Flower fairies tri-fold card

Good Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a card i made for a craft friends birthday.  She loves the Tim Holtz paper dolls so I know they won't be wasted on her! I use them sparingly as they are pricey but also most don't appreciate the moody vibe most of the dolls have which of course most photos of this era are the same as they had to hold their poses for so long for the wet plates of the cameras to capture the photo.

Anyway I wanted to use some holographic acetate butterflies I had for wings and turned them into little fairies.  The wings are green so I found a paper that was a floral vibe but not full on flowers so found this purple and green one which dictated the colour choice.

Its a nightmare to get a good photo as the camera never likes shimmery things and ive used glitter card, pearl card, pearl texture paste and of course the holographic of the wings

I die cut the base card from purple pearlescent card using an old tattered lace A4 tri-fold card die set, when folded up the finished card is 8x8" and then die cut the papers using the layering dies in the set. 

I then die cut the foliage from ombre glitter card backing with a very soft sage green card.  

Sentiment die cut from the sage green card, matted onto soft pearl lilac card and a larger grey and added to the middle pop out section with glue gel.  

I added the wings to the back of 3 tim holtz paper dolls and adhered among the foliage with pinflair glue gell.  Adding a few die cut flowers using more lilac pearl used for the sentiment and adding gel dot centres which pick up on the colours in the ombre glitter card. 

The ombre glitter card i chose is mainly yellowy, peachy, pinky which is a nice contrast to the background but sadly the photos don't do it justice 

You can see their wings a bit better here, they have a beautiful green holographic shimmer

Before using the paper i used 'Stamperia Halo paste' which is a clear texture paste with a coloured mica shimmer which you can make out better here. I used 2 pastes, one with a purple hue and one with a green hue to pick up on the colours in the paper.

Items Used:

Tattered Lace Tri fold die set

Tim Holtz paper dolls

Holographic butterflies ebay find

Stamperia Halo Paste 'green #K3P70B' & ' Violet #K3P70D'

Studio Light Stencil Jenine's Mindful art 'Wallpaper pattern' #JMA-ES-MASK76

Ombre Glitter card 6x6 from The range

12x12 patterned paper from The works

Birthday sentiment die

Simon Says Stamp die 'leaf cluster' #112057

Purple & Lilac Pearl card

Sage Card

Gem dots

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a great last week in August - where has the month gone too, its scary. 

Id love to enter the following:

https://secretstamper.com/creative-creases-118-august-7th-through-september-3rd/

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https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-2026-challenge-90-anything-goes.html

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https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-123-layer-it-up.html

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https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/inkspirational-challenge-374-word.html

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https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august-2026.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-challenge-with-twist.html - dies used for everything apart from the fairies 

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WLS Jan #1 - something new

Good Morning everyone and welcome to 2026

I hope you all had a good Christmas and wishing you all a Happy & Healthy New Year.   All those months of build up to Christmas and its over in a flash

Its time for the first challenge of the year over at We Love Stamping and the theme is fairly simple 

SOMETHING NEW

So could be new baby card, happy new year or in my case a new stamp set

I bought this stamp set purposely as the girl looks exactly like my oldest niece Sophie, she is super tall and legs like bean poles with long flowing hair so I thought the image would be perfect for her birthday card.  She was 14 in December.

Card size 6x5"     I found a funky paper pad in my stash that is perfect for a teenager and predominately Sophie's fav colour of greeny blue.  To make the most of the papers I decided to do a fancy fold.   

Black card base - I simply folded the front of the card in half back on itself. I cut the papers to size for each panel, edged with a black pen, matted onto solid teal paper and then the black card base. I added border strips of the paper across the front to break it up a bit.

 I stamped the girl onto white card, one of the pink papers and one green paper and paper pieced the top and skirt onto the white version.  I coloured her hair with alcohol markers and used a satin alcohol marker for her skin - Sophie has very very pale skin - like me - they used to say Id been moon bathing!😁. I then cut around the image leaving a white edge, which I don't normally do but in this case felt it would help the image stand out a bit against the busy patterns.

