Herringbone

Hi

 welcome to another Christmas card post

I used a new technique today called herringbone 

I cut strips of Christmas patterned paper and arranged them in this formation

I die cut the circle, stamped the sentiment and tried again with heat embossing (previous attempts didn't go too well) this time it did come out ok (not so well in the photo) everything got very hot though!

I punched the raindeer and glued them around the circle

I am linking this card with

Crimbo Crackers

challenge 209 use your old stash

The patterned paper I used is a pad I bought when I was very new to card making and I haven't used them much as they are too small to use as backgrounds.  An early mistake learnt.  However this technique works well with them

&

Christmas Card Throwdown

Thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Peeking Snowmen

Hello again

It's Christmas card time again today with my newest Christmas card

I used my peeking snowmen die set to cut out the heads, hats, gloves,carrots and birds

I embossed some card with wood panels and painted it brown to make the fence

I embossed the snow for the background 

I die cut the sentiment and the Christmas lights (actually tiny balloons) and joined the lights together with 3D pearl effects

I am linking this card with

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

challenge 487 for a child

&

Christmas Crafts All year Round 

 April challenge snow buddies 

Thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Beetle

Hello again

It's raining here after weeks of sun.  My ducks carry on as normal and the chickens hide under cover.  

We did need some rain to make the grass grow and fill the water butts so no complaints from me.

I got a new die and stamp set that I had to try out

I die cut the car, grass and clouds

I ran the car die through my machine again with some acetate which I had kept from some packaging so I could add some windows

I stamped the little man head in the drivers side and stamped the sentiment

I mounted the scene onto white card and stamped the tyre mark as a frame

I am linking this card with

Cardz 4 Guyz

challenge #243 use dies as main feature

Sunday Stamps

colours

 

&

The Paper Players 

sketch

 

Thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Pink Shoe

Hello and welcome to my blog

I have made a pink and girly card today

I used a pink butterfly patterned paper for the background

A black rectangle with die cut stitched detail aroung the edges

I die cut the sentiment, shoe and happy face out of pink card and I painted them with pink Pixie Powder to give them a shimmer

The flower came from my flower stash

I am linking this card with

Cardz 4 Galz

challenge #120 pink and black

&

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I used pink, designer paper and rectangle

&

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

April 2020

bye for now

Dawn 

xxx

Monsters

Hello again

I have been making monsters today

I used an ombre yellow to green card for the background

I cut a rectangle from kraft card and stuck on a washi tape border

The monsters I stamped, coloured and cut out

The balloons were die cut and I drew the strings with my white gel pen

I decorated with more washi tape

I am linking this card with

Just Add Ink

 

&

Alphabet Challenge Blog 

B is for boys card

&

Colour Throwdown 

 

navy, yellow, kraft and green

thanks for looking

stay safe and well

Dawn

xxx

Jingle Bells

Hello again

happy weekend

I have made a CAS style Christmas card today

I used my jingle bells stamp and coloured it with yellow and a gold nuvo drop on the end

I added the sentiment and coloured it with black sparkle ink

I stamped the music notes randomly

I am linking this card with

Addicted to Stamps and More
 challenge #386

thanks for looking
Dawn
xxx

Birdy in the Rain

Hi again

I made a rainy card today

I stamped and coloured the bird with umbrella

I added the sentiment which went well with it

I decorated the edge of the card by dabbing various shades of blue stamping ink around

I die cut the frame and added glitter glue for sparkle

I am linking this card with

Little Red Wagon 

 challenge #546 April showers

&

Daring Cardmakers 

Umbrella

Bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Balloons

Hi all

I have made a very simple CAS style card today

I die cut the balloons, glued them down and added glitter glue for the strings

I stamped the sentiment

I used my white gel pen to draw on the white light patch on the balloons

I am linking this card with 

CAS Colours and Sketches

challenge #367

&

The Paper Players

 

Thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Chickens and Chicks

Hi again

I have made a farmy card today

I used the sketch from Tuseday morning sketches which I really liked

I used patterned paper as the background

I die cut the chickens and punched out the chicks

The strips of colour I cut from pieces from my offcut pile and cut the ends and arranged them randomly

I am linking this card with

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

challenge #551

&

Always Fun Challenges 

challenge #159 chicks and/or farm animals

&

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper 

 thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Update

Thank you always fun challenges

Bunnies in Tulips

Hello 

Spring themes are popular in the card making challenge world at the moment

I have made bunnies in tulips

The bunnies I stamped and coloured in

I die cut the grass and tulips and die cut some extra grass in front by not running the die completly through the machine

I stamped the sentiment onto pink card and ran glitter glue around for sparkle

I am linking this card with

Little Red Wagon 

challenge #555 maaama

&

Make My Monday 

challenge #120 spring flowers

&

CAS on Sunday

challenge #178 bunnies

&

Sparkles Monthly

challenge #127 spring is in the air

bye for now

have a great day

Dawn

xxx

 

Flying Reindeer

Hi everyone

It's a Christmas card today

Do you feel Christmassy yet?

no? oh!

