Z Fold Unicorns

 Hi and a happy new year (nearly) lets hope 2021 will be much improved on 2020

 now (drum roll please) it is time for  a new year of Cardz 4 Galz challenges

 our first theme this yeat is

 'more than one fold'

I have made a z fold card with unicorns

The unicorns, fairies and clouds are stamped, die cut and arranged onto a blue z fold card blank which I made using my cricut.  I decorated the pictures with gold nuvo glitter drops

 The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in the center

here are some more views

So have a look at Cardz 4 Galz

and make your own card to enter, don't forget it must be for a gal not a guy

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Cute Card Thursday 

 anything goes

&

Modsquad Challenge

 anything goes with real rubber or clear stamping

&

 Watercooler Challenges

 anything goes

&

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

White on White Snowflakes

 It's the 15th so it's time for a new Sparkles Monthly Challenge

 the theme this month is

 'white on white (with 1 other colour for a sentiment if you want)'

quite nice to do but not so good for showing up in photos

here is my take

it is a shaker card

inside the window I stamped and heat embossed various Christmas greetings

the shaker pieces are snowflakes punched from card covered with washi tape

here is a close up
 

the  outside is embossed

 so have a look at Sparkles Monthly Challenges

and make your own card to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Merry Little Christmas Blog 

anything Christmas goes

&

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

anything Christmas goes

&

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 

anything goes

&

12 Months of Christmas Link Up

anything Christmas goes

&

Simon Wednesday 

let it snow

thanks for looking

Dawn 

xxx 

UPDATE

  

thank you Pammie's inky pinkies x

Yappy Christmas

 Hello fellow crafters

 I have made another Christmas card with dogs this time

The frame was die cut 

 I used stamps from the 'puppy tree' mama elephant set.  I stamped the two seperate dogs and the top of the 'tree' in the top three boxes and the bottom layer of the 'tree' in the lower rectangle box.  I tried to mask out the dogs I didn't need but it didn't work too well although I think I got away with it (a die cut holly helped and there is still a floating scarf which I coloured in anyway)

The sentiment is from the same set and is heat embossed

The patterned paper was in a set that was a prize from 'crimbo crackers'

I am linking this card with

Winter Wonderland

 

 anything Christmas goes

&

Double D Challenge

santa hats

 

 &

Cute Card Thursday 

 anything goes

&

Make My Monday Challenge

Christmas theme

&

Christmas with the Cuties 

 feature a creature

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Snowmen Gift Tags

 Today is a Cardz 4 Galz day

the theme is

'it's snowman time'

here is my take

I have made gift tags for a change

The snowmen are die cut and finished with nuvo drops

I die cut 4 tag shapes and cut a rectangle from one and embossed with snow

All were assembled and bakers twine bows were added plus a sentiment and I left space for the recipients name to be added

so have a look at Cardz 4 Galz

 make your own card (or gift tag) including snowmen and enter it

see you there

 Dawn

 xxx

Pizza

 Hi all

 I'm a bit fed up with Christmas cards so I used my pizza stamps to make a fun card

 The background is washi tape and stamped rocket leaves

I stamped and coloured the pizzas and created the sentiment from a die cutter

Could be a man card but I think you could use it for girls aswell

I am linking this card with

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 &

Cardz 4 Guyz 

 thank you

&

Time Out Challenges

 what is quicker than fast food?

&

Watercooler Wednesday

 

 &

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 

 anything goes

bye for now

Dawn 

xxx

Carolling Snowglobe

Wow this lockdown must be getting to me I have lost a week and thought this post was due out next week!!! 

Better late than never

The theme at Cardz 4 Gals is

'cute Christmas'

here is my take

This is a stampedsnow globe and insides with die cut hollies and stamped sentiment and music notes around the outside

I have used glitter glue for snow and nuvo drops and 3d pearl effects to decorate

So head over to Cardz 4 Galz

 and make your own card to enter

see you there

I am also entering this card in

Always Fun Challenges

anything goes

&

Simon Wednesday 

 Christmas

&

ABC Christmas Challenge 

winter wonderland 

&

Daisy Chain Challenge

 Christmas is coming

&

Craft Rocket Challenges

 Christmas/winter

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

 anything goes

see you soon

Dawn

xxx

Birthday Chicks

Hi fellow crafters

It's the 15th, that means another Sparkles Monthly challenge

the theme this month is

'use a stencil'

here is my take

I used the stencil with yellow and purple ink without any idea what I was going to do with it but die cut it into a square with a rectangle in the center

