Challenge #270 ~ Fill in the Blank - Fall .....

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner!  We are back from our Summer break and ready to offer you some Fall inspiration. 

  The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Fill in the blank -  Fall _____ ~

(leaves, florals, harvest, colours, activity, etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Fred, She Said Digital Designs

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

Fred She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-colored images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred!

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LeAnn's World 101

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Polkadoodles

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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When I saw this gorgeous digi from Fred She Said, called Pumpkins & Sunflowers,

  I went looking for some of my card base making dies and thought this one would show case it the best.

I used the Card Frame - SL370 die from Studio Light Essentials to create this circle flip card.

Orange and brown cardstocks are from my old stock from GinaK.  The digi was printed on photo paper.  The patterned paper is from The Duo Design Paper Pad - Bright Blooms & Trailing Leaves from Hunkydory.

On the inside of the flip circle, I created a mat using the Silhouette.  This is where I will write my personal message.

This card measures 6" x 5.5" when closed for mailing.  I'm using a 6" square card for mine.

And that is all for today friends.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope I was able to inspire you to come play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 7 October 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #263 - Fill in the Blank - Snow_____

     Hello crafting friends and welcome to our January challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Our challenge for this month is ~ Fill in the Blank - Snow_____ ~

(man, flake, globe, buddy, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Last Minute Manda

Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis

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Ram Stamps

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:

I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

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I made two cards for this challenge, one from each of our wonderful sponsors.  So let's start with Last Minute Manda. 

I used the very sweet pre-coloured digi set called Snow Bears Christmas, and created four cards.  Each card uses one of the 4 digis that come in this set. Here is a close up of the 4 images ...

   

     

  I used "Snow Buddies" for my challenge theme.  Using the Silhouette, I print and cut the images twice, then used foam square to adhere the two layers together to add a little dimension to the card.

On the inside I used a leftover strip of  the patterned paper to add a little interest, and stamped my greeting.

  I also used the following materials to create these cards:

Recollections - 5.5" Square card base

Silhouette to print and cut.

Marianne Design - Snowflake Square

Spellbinders - Make it Merry Sentiments

DP - The Paper Studio - Foiled Snowflakes

For my second card, I used the adorable Woodland Snowman scene from RAM Stamps, and as you can see I also went with "Snow Buddies" as the theme for this card.

A close up of this sweet and adorable Winter scene.  

In addition to this lovely digi, I used the following products to create my card:

Silhouette - card base

Studio Light - Trees

Marianne Design - Slimline Icicles

Cottage Cutz - Merry Christmas w/Shadow

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 11 February 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #261 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - 3+ Layers

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to our November challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #261 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist of 3+ Layers

Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  2 digis, 1 pad of digital papers "mini"

and the possibility of being Special Guest DT

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SheepSki Designs
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Using the Snow Globe No. 1 digi, from Mirtillamente Craft Shop, I created this card or our challenge.

The card base was cut using a die set from Studio Light Essentials called Circle Zigzag Card Shape. Red cardstock is from Recollections, gold cardstock and patterned paper are both from my scraps drawers and unfortunately I have no info on them.

For the embellishment I used

 Twigs - Marianne Design

Holly Leaves & Pine Branches - Lea'bilities

I used copic markers to colour the images and added a few accents with gel pens.

For this embellishment I used

Twigs - Marianne Design

Holly Leaves & Pine Branches - Lea'bilities

Full opened card measures 8" x 5.5". 

I added a gold and white mat to the back so that I had a place to stamp my greeting and write a small personal message.   I used the Tiny Tidings stamp set from Cardz TV to stamp the greeting.

When closed, the card measures 5.5" x 3" and fits perfectly into an A2 envelope.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 10 December 2024, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - Stitched Polar Bear

 Hello and welcome to March's Christmas challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.  This is one of my favourite months - it's St Paddy's month, my son's birthday, my mom's birthday and my birthday too, which falls on Easter Sunday this year!  How cool is that? 😀

Our challenge this month is Arctic or Antarctic Animals.

Here is our inspiration pic ...

