Make It Monochrome

Hi!  It's hard to believe it's already October - time is just zooming by at the speed of light!

I'm back today with my DT card for International Art and Soul where the theme is monochrome. Somehow lots of my cards end up being monochrome without me even trying!! 

My Card

 

 

Recipe

7" x 5" tent fold card - from Papermania cardstock

pink adorable scorable card - Hunkydory

Elegant Labels 4 Spellbinders

Labels 4 - Spellbinder

Tranquil Moments - Spellbinders

leaf dies - The Works

embossing folder - Cuttlebug

sentiment - very old stamp

pearls and flowers - stash

striped ribbon - local haberdasher

 

Lots of pretty dies made this card a cinch to make. All I had to do was add a little colour to the flowers using a Promarker and job done.

 

Why not pop over to the blog and check out the cards from my teamies?  We are a Just For Fun blog but we have some super badges should you decide to join in the challenge.

 

Take care and have a good Sunday.

 

 

 

I would like to enter this card into :



In The Pink

 CCC Digi Creations

 

Winter Wonderland

Good afternoon, and I apologise for my late post today.  In fact I am even later than you might think because this was due yesterday but I have not been available for a couple of day.  Anyway better late than never!

This is my DT post for Winter Wonderland.  We are sponsored this time by  All Dressed Up and our theme is a the extremely easy Anything Goes - as long as it is Christmas! The prize is two digi images so what are you waiting for? 

My Card

 

 

Recipe

6" card base from purple card stock 

Papers - LOTV Snow Princess (disc)

Image - Three Little Girls from All Dressed Up

Promarkers to colour

 

A simple card but quickly made. Why not pop over to the blog and see what the other DT members have made?

 

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.  I'll be back tomorrow with another card.

 



Penguins and Glitter For CCC

Good morning to you all.  It's time for a card for the Christmas Card Club.  Kate has chosen our theme and she wants to see penguins and lots of glitter!

My Cards

 

 

Recipe

5" x 7"  base card - Papermania

white card stock - Hobbycraft

blue card stock - Jelly Bean Crafts

Falling Snow e/f - Creative Expressions

Snowflake die - Spellbinders Create a Flake

Image - Greeting Cards Factory

Sentiment - computer generated

Diamond Dust glitter

 

 

 

Recipe

5" x 7" base card - Papermania

blue glitter card

blue cardstock - Rymans

white cardstock - Rymans

image - Greetings Card Factory

silver glitter snowflakes - X Cut punch

 

Sorry about the glare on the glitter card. Thanks for a great challenge Kate and that's two more cards ticked off the list now.  Christmas is creeping ever nearer ... lol!  If you would like to see what the rest of the group have made you will find their details in my sidebar.

 

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

 

 





Sentiment As The Focus

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  I have been away for a few days back home in the north east for a family funeral so have not been able to visit any blogs. However, I'm back now so I shall get stuck in and start visiting you.

I really do hope everybody is well and have not been affected too badly by the hurricanes overseas and the storm here in the UK.  We have been okay really with just a small tree down but that will probably give us  a week's worth of wood for the wood burner.  Always a bonus.

My card today is for Moving Along With The Times.  It is time for team A to post their cards/projects and I am hosting the challenge. As many of you know I love to use quotes on my cards and so I have asked the team to make the sentiment the focal point of their project.  I don't want to see any images at all but naturally embellishments etc are fine.

My Card

 

 

Recipe

5" x 7"  tent fold card - Hobbycraft cardstock

Blue card - Jellybean Crafts

Elegant Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Large and Medium rose dies - Brittania

Rose leaf die - Britannia

Seasonal Music e/f - Die'sire Embossalicious

Sentiment stamp - Quietfire Designs

Pearls - Hobby House

 

If you need some inspiration why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have come up with.  We would love you to join in the challenge. 

 

Take care and stay safe and dry.

 

 

 

 



 



A Sympathy Card

Good morning.  Here I am with my third card in a row.  I have said before that my cards are like buses - wait for ages then three appear at once.

