Red & Green WLSC mid month

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping.  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Anesha  

Red & Green

 

I love the traditional red and green for Christmas, this is my offering for mid-month at the Challenge.

 

With things as they were for me at the time of making this month's cards, and all before hubby's passing. I followed on a theme of the last couple of months using another inspirational card by Katie Skilton from my subscription magazine. 

 

After stamping, I die cut the image and coloured it with DI's. I found some plaid paper in an old paper pad, which was placed and attached to the image. I stamped the sentiment and placed it under the image. These were then attached to red paper. Then onto the base card. 

 

image, sentiment & die - Magazine Freebies SCP #247

inks - Distress Inks, barn door, mowed lawn, forest moss, hickory smoke

paper pad - Dovecraft Winter Blooms (old) 

 

 

 

 The wonderful stamps for our prizes this month. 

Stamp and die from Visible Image, plus a surprise second prize of an A4 stamp set.

Winter Robins CCC

   Hi Everyone, number 1 of my DT makes today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

With Christmas on the horizon, my card today is a - Yep! You've guessed, a Christmas card. I went looking through my files, as I have a mass of digital stamps. I found this lovely image and decided to use it. Then took it into Silhouette to cut it out, no fussy cutting for me, as you well know. I cut 3 layers, then using inks I coloured the top layer, next I added sparkle pen to the snow in the image.

It was only then I thought about a design, I looked through some sketches I have saved, and decided this one from Atlantic Hearts could be adapted to suit. 

I cut a layer to add to the base card, then lightly drew the oval, onto the base card, to blend it. After blending, I placed the layer on top, but didn't like the plainness, so used a snow embossing folder, then attached it to the base card. The image was 3D'd over the oval. I found a die sentiment that fitted into the space, backing it with red card. I'm quite pleased how it turned out 

image - Ikes Art Winter Robins

inks - Distress inks, tumbled glass, vintage photo, ground espresso, candied apple, ripe persimmon, mowed lawn, forest moss

embossing folder - Crafters Companion Snow

sentiment die - Lisa Horton magazine freebie  SCP#250

red card - Dovecraft

Stickles - used on top of the holly snow 

Autumn mid month WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Emma of  

Autumn

   

 

More unused stamps used for this card, I went with this seed head stamp, (I thought it was seed heads!). I found some autumnal paper and decided to stamp on it. Then the seed heads were coloured with DI's, using oranges and yellows, although the oranges don't seem to have shown as well. I stamped a sentiment, knowing what a wicked sentiment I was adding onto the insert. I layered it onto die cut brown card.

It was then I decided to use a cream base card and bend the front in half. I added a ribbon which I thought matched and added the stamped layer to the rest of the half fold.

stamp - Woodware "Autumn Flowers"

ink - Memento black

sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

inks - Distress Inks, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, ripe persimon

paper - Nana's Digi Scraps 2012

ribbon - Dovecraft

insert sentiment stamps - Creative Craft Products

 

I cut the paper to size and attached it to the insert, then I went into fun mode, no idea why, that's how my mind works sometimes. I stamped the sentiments and then for more fun added the balloons. The black sentiment says "This Young".

 

Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

Three prizes from AALL and Create, two of border stamps and third two stencils 

 

 Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge here

Halloween gift box CCC

  Hi Everyone, number 1 of my DT makes today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

 I decided to do something different today. I have been looking through my files, and have so many things I haven't used, that I decided now was the time for this fun Bat to make an appearance. It is Halloween at the end of the month, after all. 

The file is an svg, so I took it into my Silhouette, or digital die cut machine, and cut it out. There were quite a few pieces, the black pieces are attached to the main box on each side, but it was fun putting it together and to use some ribbon, again I don't use enough of it. It's 10 inches (25.4 centimetres) long. I was so excited to get it finished, I forgot to ink around the bat! I'll do so for the others I make, even make them a little smaller, hoping we have some visitors this Halloween, it's not a big thing around here. Although, I'm sure it will be a treat if they do come.

Halloween Cracker - Dreaming Tree (freebie)

card - Craft Sensations "Happy" pad

ribbon Dovecraft 

Silhouette

 

Bauble in box

 Hi Everyone, I hope you're all finished with your Christmas preparations and able to enjoy a tot of mulled wine, or something stronger? 

