Red, White and Blue at Sparkles

Hello, thanks for your visit, please stay safe.

Today we have a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges -

#130 Red, White and Blue.

Please check out the designs by the design team and for

the few rules over on the challenge blog.

I have had a sheet of London papers for years, from Kanban, 

just sitting there for the right moment, the right card.

I think this is the time to use it. 

 Navy and red card double mount for the Kanban London

page. A die cut to say Hello and London die cut letters 

to complete the card. Embellishment being a Union Jack flag. 

Enjoy your crafting. 

Wedding

Hello, I hope you are well and enjoying crafting.
Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. 
June is normally a month of weddings, I do feel so
sorry for all those weddings which have had to be
cancelled due to this dreadful virus situation.
Our challenge #129  Wedding
We can look forward to these happening again.
Please check out the blog and see the lovely creations
made by the DT.
I have used the following to make my card;-
6" square scallop edge card - papers from my stash
White and silver mirri card - embossing folder.
Label shape die - LOTV Wedding stamp
Cut out flower - ribbon and gems.
Promarkers and DI Warm Lipstick
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Stay safe and stay well.  Happy crafting.

#128 Use A Real Stamp (no Digi)

Hello, me again, thanks for your visit. Today we begin

a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Challenge 128 - Use a Real Stamp (No digis)

For more details and to see the cards made by the DT

please pop over to the challenge blog.

For my card, I made a white easel card with blue and

beige card for background mats.

The main image is a Sloth stamp which is part of a

stamp set - Go Wild- which was with Issue #3 

Creative Stamping magazine.

I used Brushed Corduroy DI to stamp the sloth

and the leaves. I used pencils to colour the branch

and the sloth.  Please stay safe everyone. 

Spring is in the Air

Hello, how are you? I hope you are coping with your 

lockdown situation, staying safe and well. 

Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges 

#127 Spring is in the Air - chosen by Cathy

Please check out the blog for details and to see the 

inspiration by the Design Team.

I blended 3 Distress Inks, splashed with water,

then dried the card. Tulips stamp was by Dimension Fourth.

I painted the tulips with mica paints and

splashed several times with green paint. 

I love the big bold sentiment by My Paper World.

My best wishes, please stay safe. Happy Crafting,.

Thank You Card

Hello everyone, a new challenge starts today at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - I (Caz)  have chosen 

for Challenge #125 Thank You Card

For more information please visit the blog and be 

sure not to miss the ideas from the design team.

I made a C6 linen card, added a white panel,

which was embossed with a  Cuttlebug script E.F.

Stamped onto a die cut oval - Bluebells from a set

by Chocolate Baroque. Coloured with pencils 

and Promarkers.  Given a dot border.  Stamped

'thanks' sentiment added.

Happy crafting. 

Winter Blues

Welcome to my blog, thanks for your visit.

Today we begin our monthly challenge at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges with

#124 Winter Blues  chosen by Vickie

Please pop over to the blog for details and to see

the wonderful inspiration by the DT.

I used a white card, all the papers are from a CD -

Simply Christmas - by The Dreamees.

The greeting and peel offs are from my stash.

The stamp is Wandering Star by Little Claire 

Coloured with Promarkers.

Please stay well and take care.

Back to School

Hello, thanks for visiting. A new monthly challenge has started

at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Amy has chosen

Back to School. 

Please visit the blog to check it out and to see the fabulous

inspiration by the design team. 

I have used papers from my stash for the background paper

onto black card. The Back to School is a free digi print.

The sentiment from my stamps stash.

The die cuts house the LOTV Back to School - Girl.

Coloured with Promarkers.

Tropical Vacation

Good morning,  this is the first of two posts today.

Sparkles Monthly Challenges begins today with their

challenge  #119 Tropical Vacation.

I'ave never had a holiday in any tropical area,

but I have some stamps which can take me there.

First, please can you pop over to the blog to check out 

any details and of course to see the amazing creations 

by the design team. Thank you.

Stamps used are Tropicals See D's - very old stamps,

which were sold in a CD case.

The hummingbird and small flowers are by Kanban

Coloured with Promarkers and DI watercoloured background.

Greetings stamps in my stash. 

Thanks for your visit. 

Wedding

Good morning,  how are you? I hope you are well.

Thanks for your visit,  today we begin a challenge #118 at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges. 

Who doesn't love a wedding.  Yes, our challenge, chosen

by Maryvonne is Wedding #118

We would love you to visit the blog, for more details and

to see the wonderful inspiration from the design team. 

For my card I used a white plain 6"sq card. matted with gold

mirri card, background card is white embossed.

I created a pretty edge with two strips of cotton

lace, a strip of pink satin ribbon. 

I added pearls to the ribbon.  The sentiment stamp 

was a free gift from a magazine.

The main image was matted onto gold mirri card.

die cut with a Dreamees doily die. 

The stamped image is from LOTV - coloured with Promarkers. 

Thank you.

No Patterned Paper

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today there is a new challenge

starting at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.   Helen has chosen

#117 No Patterned Paper.

Please don't miss the DT inspiration and the details 

over on the  blog.

I used stamps by Hobby Art - Saver the Bees directly

onto my 6" sq card. I used Memento black ink and

coloured with a selecion of Promarkers. 

I added a little glitter to the wings of the bees.

Happy crafting.

The Colour Purple

Good morning, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a 

new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Challenge #116 is The Colour Purple.

Please pop along to see the purple pleasures by the DT.

I made a 5" sq card, Background mat is silver mirri card, 

the purple star paper  is from a Santoro pack of papers.

