Sentiment in focus

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

It was hubbies birthday on the 20th and I had already made a card with a sentiment focus, which inspired this one. However I had had a few new stamps, encouraged by a win. Well you have to don't you? I had the stamp and really wanted to use it, I also wanted to use it on hubby's card as he is a star. AW! 

I stamped it and added silver embossing powder, then it was how to use it, goodness knows how my mind works, but this is what happened after would you believe it a quite a number of hours! I made up the sentiments using a star font in Photoshop, edged the sentiment and cut it out, layered the paper and cut 3 stars with punches, I had forgotten I even had them! Something different for him this year, is it to do with lockdown? 

star - Stamp Addicts

punches - unknown
sentiment - my own for my lovely hubby.

star font - Sparkly - fontdiner

star paper - Pink Petticoat now The Lovely Studio

sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir

here is the star on it's side to show the silver embossing

I really hope you will join us at The Male Room, especially if you have difficulty making male cards, the inspiration is just wonderful by our DT and the challenge entrants.

Found envelopes!

Hi Everyone I was looking for some paper and came across some envelopes, not just plain ones, but with such a pretty pink and a pearl effect, 12 of them that I had had with some card. I'd used the card and left the envelopes. What a find. My Sil is unable to go out normally without it being lockdown too, so I thought I would use the envelopes and make cards to match. Cheer her up a little too.

I was lucky I went into my ribbon draw and found ribbon that matched, although it doesn't look like it in the photo. I went into my Silhouette files and found this pretty print and cut floral arrangement, so I printed and cut 6, then to layer them all I added pearl navy paper that I dry embossed. and gave them to SiL by leaving them on her doorstep and ringing her bell. She only lives down the road, so not going out technically! I'm glad to say she liked them and had a big smile on her face. Cheered up as I wanted.

envelope, pearl paper, gems - stash

floral arrangement -  Silhouette Design Store

ribbon - Anita's

embossing folder - WRMK polka dot

sentiment stamp and label die - Magazine freebies

 Layered Peonies  Simply cards and Papercraft issue 203

GARDEN piccies AGAIN!
I have such joy seeing things come into flower
I hope you enjoy them

Aquilegia or Columbine or Grannies Bonnets

more Aquilegia

 Saxifraga and carpet Phlox

Solomon's Seal, Saxifraga and a large foxglove on it's way to blossoming

A beautiful Azalea making it's mark in the garden

We had a huge clump of these tulips, but hubby with his "don't know what this is must be weed syndrome" left this beautiful tulip in a different place. I wonder how long before it gets to the size of clump it used to be.

Our Choisya is covered with blossom and giving out its lovely perfume.

The Rhododendron hasn't lasted as long as usual, the unusual higher temperatures has put it over too soon.

https://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/2020/04/crafting-happiness-ch-46-anything-goes.html

QKR Stampede challenge

Hi Everyone, it's a Friday and it's my DT card at 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

I have had a few spin offs on this theme recently and have more in mind, but the one that started it all off is this one. I had the quote and thought I had something to go with it, then realised I didn't, so had to start from scratch. I searched my files for film and the film background paper and the negative strip came up, for some reason I thought newspaper and searched for that and up this one popped up. All I had to do is put them together.

I have to admit to feeling like I haven't any film sometimes LOL. I hope you are all well and have some film of your isolation period left for your memories!

Central quote - QKR digistamps

I added a chalked border in Photoshop

newspaper - Digidewi

film strip - Carin Grobe

this was placed into Silhouette and traced and cut twice

to brighten the wishes this is the insert
done with Photoshop

An apology

I added a poem on THIS post and the author Jan Beaumont Auckland, NZ  has contacted me asking if I would acknowledge her writing of it. I am only to happy to acknowledge Jan Beaumont being the author, I think we can all thank her for the enjoyment she brought to us. Wonderful writing and putting into words so many of us felt.

I also have to add, it was sent to me by email with no mention of the author so this was by no means a deliberate omission on my part. I enjoyed it so much I felt I had to share it, so my apologies are meant from the heart.

I have added an acknowledgement on the actual post, but many of you probably wouldn't revisit, so I felt I had to post it on my next post here.

Thank you Jan

https://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/2020/04/lets-travel.html

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/wwc268-dawns-challenge-all-about.html

Unicorn love

Hi Everyone, looking through my stash for inspiration, I found this little Unicorn set. I had already done a background for something that didn't work out, so thought I would use it as a sky instead of water? I think it may have worked. 

stamp and die set - Mama Elephant Magazine freebies

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie

both from Simply cards and Papercraft 

background - Distress inks

dies - Sue Wilson Noble set

Sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir

confetti - stash

As the weather has been beautiful of late, apart from a shower overnight, I have been out taking piccies again. OH! NO! not again I hear you cry LOL

This Pieris was taken in the evening sun, it just looked like it was on fire.

The Amanogawa Cherry tree

 

The beautiful blossom

had to take some more

  

a few just opening

Keep your spirits up and craft!

18th Birthday with foil

Hi Everyone, I hope your coping with lockdown especially with the news we have to go on for a few weeks more! Thankfully, I am busy, as I expect you are too, cleaning and clearing and crafting. Although I have also succumbed to adding a few more craftiness to my hoad! I hope I will use them soon, not for them to go into my NBUS, as Darnell says. LOL.

One of my GNieces was 18 recently and this is the card I made her, I found this image in my stash and as it looks a little like her, I added it to the flower frame and borders I also have and love. I designed it in Photoshop, transferred it to the Cameo added lines for the foil quill to make foiling lines on some of the flowers and the frame, then cut out each section. 

I dry embossed a piece of card, then added the pieces to the card, and placed it all 3D'd onto an A4 card. I'm was happy to hear she loved it.  

Image - Design Bundles

flowers - Creativefabrica

foiling - WRMK foil pen

Silhouette Cameo 2

EF - Craftwell Modern Stripe

you can see some of the foiling here,

 it is also on her earings, rings and bag!

Cat out of the bag!

Hi Everyone, it's Friday and it's my DT card at 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

When I saw this wonderful image I just had to have it, for some reason, my ink isn't bleeding after I print the image out as it used to, so I used Distress inks again, on the image and the sentiment banner. I tried a tartan and think it may have worked, hope you think so?

image and sentiment - QKR Stampede

print image and cut with Cameo

coloured with Distress inks

background papers - Pixelscrapper

eyes and nose - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 I hope to see you at the QKR Challenge

in the meantime keep safe and well

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-69-furry-friends.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-challenge-408-anything-goes.html

https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-423-birthday-card.html

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/pennys-challenge-469.html

https://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/2020/04/stay-strong.html

Music

Hi everyone my DT card today is for

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

I had so many ideas for this challenge, I contemplated more than one card but I had others I had to do, so decided on this one. I had this image sent to me as a follower, I thought it so clever and fun, so I went with it. I can imagine him in magical colours for a little one.

image Unicorn Violin?- Elizabeth Dulemba

paper - We Are 3

notes - Shirley Young svg file

embossing folder - Embossalicious 

pin dot square dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies

sentiment - computer generated