Die cut the sentiment from pink paper and added a drop shadow die cut from the black, this i matted onto a vellum circle.  Gel heart stickers added to the corners to finish.

Here she is...Sophie is expressive with her hands also so loved that the image had attitude with her hands

I used a vellum circle to add the sentiment as it just softens the busy pattern enough to help the sentiment stand out but doesn't actually hide any of the paper.  Sophie likes writing affirmations so the paper is ideal for her....I knew Id kept this paper pad 10+yrs for a reason....eventually the perfect occasion comes along😁

And the back of the card a place to write, I took a piece of solid pale pink paper and stamped the sentiment and added off cuts of papers used on the front to the bottom to tie it all together.

Items Used:

 Jane Davenport stamps CEJDCS003 'Dreamy days'

woodware birthday sentiment stamp

Birthday sentiment die

Circle dies

6x6 Paper pad My Minds eye 'Jubilee - wild berry' (very old!)

Vellum

Black cardstock

gel heart gems

We have these fabulous prizes for the lucky winner

Various dies from Tonic - may vary to picture

A voucher for overseas winners

So hop over to We Love Stamping to join in with your stamped creations and be in with a chance of winning.

Thank you for stopping by. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2025/12/challenge-17.html

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https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/01/challenge-132-something-new.html - my stamp is new

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https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/krafty-chicks-challenge-801-birthday.html

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https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2026/01/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper.html

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Playing card birthday card

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing the 2nd card I made for my niece Alice's 10th birthday with a playing card theme which is unusual for a 10yr old but she loves playing cards especially after school with her nan & I to unwind, or on a train journey so its the perfect theme for her.  Id kept this mini playing cards set from a Christmas cracker years ago - knew it would come in useful one day! 

8x8" card die cut using fancy circle dies.  I then cut smaller layer from red and black polka dot paper and then a smaller white layer.  I then adhered the cards randomly, some flat and some on foam pads.  I computer printed the sentiment, die cut and matted onto a larger circle die cut from the black polka dot paper and adhered to the front with pinflair glue gel.

I took the 10 of spades card and matted onto red polka dot paper and added just off the sentiment with glue gel to finish....spades are her 'fav' suit at the moment!

Showing it stood up side on.  I cut a sliver off the bottom of the back panel so it stands up nicely and doesn't rock. 

I had started doing a 'clock patience' lay out with the cards on the card front as she plays that alot too, but i soon realised that wasn't going to work as had 13 numbers and usually the king goes in the middle where i wanted the sentiment so I added them randomly after that😁

and the inside, i cut some of the red polka dot paper and then a smaller white die cut with my stamped greeting

Items Used:

Creative craft dies - stretched circles

Woodware sentiment stamp

Anna Marie red & black polka dot card

mini playing cards - mine came out of a Christmas cracker

CraftUk ltd smooth white 300gsm cardstock

Thank you for stopping by. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://dreamvalley2.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-342-shaped-cards-no-squares.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-challenge-time.html - used several nesting dies 

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https://theoutlawzchallenges-monday.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-4th-monday-greetings-challage.html - use polka dots

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https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/08/neglected-stuff-825-challenge.html = the red and black polka dot paper is over 8yrs old....just waiting for the perfect project to come along😁....great to use the mini  playing cards too after 10 yrs in the drawer.

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Charlotte is 5

Good Morning everyone, welcome to September😄

Time for a new challenge over at https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/

Where the theme is 'coloured image' or you can always go with the anything goes as long as some stamping is involved & you mention which stamps used

Ive made this diamond pop up card for my niece Charlottes 5th birthday, she absolutely loves anything dog related.  Ive used this space dog stamp from art by marlene  and teamed up with space themed papers.

I made my 6x6" diamond fold card from white cardstock and added patterned paper panels.  I cut a piece smaller again for the top and die cut a starry circle into it, this i matted onto silver holographic card and then the front. 

