Allsorts Challenge #669

Good morning all,

I'm here this morning for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Lorraine has chosen the theme and it is

*** In the Garden ***

Another fab theme with spring in the air here in the northern hemisphere, and plenty of scope for your makes featuring flowers, trees, birds, insects or even garden animals such as hegehogs!

This week we have 2 fantastic prizes kindly donated by First Stop Stationers:

Card-io stamp set - Winter Walks

Card-io stamp set - Oriental Whispers

Here's my card for this week.

I went in a  slightly unexpected direction with this card ... I was recently fortunate to win a challenge which allowed me to select a Polkadoodles digital image - and I chose this adorable Spring Gnome. I don't use digis a lot, but this one absolutely melted my heart, and is so perfect for springtime and Easter… In my mind’s eye he is indeed standing in the garden with his plant pot and cut flowers 😀.  

I printed my image and coloured it with my Promarkers, then die cut with a stitched square die and sponged the edges with Distress Oxide ink.  I matted the image onto a pretty spring-like paper from my stash, and decorated with a pearlescent white die cut fence, sparkly flowers and leaves, and punched butterflies. Lastly I stamped my sentiment onto a separate bit of card, sponged the edges with DO and popped it up on foam tape.

Stamps: Polkadoodles Spring Gnome (digi); LotV - Everyday Grungy Sentiments;

Media: Promarkers; Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Cracked Pistachio);

Tools: Stitched square die from Amazon; Magnolia Doohickey - Lovely Fence die; Marianne Design Creatables large flower die (LR0110); Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes small flower (6003/0024) and leaf spray (6003/0026) dies; X-Cut small butterfly punch;

Papers and sparkly gem from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cards 4 Galz #169 - Spring Flowers

CCC Digi Creations #134 - Add/Use Flowers (3rd entry)

Colour Crazy Craft Challenges #12 2022 - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends #153 - Flowers (3rd entry)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (March) - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper (3rd entry)

Creative Inspirations (March) - Spring Flowers (3rd entry)

Dies R Us #189 - Anything Goes using a die brand DRU sells

(I used Magnolia Doohickeys)

Digi Choosday #12 2022 - Anything Goes with Digis

Dream Valley #266 - Springtime

I ❤️ Promarkers #506 - Anything Goes with option Leaves or Flowers (3rd entry)

Let'sCraft and Create #181 - Anything Goes with option Purple and Green (2nd entry)

Passion For Markers #633 - Anything Spring - TOP 5

Path of Positivity #99 - Anything Goes Positive (3rd entry)

Pixie’s Snippets Playground #424 - Anything Goes Using Snippets

(My background DP was a large snippet, and I also used various snippets for my fence, flowers and butterflies)

Simon Says (Monday) - Bright and Cheerful

Stamping Sensations (March) - Stamp Something for Spring (3rd entry)

Taylormadecards4u (March) - Anything Goes with option Spring Flowers (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - Say It With Flowers (2nd entry)

We Love Stamping (March) - Anything (Stamped) Spring (3rd entry)

Hope you can join us this week, and I look forward to seeing your entries. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Allsorts Challenge #648

Hi everyone,

It's Saturday so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Lorraine has chosen the theme and it is

Add A Sentiment

So this gives you a lovely wide scope to play with. 

This week we are offering two gorgeous prizes:

Tattered Lace “Pretty as a Princess” die

and

Tonic Studios “Season’s Greetings” die

Here's my card.

I decided to go with making my sentiment quite prominent, which gave me opportunity to use the fab Uniko sentiment set I won recently.  In fact this card is something of a showcase for my recent winnings, as the image is a brilliant Polkadoodles digi that I also won in the past couple of weeks.  

I printed my image and coloured with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers, inked and embossed my sentiment, then added “bubbles” using a stencil and Versamark, embossed with “enchanted gold” embossing powder. I matted the panel onto matching pink card and added a scattering of gems, and I was done.  I don't often make CAS cards but am really pleased with how this turned out.

The stencilled "bubbles" are actually very sparkly but that isn't easy to see in the main pic ... here is a photo at a different angle to try to capture the sparkle!

Stamps: Polkadoodles “Cherry Cocktails” (digi); Uniko “Birthday Sentiments”;

Media: Promarkers and Flexnarkers, Heat It Up “Enchanted Gold”/embossing powder;

Tools: Stencil - Craft Sensations at The Range.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Creations in Pink #38 - Anything Goes with mainly pink

Creative Moments #225 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Dragonfly Dreams (October) - In The Pink

I ♥ Promarkers #446 - Anything Goes

NBUS #31 - Use Never Before Used Schtuff

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2143 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

(I used a new digi image and new stencil)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Hope you can join us this week. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the team. Have a great weekend, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

All You Need is Love

Crikey!! I don't know where the past week has gone to ... been very busy what with work and one thing & another , so didn't get any crafting in last week at all. Luckily I was able to have a really good sesh on Sunday, although being the slow-coach that I am I still didn't exactly make a mountain of cards lol!!

Anyhow, as there are still so many romantic themed challenges about, I decided to get ahead of myself (unusual for me!!) and make my mum and dad's wedding anniversary card, although their anniversary is a month away.


I followed the fab sketch for this fortnight's BasicGrey challenge #13 - I stretched it a bit to make a C5 card but the basic elements are still there.


I would also like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Simon Says - What's Love Got to Do With It?
Cute Card Thursday #99 - In the Name of Love
Totally Gorjuss #17 - Feel the Lurve

Tree House #36 - Say It With Love
Pixie Cottage #9 - Love
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Valentine/Love

Daring Cardmakers - Have a Heart
My Time to Craft #78 - Hearts & Kisses
Polka Doodles #6 - Hearts & Flowers

Sassy Susie's #8 - Hearts & Flowers

Quixotic #13 - Tag It
Fussy & Fancy #4 - Dazzle Us!
Pile it on #6 - Flowers

Recipe:
Main image: Penny Black "Long-Stem Cuties" (1648K) (an RAK from the lovely Squirrel), coloured with watercolour pencils and Cosmic Shimmers, and the rose dusted with glamour dust;
Sentiment: rub on from stash;
Papers: BasicGrey "Sugared" (roses) and "Two scoops" (plain);
Supplies: lace from Quixotic Paperie; roses from Hobbycraft (decorated wtih diamond Stickles); pink heart gems by Papermania; pearl spray from my stash;
Tools: curved rectangle nestabilities; Leone Em "Ash branch" leaf punch.