 

Pink gems for the trail. 

Hope you enjoy and again, thanks for popping by. 

Use A Kite

Hello, sending good wishes and hoping you are all safe

staying indoors, unless going out is essential. I'm fine,

though missing my family, just as we all are.  Thank goodness

for visual calls on the telephone, the kids keep asking to see us, 

they too need reasurance all is well. 

Today we are happy to introduce a new challenge at

Cardz 4 Galz. Misti chose the theme for

#119 Use A Kite in your Design.

I hope you pop over to the blog to check for details and

not to miss the wonderful inspiration from the DT.

For my femine card ( laughs) well maybe she is a tomboy!!

Sorry, the only source I have with a Kite is the stamp -

Nostalgia by John Byars from Papermania.

 Stamped onto a section of a stencil by Honey Doo Crafts.

Image coloured with Prtomarkers. 

Greetings stamp from my stash.

Cute Animals

Hello again, this being such a difficult time, I am finding

my crafting and blogging to be such a benefit. Being able to 

share my crafting with my friends all over the world, is a 

way for us being able to get through this dreadful time together. 

Please stay safe and stay well. 

Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz

Challenge #118 Cute Animals

More details available on the blog, plus cute inspiration 

from the design team.

My card is a small round scallop card.

A die cut circle of pretty paper and a strip

 of paper from my stash.  

Die cut Kraft circle and a heart edge round die cut,

stamped with the cutest elephants stamp from

Little Claire Designs (No longer available).

Coloured with prromarkers, pencil and Distress Ink.

Stamped leaves and flower from my stash. 

Such a small card and such a long post. Please

everyone do take care, and please stay well.

Stay indoors and use up your stash and Craft away.

Spring Flowers

Hello and thanks for popping by. 

Today at Cardz 4 Galz we have a new challenge starting.

For the next two weeks the challenge, chosen by Sue is :-

#117 Spring Flowers

For more details pop over to the blog, check out the DT

inspiration for the challenge.

For my card - my main image is a stamp by LOTV. - 

Bluebells and Primulas.

Coloured with Promarker aldcohol pens.

Several layers of card, paper,  and a doiley.

Pearls, and a birthday greeting all from my stash. 

Shoes

Hello, I hope you are safe, well and warm. Thanks for your visit.

Today we begin a new two weekly challenge at

Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge#116 Shoes

Now, what gal doesn't like shoes?

Please pop to the blog for details and to see the 'Shoes'

the DT have created to inspire you.

For my card, the mat is mirri card, the backing paper is

 by a Kanban Crafts 'In My Garden' 6" sq. paper pad.

The stamped shoe is by Cherry Green Designs - New Shoes,

a stamp I found in a sale box at a craft show.

I used Promarker pens to colour the shoe, and crystal gems.

The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards Fashionista stamp sheet.

Hope to see you having a go. 

Black and Bling

Hello, nice to have your visit. A new challenge today

at Cardz 4 Galz - we have for Challenge #115

Black and Bling.

For more info please visit the blog, be sure not to miss the

wonderful inspiration by the design team.

I love working with black card and of course, any excuse to use

a bit of bling. Mat is a piece of non shed glitter card.

The stamped image and sentiment are Cosmos Flowers by

Woodware Stamps. They were heat embossed with fine gold E.P

 I coloured them with green and gold glitter pens.

Drew in the grass to create a ground. Added a gold

butterfly - die cut some spare glitter card.

I sprinkled some Frantage which was heated from below.

Have fun and hallpy crafting. 

Use Kraft Paper or Card

Hello, thanks for your visit.

Cardz 4 Guyz new challenge starting today, for two weeks is

Challenge #114 Use Kraft - Paper or Card

Details on the blog. Inspirational cards a must see by

the wonderfully talented design team. 

This is my card. Black contrasted with Kraft card.

Two layers were embossed with the large spots E.F.

Dies used to create the aperture and the black frame.

The flowrs stamp from Aspects of Design - Funky Flowers.

Coloured with Promarkers and Sakura gel and glitter pens. 

Have fun and enjoy your crafting, 

White and Blue

Hello, thanks for your visit.

A new challenge starts today at Cardz 4 Galz.