It was glued onto purple card and the chicks were stamped and die cut from my practice piece and arranged.  Their hats were coloured with 3d pearl effects

The sentiment was stamped first in white then in purple so it would stand out

Then I realised that I should have embossed the background first as it was definetly missing something, so instead I used the stencil and dotted bits of the design around in the gaps I also added sparkle pen although it doesn't show in the photo

so head over to Sparkles Monthly Challenges and enter your own stencilled card

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Crafty Animals

anything goes with an animal

&

Unicorn Challenges

 anything goes

&

Watercooler Wednesday

 

 &

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 

 anything goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Gold gingerbread people

 Hi crafters, welcome to another Cardz 4 Galz challenge

todays theme is

 'silver and/or gold'

 here is my take

 I made the gingerbread people by die cutting them from card that I had covered with gold metallic gilding paste

The jar was die cut from silver

I covered some more card with a mix of gold and silver paste in a sort of marbel pattern and die cut the sweets etc

The label was made from a die cut label and I embossed a snowflake onto it and made the 'string' with green and red 3D enamel effect

I wanted some colour so I die cut holly from green and added red berries with 3D enamel effect

so have a look at Cardz 4 Galz Challenges

 and make your own card to enter (don't forget it must be for a gal)

I am also linking this card with

Just us Girls

 

 &

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

 something beginning with H - holly

&

Dream Valley Challenges

 dies and/or punches

&

12 Months of Christmas Link Up 

anything Christmas goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Christmas Bear

 Hi crafters

 I have made a Christmas card today

 I stamped and coloured the bear 

He was die cut with a rectangle die and bordered with red

The background is embossed with snowflakes

I added some die cut holly and red 3D enamel effect and a sparkley tree

I am linking this card with

Unicorn Challenge Blog

 spooky and/or cute - I have gone with cute

 &

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

make your own background

&

Simon Wednesday 

 anything goes

Watercooler Wednesday

 

 bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Autumn Leaves

 Hi all

 Today is a new Cardz 4 Galz challenge

the theme is

'fall/autumn - not halloween'

here is my take

 I used yellow card and dabbed autumnal colours onto it

then I took some white and die cut the leaves and again dabbed with autumnal colours

The sentiment and dragonfly were stamped in brown rather than black

so have a look at Cardz 4 Galz and make your own card to enter

 see you there

I am also linking this card with

Double D Challenges 

October

&

Dream Valley Challenges

autumn colours

&

Shopping our Stash

&

happy fall y'all

&

Use Your Stuff

autumn/fall

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Christmas Snow

 Hello again

 I have made a Christmas Card today

 I blended the two distress inks to make an ombre background and stenciled  white circles to look like falling snow

I added nuvo drops and glitter glue for sparkles

This was mounted onto a piece of kraft and glued to a card blank

The sentiment was stamped using the same blue as the background

I am linking this card with

Christmas Card Throwdown

 &

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

 anything goes

&

Crimbo Crackers

anything goes

&

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 

 anything goes

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Hello Autumn

 Good morning crafters

 today is a new Sparkles challenge

the theme this month is

 'Hello Autumn'

 here is my take

 I have used yellow card and dabbed autumnal colours around where the leaf will be

Then die cut the leaf in the center

I covered the rest of the paper with stamped autumnal images

Then die cut a ribbon shape, stamped 'celebrate' onto it and re stuck it back with glue blocks

so have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own card to enter

see you there

 

I am also linking this card with

 Watercooler Wednesday

 

 &

My Time to Craft 

 autumnal colours

&

Stamping Sensations

 autumn glory

&

Pammies Inky Pinkies

 anything goes

bye for now

 Dawn

xxx

Retro

 Good morning

It's time for another Cardz 4 Galz challenge

 the theme today is

 'Go retro'

 here is my take

 I have used a 'retro' colour pallet and die cut 'retro' shapes using regular nesting dies and arranged them on a black background

I added a piece of vellum (or tracing paper) which I heat embossed the sentiment on

So have a look at Cardz 4 Galz and make your own card to enter the challenge

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 

anything goes

&

Crafty Creations Challenges

anything goes

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

 

Snowmen Frame

Hello all from a very wet Dorset

I have made another Christmas card today

the snowmen, sentiment and frame are die cut

the  snow is embossed and mounted onto orange card

I dabbed glitter glue around for a sparkle but it doesn't show in the picture :(

I am linking this card with

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

 

