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Thursday, 9 October 2025

Krafty Chicks challenge #789 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Scarily Christmas is not that far away now so if you haven't started your cards yet this is the perfect opportunity to begin.  Obviously if you have joined in with us since January then it's another card to add to the pile, which really takes the stress off. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
I just received the latest kit from Gina K Designs yesterday so it was the perfect excuse to dig out my new goodies.  I made a US A6 sized card (4 1/2" x 6 1/4") and went for a soft lilac colour scheme and lots of bling.  I hope you like it.  

I'm sorry about the photos today; I must have taken 20 photos and they were all awful, my card is so soft and pretty in real life but the photos don't really show it off to it's full potential.  I think I will have to try and find my photo light box and see if that makes a difference!
Here is my card:
A closer look at the details:
Plus I decorated the inside:
The free gift in the kit was a 3D embossing folder/stencil/die bundle so I used this today.  I began by stencilling the background with a light and medium lilac ink and used the matching die to cut out the ornament.  I probably could have gone a little darker but I wanted it soft and light.  I then used the coordinating 3D embossing folder to emboss the pattern, which looks amazing in real life.  I cut a white panel with a stitched rectangle and also the mat layer from gold mirri card.  I stamped the snowy background onto the white panel using the darker lilac ink.  I die cut the ornament top and 'string' from the gold card.  I adhered the panels together with double sided tape, added the string with liquid glue and the ornament was added over top with foam squares.  I stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and cut it out with the coordinating die before adding it above the ornament with foam squares.  I used the lots of dots die and cut out loads of gold dots which I added to the ornament with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and then this was adhered to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white stitched panel and gold mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I had some of the ornament background and snowy background left over so added one to the top and one to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in the darker lilac ink before adding the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG optional twist snowfall
ABC Christmas challenge - v is for vertical
A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut
As You Like It challenge - square or not (these days my usual go-to is a rectangle card base)
Creative Crafting Uncles - males go feminine
Cut It Up challenge - use more than 1 die
Peace On Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed
Sparkles Christmas challenge - non traditional Christmas colours 
Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional them Halloween
The Dream Factory challenge - use mainly purple
The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,
card supplies:
Gina K Designs - a little something card kit (currently only available as a kit but everything will be available individually at the end of the month)
Gina K Designs - snowy background stamp
Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 17 (for stitched and plain rectangle)
Gina K Designs - O Christmas tree stamp & die set (for sentiments)
Gina K Designs - lots of dots die set (for gold dots)
Gina K Designs - layering ink pads - light lilac & medium lilac
Versamark - watermark ink pad
gold mirri card from stash

Sunday, 5 October 2025

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - October 25

Hello friends, I hope you're doing ok and that you've had a lovely day so far. It's time for a new theme for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, which takes place on the 5th of each month. You always have the option to go for anything goes but the extra prompt this month is 'Halloween', which is great theme and with so many images to choose from such as ghosts, spiders, witches, or even cute trick or treaters, the world is your oyster! I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made. I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us. 
I don't make many Halloween things as a rule but as I had bought a new stamp I would have been rude not to use it lol!  I went for a bright lime green and black colour combo and I have to say I love how it turned out.  I hope you like it too. 
Here is my tag:
A closer look at the details:
I decorated the backs too:
I began by die cutting two tags from white card.  I used a lime green ink pad to ink blend over the front of one of them and I went with a heavier hand around the edge for some contrast.  I used my new background stamp and stamped it over the ink blending with black ink.  I also added some black ink around the edge of the tag.  I die cut a spider web from black card and adhered it to the top left corner of the tag with liquid glue.  I die cut a ghost from white card 4 times and adhered them together with liquid glue; I added some black card behind his eyes and mouth also with liquid glue.  I adhered the ghost to the tag with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto black card with watermark ink and white heat embossed it before cutting it out with a sentiment strips die.  I added that above the ghost with foam squares.  For the back of this tag I found some lime green paper almost the same colour as my ink blending and adhered that with liquid glue.  I had a little piece of the spider web die cut left over from the front so added that to the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment at the very bottom of the tag with black ink.  For the second tag I kept it really simple; I added a piece of striped paper to the front of the tag and adhered another spider web in the right bottom corner with liquid glue and for the back of the tag I simply covered it with black card to continue the spooky vibe.  I tied both the tags together with lime green spotty ribbon and then added some black twine which I tied into a bow for some extra decoration.  

