For a Child

 

Time for a new bi-weekly challenge at Allsorts. This month's theme

is for a child or anything goes, chosen by Lynn!

 

I went with a combination of Lawn Fawn stamps for a sea scene. I stamped

and die cut the sea animals from patterned card stock and added some Copic

coloring to them.  The back ground is distress oxides: Mermaid Lagoon,

Broken China and Blueprint Sketch, spritzed with water and 

bubbles from one of the sets embossed.  Die cut some underwater

images, triple cut the round border and added a birthday 

sentiment.

 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn:So Jelly, Sea Horsin Around, Circle Die and Sentiment Banner 

Taylored Expressions: Build a Scene Underwater dies

 

 

2 winners, Saturated Canary and HM stamps, from Craft Stash.

 They have now closed no details to add but  perfect for this theme.

 

 A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above: ATG  

AAA Birthday #75 Summer Birthday  8/1

 

Cut it Up #333 Critters  7/7

Crafty Animals #96   8/1

Die Cut Diva's   Birthday 8/1 

Try it on Tuesday: Add text 7/10 

Time Out Challenge #292 7/16 Travel: Ocean

 

 

Critter Crazy

 

 I am honored to have been chosen as Owners Eye Pick of the Litter 

over at Critter Crazy Challenge blog in June and get to guest design

for the July challenge.  This is challenge #100, so

they are celebrating the 100th challenge with critter

birthday cards!  

 

I went with My Favorite Things: Celebrating you stamps and dies, 

colored with Copic markers,  I used Birthday Confetti stencil  from 

Echo Park that has been in my stash for a long time and ink

 had not touched it.  Blue layer is embossed with Tim Holtz 

Alterations embossing

folder. Gems from my stash.

 

Join in the fun at Critter Crazy Challenge! 

 

A few fun challenges:

Die Cut Diva's : Birthday 8/1 

NBUS Challenge 8/1

Can You Handle the Pressure ATG (twist cat/dog) 7/9

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: ATG 7/2 

Try it on Tuesday: Add Text 7/8 

 

Floral Bundle

 

I bought several new dies etc. recently and am working my way through them,

I'm trying to make several cards of each. This die set is Simple Floral Bundle by 

Poppy. I started by cutting lots of it using snippets (scraps of paper):

 

 

I used dies cut from colored card stock with ink blending on them for 

dimension and interest.  I cut a white arch from a newish Perfect

Touch Arches and Tag set by Spellbinders, the purple arch was already

cut in with the dies. Just a note stamp by StampIn Up.   I found a patterned

 paper by StampIn Up and die cut it to size with Spellbinders

 Hemstitch Rectangles, I layered this

on purple card stock and added some gems.

 

A few fun challenges:

Atlantic Heart Sketch  6/29 

The Diva's That Cut Paper 7/1 

 

NBUS Challenge #75  7/1 Flower die set

 

Cardz For Galz #253 7/8

Snippets Challenge #506 7/4

Stamping Sensations ATG (or furry friends)  June  7/3 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: ATG 7/2 

We Love to Stamp June Nature 7/3 

Seaside

  Allsorts Challenge this fortnight is Seaside or ATG's, chosen by

Christine.  My take on the theme:

 

Seaside is a lovely place to be and one of my favorite vacation

spots, making this card extra fun to make!

I used Hero Arts Color Layering Waves.  I stamped the waves in

 3shades of blue on water color paper.  I then water colored the sand with 

beige and topped it with gold and light brown splatters. I loosely 

water colored the sky for a subtle cloudy look. The birds are

from an old Angel Company set, and the sea gulls from Stampin Up 

high tide.  I hope this card gives you a relaxed feeling. Layers

cut with a stitched die by Stampin Up.

Check out my team mates Seaside cards and enter the challenge

at Allsorts  for a chance to win the following prizes:

 

Two prizes each of two Sentimentally Yours stamps from  Grafton Crafts , 

a well stocked bricks and mortar and on line shop offering

 fee p&p on all orders over £15

 

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above: June 2, ATG with a die 6/30

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite, No sentiment so that I can customize

it for the occasion when I send the card .

Double D Challenge : Beach 6/29

Stamping Sensations: June: ATG 7/1 

The Four Seasons Challenge: June: Summer 6/28

Shopping Our Stash: SOS550-A Stitch in Time  7/1 

We Love Stamping: June Nature  7/1 

Word Art Wednesday: Weeks 704-705 7/2 

What Makes You Happy

 

Gail has chosen: What makes you happy or anything goes for this

fortnight challenge at Allsorts.  This is an endless list, I went with 

3 things that make me happy: flowers, coloring and purple 

for my inspiration.  

Stamp set is Slim Scenes by IO. Colored with Copics and highlighted

with Prismacolor pencils.  I cut a partial die for layering and 

embossed it with a Sizzix flower die, and embossed the front

of the card with a subtle texture embossing folder.  

To join the challenge and/or see my team mates great designs, go

to Allsorts Challenge.

 

Two prizes of a Penny Black stamp and die set from Buddly Crafts:

 

 

A few fun challenges:

Elliebelle's Corner June-July  8/1 

Triple B: June  7/1 

 

We Love Stamping: Nature  7/1 

Stamping Sensations: ATG  7/1 

The Sisterhood of Crafters 6/8 

The Paper Funday Challenge #77_ optional twist Embossing 

Alaska

 I thought I would share just a few of my pictures from our Alaska cruise, If you

ever have the opportunity it was amazing!  Hope to catch up on your blogs soon! 

 

This was in Washington before the cruise.