I didn't go with a cute penguin from Antarctica though, I went with a cute polar bear  from Arctica instead.  

Inspired by my friend Deanne, and having several sweater dies, I decided to use this Stiched Sweater die from Marianne Design. The floss I used is from Artiste, and the polar bear pattern was found on Pinterest.

It was quite a bit of work, but I love the way it came out.

For the background, I used a sheet of this beautiful Winter paper from the Perfect Pop Ups paper pad by Made to Surprise. For the greeting I used a die from Spellbinders, called Make it Merry Sentiments.

I cut out the trees in green and white to give it the appearance of snow on evergreen forest trees.  This tree die is from Studio Light.  The pretty little Cardinals were cut using the Birch Trees die from Impression Obsession.

On the inside I used a little cut out of the Winter paper and matted it onto blue cardstock to match the rest of the card.

Talking about Arctic and Antarctic animals I have a fun fact to share with you, which of course you may already know, but just the same here goes ~

there are no penguins in the North and there are no polar bears in the South Pole. I remember being taught this at school, (way back when) but wasn't sure if it was still the case as I had read an article that a group of scientists were going to introduce penguins to the North.  Apparently it didn't go well for the small colony of penguins. From the follow up article I read, no body really knows what happened to them.  Scientists have also thought of placing polar bears in Antarctica, but it would disrupt the natural eco system down there, so they have shelved that idea for now.  I'm sure the penguins and the seals that live there are very happy about that.  There are apparently no large predators on the Antarctic landmass, so they only have to worry about whales when they go for a swim. I say leave these animals alone, they're exaclty where God meant them to be!  Just my 2c. 😀

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.

The Paper Shelter #573 ~ Favourite Colour Combo!

    Hello friends! Welcome back to our newest challenge at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is Favourite Colour Combo

To be honest I didn't know where to start on this challenge.  I have so many favourite colour combos 😀  There are the reds, greens and golds, and the blues, silver and white for Christmas, and all the colours of Fall, and of those of Halloween and let's not forget the Valentine and Easter colours ... well, I obviously have lots of favourite colour combos, but the one that first came to mind was the aqua, sand and coral.  I love tropical colours at any time of the year, so although Halloween is just around the corner, I hope you enjoy this trip to the tropics with me.

To go with my chosen colour combo, I picked this "Pretty Mermaid" digi set from The Paper Shelter.  Isn't she just gorgeous? I used a card base die I recently got and started putting all the bits and pieces together. I uploaded the mermaid and the beautiful background, that also comes in this digi set, to the Silhouette. Next I cut out all the elements and printed a large square of the background so that I could use my dies to cut out the different mats.  I duplicated and cut out the seaweed several times.  The mermad was cut out twice and layered using foam squares.

Here is a close up of this beauty, and a few of the seaweed.

I felt like the card needed a few embellishments, so I went thru my "Tropical" stash and die cut several elements.  Here is a close up of the left side of the card.

And here is a close up of the elements on the right side of the card.  I have listed all the supplies I used, further down on this post.

I created another couple of mats for the back. I added a few left over seaweed and a shell.  The Happy Birthday was computer generated.

Crafty supplies used to make this card:

The Paper Shelter - Pretty Mermaid

Studio Light - Card Shape (cut twice and put together) - SL-ES-CD-123)

Marianne Design - Nautical Rope, Coral

Impression Obsession - Seashells (Small)

Karen Burniston - Cruise Charms (anchor)

Memory Box - Seahorses

Amy Designs- Ocean Animals, Sea Life

Cottage Cutz - Crab

Well, I don't know about you, but after making this card, I want to head off to a tropical destination somewhere for Christmas.   It's just too long to wait till Summer again.😀

Before I go, I would like to remind you that The Paper Shelter offers a $30 gift certifcate for one lucky winner.  In order to get this prize, you must use a product from The Paper Shelter.  However, if you have not used a product from The Paper Shelter, you still stand a chance of winning 3 digis of your choice. 

I hope  you will come join the fun and share your projects with your favourite colour combo.  You will find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,