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #20 (I used lime green & black)
Craft Rocket challenge - autumn/Halloween
Creative Inspirations challenge - autumn/something spooky
Cut It Up challenge - use more than one die (tag, web, ghost, sentiment strip die)
Double D challenge - trick or treat, smell my feet
Little Red Wagon challenge - H is for holidays (I chose Halloween)
The Four Seasons challenge - ATG fall optional mood board
The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional cute or creepy
Tic Tac Toe challenge - top row across: die cut/twine/embossing
We Love Stamping challenge - anything autumn


We hope you will be inspired by our Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagsOct2025 and we will find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.


Lots of love

tag supplies:
Waffle Flower - nesting tag dies
Creative Expressions - ghostly manor rubber stamp
Gina K Designs - key lime ink pad
Spellbinders - harvest magic die set (for ghost)
Marianne Design - spiderweb die
MFT - fab-boo-lous friends stamp (for sentiment)
MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pack
Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card
Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Versamark - watermark ink pad
lime paper from stash

Saturday, 13 September 2025

CASE IT IG Hop - September

Hello again friends.  I hope you've had a great day so far.  I'm back to share a card I made for another new IG Hop I've joined.  This one is called the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created that was inspired by that original.  There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).
I was inspired by Galina (@galachko over on IG); her cards are beautiful and so well designed.  I actually didn't change too much from her original as I loved it so much.  Here is her card for my inspiration:
As you can see she has a pretty quilted background, a die cut circle, some gorgeous butterflies, heat embossed sentiment and a few dew drop type embellishments.  I loved the CAS layout so stuck to that pretty closely.  I also had the same quilted background die so used mine too.  In place of the butterflies I used some cute images and added pearl embellishments.  
Here is my card: 
A closer look at the cute images:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and die cut it using the quilted background die.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers, added white gel pen highlights and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I stamped the sentiment using versamark onto black card and white heat embossed it before using a sentiments strip die to cut it out.  I die cut a decorative circle from white card and added some scrap white card behind it for dimension.  The quilted background was adhered to the card front with double sided tape and the circle placed on top also with double sided tape.  I arranged the images and sentiment over the circle with foam squares and finished off with some pearl embellishments.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of white card again cut with the quilted background to the bottom with liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and die cut another plaster (or band-aid) image and adhered that in the left lower corner with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I know my card follows Galina's card quite closely but I loved it so much but I did make a few slight changes to make it my own.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal
Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter
Fab 'n' Funky challenge - cute as a button (something cute and/or a button)
Simply Clean and Simple challenge - CAS optional theme 'birthdays'
Tic Tac Toe challenge - large sentiment, 3 or more colours, stamped image
Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Lots of love

card supplies:
Waffle Flower - dashed rombus panel die
Lawn Fawn - get well soon stamp & die
Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Versamark - watermark ink pad
Heffy Doodle - everyday sentiment duos stamp - store now closed
Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed
Little Things From Lucy's Cards - beach dreams crystal collection - store now closed

Thursday, 11 September 2025

Krafty Chicks challenge #785 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Another card to add to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
I bought the Christmas in July card kit from Gina K Designs and haven't had a chance to use it yet so this week was the perfect opportunity to dig it out and christen it.  The hardest decision was deciding which stamp set to use as the kit is jam packed but I eventually chose the Christmas tree set.  I hope you like it.
Here is my card:
A closer look at the trees:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by die cutting the trees, stamping the spine with versamark and heat embossing with gold embossing powder.  I also stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I then die cut the frame from white card.  I found the ink smooshed panel left over from last year (I used part of it on this card here) and cut it down to fit behind the frame and they were adhered together with liquid glue; I matted this onto a gold layer with double sided tape.  I used a dots embossing folder on another white panel and also matted this onto a gold layer with double sided tape.  I added the trees with foam tape and placed the sentiment across the trees with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the frame panel and then adhered this onto the embossed panel with double sided tape.  I then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with 3 mini gold pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and added a gold mat layer with double sided tape.  I had a tiny piece of the smooshed background left over so adhered that the bottom of the panel with liquid glue and also added a thin strip of gold card above it.  I added another tree in the bottom right corner and stamped the sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  It's a very dimensional card and one that I will definitely have to hand deliver.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - anything Christmas goes optional circles or squares
ABC Christmas challenge - T is for trees
As You Like It challenge - flat or layered (I love adding layers to my cards as I like the texture and dimension it gives)
Cardz 4 Galz challenge - stitching real or faux (my frame has faux stitch detail)
Craft Rocket challenge - dots and/or stripes (my background is a dotty EF)
Crafty Calendar challenge - lots of layers
Creative Inspirations challenge - Christmas in September 
Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG (use at least 1 die cut or EF)
Dream Valley challenge - 2 or more layers
Let's Craft & Create challenge - ATG optional twist lots of layers
Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes
Peace On Earth challenge - anything Christmas themed optional mood board
Pearly Sparkles challenge - pink, pearls and/or sparkle
The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:
Gina K Designs - O Christmas tree stamp & die set
Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 18 die set (for frame)
gold card from stash
Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Versamark - watermark ink pad

