Seaside

 Val has chose the theme of Seaside or Anything goes for this

challenge at Allsorts. 

 

 My card:

I blended oxide inks on my back ground. I added a darker

brown to the sand area using a stamp from Stampin Up.

Palm tree die is from Inloveartshop but the name is

 not on the packaging-this is my first time using

this die (NBUS) 

 

It would be lovely relaxing seaside right now! 

  

 Supplies:

Inloveartshop die-name unknown 

Stampin Up Waterfront stamp set

 

 See what my talented team mates have made and

the collection of stamps for one winner from Stamp Addicts 

at Allsorts Challenge page. 

 

 

A few fun challenges:

Cut It Up #360-Create your own background   7/21

 

NBUS challenge #88- first time using the palm tree die 

The Paper Funday Challenge #89: Twist of Splash  8/3 

Time Out Challenge #317: Water  7/23 

 

We Love Stamping: Summertime July 8/1 

Word Art Wednesday #760-761  7/21 

Buttterfly

  My turn to host at Allsorts challenge this fortnight. I chose:

 use a stencil,  or anything goes.

 

My card:

 I started with white card stock and blended with three colors,

I used  AALL & Creates Cascading Dots stencil and used the

same colors with a heavier hand.  Next I stamped AALL & Creates

Glide stamp and colored it with Copics.  I used deckled 

dies to cut my layers.  I used Wink of Stella on the

butterfly-it does not show up well on a photo.

Supplies:

AALL & Create Cascading Dots Stencil 

AALL & Create Glide stamps

Sizziz-Tim Holtz Stacked Deckle Dies 

 

Prizes this round:

Two winners will each receive three random stencils/sets 

from those pictured at Allsorts challenge.   See the

creations of the blog team here also. 

 

A few fun challenges: 

Addicted to Stamps & More-Diecuts and Stencils  7/8 

Cut it Up: Critters  7/8 

Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our Game  -June//butterflies 7/4  

Tic Tac Toe #296 -diagonal, Summer Colors, DieCut, Layers 7/18

 

Triple B 8/4

 

Word Art Wednesday #758-759 7/8 

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

 

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 

Winner June

 

 

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 

 

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 

Shaped Cards (anything but square)

 Time for a new challenge at Allsorts.  Christine has picked the fun theme of

shaped cards, anything but square.  I had been saving a card from a friend

for quite some time and decided to replicate the fold for my card.  Completely

different papers and stamps. 

 

Supplies:

Stampin Up Little Ladybug set 

Stampin Up papers

 

View the charming designs by the team and enter for a 

chance to win a prize or guest design spot at:

Allsorts Challenge! 

Two prizes from AALL and Create

 

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge  5/1 

HQFSCAT #16 5/1 

 

Seize the Birthday #325-Primarily pink  5/4

Word Art Wednesday  Week 748-749  4/29

In the Garden

  Time for a new challenge at Allsorts.  Gail has chosen In the Garden,

anything goes is always an option. 

 I uses Lavinia's Flower spray stencil for my background, and  Lavinia's

Heartfelt Versus for the sentiment.  I framed it with Spellbinders Hemstitch 

Rectangles dies, and added some IO butterfly dies.

 Check out my teammates lovely designs and enter for a chance to win at 

Allsorts challenge blog!

 

 Two prizes of Lavinia stamps:

  

 

A few fun challenges: 

A Cut Above: April twist of pastels 5/1

Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our game (option rainbow) 5/2 

Triple B: April:Blooms, Butterflies 5/1

It's Springtime

 Time for a new challenge at Allsorts. Brenda has picked  It's Springtime 

and as always anything goes is accepted.  

  

 

 

 Pardon the clip on this one, I wanted you to see it folded flat

for mailing: 

 

 

Supplies:

Penny Black good wish bouquet

Stampin Up Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies 

Embossed panels from my stash 

 

Take a look at the Allsorts challenge blog for Design Team inspiration and 

to join in for a chance to win: 

 

Two Penny Black Stamps available from Buddly Crafts

 

A few fun challenges: 

Can You Handle the Pressure  March- ATG (0ption kids)  4/8

Beautiful Blossoms   4/16

 

Bird, Butterflies, & Blooms- March   4/1 

Creative Creases #113  4/3 

Ellibelle's Garden Party #13  4/6 

The Diva's That Cut Paper : Spring is Coming-dry embossing, die cut 4/2

The Creative Crafters #98  4/8 

Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday- ATG's, option Altenew 4/1 

Things with wings

   Challenge time at Allsorts. Lynne has picked Things With Wings and as always

Anything Goes is accepted.  

 

I went with several Taylored Expression stamps and dies for the main focus of my

scene featuring sea gulls and filled in with a few other supplies. A day at the

beach sounds delightful and I could just picture it while making my card. 

 

I  have reconnected with my cousin in Rhode Island, she 

likes going to the beach and recently got 20" of snow  so I thought

she would enjoy a beach scene. 

 

Supplies:

 Taylored Expressions:  Striped Background,  A Day In Paradise stamp set and

Build a Scene-Underwater dies

Cloud dies by Amuse

A Colorful Life Cloud Stencil  

 Positively Pawsome Cross stitch Flat Bottom Circle 

 

 Hop on over to Allsorts blog to see what my teammates have created and

to enter for a chance to win a guest design spot or: 

Prize of $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set. 

 

A few fun challenges: 

A Cut Above March  4/1 

Die Cut Diva's  - Spring is Coming 4/1 

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #82 -Die cuts  4/1 

Stamping Sensations March ATG 4/1 

The Paper Funday #85 March- twist: feathers on the seagulls 4/1

We Love to Stamp- Wildlife March  4/1 

Word Art Wednesday 742-743 3/18 

Embossing

 Time for a new challenge at Allsorts, Val has chosen the fun theme of embossing,

heat or dry, anything goes is also accepted.

 

I went with dry embossing on Valentine cards: 

 

I picked out masculine and feminine papers for this, did some dry embossing,

 layering and added ink to the dry embossing on the first card to make the

hearts stand out more.  

 

Supplies:

Embossing Folder: Darice Heart 

Stamp-retired Close to my Heart

Heart dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs Scalloped Hearts

Patterned papers from my stash 

 

 Join us for the fun at Allsorts to see design team inspirations and a

chance to win: 

 

Lisa Horton Rambling Woodgrain Rose embossing folder and coordinating stencils.

 

 

 

A few fun challenges for the first card-re/pink:

 Can You Handle the Pressure  - Twist of die cuts  2/26

Just Us Girls #810 -Valentine 2/19

 

The Diva's That Cut Paper -red/pink  3/1 

The Paper Funday Challenge #84-ATG   3/4

Time Out Challenge #306 I chose: pink, red and heart for Valentines Day 

 

 Word Art Wednesday Weeks 738-739 2/18