Debbie has chosen #113 White and Blue

Why don't you pop over to the blog to see the

details and the inspiration from the DT?

I made a C6 card- Background papers for the panels 

are from a paper pad  from The Range-Pure Frozen.

The small panel is a stamped, heat embossed 

with white detail EP. The stamp from Stamps Away-

Wayside Grasses. Resist technique - panel coloured

with Chipped Sapphire DI. Greetings stamp,

butterfly stamp and pearls from stash. 

Haberdashery

Hello, sending you best wishes for a happy new year ahead.

Today, at Cardz 4 Galz we have our first challenge for the new year, 

Challenge #112 Haberdashery

Please pop over for any details and to see the inspiration created

by the design team.

It's ages since I made a tag. Always handy when you're not needing a card,

but want to try out some colouring or stamps. Of course you

 can always add the tag to a card at a later date.

I started by blending Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint and Mustard Seed.

 Edged around with Iced Spruce, splashed water onto the tag, dried with

paper tissue, then the heat gun.

Stamped the Dress form with Antique Dress Form by Creative Expressions.

Added background details with stamps by  Crafty Inspirations Set  #CI 328.

Finally adding the piece of lace, ribbon and button.

Something Beginning with 'S'

Hello everyone, I am so pleased to tell you I am feeling

so much better, the last three days have been poorly days.

The worst is now over and I can again enjoy and partake in 

crafting and of course blogging.

Today, we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. 

I have chosen the theme - #108 Something Beginning with 'S'

Please check out the blog, see the details and of course

take a look at the DT inspirational creations. 

For my card, I have made a Square card, not unusual for

 me, but I also have made a Square frame.

The background is a beautiful Scene, coloured with

Promarkers, with lots of glitter added. The stamp is by

Sheena, as is the Stag which has been added with

dimensional stickers.  The stamp set is - Scenic Winter. 

The Snowflakes are from a Dreamees stamp set.

I hope you enjoy.

Shades of Brown

Good morning, I hope you are warm and well.

Thanks for your visit and for any comments you leave.

Today at Cardz 4 Galz we start a new challenge, chosen by Lynda.

Challenge # 107 Shades of Brown.

Please pop over to the blog to check or the details and to 

see the wonderful DT inspiration.

I started with a Kraft card, then I added 5 layers

decreasing in sizes and varied colours of brown.

The main image stamped with Owl Family by

Woodware stamps.  Coloured with Promarkers.

I blended the background with Frayed Burlap DI.

I hope you like my card, I loved the theme, it was 

something different, more challenging but great fun. 

Pretty Bows

Good morning, thanks for your visit. Today we begin

a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz #106 Pretty Bows. 

Why don't you pop over to the blog for any details, and

to see the inspiration by the design team.

I cut the card to fit inside a pack of envelopes 

I was given, which measures 7.5" x 3.5".

The stamp Christmas Bells is by Woodware stamps.

Coloured with Promarkers, sprinkled with glitter.

Matted onto 2 layers of pink and one of cream glitter card. 

Pink gems added on the image at the top and foot 

of the card. Hope you enjoy. 

Welcome Autumn/Fall

Hello everyone, thanks for your visit. Over the past two days I have

 had 189 visitors, none have made a comment but I know you are there.

I thank you all for your visits, but would love for you to leave me a comment.

Back to today, we have a new challenge on Cardz 4 Galz. -

Challenge # 105 Welcome Autumn/Fall.

Please pop over to the blog, to check the details and to see the

amazing inspiration from the Design Team.

For my card I used both Black and Orange to mat the

white sheet with the stamped image of the 

Autumn Wreath by a USA company, code K 1883,

I was so lucky to find this in a sale bin. I love the 

intricate details, when colouring it in with Promarkers.

I hope you like my interpretation to Welcome Autumn. 

Use Vellum

Hello, thanks for popping by. Today we begin a 

new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.

Debbie has chosen for #104 - Use Vellum

Please pop over for more details and to see

the wonderful inspirational cards by the DT.

I made an A6 card covered with red paper,

a piece of white card behind the sheet of vellum.

Stamped onto the vellum a poppy by The Stamp Barn.

Coloured on the reverse with gel pens. 

Added a sentiment. 

Thanks again, take care and keep on crafting.