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

Heart flower die and Papertrey Ink wedding card

Hello everyone and I hope you are enjoying the summer. The time has come for another of our popular anything goes challenges over at ATSM

We recently went to another wedding and this is the card I made for the happy couple using a large heart die that I borrowed from someone a craft retreat I attended a while ago. I cut it several times from different sheets of card and kept them in my stash for just such an occasion.

1) Die cut a circle from kraft card and ink the edges with Papertrey Ink Autumn Rose ink. 

2) Die cut the heart from the circle and ink the fall out pieces, first with white pigment ink and when they are dry, go over them with the autumn rose ink. Apply some card covered with double-sided adhesive film to the back of the circle. Place the heart pieces back into the circle and they will stick to the adhesive film. I use the white ink first because it allows you to get a truer colour on the kraft card.

3) Cut the flower from some cream card, lightly ink the tips, and add it to the heart before glueing on a heart button that has been threaded with some twine.

4) Die cut a tag using the PTI Tiny Tag die, and stamp and emboss the sentiment from the accompanying stamp set, before glueing it under the flower.

5) Make a kraft card base and then cut a mat of PTI Rustic Cream card and ink the edges with some cream ink.

6) Cut a piece of PTI autumn rose card to fit at an angle at the bottom of the card and stamp and emboss the sentiment from PTI Quilled Elegance in white embossing powder.

7) Finish off by raising the circle on some fun foam, and add a couple of kraft hearts and some dots of the rose card.

As usual, you will find lots of inspiration over at the ATSM blog, and your entry can be linked there as well. Remember this is an anything goes week so you can enter whatever you fancy trying. Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

I'd like to play along at

Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge #366  - use die cuts

Alphabet Challenge - k is for kraft card

Creative Friday challenge #212 - only 3 colours

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink and Silhouette Cameo Art Deco wedding card

Helle there and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we have an Anything Goes theme so why not show us what you have been working on lately.

Our next door neighbour's son got married recently and the theme was very glamorous black and gold art deco, so I dug deep into my stash to design a card that fitted the theme.

1) I took an 8-inch square card blank and matted it with some gold textured card and a black stitched square die cut.

2) I cut a deco fan shape on my Silhouette Cameo in the gold card and black shapes to mat onto it.

3) I found several old Papertrey Ink stamp sets that came in useful for this project. I stamped the rays from the Hello Sunshine set; the flourishes from the Fancy Flourishes set; the heart from Heart Prints and the sentiment from Quilled Elegance. These were all heat embossed with gold embossing powder and then adhered to the gold fan mat, which I raised on black fun foam and attached to the card.

4) I finished off by cutting the Paper Smooches Congratulations die three times in the gold card and stacking them to make them pop.

I thoroughly enjoyed going outside my comfort zone for this card. I would never have dreamed of sending a black wedding card, but when I got to the wedding and saw all the decorations and glamorous clothes, it really fitted.

You will find lots of inspiration over on the blog, and I can't wait to see what you link up this time.

I'd like to play along with

Time to Craft Challenge #370 - stamp or colour on anything but white.

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - stencils or die cuts

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

My Favorite Things Stitched Heart Grid card

Hello everyone and welcome to the new Anything Goes challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

I hope you aren't tired of hearts after Valentines Day because I couldn't wait to use my new Stitched Heart Grid dies from MFT.  I'm still in love with my new Sparkle Pens from Spectrum Noir because they make it so easy to whip up a background, and they seem to be making an appearance on every card I make at the moment!

1) Take a piece of white card and colour it with a red and orange sparkle pen, ombre style.

2) Cut the stitched heart die from the coloured, sparkly card.

3) Cut some white card with a stitched rectangle die and cut the stitches grid die towards the top of the rectangle.

4) Stamp the sentiment from PTI Happy For You stamp set in Hero Arts Pale Tomato shadow ink, and then stamp over it again with versamark ink and emboss it with clear embossing powder. I used my Misti for this to get correct placement.

5) Take another piece of white card and colour the edges with the sparkle pens to provide a mat for the white rectangle, Layer things up and raise the panel on the base card with fun foam.

6) Shape the hearts and glue them to the grid in the red to orange order. 

Tip - I got correct placement by temporarily sticking the piece of card I had cut the hearts from, over the grid, and glued the hearts through it. 

I decided not to make the greeting too specific so I can make it into a wedding or anniversary card by adding a second greeting inside the card when the time comes for me to use it.

