Crowning Glory

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 I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge today, and it's my turn this time, so with all the pomp of last week's coronation shenanigans still in mind...

 Crowning Glory
The phrase Crowning Glory is often used to describe that extra bit of panache 

that makes something look realty special! 

I'd like to see that reflected on your cards this week.

So as we've just celebrated the coronation of King Charles III, you could add a crown to your cards, or perhaps your 'Crowning Glory' will be a fabulous hairstyle or a wonderfully flamboyant hat. or something spectacular that adds extra pizazz.  

 

I made a card for a baby girl's first birthday and added a little crown - they are all little princesses (or princes) at that age, aren't they?

For the base card I used a smooth white square and sliced off a couple of cms to make a fat rectangle.  Next I cut another piece of the same cardstock and embossed it using the lovely Orange Peel Quilt embossing folder from Spellbinders.  It makes a perfect background for a baby quilt look, as my photos don't show the effect very well I'm adding a picture you can click on to see more clearly!

I die cut the Hunkydory teddy several times so that I could used various pieces to build up some dimension. The silver crown is from the same Hunkdory set, but I cut it down to fit the teddy then added some gems and a glitter card pink heart

 I added the number and 'TODAY' cut from silver card then made a little banner to finish the card

Thank you so much for coming by. 

Please note that if you use any of the Spellbinders direct links I may receive a small commission - it doesn't cost you anything at all but its a nice treat for me!

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

May Elemental Challenge

 

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As usual on Fridays I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, and it's Shabneez's turn this time

This week I was tasked with choosing the inspiration for the 

May Elemental Challenge.  

The picture I chose has lots of fruit, straws, bold colours, paint smears etc. 

 You choose 3 elements from it for your card and colours count as 1.  

 

 

You can see the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team HERE

 

I went with the Circles, Triangles and the Citrus Colours as my 3 elements

 

I stencilled the smooth white square card using Puff Dotty stencil by Spellbinders using some of the citrus shades on the moodboard

The die set is also by Spellbinders but is an old one and I don't think its available anymore

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

Introducing...Floral Stems and Ceramic Vases

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 I'm thrilled to have been invited to use some of the new die sets from Spellbinders and showcase a couple of projects using them.

 

I've been using

  

Floral Stems etched  dies

and

Ceramic Vases etched dies

 

 both sets are by Simon Hurley from the Photosynthesis Collection

 Here is a quick look at what I've made so far. I'll also write more detailed posts for each of these separately

First I made a box card using the Floral Stems etched  dies

I love flower die sets so this ticks all the boxes for me!  It's just stunning and there's so much I can do with it, it's sure to be a favourite!

My second die set is the Ceramic Vases etched dies
You make flowers, you need something to put them in, Right? I've never found a set of vase dies to add to my collection so I'm chuffed to have  this one now!

I chose 3 of the vases and used them along with the Floral Stems and my current favourite Spellbinders embossing folder to make this card

Each vase as an embossed insert so you have the choice to use them plain or using the pretty embossed inserts too.

(If you use my links, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you!)

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

 

A bunch of…

 

 

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As usual on Fridays I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, and this week it's Joanne's turn to inspire us!

 

A bunch of…
This week I'd like you to make a card featuring something that
comes in bunches:
flowers, grapes, bananas,
What else can you think of?

HERE you can see some amazing cards made by the Design Team to inspire you 

For the base card I used a smooth white square, the added the aqua section using a piece of pearlescent card cut to shape using a curved edge from a set if Spellbinders Edger dies

I inked a few pieces of card in tulip colours and used a Joanna Sheen die to cut the heads, and cutting the stems and leaves from scraps of green card 

The die I used was a “clump” of tulips so I separated them to arrange into a bunch instead 

To complete the card I added a black and white printed sentiment and a Bakers twine bow 

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

Birds of a Feather

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 It's Friday, so as usual today I’m sharing my card for this week’s 

Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

 

It's Nat here bringing you a brand new challenge just in time for the weekend

 Birds of a Feather

This week, we're staying outdoors, as I want you to...

Feature feathers or something feathered on your card

 

Here are some ideas from the design team to get you started.

HERE you can see some amazing cards made by the Design Team to inspire you

 

 For the base card I used a smooth white square

The birds are all cut from scraps of black and white patterned car - I make these in my pc's graphics program then resize and print out when I need them.  Its easy to edit the designs to print in different colour combos too! I always keep the leftover scraps as they come in useful more often than you'd think!