My post today was a little unexpected, a neighbour came and asked me if I would make a bauble and box, as I had done for her other great grandson. (I can't find the photos or post of it) she has had a new great grandson, named Lorenzo, an Italian name, although, she says, he's from a very Welsh family. 

So out with my Silhouette, cutting the box the same as this one. I used green card and cut paper from a pad, years old. I cut and glued it all together, then realised I had put the paper on upside down! Thankfully, I had just one more piece of the same paper from the pad. All glued and the box was finished.

Two Welsh flags were printed, also requested, and die cut, so I could stick them together to be seen from any angle. I filled the bauble with faux snow and hung, with fishing line, the flag, so it moved when it shook, with the snow. Next, with my Silhouette, I cut assorted snowflakes from permanent vinyl in white and his name and the year in gold vinyl.  I then closed the bauble and added the snowflakes, name, and year. I'm happy to say she was very pleased with it. 

green card - StellaWeds, Amazon

 box pattern - Simply Crafty SVG's

paper -  patterned Heltz Cuppleditch (years old pad)

paper - snowflake Dovecraft (years old pad)

cutting machine - Silhouette 2

vinyl - Oracle 651

 

the lid, with gold pen surrounding the image.

 it's mostly white, so difficult to see.

  

 

the sides, they matched with the cutting, 

I added snowflake paper to the lid, as it was difficult to match the bottom paper.

 

the bauble in the box, 

where I had also added a shape to hold the bauble in place. 

 

the bauble

I love whatever? WLSC

Hi Everyone, my mid month DT make for December for the We Love Stamping Challenge. The theme this month is "I love…..’ whatever you love creating (image/occasion/design etc)."

I am one of those strange crafters who loves making cards for men. Well I have 4 brothers and many other men in the family, I have to like it or they wouldn't get cards! So my card reflects this today. 

A beer bottle was stamped and, I used a mask to stamp the second. I used water to drag the ink over the bottle, as seen in a video recently, to make it look like it was water coloured! The sentiment was stamped and embossed in gold. I also added a few tiny dots to the bottle label.  I then stamped the beer glasses using the same water technique, they were added to the corner. 

A die cut of holly was coloured in DI's and added to the card. I then decided to add more holly by placing a piece of shaped holly paper to the corner. A few gems for the berries were also added.

stamps - Magazine freebies

inks Distress inks - gathered twigs, fired brick, mowed lawn, forest moss

holly paper - First Edition 

red card - Dovecraft

There are always fabulous prizes, why don't you join us at the I LOVE... Challenge? It lasts all December, the only criteria is, that stamping must be to the fore. Simple isn't it.

 Polkadoodles Challenge wk 51

Nativity WLSC

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the mid month  We Love Stamping Challenge.

 

The theme for November is Christmas, so off I go to my stamps and put a couple together, here is the result. I die cut a few squares for the design, then coloured the larger one with DO's. I stamped the Nativity in black and the stars in white, which I embossed with white too. As an afterthought, I decided it should have a glow, so out with a stencil, I had cut with my Cameo ages ago. I placed it on top of the square and removed the ink through the stencil with an alcohol wipe, as I had seen some of you do. 

The next thing was to stamp the sentiment onto one of the smaller squares, I used DO ink and embossed it with sparkle clear powder.

I added all the white card squares to blue card and cut the border with my Mini Perfect layers ruler on the smaller size, then attached them to the base card, with the large and small bottom squares being 3D'd. 

There are some fabulous prizes, why don't you join us?

all stamps - Magazine freebies

inks - Distress Oxide chipped sapphire, wilted violet

embossing powders - white - Dovecraft, clear sparkle - WOW

stencil - Wendy Bird Designs, cut with Cameo

square dies - Tonic

 

The one holding it? QKR

Hi Everyone, my card today is a DT card this one is for  

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

I'm still trying to combat my fear of CAS cards. Should I have added the gems & flower die? Anyhow, I love the sentiment, and it needed a simple card.

