New Home - Birdhouse Snowglobe

 Hello crafting friends.  Still trying to catch up on projects I've been steadily working on 😀

Today I'd like to share the New Home card I made for my son.  I don't often make New Home cards, but I had five to make in March :-)  I always think of birds and birdhouses for New Home cards, so I went with that idea.

I used several elements from different .cut files from Silhouette to put this snowglobe card together.

Also used a few punches to add the flowers and the butterflies. I added stickles to the center of each flower to add that little something special.

I kept the inside simple and with enough space to write my message.

That is is for today folks.  I'll be back tomorrow with my DT project for The Paper Shelter.

It's a yummy one, I promise! 😉  I hope  you'll come visit!

Crafty hugs,

Hippity Hop!

Hello crafting friends.  I have another Easter card to share with you. Since this card was mailed overseas, I did not add a lot of  layers to it,   Isn't his bunny cute? :-)

Crafty Ingredients:

Hunkydory Moonstone Dies - Arched Window Nesting Dies

Cottage Cutz - Carrot Patch Bunny

Cottage Cutz - Happy Easter word dies

Cottage Cutz - Savanna (for clouds)

MS Punch - Butterflies

Thanks for  stopping by today.  Until next time, stay safe and well.

Crafty hugs,

CCAYR ~ October's Christmas Challenge

Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's 

challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Challenge ~ Winter Sports

This is our Christmas cake inspiration pic for October.

For my DT project today, I have another stitched card, this one from a Stitch & Do Kit, no. 77.

Not quite the Christmas colours I normally use, but I think this little polar bear is adorable on his sled, and would be perfect for our Winter Sport challenge.  What do you all think? :-)

With this stitched pattern, there was a lot of white space left on each corner, and as you know by now, I don't do well with lots of white space, so I used an old MS corner punch to create the snowflakes on each corner. I thought it would work well with the snowy pic.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Christmas Greetings set from Great Impressions Stamps.

That's all for today crafting friends.  Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing a little of  your time with me.   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,

Sweet Angels

Hello crafting friends. I have a sweet angels card to share with you today.

This was a combination of Silhouette file and the Little Angels Stamps & Dies from Sunny Studio.  First I made the heavenly clouds slimline box card, using a couple of files from the Silhouette store.

Once I finished putting it together, I die cut the little Angels, the accessories and the Joy to the World banner.  Then I added a little colour to all the die cuts.  I pop dotted the accessories to the Angels and then adhered the Angels to the clouds creating an angelic scene. To add a few extra special finishing touches, I punched out a few gold stars and scattered them around the clouds.  I  also used a Zig Sparkle pen to add a little shimmer to the accessories.

Here is a close up of the left hand side of the card with two of the Angels.

And here are the other two Angels that sit on the right hand side of the card.

I kept the back very simple.  I die cut and stacked the Merry Christmas die cut with shadow, from Cottage Cutz, and a few gold stars, leaving me plenty of space to write my personal message.

I hope you enjoyed my angelic scene as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm playing along at

Merry Little Christmas Challenges

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenges

Crafty hugs

Crafty Gals Corner #230 ~ Spring/Easter

  Hello crafting friends and welcome back to another fun challenge

 starting today at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #230 ~ Spring/Easter

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are ... 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Polkadoodles

Prize ~ £8.50 Gift Certificate

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The Paper Shelter
Prize ~ 3 Digital Stamps

When I saw these cute Spring Elves by the Paper Shelter, I thought how cute they would look on this  Tiered Box Card.

The images from The Paper Shelter come with so many different files, such as jpg, png, coloured images, black & white images, which are perfect if you like to colour, and also a background. They really do have everything you need to make a card in a jiffy.  I decided to use the pre coloured elves, and used my Silhouette to cut them out.  I forgot to resize the file, so in order to accommodate them as they are, this card turned out rather on the large size, but it's not problem, as I think it looks even better.

I made the card myself, following the tutorial by Sam Calcott, here, but adjusted the sizes in order to fit my elves.  I then added a fence die cut to the front of the card, another grass layer and bunches of roses and daisies. To create the grass sections inside the card, I used a MS punch.  The smaller grass border on the front of the card was cut using a die from Precious Marieke.

On the back of the card, I used Hero Arts' Special Birthday stamp as the sentiment.

As you can see, this envelope is too small for the size of my card, but I wanted to show you how it folds flat for mailing. My card is 5.5" wide and 6" tall which means it will fit in a 6" square envelope. This size will require a bit extra postage here in the US, but I think it will be worth it :-)

   That's all for today folks.  Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you liked my card, and feel inspired to get crafty and come play along with us. You have until 12:00 pm, CST, on 10 May 2022, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

FS ~ With Sympathy

  Hello friends and welcome to my Fairy Stamper Friday share!