I used plain black Bazzill card for the leaves and wings, scraps of coloured card for the other features and tiny gems for the eyes'

'hello' is another of my printed out sentiments

All dies used here are by Spellbinders

The birds are from the Sweet Birds on a Branch  Die set

The leafy sprouts are from a Die Set of the Month collection from a few years ago

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

 

Bloom and Grow

 

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Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

 

Its Dawn's turn to set the challenge and its called

Bloom and Grow
What do you have planned to plant in your gardens and pots this year?
Show me on your card what you plan to grow.

HERE you can see some amazing cards made by the Design Team to inspire you

 

For the base card I used a smooth white square, then used washi tape to mask off the top and bottom areas before applying several pale blue and aqua shades of Nuvo mousse to the areas between

I inked both sides of some thin white card with ink in sunflower shades and cut the heads several times in each colour using a Joanna Sheen die

I used a ball tool to get some shape in each set of petals, then glued them together 

The centres were cut in brown card, which I covered with Glossy Accents, dropping some tiny beads into the GA while it was wet. Then adding them to the flowers

 The leaves were also cut from inked card using the same die set.

The flower pot is from another die set, I think it's a Tonic set. I used some red Nuvo mousse over plain red card to get a bit of a shine before I cut them

I added a 3 layer butterfly using an old Memory Box die

The Birthday sentiment is from a fabulous Spellbinders set (Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments currently on sale, btw). Although the letters have really narrow lines these dies cut brilliantly - there are none of those irritating tiny bits that just refuse to come out!

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

April Elemental

 

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Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

 Its the first Friday of the month so time for an Elemental Inspiration Challenge and this time it's Dawn's choice of image

 

 

April Elemental Inspiration

So for this week’s challenge I have picked the image below.  I decided on this theme as my daughter is into the cottage core/fairy grunge at the moment and has requested a birthday to match.  I am hoping to see lots of lovely inspiration.

Remember to use at least 3 elements on your creations.

HERE you can see some amazing cards made by the Design Team to inspire you

 

I chose the red and white polka dots, Hessian texture, Bunting and Cupcake 

 

The background die is an unnamed one, I cut it in red and kraft cards

The cake die set is by Spellbinders

I made the red and white patterns on the pc and printed onto white Bazzill 

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

Numbers

 

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Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

 

Its Shabneez's turn to set the challenge and its called

NUMBER IT!

Shabneez says:

 This week, I'd very much like to see how you use numbers on your cards.  I think the cards I make the most have numbers on them!

Create a card using numbers either in the background or for a special birthday or anniversary.  

HERE you can see some amazing cards made by the Design Team to inspire you

 

This week I'm using another of my stash of coloured card blanks, this time a lovely deep blue

The upper panel is embossed with an ancient Cuttlebug folder.  To get a really deep embossing I also traced the numbers again using a ball tool 

The banner. letters and numerals are cut from silver card.  I used some strips of very narrow washi tape to decorate the banner

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

Beautiful Buzzing Bees

 

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Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

 

Its Rizwana's turn to set the challenge this week and its all about

Beautiful Buzzing Bees

Rizwana says:

 Create a card, a tag, a box or a gift bag with bees in mind.
You can use anything related to bees; honey, honeycomb, bee hives and of course some lovely buzzing bees..

 

 I don’t often use coloured  and blanks but over the years I’ve managed to accumulate quite a stack of them-  So I thought I’d set myself a little challenge to  use some of them-  This one is actually a lovely deep aubergine kind of colour (although it looks more brown in the picture) which looks fab as a backdrop to the gold details

I 

 I used:

the inner layers from a box of croissants for the torn corrugated card panel 

Yellow and gold card for the honeycomb 

Blac and yellow card for the bee+ plus some dull silver paper for the wings. 

The bee and the honeycomb are cut using a Spellbinders die set from a few years ago. 

 The sentiment is also die cut from gold card. 

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, 

 

Spots and Stripes

  

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Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Daring Cardmakers Challenge, 

It’s Nat's in the hot seat and here's her challenge

 

Its my turn to set the challenge this week and its all about

 Spots and Stripes

 Nice and straightforward! 

You can use both or either on your card this week.

I wonder how many ways to use them and techniques to make them you'll come up with...

 

I used:

The striped background and the spotty piece for the sentiment panel were created on the pc and printed onto white Bazzill card

for the flowers I used a wonderful oldish Spellbinders die set and two shades of yellow Bazzill card.

To complete I added some enamel dots in yellow and green, and I punched a few different sized circles using my new WRMK cropodile multi hole punch

 The sentiment (also Spellbinders) and some of the leaves were cut from some inked card in a darker, toning shade of green.  The other leaves were cut from a small piece of card I printed to perfectly match the stripes and spots ones

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,