Monday, 1 September 2025

Stamptember 2025!

Hello again friends; I hope you've had a great day so far.  I'm back again to share a card as part of this year's 16th celebration of STAMPtember from Simon Says Stamp.  The stamp set I am using literally dropped on my mat this lunchtime so I excitedly made a quick card to share with you.  I was lucky to be gifted the awesome stamp set called 'shiny baubles' which is part of Simon Says Stamp own STAMPtember release; this is not limited edition and will be restocked as needed.  

Today we are revealing NEW Simon Says Stamp-branded products designed to inspire and delight you. All are available exclusively at SimonSaysStamp.com. You’ll see intriguing new stamps (of course), inks, dies, embossing folders, and stencils, as well as some other fun surprises. 

During STAMPtember®, they will also be releasing EXCLUSIVE products made in partnership with many of the industry’s finest brands and ONLY available at SimonSaysStamp.com!  Heidi is going live tomorrow (Tuesday 2nd September at 12 noon ET) with STAMPtember exclusives, news, inspiration, prizes and much more so pop over to YouTube and set up your notification as you won't want to miss it!

I stamped each bauble with two colours of ink and added some gold heat embossing.  I hope you like it. 
Here is my card:
A closer look at the baubles:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by cutting a panel from fog card 4" x 5 1/4" and created my own background with the small star stamps in the set.  I stamped the larger bauble in two contrasting colours of red ink and the smaller bauble in two shades of green ink, adding the extra details in the darker shade of ink.  I added the toppers and focal images in the centre with gold heat embossing.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut out the baubles.  I also gold heat embossed the sentiment directly onto the bottom of the panel.  I made a hole at the top of the baubles with my pokey tool and threaded some gold thread which I secured at the back with double sided tape.  The baubles were added with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for stability and dimension and added it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I simply stamped a strip of the fog card with the stars and added it to the bottom of my white panel with liquid glue.  I gold heat embossed another sentiment from the stamp set in the centre.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I'm hoping to create a few more cards throughout the month using this stamp set so stay tuned.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist circles & squares
CRAFT challenge - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - stamp it in STAMPtember
Sweet Stampin' challenge - use your favourite colour (I love red/green for Christmas)
The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything goes Christmas

There is loads of inspiration over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog and also over on Instagram. Please use the hashtags #stamptember #stamptember2025 #sssstamptember to check out what everyone is making.  

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me such lovely comments. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:
Simon Says Stamp - shiny baubles stamp set (gifted)
Simon Says Stamp - fog card stock
Versamark - watermark ink pad
gold thread from stash

AAA Birthday challenge #77 - snarky

Hello again friends and happy 1st of September.  I hope you all had a wonderful summer and the kids are ready to go back to school soon.   Let's hope the first of the 'ber' months isn't too bad and we have some crisp, dry days and not lots of rain!  

I'm here today to share my card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge and this month our theme is 'snarky' which is such a fun challenge. The urban dictionary's definition is:

"Snarky" is used to describe speech with a specific emotional tone, typically a form of sarcasm informed by cheekiness and a mild, playful irreverence or impudence".

