Anniversary Card

 Hi everyone.  I had made an Anniversary card for my daughter and son-in-law, (see post HERE) but when I finished this card, I liked it better considering she loves everything and anything tropical, just like her mommy 😀

 

The stitched pattern is from Hobbjournaal no. 207, designed by Chrissie. This was a stitch patterned kit that Santa gave me :-)  I'm afraid I can't remember where the tropical birds came from.  The greeting is a stamp from the Happy Days stamp set by Cardz TV, and was stamped using Archival Brilliance ink in Galaxy Gold.  

In order to finish off the card nicely, I stitched another flower on the inside.

And that is it from me for today.

Crafty hugs,

Heart with Flowers

 Hello crafting friends.  As promised I'm back today to share the Valentine card I made to send to my mom.

The card base was made using a file from the Silhouette store. The flowers were from a cutting sheet from my stash. I cut out the different layers and used foam squares in between to add a little dimension.

I'll be back tomorrow to share the Valentine card I made for my grandbabies, so I hope you'll stop by for another visit.

Crafty hugs,

CCAYR ~ March Christmas Challenge

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's 

Christmas Cake Challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

March Christmas Cake Inspiration

Holly & Berries &/or Stars, with Brown as the main colour!

Brown is not a colour I typically associate with Christmas, so this really was a challenge for me, but I think I managed. What do you all think?

I started by looking through my Christmas papers, and chose this patterned paper from the Woodland Winter Paper Pad by Studio Light.  Next I cut out the brown paper mats and Petra's Botanical Star, from Marianne Designs, both in brown and in white. I decided to use the white for the front with the brown inlay in order to make my little squirrel multi layered image stand out a little more.  The squirrel is from the Holly Jolly Christmas cutting sheet by Yvonne Creations.   I used pop dots in between each layer to add dimension. The stamped greeting is from the Vintage Christmas stamp set by Whimsy Stamps and was stamped using Brilliance's Coffee Bean ink.

On the inside, I the brown star with the white inlay so that I could stamp my sentiment.  This  sentiment is from Great Impression Stamps, and was also stamped using the Brilliance Coffee Bean ink.  I added my favourite little holly stamp, from Stampabilities, and coloured it using copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ "S" is for Snow Globe - October

  Hello and welcome to our October challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

 

This month our challenge is to create a project with something beginning with

 the letters S or T.

For my DT project, I used the letter "S" for Snow Globe. 

My SIL gave me a few decoupage sheets a while back and one of them has several images of snow globes. I love snow globes, there's just something magical about them :-)

I fussy cut all the different layers of the snow globe, and then adhered them to each other using foam dots. This gives it a 3D effect and adds beautiful dimension to the card. The stitching pattern is from a Stitch & Do kit from last year. 

On the inside I used a stamped a sentiment using a stamp from Christmas Sayings from Creative Expressions.  The holly is from Stampabilities and I coloured it using copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

I'm playing along at

12 Months of Christmas Link Up

Till next time,

crafty hugs!

Masculine Birthday

Hello crafting friends. Before I share my card with you, I would like to wish all my American friends a very  Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be blessed with love, family and friends.

With that done, I would like to share the card I made for hubby's uncle who just turned 99 years young :-)

I've had this decoupage sheet for a number of years now and had never used it. I sometimes look around my craft room and think it's time to de-stash because there are things that I haven't used in a long time.  As soon as I start though, I keep thinking that I will use those items one day, and there goes the whole de-stashing idea :-) Well, you see, sometimes it works because I thought that this image, with it's different layers, was just perfect for this birthday card :-)  The stitching pattern is one that I got in a kit a while back too :-)  See you have to keep your goodies from way back when because you just never know when you're going to use it :-)

It's funny though, I only feel like this about my crafting toys.  Everywhere else in my home, things get donated or trashed. I love a clutter free home :-)

I kept the inside of the card on the simple side so hubby could write his message.

That is it from me for today.

Crafty hugs & blessings

Nautical Masculine Birthday

As promised, here I am today to share the card I made for my uncle for his birthday.

And look ... not a stitch in sight!!! :-) I thought for a few seconds that I'd forgotten how to make cards without any stitching on them :-) But I love the way this card came out, so I guess I still got it :-)

Now for the recipe:

Card base - GinaK card stock, 5.5" x 5.5"

Mat die on front & inside of card - Anja's Frilly Square - Marianne Designs

Tiny's Fishnet die - Marianne Designs

Coral die - Marianne Designs

Nautical Rope die - Marianne Designs

Image - Maritime - Amy Designs

Stamped sentiment - Hampton Art

Hope you enjoyed your visit today and that I was able to provide a little inspiration for your next masculine birthday card.