I die cut the centre layers after printing out the sentiment, I underlined the "ONE" it needed something else. I tried the piece of ready embossed card on my desk, thought it worked, so die cut it to size. I should have stopped then? Nope I didn't, I looked through my dies and found the corner floral and die cut it out of matching plain card, it was embossed and then added DO's to the raised embossing. Gems to finish. Trouble is, I don't know when to finish CAS. 

sentiment "Nothing Special" - QKR Stampede

centre frame die - Dovecraft

background die - Sue Wilson Noble Square

spotted paper - Craft Sensations

embossing folder - Crafters Companion

flower corner die - Tonic

ink - Distress Oxide - lucky clover, faded jeans

 

Yes! I am still AWOL. I have been glued to the TV for the past week, not wanting to miss a piece of history being made.

Sewing card

 Hi Everyone. My card today was one I made for my SiL who is an expert sewer, so I thought this appropriate for her. I also added her face on the control button. I used a wonderful sewing machine by my blog friend Shirley.

I cut the main card and the top shape layer in pearlised card. I embossed the details on navy card, and rubbed over some gold metallic paste. Using the colours of the material for the cotton reels, I cut them out. The scissors were cut into 2 to use mirror card for the bottom. I used the cut shape in the file to cut the material and placed it on the shaped card. The sentiment was cut from the same navy card.

I placed a die cut leaf inside to add a little something with the stamped sentiment, as you can see in the first photo. I added it after I took the photo, as I thought it a little plain.

sewing machine cut file - Shirley Young 

white card for base - 300gsm The Range

navy card and Kraft card - stash

shape of machine card - Crafters Companion Centura Pearl White

coloured card - Dovecraft Textured card

material - old sheet recycled 

ef - WRMK Polkadots

metallic paste - Craft-T Products

stamp sentiment - Woodware

leaf stamp - Chloes Creative 

leaf die - small dies added to make a large bunch - Sissix

  a close-up of the layers and material

 

the centre without the added leaf, you can see in the top photo

 

 

I have already added this to my FB page, but I thought I would add it here too, as it is so funny, I think! It's a little shaky as I had the camera on a long zoom and couldn't hold it still. They are using the butterfly net over the veg, protecting them from the carrot fly.

 The Magpies on their bouncy castle! 

 

Word Art Wednesday #551-552 

 

 

 

Dragonflies

 Hi Everyone, I think all my 'puter problems have gone away, my son went into settings the other night and the next thing I know I can comment on everyone's blog, so it wasn't Blogger or Google at all, perhaps I should apologise to them? I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to catch up with all your posts, but I promise to scroll through and see as many as I can, just not commenting on each one. Thank you for all your comments and advice, I appreciate your support

Anyhow, I think you have had enough of me going on about my 'puter problems, so I'll show you another card I did without my 'puter.

 I've had this Dragonfly in my stash a long time and when I go through my stamps, I think, I'll use that and then go on to something else, so at last I've used it. It also brought to mind that I was going through the web not long ago, after seeing a few Dragonflies on a visit to my brother and SiL and came across this symbolism of a Dragonfly -

A dragonfly symbol represents change and transformation. It is a reminder for you to shed more light and joy in your life. It tells you not to remain in the dark or the shadows. 

I thought it very apt after what's been happening to me this last week or more.

I had a scrap of this paper left after another project and decided to use it with a case of a card I saw in my magazine (which included the stamp) card ideas. Of course now I can't find it to link it! I stamped, using inks to match the paper, the panel and the dragonflies and embossed them with clear embossing powder. I layered the panel on card to match the paper and found ribbon to match it all. Not only that, but I stamped the sentiment in the same ink as the dragonflies.

Dragonfly and sentiment - Magazine freebies Simply Cards & Papercraft

sentiment panel stamp - Chocolate Baroque

ink - (very old) Whisper Archival ink

paper - Craft Sensations

card - Dovecraft

ribbon - stash

Is it me? Or is the font very small on here and on other posts. I have tried changing the font and the size to make it larger, nothing seems to work, is this Blogger? Or me again? 

I have just checked in Preview and this is large, why isn't my blog post? OH! Flipping Eck, here we go again!

Paper Dragonfly Challenge #6 Garden - flowers?

Dragonfly Dreams June Challenge Outdoors

Crafty Animals Challenge #62

OLD Lady? QKR

 Hi Everyone I have 3 DT cards for today, I hope you will be able to visit each one.

