Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - November 25

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week. I'm back today to share my card for this month's Patterned Paper Party Instagram Hop. Do you love patterned paper? Do you have a huge stash that needs using? Well so do we and it's time to get it used! We will be hopping on the 20th of each month to share our ideas. We will definitely be creating cards, but maybe sometimes tags, ATCs, gift bags/boxes, mini albums and scrapbook pages too. We want our patterned paper to be used.

The theme is always 'anything goes' but each month we will have an optional twist that can be used if you like; this month the twist is 'paper piecing' so grab your patterned papers, your scissors and have fun. I grabbed this really old paper pad from Echo Park Paper that's been in my stash for years and used 2 coordinating papers in traditional Christmas colours. I haven't done this technique for ages and I had great fun fussy cutting all the different pieces, although the tiny ones were a bit fiddly.  The layout is fairly simple but I wanted the paper pieced image to be the star of the show.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside (very simply this time):

So I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card and only coloured the skin and hair with my Promarkers.  Leaving the image in place in the Misti I then re-stamped it onto green striped paper, red striped paper, yellow card and brown card.  I fussy cut the arms and legs from the red paper, the body from the green paper, the star and baubles from the yellow card and the boots from the brown card.  I went around each fussy cut piece with a black marker to tidy up any wonky edges!  I adhered all the pieces onto the main stamped image with liquid glue, added some shading with coordinating Promarker colours and white highlights with a gelly roll pen.  I trimmed the panel down to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and added some scrap white card behind with double sided tape for some stability and dimension.  I stamped the sentiment below the image with black ink.  I cut a piece of the green diagonal paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and adhered this to the card base with double sided tape.  I then added the white panel onto this with double sided tape.  I finished off with some gold metallic pearls.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added some strips of the left over green diagonal paper to the top and bottom with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I don't think paper piecing will ever be as popular as it once was but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane making this card.  

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG optional twist sleigh

As You Like It challenge - favourite embellishments (I always tend to reach for pearls or sequins)

Aud Sentiments challenge - glitter and/or Christmas + sentiment

CRAFT challenge - Christmas/ATG

Craft Rocket challenge - Christmas/winter

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - tis the season

Creative Inspirations challenge - wrapped up for winter

Daisy Chain challenge - Christmas/winter

Dream Valley challenge - 2 or more papers

Just Us Girls challenge - mood board

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional twist CAS

Sparkles Christmas challenge - festive wear

Stamping Sensations challenge - Christmas

The Dream Factory challenge - candy cane lane/anything Christmassy

The Holly & Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist merry & bright

Unicorn challenge - Christmas/winter

We Love Stamping challenge - anything Christmas

We hope you will be inspired by our Patterned Paper Party IG Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous creations along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopnovember2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

MFT - bright holidays stamp

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Promarkers

Echo Park - dots & stripes 6x6 metropolitan collection pad

Honey Bee Stamps - inside holiday sentiments stamp

Gina K Designs - gold, black & silver metallic pearl mix*

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black dual marker pen

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

yellow card from scraps bin

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #795 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to my chilly corner of blogland. It's biting cold and windy here at the moment and the perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting!  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. Now we know that CAS is subjective but generally it's lots of white space, no embellishments (or very few) and an uncluttered design. It can be a difficult design to pull off but we hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

When I was colouring the cute critters from Tuesday's ATC Hop I thought one of them would be perfect for today's card and as he was already coloured in this card came together really quickly.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute critter:

I decorated the inside (albeit very simply this time):

So as I said I coloured this cute image with my Promarkers and fussy cut him out when I was making my ATC's earlier in the week.  I also added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and lightly ink blended some green ink in the centre before spraying my card with perfect pearls (I mix it with water and keep it in a small spray bottle so it's always ready to use).  It's really subtle in the pictures but it's really shimmery in real life.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for stability and a little bit of dimension.  I made my card base from grey card to compliment the colour of the cat and adhered the ink blended panel with double sided tape.  I added foam squares behind the image and adhered it directly into the centre.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  This was added below the image with liquid glue.  I didn't add anything else as I liked it as it was (plus I wanted to keep it as CAS as possible).  For the inside I cut another white panel and ink blended along the bottom and stamped the sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - #303 1+1 (birthday and flowers)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge - sketch 656

