Here we go again.

Having being really pleased with myself for using up all my white scraps into future useable embellishments I was in need of purchasing a new supply of white/cream cardstock for making up blank card bases. It duly arrived in a box way too too big and had been stuffed down the side  with not bubble wrap or those horrible  styrofoam bits that go every where but very long strips of white /yellow/ card stock and also white shimmer card stock in 1", .50" and .25"thickness.  Well what was I supposed to do but sit and chop it  into 6" usuable strips!!!! I did manage to use four strips straight away as I was painting a rose (when the parcel arrived) with distress inks and swiped the cardstock with the residue left on my nonstick sheet. 

Striking while the iron was hot so to speak I made two cards and very nearly used  up all of the yellow strips you can see above on the tray. 

I used a piece of scrap card and laid the yellow strips  diagonally across . It looked a bit plain so I then went back and  laid the thicker white shimmer  strips over the top.( Making it  similar to a floating strips card but with the yellow backing and not acetate.)  I have used up 2 of the frames previously die cut which are by Penny Black  'Antique Frame' The flower and sentiment are both freebies from a magazine coloured with my promarkers and a silver gel pen. Layered up onto a cream blank cardbase. Finished off inside with a few more of the strips. 

Entering above card into the following challenges:

Gem of a Challenge #wk2 Anything goe.

Fab n  funky #6857 Stamp It.

Creative Knockouts #513 Lots of layer.

Krafty Chicks #700  All occasions 

Daisy Chain Challenges #81 No Design paper.

The Crafty Addicts #9 Anything goes.

Girlz Creative Crafts #40 Everything is allowed.

I played around with the yellow strips making into a basket weave design and then swiped over the top with versamark  pad and then  heat embossed using  Gold Wow embossing powder.  The bird and sentiment is a  SU  stamp set called  A Happy Thing which I coloured using distress inks  and a paint brush to apply. Thought I had made quite a good job of a Blue Tit until hubby walked past and said ""Nice Kingfisher" so I guess it is back to the colouring board for me.!!  Card does sparkle IRL. 

Entering this card itno the following challenges: 

Double D Challenge #  Sparkle and shine.

Polka Doodles Craft challenge wk3 Anything goes.

Aud Sentiments #307 Make your own background plus your sentiment.

Love To Scrap #165 Anything goes.

The Creative Crafters #72 Anything goes.

Through The Purple Haze #212 Anything goes.

Mix It Up #69 Anything goes /optional mixed media.

Keep Warm and Safe

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White Scraps

I finally decided enough was enough with the bulging folder of white scraps of cardstock, which even though I was delving into and using for sentiments/ 3D stacking  just wasn't getting any smaller.  So they all came out along with my embossing folders/die cut frames and regardless of the sizes of the papers they were all put to use until none were left.

Here are the results.

I didn't worry if the paper fitted all of the embossing folder or not, in fact only using parts of the folders worked well in some cases. 

Once I had gone through my stash of embossing folders I turned my attention to stacking die cut frames and as you can see below soon filled a tray up with them.  This still left me with small strips so they were used up on die cut sentiments  and stamped sentiments.  The most time consuming part was writing on the back of each piece  the name /maker of each one. 

Miss  Mojo now has no excuse  in telling me she hasn't a clue what to make

Here is the 1st card using part of an embossing folder  and a die cut frame .

I cut a base card 5.75 x 5.75 inches and used a design paper from a paper pad by  The Works to cover.

The  patterned paper was already cut in two strips ( pre- edged using  a Martha  Stewart Punch) and laying in my stash still  unused from a previous project. The part embossed folder is by Sizzix  "Scallop Lace Doily" and matched perfectly with the punch design.  The embossed card /scallop die and sentiment were all different shades of white (which would have shown up ) but I got round that by using my Pearlescent Chalks to colour the flowers on the embossed piece,the scallop die and the sentiment strip in a matching blue to to pull them all in together with the design paper.  The scallop die is by The Works, Design paper DoCrafts Papermania "Chatsworth Collection" linen texture. The flower stamp and sentiment were freebies from a magazine. I used Wow Embossing powder "Polished Silver" and a silver gel pen to highlight the dots and lace doily edging of the embossed card.  Card came together quickly because I had all the elements to hand  ready to go in the boxes instead of having to spend time searching each piece out with no clear idea in my head of what to make. 

Entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Rocket Challenges. #110 Use Embossing.

Everybody Art #549 Anything goes.

Allys Angels #78 Anything goes.

Beautiful Blossoms#13 Floral/optional  Mood board.

Colourful Options # Blue Lagoon.

Love To Craft #78 Anything goes.

Paper Craft Challenges #102 Anything goes.

Patties Creations #214 Anything goes.

Sheepski Designs #82 Anything goes.

The Crafters Cafe #304 Fancy Edges. 

Hugs

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Blue Daze

 

I actually made these two cards last year but never shown. They are the last ones from the set of four that I made using the Stamperia Rice Paper from my stash. 

 The best way to cut  rice paper is not by using scissors but to wet round the image with water and then use a small paint brush to gently ease the fibres  apart.

I didn't do that though as all of the scenes were inside a bordered edging which I wanted to keep intact.  I have a roll of very wide d.s. tape so I roughly cut round each one and applied to a piece of the tape, rolled out just long enough to cover. Peeled the backing from the d.s. tape and placed on white cardstock  Once in place I then trimmed properly using my trimmer to cut evenly round the border . Added to dark blue cardstock, then white, a lighter blue and then the white card base. The die cut swirl was added just to finish the card off and cut from the navy cardstock.

Entering  card above  into the following challenges:

Try It on Tuesday # Winter blues.

Crafty Gals Corner #251 Winter Fun.

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #82 Anything goes with a critter.

The Four Seasons Challenge # Winter season.

Creative Fingers #269 Anything goes.

 I applied the rice paper the same method as above and then added to dark blue cardstock on top of a lighter blue. The dark blue design paper was from my stash. I die cut the elaborate Edge Corner by Tonic from a scrap of the same navy pearlescent card. The corner die comes in two pieces and I have used the inside edge on this card. The outside edge was used on one of the cards I showed last year. 

Entering this card into the following challenges

The Sisterhood of Crafters # Icy cold.

Colourful Options # Blue Lagoon.

Creative Aunts #85 Snow.

Little Red Waggon #738 Still snowing.

Craft Galore Encore #119 Anything goes.

Stay Healthy

Hugs 

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Birthday Time.

Our Grandsons both  have their Birthdays in December. One at the beginning and one at the end. Here are the cards that got sent to them last month. 

2nd Grandson  who turned 15yrs beginning of the month

He is very much still a cat lover so I decorated this jumper with tiny paw prints using a black pen. The sentiment is a Britannia Die cut and the jumper a Clarity stamp which I fussy cut out and adhered to the design paper (a long time ago magazine freebie). 

Entering above card into the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #512 Celebrations.

Polka Doodles Craft Challenge wk2 Anything goes.

Incy Wincy Designs # New or Lets Celebrate.

The Paper Funday Challenge #61 Lets Celebrate.

Crafty Calendar # Anything goes.

A Perfect Time To Craft. #1 Anything goes.

1st Grandson who turned 16yrs over  Christmas. 

Still very much into sports especially football. I have had this embroidered embellishment in my scrap box for years and teamed it with a football  design paper I still had a scrap piece of in my stash.  I drew the number free hand and the Birthday sentiment was a shinny black plastic sticker. 

Entering this card into the following challenges:

Gem of a Challenge #wk l Anything goes.

Double D Challenges # Anniversary/Celebration.

Creative Fingers #269 Anything goes.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #221 Anything goes.

Ellibelles Corner # Anything goes.

Unicorn Challenge #94 Birthday.

Stay Warm and Safe

Hugs

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Anniversary Cards.

