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

Gnome for the Holidays

It's December already!!! 

Where has the year gone

Today is the new Sparkles Monthly Challenge

the new theme is

'Gnome for the Holidays' (anything gnome)

here is my take

I am very into hand drawing at the moment so he is drawn and coloured by me 

The background is a zentangle inspired tangle called Ojo 

So have a look at Sparkles Monthly Challenges and make your own gnome inspired paper craft project

see you there

Have a great Christmas

Dawn

xxx

Three Baubles

Today it's the new Sparkles Monthly challenge

the new theme is

'punches or die cuts'

here is my take

 

I used my nesting bauble dies and glitter card

 with a patterned paper background and a twine border

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

see you there

Dawn

xxx

Robin and Post

Today is the start of the Winter Wonderland challenge

the theme is

'robin redbreast'

sponsored by Sheepski Designs

the image I got to play with is Christmas Post Box

 

The image was printed out and I added stamped holly and ivy to give it a sort of border

Also a sentiment

I coloured it all in and added sparkle to the berries

so have a look at Winter Wonderland and make your own robin themed paper project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Addicted to stamps

Colour Crazy - anything goes with colouring

Cupcake Inspirations- anything goes

Sparkles Christmas - Festive things with wings

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Double Trouble- anything goes - wildlife - link to Cupcake Inspirations

Pearly Sparkles - Merry Christmas

have a great month

Dawn

xxx

Owl

Today is a Sparkles Monthly day

the new theme is

'owls'

here is my take

 

I designed and made my owl scene with my cricut and is simply layers of different coloured card

I also made the background paper using stamps and different coloured inks, although most of it ended up being covered up! so I prettied up the envelope with some offcuts

The sentiment was in my stash

so have a look at Sparkles Monthly and make your own owl paper craft project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Alphabet Challenge - N is for Nature

Make my Monday - Birthday Wishes

AAA Birthday

Designing on my cricut

Critter Crazy - anything goes with an animal

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

bye for now

Dawn

xxx

Mushroom

 It's the new Sparkles Monthly Challenge today

the new theme is

'mushrooms and other fungi' (my choice)

here is my take

The background I made with stamps and different coloured ink

I used my mushroom stamp for the main image and die cut it 

and the sentiment is a die cut

So have a look at Sparkles monthly and join in with your own mushroomy papercraft project

see you there

I am also linking this card to

Addicted to stamps - happy birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Hand Stamped Sentiments - inspiration board - Autumnal colours

Dragonfly dreams - Happy Birthday

Pattie's Creations Challenge - anything goes

The Paper Funday Challenges - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx

Meowy Christmas

Today is the start of the new Winter Wonderland challenge

the new theme is

'Christmas Animals'

The sponsor this month is All Dressed Up Stamps

the image I got to play with is Meowy Christmas

here is my take

 I printed and coloured the image and die cut it with an oval die and I used a bigger die for the red frame

Finding the background was hard as I didn't have anything I liked until I found this snowflake tissue paper.  I wasn't sure if you could just glue down tissue paper but I tried it anyway and it worked fine

so have a look at Winter Wonderland and make your own animal themed paper craft project to enter

see you there

I am also linking this card with

Addicted to Stamps

Simon Wednesday - anything goes

Colour Crazy - anything with colouring goes

The 12 Months of Christmas Link up - anything Christmas goes

Double Trouble - anything goes

Show us your pussy cats - anything with a cat goes 

Pattie's Creations - anything with a stamped image goes

thanks for looking

Dawn

xxx