MFT Birds of a Feather Congratulations you two card

Hello everyone and welcome back to the challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we have our Clean and Simple week which means we are looking for lots of white space with minimal embellishments.

Here is my card

I used my new  My Favorite Things Birds of a Feather die set and the Rectangle Peekaboo Window to create the front and added an inked sky behind the lovebirds.

I made this as an anniversary card but as it just says Congratulations, it could be used for a wedding, engagement, or even first new home together if I put a nest or birdhouse on the inside.

Sadly, Bobby has decided to step down from the team this year and I will miss seeing her gorgeous cards in the gallery, but we are pleased to welcome Izzy, and you can see her card and inspiration from the rest of the team over on the ASTM blog.

I'd like to play along with

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Anniversaries

Die Cut Divas - something new (bird dies)

Papercraft Challenge #14 - new beginnings

Dies R Us Challenge #113 - anything new (bird dies)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink Paper Clippings Congratulations card

Hello everyone,

It is some time since I have been able to play along at the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop but I was so taken with this inspiration photo, that I just had to try and join in.

I came up with this quick CAS card

1) Die cut the PTI Paper Clippings Congratulations die from white card.

2) Paint it using Crafter's Companion Sparkle Pens to get a good mix of vibrant colour.

3) Paint some spare card with the same colours and die cut the flower from Flower Fusion #3 and shape the flowers with a ball tool.

4) Die cut a piece of black card with a stitched rectangle die and and adhere the Paper Clipping to it.

5) Stick the black card to the base card on fun foam to give some dimension.

6) Sick the flowers on  to finish it off.

I'd like to play along with

Crafty Sentiments Design challenge - use dies

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Enjoy the hop

Hugs

Carol x

My Favorite Things and Wplus9 Unforgettable new baby card

Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying a fun weekend. It's grey and cold here in Manchester today and I have all my chores done so I have been playing with some stamps that I will be sharing soon. Some good friends of ours recently became grandparents for the first time but their son and his wife live in the US, so they have only met their Grandson on Skype so far until they get to visit in person next month.  I made them this card when we heard the news of the wonderful arrival

I used the My Favorite things Blueprints 26 dies to cut the balloon and shaded it with some blue ink before adding spots randomly with a white gel pen. I then die cut the Paper Smooches congratulations word and stuck it to the balloon.

The cute baby elephant is from the WPlus9 Unforgettable stamp set and I stamped, coloured and die cut him before attaching him to the balloon string. The rest of the sentiment comes from Avery Elle Simply Said Amazing stamps and a die cut bow finished it off. I love it when I can mix and match lots of different stamps and dies to pull a design together.

I'd like to play along with

Speedy Fox and Friends 284 - round the corners

A Gem of a Challenge no 155 - spots and/or stripes

Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Fridays Challenge - animals

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink masculine celebrate or congratulations card

Hello everyone,

Thank you for your good wishes on my HLS Design Team news! Today is Papertrey Ink blog hop time

and this time Nichole  gave us the sweetest photograph for inspiration

Aren't they gorgeous? Even though the shoes are beautifully feminine, I thought the colours would be fabulous for a masculine card, so I took inspiration from the grey, white and orange colours and came up with this:-

I used the beautiful star vellum and cut it with the Tipped Top die before cutting a strip from it to accommodate my sentiment, which I embossed in white.I stuck the vellum onto some Hero Arts light grey card and added the die cut Celebrate which I stacked to make it pop. I wanted the stars to shine and sparkle but I didn't have any orange glitter card, so I took a small piece of this sparkly acetate sheet from my stash

and applied it to some orange zest scraps and then die cut the stars which I placed around the card to give a splash of colour.

I think the film is a little bit expensive for just one sheet but it can go a long way if you use it sparingly. It is great to be able to get glittery card in any shade that you want, and as a bonus, the glitter is not going to come off. To finish off the card, I matted the panel onto some white card and added it to a smokey shadow card base with some foam tape. I'm pleased to have this card in my stash because I can adapt it to so many occasions (new job, exam success, driving test etc) by what I put inside the card at the time I need it.

I hope you enjoy the hop and I can't wait to see what everyone came up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

I'd like to enter this into

Cards4guys - use a die or a punch

Shopping our stash - for the boys

Get Creative challenges - for the boys

Congratulations card

Hello everyone,

We have been having beautiful weather in my neck of the woods which makes for lots of cheerful people even though we are coming to the end of summer. My husband is away for for 5 days so I have been taking a holiday from cooking and just eating what I like, when I like, which is bliss. I am continuing with my whole house declutter, and I think my car could make its own way to the refuse tip by now. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. It might only be a pinprick but it is there!!

All these things have been keeping me out of my craft room, but I had to come back to make a congratulations card for a lovely young woman who has had remarkable exam results after having a lot of ill health this year. In spite of having lots of time off school, she was determined not to fall behind and worked extra hard when it would have been easy to let her health problems win. Her determination really paid off and she can now start her A Level Courses with her head held high.

I decided to mix up a lot of sentiments from My Favorite Things, Paper Smooches and PTI to create a focal panel and came up with this:-

I was so pleased to get a run of sentiments that said what I wanted to say, and that I could mix up the colours to make a bright card that I hope will appeal to her. I used a superstar theme and used the PTI Confetti Die along the side and cut her name out on my Silhouette Cameo. The large stars were were stamped and cut with the Star Prints set and I scattered lots of tiny stars across the panel which were cut with a Simon Says Stamps die. It's a bit hard to see but I stamped and  clear embossed a background star stamp from Impression Obsession on the base card.

 Darnell is celebrating her 600th follower by having a challenge to use Never Before Used Stuff and I as I inked up my PTI Wet Pant sorry Paint stamps for the first time for this card, I'm off to play along. Congratulations on yet another milestone my friend!

I'd also like to enter this into the current Path of Positivity Challenge  which is 'Determination'

and the Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge which is to mix things up for the Stamptember blog hop.

I have been so busy that I haven't had chance to visit for a while, and I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms, but I'm hoping to get round to see what you've been up to tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x