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Die Cut Divas challenge - critters (my sentiment is die cut)

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional CAS

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use paper and/or scissors (I fussy cut my image with scissors)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional music

Show Us Your Pussycats challenge - ATG must include a cat

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS goes optional holiday/winter

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'CAS' 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:

Penny Black image was a magazine freebie from 2012!

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Gina K Designs - sending flowers stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - on the inside - birthday stamp 

the green ink used for blending was GKD but I used what was left on my brush

Heffy Doodle - grey card for card base (store now closed)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x

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)

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or gnomes

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - CAS optional theme 'birthdays'

Stamping Sensations challenge - CAS

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use die cuts

Tic Tac Toe challenge - large sentiment, 3 or more colours, stamped image

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Unicorn challenge - circles

We Love Stamping challenge - make it cute

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

Spellbinders - fluted classic circles die

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Versamark - watermark ink pad

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

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

Cards For All Seasons IG Hop - Week 18

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 18 and our theme is 'the great outdoors'. Such a fun theme this week; think camping, tents, campfires, bears, etc. There are going to be so many awesome creations along the hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I managed to get my hands on this fun camper van stamp & die set from Heffy Doodle before it closed and had never used it so I thought it would be perfect for this week's theme.  It's a tiny set that also includes a sentiment, a small tree and some silhouette flying birds (the 'tick' style ones). The layout was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the camper van:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the camper van onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers, added a few white gel pen highlights and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I also stamped 9 of the trees in 2 shades of green ink and again used the matching die to cut them out.  I cut a brown panel of card 3 15/16" x 5 3/16" and used a very old cuttlebug embossing folder for some texture.  I added it to a kraft mat layer that was cut to 4" x 5 1/4" with liquid glue. I cut the orange patterned paper 3 1/16" x 4 1/4" and again adhered it to a kraft layer with liquid glue.  The checked paper was cut to 1 9/16" x 4 15/16" and matted onto a kraft layer with liquid glue.  I added the paper layers to the embossed panel with liquid glue.  I die cut a circle from kraft card and stamped the sentiment at the very bottom using a dark brown ink pad (the birthday came from another set).  I added the trees with liquid glue and the camper van with foam squares.  The circle was adhered to the lower right corner of the panel with foam squares.  For a final finishing touch I added some orange and green enamel dots.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for stability and dimension and then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and adhered it to a kraft mat with liquid glue.  I added a strip of orange paper to the top and a strip of the checked paper to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I added 2 of the trees and another camper van to the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  Finally I stamped a sentiment in the centre with dark brown ink. The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (I die cut my camper van, trees and circle)

Allsorts challenge - birthdays

As You Like It challenge - favourite colouring medium (Promarkers, I've used them for over 15 years and love them.  The blend well and I still have my original pens for the most part)

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line G - kraft, free, hand-coloured image

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist happy birthday

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional twist use patterned papers

Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG (I die cut my camper van, trees and circle)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - lots of layers

Dream Valley challenge - 2 or more papers

Farm Quest challenge - camping

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or gnomes

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo (I was inspired by the trees and colours)

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - stamp it in STAMPtember

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stamp it

The Four Seasons challenge - fall/inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colours)

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cfascardhop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Heffy Doodle - happy camper stamp & die set - store now sadly closed

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now sadly closed

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

LDRS Creative - happy fall 6x6 paper pad - no longer available

Honey Bee Stamps - swimming by stamp (for birthday word)

Spellbinders - standard circles large die set

Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Crafter's Companion - 280gsm kraft card

MFT - just roll with it stamp (for inside sentiment)