Now Alaska: 

 

 

 

16 th birthday

 

 

 

A fun new challenge at Allsorts starts today, 16th birthday

celebration of Allsorts challenge!   

I thought a fun fold card for this one would be special.  I

used a lot of stamps in my stash, Unity Butterfly Birthday Cupcake,

inside sentiment is from the from the former TAC, and 16

die cut from Amuse.  Papers from my stash.

 

Open:

 

Hope you will join us at Allsorts for a chance to win: 

 

                                        Four prizes of products from AALL and Create

Four prizes of products from AALL and Create

Three prizes just for our US based entrants:

A $25 store voucher from Lawn Fawn

Three stamps from Colorado Craft Company

A $25 store voucher from Gina K Designs (Worldwide)

 

A few fun challenges I hope to enter:

Creative Creases #103  6/5

Happy Birthday

 

My Daughter-in-law's Birthday card. I had a bag of MFT flowers and

leaves cut awhile back from Stampin Up snippets so I pulled

those out and added some inking to the edges,  inked up an embossing folder 

 and  embossed it a fewtimes in green for the background, card stock already

 had a circle cut out of the middle.  Added a precut happy birthday from

Altenew.  A few butterfly embellishments and it was ready to send.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

My snippets:

 

A few fun challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms #29 6/15

Can You Handle the Pressure: florals 5/22 

Cut it Up #330 5/27

Snippets Playground #506 5/24

 Triple B May challenge 6/1

 

 

 

Paper Piecing and 16th birthday celebration at Allsorts

Time for another biweekly challenge at Allsorts.  Lynne has chosen

 paper piecing/anything goes.

 I used Newton's Nook Paw-some Birthday for my project and for

my first Christmas card this year! I used up scraps from a 

Christmas Roses paper pack from Hobby Lobby.  Oval die

cut is by Sizziz.

 

My scraps:

 

 A prize from Personal Impressions  for £25 store voucher.

Coming soon:

 A few fun challenges:

 A Cut Above May 6/1

Critter Crazy Challenge #98  6/1

Crafty Animals #94 6/1

Love To Craft#86 ATG 6/1 

Mix It Up Challenge #77-option of paper piecing 6/1

We Love Stamping May: 4 legged friends  5/29 

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 698-699 5/28

Inspired by a Song

 For Allsorts challenge Sarah has chosen the theme of Inspired

by a Song or Anything goes.  

 

 I was inspired by Rainy Days and Mondays.  This cute Avery Elle set: Look

 for rainbows has been in my need to use container for over two years so

it was time to pull lit out.  One of my granddaughters likes rainbows so

this was her Easter card..  Colored with Copic markers, white gel pen

highlights and sequins from my stash to make it into a shaker card. I

also embossed the front layer with a Darice striped background

embossing folder. 

See what my talented teammates made and join the 

challenge at Allsorts, it runs for 2 weeks. We have

three prizes of die sets from  In2Craft.

 

 A few fun challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure with twist of weather: Rain 5/7

Simply Clean and Simple: Umbrellas 4/28

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Make it Girly 4/30

Stamping Sensations: April  Animals

We Love Stamping: April 5/1 

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 696-497 5/7

Happy Birthday

 

I made this card for a few of my favorite challenges and to have in my stash.

I started with Altenew Bewitching  Rose Project kit, it came with the flower

arrangement above- the stencils, die cut, embossing folder-if you enlarge

the picture you can see the detail, and numerous sentiments.  The background

piercing die is from my stash but I do not have the name of it. I've made several

cards with this lovely set.

 

A few favorite challenges: 

Die Cut  Diva's: April: Flowers  5/1

Can You Handle the Pressure: Option rainbows 4/25

Triple B: April  5/1

Beautiful Blossoms: Anything Floral #28 5/15

Simon Says Stamp Monday : Blooming Blooms 4/28

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Girly 4/30

Happy Easter

 

I can't believe I sealed and mailed all my Easter cards before taking

photo's.  I did have this one to give in person.  Image is StampIn

Up, papers from an old K&Company Seasonal pack.

 

Closed:

 Happy Easter to those that celebrate!

 

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge 5/1 

Love Those Pretty Papers- April 5/1 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Patterned paper 4/23

Stamping Sensations- April  5/1

We Love Stamping - April  5/1

 

Stenciling

 Time for a new biweekly challenge at Allsorts.  Val has chosen the theme of

stencils and of course anything goes is also acceptable. 

 

I used a stencil by AALL & Create: Cascading Dots.  I chose several

colors and stenciled them one at a time, shifting the stencil each time.  I 

added  a happy birthday die and background from Altenew, two

circle dies and a die punched star.  I always need masculine cards. 

 

Then I misted my stencil and set it on a piece of white card 

stock and got the lovely dotted paper below.  I die cut it

with a window die by Pawsitively  Pawsome Designs and

layered some coordinating flowers from My Favorite Things 

and a hello die from Scrapbook.com.  I used colors opposite

on the color wheel and liked how this came out.

 

 

I could not waste the leftover frame and purple pieces so I 

stenciled a background on vellum with the same stencil and 

added it to a white base and layered it up with more die

cuts as named above.

 

It was great to get three cards from a fun crafting time.

Please join us at Allsorts for a chance to win the prizes below:

 From Lisa Horton Crafts, Pansy Corner layering stencils with coordinating die and embossing folder. A second prize of two AALL and Create stencils....

 

 

A few fun challenges for top card-birthday: 

Addicted to Stamps and More -Stencils and dies 4/23

Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our Game   5/3

Stamping Sensations  April 5/1

We Love Stamping April 5/1