Spiders!!

Today is the new Sparkles monthly challenge 

the new theme is

'things that go bump in the night'

here is my take

I have made a set of ATCs in a spooky spider theme

the background I made using distress oxide spray

and the sentiment is stamped

the spiders and web are die cut

 the bats are stamped and die cut

I drew a border with black glitter glue

and added some stickers

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own 'bump in the night papercraft project 

see you there 

Dawn

xxx

Anything Alice

The new Sparkles monthly starts today

our theme this month is

'Alice in Wonderland'

here is my take

The Cheshire cat is a favourite of mine so I copied a picture of him onto a card blank, coloured him in and added a stamped sentiment

So go to Sparkles Monthly  and make your own Alice themed papercraft project to enter

see you there

Dawn S x

Tropical Beach

The new Sparkles Monthly challenge starts today

the new theme is

'Tropical and or beach' 

here is my take

The palm trees and birds are stamped and die cut

the background was made by rubbing blue distress ink onto a gelli plate and pressing half of the card blank onto it and then repeating with the yellow on the other half

Then everything was arranged and I stamped a sentiment

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly and create your own tropical beach or beach or tropical themed papercraft project to enter

see you there

Dawn

xxx

Christmas Sprouts

It's Christmas at Sparkles Monthly 

todays new theme is 

'Christmas in July'

here is my take

I had a new stamp set which I wanted to try so make a sprout themed Christmas card

and also used some sprout themed patterned paper which I bought last year

so have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own Christmas themed papercraft project

see you there

Dawn

xxx

 

No Stamps

The new Sparkles Monthly challenge starts today

the new theme is

'no stamps allowed'

that is no rubber or digital stamps

here is my take

 This was designed and cut using my cricut machine

the sentiment is die cut from sparkly craft foam

the background clouds are stencilled using a home made stencil and distress ink 

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly Challenges and make your own non stamped papercraft to enter

see you there

Dawn

xxx

Wings

Things with Wings

is the new theme for Sparkles Monthly challenge

here are my birds

 These are hand drawn garden bird ATCs for a group swap on Facebook

They are drawn and coloured with pencil

So join in with Sparkles Monthly Challenges by making your own papercraft project involving anything with wings

see you there

Dawn

xxx

Knitting Birthday

Today is the 15th and the start of the new Sparkles Monthly challenge

the new theme is

'embossing'

here is my take

I used an embossing folder for the knitted side 

The balls of wool are stamped in bright colours

I tried to match the sentiment to the purple colour as it joined to the knitted side

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own embossed project to enter

see you there

Dawn

xxx

 

Apple Trees

The new Sparkles Monthly challenge starts today

the new theme is

'Men' 

here is my take

I made this card for my brother who has just planted some apple trees 

The trees are die cut from green card and I inked the trunk and branches with brown copic leaving the green leaves

The background is distress ink simply applied as grass and sky

I glued the trees down and added the apples using nuvo drops 

I made two tone apples by putting down the green drop and adding a red drop directly to it

and finished by adding the trees shadows and some fallen fruit

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own man themed paper craft project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Unicorn Challenge - Birthdays

Pearly Sparkles - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Male Room - Nature

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Friendship

It's the first Sparkles Monthly Challenge of 2023!!

the new theme is

'friendship' 

here is my take

I have this lovely sentiment stamp which I stamped onto an ATC and made the rainbow background with distress inks

Then I decided that it would look nice as a card so I made it a background from shiny purple and a sunburst type die

It needed something else so I added the black border with 3d enamel effect

so have a look at Sparkles Monthly  and make your own friendship themed papercraft project to enter

see you there

Dawn

xxx