This is for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

This lady had me chuckling as I coloured her, I fully agree with the sentiment also. I decided to follow a sketch for a change. I have changed it slightly.

 Anyhow, the first thing I do, with most of my cards, is take the image into my digital die cutting machine to print and cut the image, shapes and sentiment. I used one of the layers of my old woman as a mask and shaded around the image. I had digitally paper pieced her bra top, I glued them together, including the one I used as a mask! I then ink shaded the shadow layer of the sentiment and glue them together. 

 

 

It was then painting the image, I used DI's for her trousers, shoes, curlers  and scarf and then used water colour pencils for her skin, I find I can get better shadows using pencils. (I am definitely NOT a colourist and hope for the best on each image!) After she was painted I added her bra. I then added the background to some coloured card, placed a tassel around the check cut shape, I thought it looked like a curtain?

 

 I 3D'd the image onto the image on the background. I then added glaze to her specs and her nails, well she had to have shiny nails didn't she? Some glitter to the flower on her shoes and the card was complete. Shame you can't see the shine of her specs and the flowers on her shoes.

image - Old Lady QKR Stampede

Distress inks - worn lipstick, evergreen bough, wild honey, tumbled glass

watercolour pencils - Nuvo

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

glitter - Stickles

tassel - stash

coloured card - Dovecraft

Silhouette Cameo

  

Spring Bloom popup card

 Hi Everyone, another card I forgot to post, this was for hubby's Sister. The story behind this was, that after her 2020 birthday, she gave me a centre popup card, that had been given her. She thought I could take it apart and use it on another card? She said she loved it, but as it was a good idea, I could use it. I said I had a couple of patterns the same.

Last November 2021, for her birthday I made this card for her. I know it looks Spring like, but my original thought of the card was sunflowers and leaves, I cut and added dies together onto the centre first and then whilst doing the front to match thought, OH! this looks too Spring like, too late, I had lots of other cards for family at the time, including Christmas, so she was given it. She was thrilled and loved the bright sunny card she said. She put it centre stage. So it was all OK after all.

flower design centre pop up card 5 - Lori Whitlock

cut with Silhouette die cutting machine

flower and leaf dies - Tattered Lace

sentiment die - maybe Cut & Make

card - Dovecraft

I added the stamped verse onto the back, I forgot to photograph the back,

 probably because I don't usually?

Thank you cards

 Hi Everyone, OH! I was going to catch up and found I had literally tens and tens maybe hundreds, (seems like) to comment on, I'm sorry it's just not possible. Please accept apologies, I hate missing you and your gorgeous work. I promise to do better asap!

I want to thank you all so much for your help with my Kraft cards, I have added a couple of suggestions and if you want to see what I corrected, see here, just scroll to the bottom.

These are another reason I have been so busy, I was asked by the organiser of the Craft Club, to make Thank You cards, each one was required to include a Cross as it's a Church Club. I was given a pack of 10 A6 size cards. This is photo heavy, you have been warned.

I started by making 4 the same, then I decided to make different ones. That's the way my random mind works! 

The first I did is the purple with a die cut cross and flower with an added gem and embossed lines. It was inspired by a lady on FB, Shayne Eddie. I don't know if she has a blog. I did 4 of the cards. I have to say this is my favourite.

Cross - Dovecraft, flower - Tattered Lace, sentiment - magazine freebie 

this was printed and layered onto card, 

with a Tattered Lace die cut flower and Nuvo glaze and a gem

this was printed and layered onto matching card with a gem added and

 embossed flowers dabbed in the centre with Distress Ink

another printed card with added gems and layered onto blue card

another printed card layered onto matching card and gems added, 

with butterfly dies by Tattered Lace

both these dry embossed and swiped with Distress Oxide Inks

a piece of aluminium can burned and Sissix die cut corner. One of these wouldn't cut so I left the pieces in. I didn't add a cross to these, hoping they would be enough on their own.

here they are together. I'm glad to say she loved them.

this is the insert in all of them, I found the wonderful verse on the web 

each insert text is coloured to match the card.

The Sisterhood of Crafters

by the way my affiliate post to remind you the fabulous Samantha font is here.

