June WLS #1 - close to nature

Good Morning everyone

Time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping with the theme this month 

CLOSE TO NATURE

or we have the anything goes option as long as you use stamping

Its not often I buy a craft magazine these days but did recently for lots of hospital visits.  It came with this set of beautiful floral and foliage stamps which Ive used to make my background design

Card size approx 8x8"  - Made by die cutting 2 of the largest fancy circle dies from white card and scoring about an inch down on one and adhered to the back of the unscored one which gives a hinge.  This also means you get the whole of the shape as the card front and its not missing a section where the spine would be.

 I die cut a piece of smooth white card to size and then stamped the images with different colours of versafine clair inks all over it.  I then die cut it into frames using the nesting dies, I skipped one layer so that they were wider frames.  I die cut a piece of pinky purple mirror card and adhered the largest outside frame with 2mm foam tape, then the next size frame with 1mm foam tape, then the next layer I adhered flat and then the smallest middle layer I adhered with 2mm foam tape again - making sure to line up the pattern. 

I die cut the sentiment from pearl teal card and adhered to a white die cut panel and added to the front.  I then die cut 2 layered butterflies with the pinky mirror & teal pearl card and added to finish. 

Showing it stood up side on, to help it stand nicely I cut a small sliver off the bottom of the back panel.  You can see the layers better here, the mirror card does just show through and catches the light.  I quite often layer cards like this just for interest and fun - it works equally well using patterned paper.

As usual taking photos of mirror card a nightmare, it is a beautiful purply pink.  Using the teal ink and card helps break up the colour.....normally im allergic to pink😁

The inside of my card.  I die cut cut paper in co-ordinating colours to the front, on the blue one I stamped some of the images to tie it in with the front. 

Items Used:

Stamps from 'simply cards & papercraft' magazine issue 268

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson sentiment die

Creative Craft Products 'large stretch label' (circle dies)

Butterfly dies

Versafine Clair inks 'warm breeze' 'purple delight' 'monarch' & 'glamorous'

Craft Consortium mirror card 'lilac'

Jellybean teal pearlised card

CraftUk ltd smooth white A4 card

We have this beautiful stamp as the prize this month supplied by Buddly Crafts - a fabulous online craft store, well worth a visit.

so do hop over to

 We love stamping

to join in and see what the rest of the DT came up with for our CLOSE TO NATURE theme

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Ive had a quiet week, snoozing and crafting - just what the doctor ordered so feeling much more human now😁  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/05/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-at-least-one.html

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https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Garden%20Party

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https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/05/challenge-267-fill-in-blank-fancy.html -

  Fancy shaped card

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https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2025/05/51425-flowers.html

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https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/05/cut-it-up-challenge-331-anything-goes.html

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WLS March#1 - Hello Spring

Good Morning everyone

Today is the start of a new challenge over at We Love Stamping

The theme this month is HELLO SPRING

but you can always go with the anything goes theme as long as you use stamping

A6 white linen cardblank.  I took a piece of white linen card and stamped the crocus stamp twice with 'monarch' versaclair ink which was a Christmas present.  The colour reminds me of the purple crocus you get but i decided to colour the actual crocus yellow with my inktense pencils and cut them out....I have both colours of crocus flowering together each year.

In my paper stash i found a piece of paper with co-ordinating colours so die cut into 2 small cross stitch rectangles, matted onto purple and added top and bottom of the cardfront.

I die cut the base image into a cross stitch rectangle and decoupaged the cut out crocus onto the base image which i had put a light wash of blue around the image.  I matted the panel onto purple and then added the card front.

'Think spring' die cut from a snippet of gold satin card and a few pale green gems added to finish.  I used green gems as a contrast to the yellow and purple and pick up on the stems and leaves which are green.

You can see the gold satin better at this angle - nightmare to get a decent photo of it .  My crocus have been enjoying the spring sunshine we've had this week.

Items Used:

Chocolate Baroque stamps 'spring is in the air'

Sue wilson die 'think spring'

Derwent inktense pencils

MFT Xstitch rectangle dies

Bobunny paper (very old)

CraftUk white linen card

Purple paper

Gem gems

Versafine clair ink 'monarch'

Do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in and see what the rest of the DT have created with our spring theme

This months prizes are these 2 beautiful penny black stamp sets.

