Butterfly ATC

I thought it would be fun to make an ATC using the Tuesday morning sketch, the colour throwdown colours and the little red wagon theme

and here it is

The big butterfly is die cut and I stencilled through the cut out

The clouds are stencilled

The smaller butterflies are stamped

The border is 3D enamel effect

The 'sentiment' is stamped and heat embossed and I added some sparkle around the clouds

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Cololur Throwdown

Little Red Wagon

'butterflies'

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

anything goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

UPDATE

thank you Little Red Wagon x

Cheers Shaker

It's time for a new Sparkles Monthly challenge

the new theme today is

'A Shaker Card'

here is my take

I had made the background a while ago and not used it so I cut out the glass on my cricut and filled it with gems and sequins

If you've never made a shaker card before then give it a go it is not very complicated and if you have nesting dies it is quite easy 

you will need a set of nesting dies in a shape of your choice,  regular card, craft foam, a piece of acetate or some flat, clear plastic packaging and something to fill it e.g. sequins, confetti, small die cuts or punches etc. 

step 1

choose your biggest shape and die cut it in card

step 2

go down two sizes from your nest set and cut out the centre

this is your top piece

step 3

cut your biggest shape again in craft foam

step 4

go down one size from your nest set and cut out the centre

this is your bottom piece

step 5

cut your biggest shape in the acetate (use scissors if you don't want to die cut it)

this is your centre piece

assemble

glue the foam piece to a card blank (or whatever you're using as the base) 

put your filling in the gap

glue your acetate on top (don't get glue on the filling pieces)

and on top of this glue down the top piece

and that is your shaker

decorate it as you like 

so make your own and join in with the challenge at Sparkles Monthly

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

Day of the Month Card Club

Watercooler Wednesday  occasions 

Just Add Ink

thanks for reading

Dawn

xxx

Oriental

It's time for a new Cardz 4 Galz challenge

todays new theme is

'oriental'

here is my take

I have no stamps or die cutters with an oriental theme and nothing panda either so I ended up hand drawing some bamboo and pandas and actually I think they turned out ok

I stayed with a green theme and mounted the picture onto green and blue ombre card and stamped a sentiment with green distress ink

So have a look at Cardz 4 Galz and make your own oriental paper project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card to

Critter Crazy

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

Cupcake Inspirations

Crafty Animals

Dawn

xxx

Update

thank you Pammie's Inky Pinkies

xxx

Pine Cones

It's time for a new Winter Wonderland challenge

the new theme is

'pine cones and poinsettias'

the sponsor is Fred, She Said Designs

and the digi stamp I got to play with is pine cone spray

here is my take

I arranged the images on the computer  with some text

coloured and mounted onto green card

I made the frame from pretty Christmassy twine and covered the join with a Christmas tree wooden sticker

so have a look at Winter Wonderland and make your own card to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Simon Wednesday - anything goes 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes 

Allsorts Challenge Blog - anything goes optional nature

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - anything Christmas goes 

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Update

thanks Allsorts Challenges

xxx

Autumn Leaves

Welcome to another Cardz 4 Galz challenge

the theme this time is

'Autumn/Fall leaves'

here is my take

I die cut the leaves from some pretty papers that I found in my stash

the sentiment is stamped and the border is red 3D enamel effect

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

Alphabet Challenge Blog

L is for leaves

Make my Monday Challenge

Autumn/Fall

Double D Challenges

Leaves

Cute Card Thursday

anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

anything goes

Four Seasons

Fall

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Autumn Colours

It's time for a new Sparkles Monthly challenge

the theme this month is 

'autumn colours'

here is my take

I found some lovely autumnal coloured papers in my stash which I die cut into leaves

the mushrooms and pine cones are stamps and the leaves were arranged in a circle (sort of)

the border is red 3D enamel effect and the sentiment is stamped

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

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Simon Wednesday

sparkle

Alphabet Challenge

leaves

Double D Challenges

leaves

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

anything goes

Cute Card Thursday

anything goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Balloons in the Sky

It's time for a new Cardz 4 Galz challenge

the new theme is

'stencils'

here is my take

I love stencilling a sky like this so any excuse 

The balloons I die cut and stuck some with 3D sticker pads and I arranged them so the smaller ones looked further away than the bigger ones

The sentiment was die cut on pink, glued onto purple card and cut out with scissors.  It was also stuck on with 3D glue pads

So have a look at Cardz for Galz and stencil your own project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog

add pink, pearls and/or sparkles (pink for me)

Dragonfly Dreams

happy birthday

Crafty Creations

anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

anything goes

bye for now

Dawn

xxx