This is my DT card for International Art and Soul.  The challenge this time is to use lace and/or pearls.  I had to quickly make a sympathy card a few days ago when my cousin died very suddenly and unexpectedly. This Tonic die was the ideal one to make a quick card, but one with impact. This followed on from a very dear old friend, also from back home, who passed away at the age of 96.  Marjorie was a very good friend of my mum and I have kept in close touch with her since mum died, and every time I went back to visit my beloved sister we would both visit Marjorie.  She used to love receiving my cards. This card wasn't made specifically for the challenge but fit the topic so well which was a bonus.    My sister was very much the optimist and her favourite saying was "There's always a bonus" so this brings her back so clearly I can almost hear her saying it.

Please scroll down if you are looking for my Christmas Card Club entry

My Card

Recipe

6" square white base card - Rymans

blue card - Jellybean Crafts

Sunray Scene Dies - Tonic Studios

Rising Dove die - Tonic Studios

Fancy Tags Die - Spellbinders

Pearls - from stash

I computer generated the sentiment and used one of the Spellbinders Fancy Tags to frame it.  This is now three people who were close to me and have passed away in the last two months so I will be travelling back home again next week.  It will be nice to see the rest of my family again, but once again at a sad occasion.

Anyway, back to the challenge.  Please pop over to the blog and check out what my team mates have made and I do hope you might be inspired to join in with us.  Lots of use pearls and lace on our cards so I'm sure you will have something to offer. No prizes I'm afraid since we are a Just For Fun challenge but we have great banners for your side bars.

Well take care and I'll see you again soon.

Christmas Card Club

Good morning.  I am back at my usual early morning post today, not midday like yesterday.  I have never been as late as that when posting a card.  Gosh these two weeks certainly come around quickly.  It's time for my friends in our little club to produce another card to add to our collection so that we are not one of those who gets caught out in November and panic because they don't have enough cards made. Making them all year round is great fun too.  This time Rachel chose the theme and she wants mystery or magic. As usual I am posting a day early so the rest of the girls will be showing their cards on Sunday.

My Cards

Recipe

7" x 5" white base card - Papermania

black card - stash

image - from internet

image printed onto linen card stock

digi sentiment - had for ages

star punch outs 

gems - from stash

lots of glitter

Since I took the picture I have replaced the sentiment.  I obviously had not allowed the glue to dry before putting the sticky pads on and it shifted.  Why do you never notice these things till you have already taken the picture?  This image of the snowman waving to Santa made me smile.

Recipe

5" x 7" white base card - Papermania

image - from my Greeting Card Factory programme

printed onto linen card stock

sentiment - computer generated

lots of glitter

Unfortunately I just could not get a good photograph. Nothing really magical or mysterious about this card but it looks like a fairy tale and I couldn't resist it.  The glitter isn't showing up too well but it is definitely there.

We have had some very mixed weather over the last week or so but Thursday and Friday were mostly sunny.  I do like autumn but don't want it to come too quickly!!

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Spots/Stripes At Winter Wonderland.

Good morning.  Just a very quick post today and quite late for me too.  It is time for a challenge from the Snowflake team at Winter Wonderland.  The challenge is to use spots and/or stripes on your project.  Our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments and the prize on offer is 3 digis of the winner's choice.

My Card

Recipe
6" square base card - Rymans
Blue card - Jellybean Crafts
snowy (spotty) paper - LOTV Frosty Christmas
digi image - Snowman Song ,Crafty Sentiments
Pierced Squares and Rectangles - Creative Expressions
Snowflake Ribbon - Poppystamp Dies
Sentiment - magazine freebie

I got spots in my backing paper and stripes on the snowman's scarf.  Can I count the pierced holes too?  Ah well, perhaps not. Lots of crystal glitter on the hats.

Please pop across to the blog and see if you can pick up some inspiration from the DT and maybe consider joining in with the challenge. We look forward to seeing you.

Take care.