Till next time,

Happy Crafting!

Masculine Cards

Hello and welcome back, crafting friends.

I have three cards to share with you today, all of them were made for hubby's birthday.

This first card is the one I made to give him. As you know I love stitching on cards and often mix and match embroidery kits to get exactly the card I want.  You can't really tell from this pic, but the image is made up of 4 different layers all stacked upon each other. The dimension is beautiful!

For the inside I used a stamp set from Fiskars called Aged to Perfection to create my sentiment focal point.

This card was the one I made for my son to give Dad. 

Papers are from my scrap drawers. The image is from a cutting sheet by Amy Designs called Daily Transport.

For the inside, I used a design from the Silhouette store. Isn't it cool? This is design #49617.

All the card stocks are from Recollections. Thinking about it now, I think I should have used a piece of red card stock behind the scrip.  Live and learn :-) Next time I'll know better!

The birthday stamp is from the Good Times stamp set by Cardz TV.

And lastly, my mom asked me to make a card for her "favourite" son-in-law!
  Hehehe, he's her only son-in-law :-)

Again I took the opportunity to stitch a card.

Don't you just love the nautical feel of this card? I used 3 different shades of blue for the stitched "waves" that frame the image, which is also made up of 4 different layers for dimension.  This image was from the Maritime 3D push-out sheet by Amy Designs.

In order to keep the inside with the same nautical theme, I added a rope and life preserver die from Cottage Cutz.  The stamped sentiment is from a very old stamp by Hampton Art.  All the card stocks on this card are from GinaK. except the linen card stock which is from a company in Holland.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and that I was able to provide a little inspiration on making masculine cards. If you haven't trying card stitching, I highly recommend that you give it a try.  It's very relaxing and gives you a great feeling of accomplishment when you're done :-)

Till next time,

Happy Crafting!

CCAYR ~ March Challenge

Hello crafting friends. Can you believe we're in March already?

Being the 1st of the month, we have a brand new challenge at CCAYR hosted by the Gingerbread Gals.

March Challenge ~ Use Flowers

Prize ~  please visit the CCAYR blog

Here is the card I made using white ponsettias.

To make this 6.5" x 5" Z-Fold card, I used the following supplies:

Card stocks - Gina K.

Image mats - Petra's Oval - Marianne Designs

Poinsettias - Holly Frame Die - Spellbinders

Flourish corners - Anja's Vintage Corners - Marianne Designs

Embossing folder - Let it Snow - Crafter's Companion

Image - Forest Animals Cutting Sheet - Marianne Designs

Sentiment - Christmas Sayings - Creative Expression

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you've enjoyed your visit and will play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your Christmas project to the CCAYR blog.  Please take a few minutes and visit our blog to see all the wonderful projects made by The Gingerbread Gals.  And don't forget to come back on the 15th, when the Christmas Belles will post their projects for your mid-month inspiration.

Crafty hugs,

Happy Birthday with Hobby Dots

Hello crafting friends. Welcome to this week's challenge at PDE!

Challenge #7 ~ Anything Goes

I used Hobby Dots to create the background of my card and a sweet image from a 3D decoupage sheet.  Since this is going to Holland, I thought this little cow was perfect for this card.

These cards always come out so pretty :-) and they're so easy and relaxing to make.

Everything you need for the card comes in the kit. There is no time spent on figuring out card design, what papers to use, etc. It's all there for you! :-)

I continued the theme on the inside of the card. This I did on my own, as the kits do not provide for the inside of the cards.  I left mine blank because I want to write my own birthday message.

I know that this is an awful photo, but it's the best I could do to show you how beautiful these hobby dots really are. They have a beautiful shine to them! You can also see the layers of the cow ... well maybe, if you close one eye and squint with the other :-) Joking aside, if you click on any of the images, it will pull up a larger photo and you can see it better.

Well, that is all from me for today.   I hope you've enjoyed your visit and will come play along with us.  Please take a few minutes and visit our blog to see what my DT teamies came up with, for your inspiration.  You have till noon, EST on 20 February, 2018 to link your project.

Hugs,