Why not hop over to the ATSM blog to see some more inspiration, and join in with us this time.

I'd like to play along with

Crafty Friends challenge - all that glitters

Digi design challenge - use die cuts or punches

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

Lawn Fawn Happy Wedding card

Hello everyone, and I hope you are having a good weekend. My daughter and I have been planning the  itinerary for our holiday to America next month but I found time to make a wedding card using the cute Happy Wedding stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I've been wanting to join in the Lawnscaping challenge for ages and this time the theme is 'sparkle and shine', so I thought this was the ideal opportunity to play along.

I used the MFT Blueprints 23 set to cut the circle  apertures in the stitched rectangle panel and embossed the sentiment and dotted heart in silver powder. I made masks for each of the the sweet little figures  and applied them after stamping so I could add the chalked background with Pan Pastels. I used Copic markers to add some colour and shadows to the figures and then used WOS to add some sparkle to the flowers in the Bride's hair. I cut the scalloped border out of pink glitter card and raised the whole panel on foam tape to add some dimension. To finish it off I drew a plus and equals sign with a Copic Multiliner pen. This photo doesn't show the sparkle but you can see it a bit better in this one

I'd also like to play along with

Scrap and Craft challenge - celebrations

Stamps & Fun - circles

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the weekend. I'll be glued the the men's final at Wimbledon with my Pimms and strawberries!

Hugs
Carol x

Simon Says Stamp and Clearly Besotted wedding card

Hello everyone,

I was lucky enough to have one of my cards picked as winner on the CASology challenge last week and they have asked me to guest design for them this week, which I am thrilled to do.

The cue card this time is 

and the challenge is being sponsored by 

so there just might be a prize on offer!

I came up with this card

I started by taking a piece of white card and I stamped it with the MFT Garden Flourish background stamp in Versamark ink and embossed it with Wow Silver Pearl powder. This gave me a damask look like you get on some wedding gowns

I cut this with the Heart Parade Die from SSS and also cut it in red card and silver star card. I took the red outline and inserted some of each of the hearts to make up the heart panel, and raised it on foam tape to attach to the card. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Love Blossoms and I stamped and embossed this with silver embossing powder which shines beautifully IRL

A mat of the silver card and a tiny red heart above the i finished it off.

Why not pop over to the CASology Challenge Blog to see what inspiration the team has for you this week, and join in. 

I'd like to play along with

Open Minded Crafting Fun challenge - wedding/anniversary

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Sweet Stampin' - CAS

Thanks again Melissa for inviting me to be your GD this week, and thank you for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Silhouette Cameo Wedding Card

                                                                                                                                                                               

Hello everyone, 

If you are here for the new challenge for Holly Jolly Christmas, please scroll down.

It's the time for another challenge over at

Ch# 15 Print N Cut

Begins: Tuesday, July 1

Ends: Thursday, July 31

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Sponsor this month is:

My Crafting Channel

Silhouette Printable Cotton Canvas

I decided to try my first print and cut for yet another wedding card - love must be in the air because we have needed so many this year! I used the Cake and Gifts cut from the Silhouette Store and made this card

I cut 2 of the cakes, fussy cut some of the flowers and shaped them before sticking then back on top of the flat ones. I used some glitter to emphasise  the cake frosting and then layered it up using My Favorite Things dies.

 I cut three little tags and stamped messages to make up the sentiment, and then I grouped them together with this lovely wedding brad.

Sadly the next Silhouette Challenge in August will be my  last one because it is changing to a linky party but I have really enjoyed the opportunity of being on the Design Team because it has helped me get to know my Cameo.

Thanks for stopping by and why not head in over to see what the DT has created for your inspiration and link up today.

Click HERE

Hugs
Carol x

papertrey ink wedding card

Hello everyone,
It's time for another Papertrey Ink Blog Hop and this time Nichole gave us some photo inspiration

"This month we are doing something a bit different and providing you with an inspiration photo along with a few downloadable color and sketch recipe cards inspired by it.  You can choose to work with any of the ideas above or use other components of the inspiration photo to jump start your creation.  Have fun with it and challenge yourself to work outside of your comfort zone!"

I chose to use several of the colours in the photo and to use the circles on the carpet as inspiration for one of the wedding cards I need to make this summer. I also wanted to use the Man and Wife dies, so I started with them and cut the figures in soft stone and the man's suit in a silver gray textured card before adding melon berry accents. I decorated the wedding dress by stamping one of the Bitty Background stamps on the lower part with versamark ink and then clear embossed it to give the dress a patterned satin feel, before putting a strip of melon berry across as a sash.