Anyway, my card is made using landscape die cuts 

The moon is a circle die cut from ombre card yellow to blue cut right in the middle

The deer were from my reindeer punch that I got after last Christmas in the sales,  (do you remember going into shops?) I coloured them brown, added darker brown antlers and tails, black hooves and noses and white dots and tummies

the sentiment is die cut

I am linking this card to

Crimbo Crackers

challenge 208 sentiments

&

Christmas Card Throwdown

my forest may be a little small but it does have flying reindeer

 &

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

challenge #111 Christmas critters

bye for now
Dawn
xxx

Showers and Flowers (and Wellies)

Hello again

I have made a springy and flowery card today

I used the Double D mood board for this, there is a picture of flowers in some wellies.  I was definetly going to use that

I stamped and coloured the wellies, they were spotty anyway so I dotted them with nuvo drops

I used my die cut flowers which I make in bulk that so I have them ready for when I have a flower needing moment and die cut them some stems

I added the blue background and sentiment 

I wanted to add more so I die cut some clouds, grass, tulips and butterflies and finished it off

I am linking this card with

Double D Challenges

Showers and Flowers

&

Allsorts Challenge Blog

week 568 flowers and/or showers

Thanks for looking

see you again soon

Dawn

xxx

Out of this World Card

Hello again

I have gone out of this world for todays card

I had a lot of different components to this card

I made the frame with die cut rectangles

I stamped, coloured and cut out the rocket

I embossed the stars on the bottom half of the white card

and assembled 

I am linking this card with

CAS Colours and Sketches

&

Colour Throwdown

Thank you for looking

stay safe

Dawn

xxx

Bright and Balloony

Hello

I have taken a liking to making bright and cheerful cards at the moment

I used the sketch from Tuesday morning sketches and the mood board from Hand stamped sentiments which is very bright and balloony

I randomly arranged the die cut balloons and put some of them on sticky foam pads for some 3D action

 Here is a close up of the 3D balloons

The banner die cutter automatically cuts out stars so I recut the banner to get some stars in different colours and scattered the extra ones around the balloons

I am linking this card with 

Tuesday Morning sketches #550

&

Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge #337

Thanks for looking

See you soon

Dawn

xxx

You and Me Card

Hello 

how are you all?

I have been working in CAS (clean and simple) style today

 I used the sketch from AAA cards and the optional twist was 'it flies' so I used a cute little stamp with birds on 

I die cut the sentiment on different shades of pink card from my ombre pad

I am linking this card with

 AAA Cards

 

sketch

 

&

Addicted to CAS

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Seals in the Sea

Hi Everyone

It's nice to see you again

I have made a card today with seals in the sea

The background is from my ombre paper pad, it's blue into white and it makes a really nice sea

I stamped the seals, they are supposed to hold a paint brush but I removed it as I don't think it was needed

The white waves I drew on with a white gel pen which I got included with my pack of alcohol ink markers.  I have found it really useful as it draws white on any colour.  I even use it to erase colours when my colouring goes over the line

The sentiment I cut from pale yellow card I did add yellow sparkles but it doesn't show in the photo

I am linking this card with

The Paper Players

&

Cardz 4 Guyz

challenge #242 - on, in or by the Sea

thanks for visiting

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Kite

Happy Easter

I have made a kite card today

I used the sketch from Tuesday morning sketches and squeezed the center square into a kite shape (I hope that is allowed!!)

I drew on the kites frame using Dovecraft 3D pearl effects

The clouds are die cut and I just arranged them randomly

The twine is actually from 'elves behaving badly' (the Christmas naughty elf) but I found that the elves didn't use it so I took it for my card making

I am linking this card to

Tuesday Morning Sketches #549

 

&

Cardz 4 Galz

challenge #119 - use a kite in your design

Thank you again

stay safe

Dawn

xxx

Update
thank you cardz 4 galz

Dots and Stripes

Happy Easter to all

I have made a lovely bright and colourful card today

I made this to the sketch by the Sunday Stamps challenge

I put stripes at the top using washi tape in a sort of ombre/rainbow arrangement

At the bottom I put embossed dots (actually snow but it does just as well as dots)

I added one stripe of spotty washi tape and die cut the sentiment in black so it shows up well

I am linking this card with

Sunday Stamps

sketch challenge - SSC288 - split in two

AAA Birthday Card

Nice to see you again 

enjoy your chocolate day Easter day tomorrow

Dawn

xxx

Pony Die Cutter

Hello and Happy Good Friday

Today I have made a pony die cut card

I made him using colours from CAS colours and sketches challenge.  

I made his mane using the tail die so I could make it stripy, it's come out looking very thick and he looks like a my little pony.  This is a perfect Birthday card for a little girl.

I am linking him toCAS colours and sketches challenge #365 - colours

 and Addicted to stamps challenge #384 - clean and simple

Have a great Easter weekend and I will see you soon

Dawn

Zoo Animals

Hello again

I have made a card which is sort of a collage of a zoo

Little red wagon challenge is to 'mix 'em up' or use stamps, dies etc. from different sets together.  I do that anyway but I really went to town with this one.  I used -
dies -
tatterd lace giraffe
unbranded elephant
landscape set trees
sizzex rectangles
The patterned paper with toucan was from 'love to craft' paper pad' paradise blooms'
Stamps -
Hunkydory safari set zebra, lion and sentiment
Hunkydory weather set for the sun
Forever friends easter set for the butterflies

I am linking this card with The Paper Players - theme challenge 'a day at the zoo'

 

and Little Red Wagon  challenge #544 - 'mix 'em up!'

thanks for looking

see you again

Bunting Die Cutter

Hello
Welcome to my blog

I have made a bright, colourful card covered with bunting

I used a 3 way fold card which has a rectangle cut out at the front
I die cut the bunting and stuck them across it so they hang in mid air
The die cutter has stars which are cut out of each flag so I mixed them up and glued them on the middle page which is behind the bunting giving it a 3D impression
I didn't add a sentiment as I felt the card was so busy a 'Happy Birthday' would have looked silly, maybe a big die cut one would have worked but I don't have one, what do you think?

I am linking this card with colour throwdown -#588 -orange,green, pink and yellow

 also Double D Challenges - banners 





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