Unfortunately I needed another one of these cards. Trying to keep it simple but elegant, I used the Fairy Hugs Wild Rose stamp as the focal point of my card.

To stamped the rose using Memento Northern Pine ink and coloured it with copic markers.

I used a fancy border from Marianne Designs, a few butterflies cut out using a MS punch, and stamped the Sympathy sentiment.  I used my Silhouette to cut out the oval mats.

On the inside I used the same oval die cut for my personal message. As a finishing touch I added another few butterflies, and that was it.  Sometimes, it only takes one stamp to achieve the look you're looking for, and this was one of those times.  I wanted to use the little sweet butterfly that comes with the Sivelle stamp set, but the pink cardstock is textured, so it was the MS punch to the rescue in this case.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope to see you playing along with us. Our challenges go live on the first Thursday of each month on our Facebook group.   All you have to do is to create a project and upload the pic to our challenge album.  There is a $15.00 prize for one lucky crafter 😀

Till next time,

crafty hugs!

Fairy Stamper ~ Bluebells

   Hello crafting friends, and welcome to my Fairy Stamper Friday share.

I have another simple card to share with you today.

For this card, I used the gorgeous Bluebells stamp. I used blue ink for the blue bells and then went over it with a little purple ink to get the multicolour effect.  I added a couple of the tiny fairies fluttering around the flowers.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment and another little fairy.

Here is the list of crafty ingredients I used to make this card. I have linked the stamps to the Fairy Stamper store, for your convenience.

Fairy Hugs Stamps - Bluebells, Condo Dwellers, Fairy Life

Fairy Hugs Ink - Raven Black

VersaFine Clair inks - Rain Forest, Blue Belle, Monarch

Marianne Designs - Bluebell Circle

Paper Boutique, Country Stroll - Patterned Paper

MS Punch - Small Butterflies

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope I have inspired you to create a project and come join the fun. Our challenges go live every other Thursday on our Facebook group.   All you have to do is to create a project and upload the pic to our challenge album.  There is a $15.00 prize for one lucky participant.

Till next time,

stay safe and well.

Crafty Gals Corner #209 - Fantasy World

Hello crafting friends and welcome back to another fun challenge starting

 today at Crafty Gals Corner!  

Challenge # 209 ~ Fantasy World!

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

(listed in alphabetical order)

   

Colour of Love
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Cute as a Button

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

Morgan's Art World

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images used by the DT

I have two projects to share with you today.

The first is from Colour of Love. For this card, I used the beautiful Snow Princess

 I used a design from Silhouette, #267899 by Lori Whitlock, to make my card base.

The background is an image from Google. I used a snowflake embossing folder and a MS snowflake punch to decorate the frame.  Copic markers were used to colour in the image.  As you can see it fits beautifully into an A7 envelope.

For my second projects, I used this very cute Checking the List Elf from Cute as a Button. I used a side step card fold to showcase him. I used various dies from Cottage Cutz and Yvonne Creations to complete my scene. The greeting is from Cardz TV stamps. I used copic markers to colour him in and went over his wings, hat and quill with a Wink of Stella pen to give it a little sparkle. And as you can see, we all made it onto the nice list 😀

That is it from me for today. I hope you liked my card and feel inspired to get crafty and come play along with us. You have until 12:00 pm, CST, on 11 August 2020, to link your project to our challenge.

Stay safe and healthy!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge # 207 ~ For the Ladies!

Hello crafting friends and welcome back to another fun challenge starting today at Crafty Gals Corner!  

Challenge # 207 ~ For the Ladies!

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Moon Flower Digistamps
Prize - $10 Gift Certificate

I love all of MoonFlower's digis, but I especially love the Snowflake Princess. There's just something so feminine and royal about her ...
So, using her image, here is the card I created.

I made a centre fold card so showcase this beauty and used copic markers to colour her in.  I added a few tones of lilac and lavender to her wings to brake up all the blue.  I also added a few gems in the lilac/lavender tones to the centre of each snowflake.

Although this is not a very good photo, it shows you a little bit of the shine I added, to her wings and skirt, with a wink of stella pen. It really does look so much better in person.

 I kept the inside simple by just stamping the sentiment and adding a few small snowflakes.

List of crafty ingredients used:

Card base - Silhouette - design #39775 - Lori Whitlock
Image - Snowflake Fairy - Moon Flower Digis
Card stocks - GinaK.
Snowflakes - Joy Crafts - Winter Wishes
Snowflake borders - Cottage Cutz - Winter Frost Border
Tiny snowflakes - MS punch
Stamp - Cardz TV - Big Holiday Wishes

Gems - Recollections

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you liked my card and feel inspired to get crafty and come play along with us.  You have until 12:00 pm, CST, on 9 June 2020, to link your card to our challenge.

Stay safe and healthy!

Hugs,