We all love playful, fun sentiments and there are loads of stamp companies that make these types of greetings.  Dig through your stash, I'm sure you have some; even if it's just 'you're how old?'  Our guest designer this month is the lovely Carol so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.
As you know I love MFT Stamps (so sad they are now closed) and I had the perfect set for this challenge.  I don't think I will ever not grab for my MFT products as they are so fun.  Anyway enough waffling, I hope you like it.
Here is my card:
A closer look at the image:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by cutting a white panel using a stitched rectangle die.  I cut the strip of striped patterned paper using a torn edge die and also the stitched rectangle die so that it would match up with the white panel (in hinsight I could have skipped the torn edge as I ended up covering most of it lol!).  I adhered this to the left edge of the panel with liquid glue.  I cut a small strip of spotty paper and added that to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I also die cut a stitched rounded rectangle from some grid paper and adhered that to the centre with double sided tape, overlapping the other patterned papers.  I stamped the image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I don't have the dies for this set so I fussy cut him out.  I stamped the snarky sentiment onto orange card with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it, using my trimmer to cut it out.  I added foam squares to the sentiment and image and adhered the sentiment just overlapping the spotty paper and the image on top so that he looked like he was standing on it.  I finished off with some enamel dots (still trying to use them up).  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of orange card at the bottom with double sided tape and then a piece of the striped paper with liquid glue, which I again cut with the torn edge die.  I fussy cut another image, but this time only the top half, coloured him with Promarkers and added him with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with navy ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A really fun card and I think this will be perfect for any of my older relatives.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut
Allsorts challenge - birthdays or ATG (it is a birthday card, it says HBD on the inside)
As You Like It challenge - favourite colouring medium (I have used Promarkers for over 15 years; they blend well and most of my pens are the original ones and are still going strong)
Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line N - stripes, free, stamped phrase
Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional 'use patterned papers'
Dream Valley challenge - 2 or more papers
Little Red Wagon challenge - G is for gentlemen
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - stamp it in STAMPtember

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs. I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed. I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Have a great day.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:
MFT - blueprints 13 (for stitched rectangle)
MFT - torn paper edges die set
MFT - stitched rounded rectangle stack die set
LDRS Creative - happy fall 6x6 paper pad (for striped paper)
My Mind's Eye - now & then 'Izzy' 6x6 paper pad (for other papers)
Versamark - watermark ink pad
Gina K Designs - in the navy ink pad
Your Next Stamp - self adhesive enamel dots - summer chill & white sugar & sparkle
orange card from my scraps bin

Thursday, 14 August 2025

Krafty Chicks challenge #781 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Another card to add to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
I recently bought a few die sets in the Spellbinders sale and was itching to use them so pulled a couple of them out for today's card.  I decided to make a shaped card and I love how it turned out; I hope you like it too. 
Here is my card:
A closer look at the gorgeous stag:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by creating my card base using one of the new die sets called essential stylish ovals.  I took a full sheet of white card and scored it in half, placed the die slightly over the score line and ran it through my die cutting machine.  The finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I cut another smaller white oval from the set and stamped it with a script background using versamark ink and heat set it with gold detail embossing powder.  I slightly inked the edges with a red ink pad.  I die cut all the pieces from the floral stag die set using coloured card from my scraps bin and used liquid glue to adhere them all together.  For my arrangement I basically followed the picture on the packaging as I really liked it.  I used liquid glue to adhere everything to the panel except for the upper part of the stag, the large flower and the poinsettia which I added with foam squares.  I stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out; this was added with foam squares.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few gold pearl embellishments.  For the inside I again die cut another smaller oval, heat embossed the script background, just to the very top, and added another poinsettia and holly leaf with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in a dark chocolate ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I really like this floral stag die set and I think it would look great on a 5" x 7" card too.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist diamond shapes
A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut
Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + a sentiment
Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line B - Christmas, brown, free
Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal
Creative Moments challenge - embossing (I heat embossed my background and sentiment)
Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter
Cut It Up challenge - add a sentiment
FarmQuest Country Christmas challenge - ATG with outdoor settings 
Let's Craft and Create challenge - ATG optional polka dots and/or stripes
Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes
Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional mood board
The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes
The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist '4 legged friends'

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,
card supplies:
Spellbinders - floral stag die set - still on sale!
Spellbinders - essential stylish ovals die set - still on sale!
Spellbinders - Christmas magic sentiment stamp & die - still on sale!
MFT - romantic script BG stamp
Versamark - watermark ink pad
Limetree Crafts -  250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here - but limited numbers
Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad
Gina K Designs - pearl mix - gold, black and silver metallic
coloured card from my scraps bin