Provo Craft/Cuttlebug - forest branches embossing folder

Cratelier - mint rainbow enamel dots

Your Next Stamp - summer chill enamel dots

Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 16

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 16 and our theme is 'summer luau'. Such a fun theme this week; think bright colours, Hawaii and party! There are going to be so many awesome creations along the hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I had an older MFT stamp set that fit the bill perfectly this week which I had never used up so it was time to give it some love this week.  I used really bright colours and made a circle shaped card for a change.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping all the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers.  I don't have the coordinating dies so had to fussy cut everything out apart from the palm tree which was from another set.  I'm not the best at fussy cutting, especially now I'm older and my eyes aren't what they used to be, but I think they turned out ok.  I used a large scalloped circle die to cut out 2 pink circles and scored the top of one and glued them together to form my card base.  I cut 2 white circles and lightly ink blended on both using ocean mist and sandy beach ink pads.  I also die cut 3  white clouds.  I arranged the images onto the first circle and when I was happy with the arrangement added them all with liquid glue, apart from the hula girl and the floral arrangement under the palm tree, which were added with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and then finally adhered the clouds with liquid glue.  As a finishing touch I added some highlights with a white gel pen.  I cut some scrap white card for behind my circle and then added the circle panel onto the pink circle with double sided tape.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added another floral arrangement in the bottom right of the circle.  I did have to trim some of the top of the circle to fit the card base and then adhered it with double sided tape.  I love how bright and happy this card is and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer fun'

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #18

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist 'summer things'

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - Anything floral goes optional mood board

Daisy Chain challenge - girls

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - letter F (flowers)

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags - ATG

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or black and white

Papercraft challenges - tropical paradise

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG summer optional mood board

Triple B challenge - use at least one bird, blooms or butterflies optional inspiration board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - summer

Unicorn challenge - girls

We Love Stamping challenge - flowers

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cfascardhop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

MFT - Polynesian paradise stamp

MFT - inside & out birthday greetings

MFT - cutest clouds ever die-namics

Lawn Fawn - life is good stamp & die set (for palm tree)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist & sandy beach

Go-Kreate - XXL frames scalloped circle & plain circle die sets

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts -  250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

pink card from stash

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop August 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 travel/vacation', which is fun theme and open to interpretation. 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 decided to make a little scene on my tag this month and went bright, summery and cute.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting the tag and the inner panel from white card (I didn't realise how large the tag was when I bought it - it's 4" x 6" so plenty of room to create my scene).  I ink blended the clouds on the inner panel and added a grey piece of card at the bottom; to imitate the road I used a white gelly roll pen to add some dashed lines.  I stamped the little critter and the sun, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.  I die cut the cute car from a light orange card, the little clouds from white card and the 'for you' from black card.  I added the inner panel onto the tag with liquid glue as well as the 'road' to the bottom.  I die cut 3 extra cars from white card and layered them with liquid glue.  I adhered the critter with liquid glue and then added that to the road with liquid glue also.  The sun and the 'for you' were adhered with liquid glue and the clouds were added with foam squares.  I found 3 different ribbon/twine that coordinated with my colour scheme and tied them to my tag.  I finished off with some white gelly roll pen highlights.  For the back of the tag I again ink blended the clouds, die cut the 'to/from' from black card and 2 more white clouds; I adhered them all with liquid glue.  A really sweet tag and suitable for children and adults alike I think.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist summer fun

Allsorts challenge - animals

As You Like It challenge - favourite, cats or dogs (this is a hard one as I love both (and have one of each); cats today but it will be dogs tomorrow lol!)

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Color Dare challenge - #663 - orange, yellow blue

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine

Show Us Your Pussy challenge - ATG but must feature a cat

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use a stencil

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - travel

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 #gorgeousgifttagshop2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

 

card supplies:

Marianne Design - big tag CR1551 die set

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

MFT - cute caravan die set

MFT - missing you every single day stamp & die set

MFT - gifty greetings die set

Gina K Designs - the good life stamp & die set (for sunshine)

Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

ribbon and coloured card from stash