Sunday 27 March 2022
Nautical Zig Zags
Saturday 26 March 2022
Lovey Doves
Kate
Friday 25 March 2022
A Purple Cupcake
You can find out more about Purple Day in wikipedia and in this Youtube video the very talented young Zoe Wees' relates her personal struggle with epilepsy!
My experience of epilepsy is watching my youngest son struggling with this debilitating condition for most of his young life. Fortunately his seizures are (touch wood) pretty much under control now with a cocktail of medication. But that comes at a price, as they make him very tired and the most recently introduced medication has caused weight problems. But it's better than the alternative!
My little purple Cupcake will be entering the following challenges
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Food and/or Drink |
Papercraft Challenge #80 - Interactive Cards |
NBUS Challenge #36 - the bunting die is new |
HLS March Anything Goes with Dies |
Krafty Chicks Challenge #604 - All Occasions |
Kate
Saturday 19 March 2022
Solidarity Sunflowers for Ukraine
Papercraft Challenges #80 - Interactive Card |
Shopping Our Stash #466 - Spread Your Wings |
Four Seasons March Spring Challenge - Inspired by bottom left image |
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Using My Favourite Things! |
HLS Anything Goes With Dies March Challenge |
Little Red Wagon Challenge #645 - Use Die Cuts |
Kate
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Lucky Me
NBUS Challenge #36 |
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Bit o' Green |
Four Seasons March Challenge - Bottom right image |
Inspiration Station Challenge #25 - I even added little beads to my shaker card for the dew drops |
Get Create Challenge #109 - Use Green |
Double Trouble Challenge #105 - Thing 1 Bring on the Green |
Papercraft Challenge #80 - Interactive Cards |
Kate
Sunday 13 March 2022
Twofer Cupcake and Ice Cream
I cut 4 of the "frames" from pink card stock plus the solid die from acetate and stacked these up (one above the acetate window pane and 3 below) - this card stock is pretty thick so that was enough. Filled it from the back and added a solid die cut from patterned paper to close off the element and voila!
I then chose to make up a cupcake card. I added a scalloped border cut from striped paper to the top so it resembles a shop awning. I stamped the word Cupcakes (Verve) - I should really have embossed it so it was a little more noticeable (and will when I make it up for the card workshop)! I made a counter top from the same striped DP, added a doily and finished off the cupcake with a birthday candle! That Cupcake embossing folder was a freebie from a magazine but I'm rather hazy on that as I didn't keep the packaging!
After cutting 4 frames I had 4 inner die cuts left over so I decided to layer these up and create a scoop of Strawberry Sorbet atop the cone die which came with the set. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug. After fiddling with various sentiments, I decided to just go with the word "Sweet"!
I'm entering my cards in the Make My Monday Challenge #169 - Food and Drink which closes in a few hours so I had better get my skates on!
I'd also like to enter Just Us Girls Challenge #623 - both cards use embossing folders
Since this die is NBUS, I'd also like to enter NUS Challenge #36 and thank Darnell and the team for encouraging us to actually use the stash we buy!
I'd also like to enter Papercraft Challenges Challenge #79 - Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit. If you leave a comment, I’ll be thrilled! I’ll also know you were here and check out what you’ve been up to so we can get better acquainted!
Kate
Saturday 5 March 2022
Solidarity Sunflowers
I'm in the process of creating guide sheets for an upcoming card making workshop and needed to make up a penny spinner card and photograph the necessary steps. I thought I'd dedicate the resulting card to the brave men and women of the Ukraine and made it up in the national colours of the Ukraine flag and included sunflowers which are Ukraine's national flower. Obviously I needed some green but was reluctant to use any other colour than blue or yellow (and black and white of course) so cut the grass and stems from yellow vellum knowing they would appear green against the blue background panel.
Modsquad Challenge - Standing with Ukraine |
Alphabet Challenge - X is for Xanthic (yellowish) |
Little Red Wagon - Let it Be (B is for bee) |
Cards 4 Galz Challenge # 167 - Things with Wings |
The movie for Traumfabrik Challenge #101 is A Bugs Life |
Read On
I'm preparing some kits for a workshop in May and this is one of the projects I'll be including in the kit - a Bookmark Card.
The Sweetpea Designs Read Between the Lines stamp set and the Brainy Bookmark Die set were no brainers for this design! There is a tag in the die set but I used another die from Love 2 Craft because it has a stitched edge.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit. If you leave a comment, I’ll be thrilled! I’ll also know you were here and check out what you’ve been up to so we can get better acquainted!