Kraft Thanks

 Hi Everyone, Well! what weather we are having, rain rain and more rain. I'm afraid this weather makes me not want to do anything, however I did a card while the sun the was shining a few days ago.

I saw a stamp on someone's blog and now can't remember where I saw it, sorry! I had to buy it, as it reminded me of a clover and a card I did a long while ago. I had bought some Kraft ready made cards for Christmas cards, (at least an idea, that doesn't seem to be working out) but, I stamped this around the card and then stamped the sentiment, I decided to colour the flowers and the leaves with DI's, not that it shows up well, but enough I thought.

As for the sentiment, I found a kraft digital paper in my files, so used it for the sentiment, computer generated then printed it and cut it with a die. Added it to the centre and voila! Although the heat distorted the card a bit, so after I took the photo, I had it under my Grand Calibur and plates, remember that, Yep! I still have mine!

 stamp - Penny Black Delicate Florals

ink - White Brilliance ink

ep - Papermania White embossing powder

Kraft card - Dovecraft

die - Julie Hickey

Just Because

  Hi Everyone here I am with my DT card for today, it's for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

My choice for my DT card today is this adorable bear, although he is named as a "Happy Puppy," I think he looks more like a bear! He said to me, "just because" with his cute expression, so that is what I used as a sentiment. I did a print and cut with my digital cutting machine and layered him after colouring with markers. He is the colour he is because of the limited amount of markers I have to shade. The paper was used to match him, layered onto brown card. A few sequins and some glazed eyes and tongue and he was ready to be sent. I had awful difficulty with taking the photo, not even my lightbox wanted to behave with this card. In the end it was laid flat on my desktop and I used the light from the window - on a dull day though. 

image - Happy Puppy Digital Stamp Q-digi17402

coloured with - Spectrum Noir Markers, onto mat photo paper

dp's - Shabby Princess (from 2005!)

sequins - stash

brown card - Dovercraft

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Pineapple

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Hi Everyone, I thought I would show you another card I did for the craft club ladies. I bought the Pineapple die for 24 pence in a sale. A great little die and that's how the card started. I cut it out of white card and coloured with marker pens, then cut the shapes in orange and green to back it. I glued the bottom half onto orange card and the top onto green and cut it around the pineapple. Some clear sparkle and it was just about done.

I had a cut file of specs, so cut 6 of them with the Silhouette and glazed the lens part. 

I used some pineapple paper from my files and cut it into 6, then cut 6 out of orange card to layer the paper. I made a banner shape and added the sentiment in Photoshop, I took the shape and sentiment to my Silhouette and cut 6 out, then cut 6 shadow layers. 

The ladies will glue and put all the paper layers together and die cut and colour the pineapple and add the sunglasses if they want. I hope this is a good way for them. We'll see, I'll let you know how it went.

Pineapple die - Dovecraft

sentiment - Create with TLC Creations

paper - Watercolour Pineapple Clipart Collection

orange card - B&M

I also designed a card in Photoshop, printed it and the ladies can cut it out and decoupage.

 I kept it quite simple for them. This is it.

paper and cupcakes - Watercolor Clipart Dessert Cake 

this is the full layout, you are more than welcome to use it for yourself. 

If you do use it I would love to see what you did.

it's sized to an A4 and will make a 6 x 6 card, 

just copy and add to a landscape A4 size in any program you have.

 I hope it works for you.

There is a fabulous Christmas sale on for July, 

with lots of freebies and half price sale, follow this link to find out more

Christmas in July at Creative Fabrica

You can buy this subscription with a special offer on this page:

https://www.creativefabrica.com/promo/1205/FGHIJKLMNO/ref/1229291/

Instead of paying $29 per month, you will get the subscription plan 

for $1 for the first month and $19 for any renewals. 

EDIT - The class was Wednesday, I was watching the weather forecast in the night and I said to Hubby, they haven't shown Wednesday's weather, rewind to see it. He said it's Wednesday today! I had missed the class! I rang the lady and she said, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does that. I felt so very bad. However she said only 3 were there and one of them is a digital card maker, print and fussy cut and add layers. So they were Ok.

Well I have lots for next week and the week after now.

Keep sane everyone, seems like I'm losing it!