Hello and Welcome to 2024. I hope you will all have a Happy and Healthy Year. 

The Butterflies are now back on their blog with a new Challenge.

#191 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with A for Anniversary Card. 

As usual I have made cards for your inspiration. The challenge is slightly different this year  so please be sure to go on over and check it out. 

For my 1st card I have used a section from a serviette which I attached to the front of the card with a double sided sticky sheet. I used a Happy Anniversary sentiment and masked off the A and replaced with a large wooden letter instead  which I coloured in using a pro marker pen. A fairly simple card. I let the Wooden letter and the Butterflies on the serviette do the talking.

 For my second card I have used an Alphabet stamp by Clarity stamps and coloured in using my promarker pens. The aperture is cut using a die from The Works. I have highlighted round the edge using a  silver gel  pen. The butterflies are a small punch by tonic. I used acetate behind the oval aperture to give the card more strength.

Having managed to somehow dodge Covid for 3 years it finally caught up with us over Christmas. 

I caught it first and then The Doc went down 5 days later. It took my immune system 17 days before the tests showed negative for me.  We are both left with hacking coughs and The doc says he still feels very groggy whilst I am using the furniture to hold onto as my balance is still completely off.  We certainly do not want this again. Just thankful we had the vaccinations for this new strain or we would have been much worse.  I had literally stood in two queues (post office where I was in the front of the line and the pharmacy picking up an IOU) for less than 2 mins in each whilst The Doc stayed out  in the car  hence me catching it first. 

Stay Safe

 and Don't stand in any queues ! 

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Poppies Galore.

Meant to post this earlier but hands have been too cold to do much typing. New challenge is up and running over on the Butterfly Blog. Poppies with lots of panels on your card and here are the cards that I have   made for inspiration.  

I used A Woodware stamp ' Poppy ADS506' just repositioning the stamps to where I wanted them to be.  coloured using my Promarkers and a gold gel pen. The sentiment is part of the stamp set. Butterflies are SU's  'Beautiful Wings' Die Set. So glad I purchased them when I did as they are no longer available. The dark green panels are coloured acetate sheets and the pale green is shimmer cardstock

This next card is a Digi image by Stitchy Bear Designs (a name from the past) called Poppy Black Work. The butterfly is from  a sheet of butterflies that originally were freebies in a magazine.I have had them a really long time!! The sentiment was a pre printed one.

Last card is another digi this time by Delicious Doodles (not sure if they are still going or not) called 'Poppy Butterfly'. Coloured with my trusty Promarkers. Sentiment is a stamp by Woodware and I used up the off cuts from the previous cards for the panels. I am on a mission to use everything up as it saves me having to put it all away again. 

The challenge is running until Tuesday 21st November.

 The stye under my right eye is still lingering on. Two people this week have told me of the old Wives Tale of rubbing over the rim of the eyelid with a gold ring. Has anyone else heard of this and does it work? I would be interested to hear.

Lets Go Monochromatic.

Long time no see.  Sometimes life especially health just has other ideas for you.  So the news is the Butterflies are back and a new challenge is posted today on their blog.  We are going Monochromatic and I have two cards for your inspiration.  The first is a Joy Fold Card.

I have used design papers from a 6 x 6 pad from The Works.  The lace is Dies cuts from Tattered Lace. 

I had lots of strips of the papers left over so I decided to stick them onto a sheet of card  rather than just put away. Then used a die cut by Creative Expressions stitched collection 'Scallop Layered Rectangle' to cut a panel out. This left a border which I used inside of the card. 

I still had strips left so I kept going till I had used them all and made these up too. Just enough left in the end to die cut  a butterfly with. I do so like using everything up.  The challenge is running for 3 weeks and will  end on Tuesday 7th November 8pm (BMT). Hope to see you in the butterfly garden. Still lots of flowers and butterflies out though we are in for another storm starting today in the UK till Saturday. A good time to be in  our craft rooms methinks!!

 

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