I then used a Lil' Inker stitched square die to cut a panel of yellow card and stamped circles on it from the Sketched Shapes and  Polka Dot Basics sets. The sentiment is from Quilled Elegance, and I cut the stamp apart to make the two line greeting easier.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop.

HugsCarol x

PS Sorry for the print issues with this post - I don't know what was up with Blogger today but it wouldn't let me edit,colour, size or font today and in the end I gave up!

Silhouette Cameo Wedding car card for Silhouette Challenges

Hello everyone,

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and getting some crafty time in if you can.

It's the time for another challenge over at

Ch# 14 Create your own Shaped Card 

(No pre designed shaped card files)

Begins: Sunday, June 1

Ends: Monday, June 30

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Sponsor this month is:

My Crafting Channel

(3) Silhouette Replacement Blades

For my shaped card, I decided to make a wedding card for a couple whose wedding we will be attending in a few weeks. I used a wedding car shape from the Silhouette Store, duplicated it above and welded the two parts together to create the base card. The wheels were cut from plain black card

and they looked a little bland, but  I remembered that I have a tiny chevron stamp, which I rooted out and stamped the wheels with Versamark ink and clear embossed them to create some tyre treads.

I was wishing that I had used textured card for the base card because it also looked too plain but I embossed it with an impression plate to add a little texture. The car lights were cut in red and then coated with glossy accents to make them look like glass. After I cut the heart out, I overstamped it with a tiny polka dot stamp and inked the edges to add a little more interest. This was the final result

Head on over to see what the DT has created for your inspiration and link up today.

Click HERE

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Papertrey Ink wedding/anniversary card

Hello everyone,

I'm back for what will be the last day of PTI Anniversary challenges:(

This time Nichole asked us to make a card and envelope combo, but time was tight for me so I used another of the sketches from yesterday and came up with this card 

which could be for a wedding or anniversary. I used the Propose a toast stamps and die and limeade ice card and ink along with some chamomile ink for the champagne.

For the envelope, I cut a liner and stamped it with an Impression Obsession star background stamp.

For the front of the envelope I used the Simon Says Stamps Envelope Sentiments stamps, and here is the finished combo.

I'd like to enter this into the Creative Romance challenge 'let's get sentimental',

and Brown Sugar challenge which is to use a die cut.

I've really enjoyed these challenges and I'm so pleased that I manged to play with every single on!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day.

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink Wedding Card

Hello everyone and especially to Ella and Connie, who are very welcome new blog friends this week. We had a lovely weekend seeing friends and family but I finally got to do a little crafting yesterday because there are a couple of weddings coming up that I wanted to make cards for. This card is for a couple who are getting married in Montana, USA and sadly, the cost of getting there was too much for our budget at present, so this card will be tucked into the suitcase of a friend who is going. The wedding is taking place on a ranch (home of the bride) and will be a very rustic affair, so I thought I would bring a smile with a card that features wedding bells as they won't be able hear any from the ranch.

This uses the Christmas set Bells and Boughs from Papertrey Ink, and I tumbled the pastel coloured bells down one side, added the sentiment and a tiny tag with a heart cut out, and then matted it onto hibiscus burst card. This panel is raised on pop dots for a little dimension, and I finished it off with a tiny heart and gem and, because you can't, have a wedding card without a little bling somewhere, I dotted a little glitter on the base of the bells.

I wanted to make the envelope a bit special so I lined the envelope and stamped the liner with some coordinating bell stamps. 

Job done!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

One Stop Craft Challenge - use pastel colours

CAS on Sunday - Tag it

Little Claire Challenge - Wedding or Anniversary

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink wedding card

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post to share a card I made for Day 2 on the Online Card Course.

Today we were asked to make the dreaded one layer card and to use a masking technique. I always panic at doing a one layer card because I don't think I can get enough interest on it, but the samples shown by the tutors were so good I was inspired to give it a shot. I made a mask from the Take 3 die from Papertrey Ink and inked up the square apertures with 3 different shades of pink ink. I then over stamped the squares with images from PTI Heart to Heart 9 to make a wedding card and finished off with the sentiment.

I used a glaze pen to highlight the bird eyes and Glossy Accents to give the cake a little zing. I love the way the ink shows through on the cake decorations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x