The ribbon band and the hanging cameo are from the 

packaging of the papers.

The stamp - Forget-me-not is by Santoro - Gorguss  

I coloured her with Promarkers. 

Crystal jewels added in opposite corners. 

Flower or Religion

Hello second post today, thanks for popping by.

Today we begin a new challenge at 

Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Cathy has chosen

# 115 Flowers or Religion. 

Please pop to the blog to check the few rules and to

see the awesome creations by the DT. 

I created a block of  colours with Distress inks.

The stamp is Funky Flowers and sentiment

by Crafty Roo Designs.

Coloured with Promarkers - white highlights added

with a Gelly roll pen and Glamour Dust glitter added.

The block and card edged with a fine liner pen. 

Happy crafting and have a good day. 

Stamped Background

Hello, another new challenge starts today, my second entry.

We are starting our monthly challenge today at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Silvi has chosen  #114 Stamped Background.

Please take a visit to the blog for the few details and

to see the stamped backgrounds created by the design team.

I have made a 6" sq card. A black mat on a white card. 

I created a strip by colouring with Picked Rasberry, 

stamped words from the same stamp set as the girls. 

Girls Night Out - from Making  Cards and Papercraft magazine. 

The stamp was coloured with Promarkers. I coloured the 

edges of a white piece again with the Picked Raspberry

for a mat to sit on a black mat. 

Have fun, see you again soon.

Include An Animal

Hello, welcome to my blog, I hope you are well.

Today we begin a new challenge at 

Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Jacky has chosen one which provides a huge variety

for you to choose  to create.  Your project is to 

Include An Animal

Please check out the blog, the DT have had fun

creating their cards to inspire you.

My card consists of papers and toppers from a set by

Creative Crafting World  -

The toppers were all hand painted by the amazingly 

talented lady, who sadly is no longer with us --

Pollyanna Pickering.

Have fun creating.

Sparkles -New Year- New Stash

Hello, thanks for popping by. I do hope Santa was good to you

over the festive season because our first challenge for 2019 at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges   is

Challenge # 112 - New Year, New Stash

The DT have some fabulous inspiration awaiating your visit.

My new stash on this 7" card, bought with present money, are

a set of square dies, I never could get a perfect square, no matter

how hard I tried. I also bought a new Friends set of stamps, from

a Making Cards and Papercrafts Magazine sale.

Papers used from my stash, Promarkers used to colour.

Things of Fall/Autumn

Hi, today we begin a new  challenge at  Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Janis chose Things of Fall/Autumn.

The blog has more information with, of course, the delights of

the Design Team inspiration.

I made a small card, approx 4.5"sq. , I stamped the images directly 

in black onto the card.

The stamps are by Dare 2B Artzy - Tangle Leaves

I stamped the leaves and acorns onto a prepared sheet of

blended Distress Inks using many autumnal colours.

The leaves and acorns were stamped with Black Versafine.

Clear Embossing powder to  heat emboss.

Additional colour added with Promarkers.

Fussy cut, decoupaged above the stamped image with 

foam pads. Finally the sentiment was added. 

Have fun, thanks for your visit. 

Colour Project

Hello again, today we begin a new challenge at 

Sparkles Monthly Challenges

It being my turn to choose the challenge, I chose

A Colour Project

To use only two of the following colours

Orange, Black, Purple, Green.

Check out he blog for details and to see the fabulous

creations by the DT.

I made a 5 x 7 black card.

Stamped Cosmos Flowers by Woodware Stamps

onto white card with Versamark black ink and 

embossed with clear EP.

I painted the flowers with 3 Zig Brush Pens.

I added an stamped sentiment Inspire again by Woodware.

I decoupaged 3 of the flowers, added black gems to the centre. 

Gave a dotty surround on the main image sheet. 

Have fun with your Colour Project. 

Dies or Punches

Hello, thanks for your visit. For the next month at
Sparkles Monthly Challenges 

our challenge, chosen by Maryvonne is

Dies and or Punches

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

wonderful inspiration from the DT, as well as 

checking out the challenge.

My card was inspired by a card in the

Hunkydory Cardmaking kit # 7
Embossing with the E.F. included in the kit, I used
Frayed burlap and Vintage Photo to colour the scene.

Using stamps provided I stamped the deckchair and umbrella.
 The hot air balloons were die cut are also in the 

kit mentioned above.
Sentiment from my stash. 

Stamp Your Own Background

Hello, I am hoping after the few days of very heavy rain,

that our wonderful summer is not already over. The Met Office

has said it will improve again for another week, but not so hot.

Today at Sparkles Monthly Challenges we begin a new challenge.

Stamp Your Own Background

Please visit the blog to see the wonderful inspiration by the DT.

For my card, I was inspired by a card in the 

Hunkydory Cardmaking Colletion #7

The background sea shell stamps were stamped with Brushed Corduroy DI

All stamps were coloured with Promarkers and  pencils.

The centre design was coloured with various Distress Inks,

All the stamps are in the same kit as above. 

Fairies

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today at Sparkles Monthly Challenges

our new challenge chosen by Tracey begins  -a popular one, no doubt.

Challenge #106  -- Fairies

The Design Team have again produced  wonderful inspiration,

please do go over to check it out and see their cards.

For my card, I have used a 7" white scallop edge card.

Matted with black, then white card. 

the nmain card was white, I used various Distress Inks 

to create the background.  The outer darker colour is 

Seedless Preserves.

The two large flowers are Dotty Daisies by Woodware Stamps.

The remainder are by Lavinia Stamps, including the Fairies. 

I have added glitter here and there, of course!

Witha  Sakura white gel pen I added some highlights.