I stamped the image, watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut out, i added glossy accents to the space helmet and added him to the card front.  I die cut happy birthday from white card and matted onto navy paper and then the card front. 

I found some little flying saucer dies in my stash - no idea where they came from but ideal to embellish.  I die cut them from white, watercoloured and added detail with a black fine liner pen and added to the card base to finish.

You can make out the silver holographic mirror card better here, when the light hits it the stars really dance

So colouring in isn't my 'thing' I find staying inside lines very stressful which is why i usually fussy cut everything out and go for unrealistic colours to lessen the pressure of making it look realistic!

Just showing it side on

There is this flamingo in a spaceship stamp on the set too so i made a 2nd version for a friends birthday

Made the same way as the first one, however i decoupaged her spaceship for some dimension.  I love her little legs sticking out the bottom 😀

Items Used:

Studio Light 'Art By Marlene' stamps 'out of this world - walk about'

Paper pad - the works

Star circle die

Birthday & Spaceship dies

Silver holographic mirror card

Derwent inktense pencils

Ranger glossy accents

These are the fab prizes up for 2 lucky winners so do hop over to join in at We Love Stamping

Thank you all for popping by.  I hope you have a good week.  Emma

Id love enter the first card in the following:

https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-1.html

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #90

https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/sas4kids-birthday-cards-4-kids.html

 

Alice is 9

Good Morning everyone

This week my middle niece Alice is 9 so these are the 2 cards ive made for her.  The first one actually uses the same image i used for her dads card last year - now they are collecting horses and of course there is always a cat or 4 around - its a digi stamp from hetty clare called friends forever 

Alices favourite colours are purple & green 

approx 7x7" card made from white card with nesting dies.  I printed the image onto white along with the sentiment and coloured with inktense pencils, stencilled horse shoes around with and die cut into shape and adhered to the card front.  I die cut a frame from dark green card and added to the card front with 2mm foam tape

I bought this stamperia stencil with horse & horseshoes - but its so very thin and delicate it was very difficult to use

Just a close up

Now the better weather has arrived the girls love going out on a horse and cart ride with their dad and spend many happy hours seeing the countryside that way.

Items Used

Hettyclare digi image 'forever friends'

Stamperia stencil 'KSG468'

Derwent inktense pencils

nesting dies

Distress oxide inks vintage photo, black soot, fossilised amber

Id love to enter this card in the following:

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/fqgs-18-theme-of-afcg-competition-plus.html

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/week-7912.html

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/challenge-282.html

https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2024/07/creative-friday-364-ohne-designpapier.html - no patterned paper

and card 2

Alice is a talented gymnast and a little contortionist so i borrowed these gymnast dies from a craft friend

A5 white cardbase.  

I die cut the gymnasts from green glitter cardstock and 4 layers of scrap white cardstock which I layered together with the green glitter as the top layer - this gave them a sturdy chipboard depth.  I die cut the letters from purple mirri card and white card and used the white as a drop shadow to help them stand out.

I matted a lilac happy birthday printed cardstock onto purple mirri and then green glitter cardstock and then the card front.  The gymnasts were a bit lost against the background so i tore a piece of vellum adhered my letters and gymnasts to it - i then added tacky pva to the back of the vellum behind the letters and gymnasts and adhered to the card front - that hid the glue holding the vellum in place.

Just a close up - in real life the purple mirri and green glitter really do sparkle and shine

Items Used:

Memory box alpha dies

 gymnast dies

Anna-marie design birthday printed cardstock

papermania white vellum

Green glitter card

Hunkydory purple mirri card

Id love to enter this card into:

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2024/07/welcome-to-scrappy-tails-monday.html

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2024/07/lets-start-off-with-bang.html

https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2024/07/july-challenge-anything-goes.html

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a great week, I will be getting some crafting with my 5 nieces now schools out so that will be great fun.  Emmax