Thank you all for stopping by, I hope you all have a lovely week. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/02/bring-me-flowers.html

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https://carlinskaartenparadijs.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-80-maart.html

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https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-2025-crafts-galore-encore.html

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https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/03/aspettando-la-primavera-waiting-for.html

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https://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-95.html

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/03/spring-season-march-2025.html

 

Retro baubles

Morning All

One of the old 6x6 paper pads in my stash was this lovely retro style by carta bella called 'Merry Christmas by Steven Duncan'  Which i decided it was about time i used, ive teamed it up with a very old spellbinders bauble die set

Card Sixe 6.5x6.5" I rounded the corners to pick up on the curves of the bauble. 

I first die cut the largest bauble from the middle of a 6x6 pieces of paper, from this bauble i then die cut the star aperture wreath in the middle of it.  I did this from 2 different papers.

I matted one paper onto green holographic cardstock and then the card front.  The bauble from the different paper i then mounted into the middle aperture with glue gel having curved it slightly first.  The holographic dances through the stars in the bauble when the light hits it.  Sentiment die cut from white and matted onto larger circles die cut from plain papers from the pad and added to the centre of the star circle.  Die cut bow added to finish with a dot of gold glitter glue.

Trying to show the holographic and stars better - so hard to take decent photos of it.  I had inked all the paper edges with faded jeans distress ink, this helps the bauble stand out a bit more.

Version 2, this time i matted onto red mirror card which shimmers and shines through the die cut stars

This shows the inside, I used strips of the same papers used on the fronts and die cut a large bauble from plain paper and stamped the sentiment

Version 3 - this one also has red mirror card which sadly the photos don't show very well

Versions 4 & 5 - these are both matted onto silver holographic card which really dances in the light

and finally versions 6 & 7, these are matted onto a silver glitter card which also has touches of red, green & gold in it.  

I was very pleased to use quite alot of this paper pad on this one batch.  My mum has lots of retro baubles and decorations, even some that were her mums which come out each year.  Now mum buys one new bauble each year for the tree.

Items Used:

carta bella 6x6 paper pad 'Merry Christmas by Steven Duncan' #CBMC107023

Spellbinders bauble die set

Sue Wilson die 'merry christmas'

Star circle & bow dies brand unknown

Spellbinders circle dies

Green & Silver holographic card

Silver glitter card

red mirror card

Distress ink - faded jeans

Thank you for stopping by once again.  I hope you have a great weekend.  Big hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the first card in the following:

https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2024/12/december-challenge-bows-gifts-or.html

https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas.html

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-december-anything-goes.html

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/11/traditional-christmas.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-ornaments-challenge.html

https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/12/challenge-93-if-its-christmassy-link-it.html

 

Floral birthday

Good Morning all, i hope you had a good weekend.  

Can you believe its a fortnight gone again and time for a new challenge at

Make My Monday

The theme this time is:

A Hint of Summer to Come

I found a lovely summery floral paper with blue cornflowers in my stash to go with.  I picked out co-ordinating cardstock and dies to go with.

5.5 x 7" white cardblank.  I first stamped my sentiment direct onto the cardfront and then die cut my pattern paper with a MFT edge die, layered it onto blue cardstock cut with the same edge die,  i added this to the cardfront with foam tape. 

I made up a cornflower using my old Tonic cornflower die and added a button centre.  I die cut different foliage from orange and yellow cardstock to pick up on them in the paper.  Ive had the Sue Wilson foliage die years but its such a pain to cut cleanly that i rarely use it but its perfect with this paper. 

I added a thin strip of blue to the top edge and 3 yellow buttons to finish. 

Exactly the same details as the first one but just reversed with the paper at the bottom and white linen card on top.  

Hopefully summer will arrive soon and i have lots of beautiful flowers in the garden!  So if you fancy joining our challenge or just want to see what the rest of the DT came up with and all the amazing entries, please do hop over to 

Make My Monday

Items used:

Paper - B&M

MFT scalloped edge die

Tonic cornflower die

Sue Wilson Fern Trio die set CED1401

Tattered Lace - ferns die set

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

You might also be interested in:

sparkly-snowflakes - scalloped edge dies

thank-you-cards - scalloped edge die

Thank you for stopping by and all your visits and comments last week, i hope you all have a good week. 

I would like to enter:

craftaholicsrus - use something blue