Birds, Blooms or Bees

It's challenge time at Allsort and Ellie has chosen: Birds, 

Blooms or Bees. ATG's is also an option.

 

 

 

  I went with an easel card this fortnight.  I cut the 

flowers and leaves out of white card stock and ink blended them

for a more realistic look.  Layered it up on several arch panels,

added an embossed layer, some pearls for holding the top part

 up and a sentiment from my prestamped selection.

 

Laying flat for easy mailing:

 

 

Supplies:

Floral Bundle by Poppy 

Papers and embellishments by StampIn Up 

Spellbinders Perfect Touch Arches and Tags

 

 

Join in the fun at Allsorts Challenge for inspiration and a 

chance to win: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet stamp 

 set available from Buddly Crafts.

 

 

A few favorite challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms #42  6/22

 

Can You Handle the Pressure  (option boys or men) 6/22

Creative Creases #116  7/2

Die Cut Divas  June 7/1 

Ellie's Garden Party #16 7/5

Fab'n'funky challenge #639-summer flowers 6/24 

Triple B June  7/1 

We Love Stamping June 7/1 

Word Art Wednesday #756-757 6/17

 

Dragonfly Card

 

 I had some coordinating  snippets that I wanted to use up and

looked for a sketch to follow.  I went with Sweet Sketch Saturday

 Sketch #328.  I thought it turned out nicely! 

 Supplies:

Crafty Roo stamp

Tim Holtz cascading Dots stencil

Dragon fly die Memory Box Dazzling Dragonfly die

Sentiment: Stampin Up 

 

Snippets:   Small flowered piece-I used the flip side and the 

aqua background piece is left for another project.

A few fun challenges:

Die Cut Diva's June 7/1 

Snippets Playground #534 6/20 

 Sweet Sketch Wednesday

 

 

From the Garden

Time for a new bi-weekly challenge at Allsorts.

 Helen's week to chose and she has chosen: From the

 Garden or Anything Goes.  

 I have been enjoying my Spellbinders Arch dies lately.  I created

an arch opening  on an embossed card front, picked out some pretty

flowered paper and created a shaker card with flower and round

sequins.  I added 3 butterflies and a sentiment.  

 

Gardens are a beautiful and peaceful place. 

 

Join in the fun with a garden or ATG's card and be inspired by my

team mates at:  Allsorts Challenge.

 

Our prize is three die sets from Oakwood Direct and an 

A5 stamp set from AALL and Create 

 

 Supplies:

Spellbinders: Perfect Touch Arches and Tag 

Catherine Pooler: Happy Butterflies

Darice Embossing Folder 

Lawn Fawn Extra Sentiment Banner die

Shaker filler: Pretty Pink Posh and Studio Katia 

 

One of my favorite crafting buddies:

   

A few favorite challenges: 

Can You Handle the Pressure  embellishments 6/12

Triple B - blooms & Butterflies   7/1

 

 

Die Cut Divas  June 7/1 

Ellie's Garden Party 6/16 

Just Us Girls #826  6/1

 

Triple B June  7/1 

Word Art Wednesday #754-755 6/10 

 

Allsorts 17th Birthday

 

 Allsorts challenge blog is celebrating their 17th birthday!  Lots of 

prizes this fortnight if you would like to join us at Allsorts!

 

 

Lots of embossing folder techniques on You tube  lately and  I had to try

 this one. I used different embossing folders and colors and

came up with two very different looks.

 

 Choose any embossing folder from your stash and emboss on

kraft card stock.  Gently swipe white pigment ink over the 

raised areas.  Next ink the flat side of your embossing

folder with your Distress Oxide color of choice and emboss

again in the same position in the embossing folder.  Repeat

2-4 times until you get the look desired. I went with heavier color

on the flower one.  You may need to swipe with white

pigment ink again.  Create card as desired.

 

 

First card back:

Close up so you can see how the kraft shows thru some:

 

 

My supplies:

Floral card:

Anna Griffin Poppy embossing folder

Distressed Oxide picked raspberry 

Taylored Expressions Frame 2 Cutting Plate 

StampIn Up Beautifully Happy for sentiment 

StampIn Up Oval embossing dies 

 

Happy Birthday card:

Cuttlebug Happy Birthday and Pollka Dot embossing folder 

Distress Oxide: blueprint sketch, peeled paint, and vintage photo

Spellbinders Perfect Touch Arches and Tag 

 

 

 Join in the fun with a birthday or anything goes card,

lots of  inspiration and fabulous prizes to celebrate 

at Allsorts Challenge Blog

Prizes:

Plus, Surprise Goody Bags containing, stamps, dies and other crafty items.

      

A few fun challenges: 

Top card-pink floral

Aud Sentiment #337 Dry embossing/flowers   5/30

Ellie's Garden Party #15  6/17 

Triple B May challenge: 6/1

 

 

Can You Handle the Pressure  6/ 1

 

 

Card 2-Birthday

AAA Birthday #85  6/1

Creative Artiste #126  6/1

Die Cut Diva's: Celebrations  6/1

     Seize the Birthday #326 ATG (animals)5/27

Stamping Sensations ATG or Critters 6/1 

The Paper Funday#87 ATG (twist Mountains or coast) 6/1 

 

Cross card

 

I've seen a lot of cross cards recently and thought one would be perfect

for our friends daughter who is making her Solemn Vows as a Norbertine

sister this weekend.

 

Supplies:

Stampin Up papers

Our Daily Bread Mini Tags 3

Tag punch 

 

Side view:

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge #115  6/5 

Love Those Pretty Papers: Option Fancy Fold May  6/1 

Word Art Wednesday #752-753 5/27 

Monochromatic

 

Discount code AllsortsBD17 from AALL and Create provides a 15% discount valid from 1st May through 31st May and available on all items in their store plus free shipping on orders over £39.99.  Lots of prized for this celebration coming up May 23!

Time for a new challenge at Allsorts with a monochromatic theme/

 anything goes is always an option. 

 

I went with my favorite color purple, I especially like

purple/green on a card but kept with the monochromatic

theme for this card. 

 Supplies: MFT Stitched Blooms

Gina Marie Designs background die

 Sentiment is Hero Arts

Die Versions Stitched nesting circle 

 

 

Join us at Allsorts blog for inspiration and a chance to win:

 

 

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above May 6/1 

Just Us Girls #822 Die Cut Sentiment 5/16 

Just Add Ink #785 : Dies 5/20

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  5/13 

Hello

I gathered up all my pink snippets to start, trimmed them up and adhered to

a 3 3/4" by 5" piece of card stock, then trimmed the edges.  I embossed

the panel with a Cuddle Bug  Mosaic embossing folder. I used additional

snippets to die cut Pink Fresh  Mini Hello word die and Simon Says Stamp 

Fiddly Leaf.  This was a fun card to make. 

A few fun challenges: 

Can You Handle the Pressure:  option flowers 5/6 

Snippets Playground #531  5/10 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: ATG  5/6 

The Diva's That Cut Paper : Celebration -just because  May 6/1