 &

Colour Throwdown 

 

 &

Allsorts Challenge Blog 

 cute christmas

&

Christmas with the Cuties 

christmas in the snow

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Joy Tunnel Card

 Hi Crafters

 I have been making tunnel cards

 This was designed on my cricut machine I cut the 'joy' over the circle and had it write the sentiment and draw the stars

Behind the joy I added blue sparkle paper  and I used washi tape along the edge

Here is the outside

I die cut the tag, stamped the sentiment, added washi tape and glued on a bow that I dipped the ends into gold glitter

I am linking this card with

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up

 say it with a sentiment

&

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

 include the word 'joy'

&

Make My Monday

 christmas

&

Christmas Crafts All Year Round 

 at least two things starting with S -

sparkles and stars

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Love Hearts

 Good morning

 it's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz

todays theme is

'one layer card'

here is my take

 This was made by using a stencil and pink and purple distress inks which I used an ombre colouring

The sentiment is stamped using the same two inks and I decided to make my life more difficult and ombring  while colouring it as well.  I am actually glad thet I did because it came out nicely

So have a look at Cardz 4 Galz and make your own one layer card to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Always Fun Challenges 

anything goes

&

Pearly Sparkles

pink, pearls and sparkles - I used pink

&

Creations in Pink 

anything goes with lots of pink

Dawn

xxx

UPDATE

 

 thank you Pearly Sparkles

xxx

Christmas Penguin

 Hi all

 Today I have made a penguin card

 I made him from My Scrap Chick file 'penguin sweet treat belly' making a few adjustments to make him into a card and making him a santa hat

I am linking him with

Christmas Card Throwdown

 

 &

Crimbo Crackers 

 anything goes

&

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

festive things with wings

&

Merry Little Christmas 

anything goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Happy Car

 Hi all

 I have been die cutting today

 I stencilled the sky background and die cut the grass, flowers, car, cloud and birds

and assembled with a sentiment

I am linking this card with

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

 &

Time Out Challenges 

 

 &

Simon Wednesday 

 no stamps allowed

&

Double Trouble

 scene + mode of travel 

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

UPDATE

thank you Tuesday Morning sketches

xxx

Cheeky Cactus

Good morning crafters

It's the 15th so it's Sparkles Monthly Time

The theme this month is

'shaped cards'

anything that is not a square or a rectangle

here is my take

 I made him using My Scrap Chick files 'cactus garden' and the 'bee booty box' 

 using cricut design space and my cricut machine

I took one cactus piece, removed the score line and enlarged it then made a flower

The face is from the bee (minus the nose)

I made up the flower pot and sentiment

and assembled

So make your own shaped card and link it with Sparkles Monthly Challenges

 see you there

I am also linking this card with

Simon Wednesday 

humerous/fun card

&

Crafty Creations

anything goes

&

Unicorn Challenge 

for a child

&

Allsorts Challenge

I love...

cutting with my cricut machine

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Pink Bows

 Good morning 

it's time for another Cardz 4 Galz challenge

the theme today is

'buttons and/or bows'

I don't do buttons so I am team bows all the way

here is my take

 I have made the backgroud with various bow stamps and distress ink in pink and purple

The middle border is made with a wave die cutter

I made up the bow myself although the ends were die cut

The sentiment is heat embossed in purple

So head over to Cardz 4 Galz Challenge

 and link up your own cardz

 see you there

Dawn

xxx

 

Car Card

 Hi fellow crafters

 

 I have made a man card today

 

I made the panel by colouring some paper with ink, when it had dried I stamped the cars and trimmed it so the pattern goes off the edge which is a look that I like

The border was made with an alcohol marker as I don't have brown card

The sentiment is stamped

I am linking this card with

Cardz 4 Guyz

 

monochrome 

&

The Paper Players

 

&

The Male Room

&

CAS Colours and Sketches

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Wild Birthday

 Hello

 I have gone wild today

I used my peeking animals sets to create the animals and 'wild' and gave them a patterned paper background

The paw prints are embossed and I used strips of the patterned paper to go along their edge

The sentiments are heat embossed 

I am linking this card with

Allsorts Challenge

 use a hand coloured image

&

AAA Birthday

 

 &

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper 

 anything goes include patterned paper

&

Craft Rocket Challenges

 baby/kids

bye for now

Dawn

xxx