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Saturday, 5 November 2022

Magical Christmas

Hello again,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog which as always starts the first Saturday of the month.. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us. This month I've chosen a Halloween theme with a cute witch and some ghosts for good measure.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 


Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Royal Blue card for mats and for die cuts
White snowflake embossed card
Silver snowflake embossed card
Creative Expressions Fairy Door Edger die
John Next Door snowflakes and Magical Christmas sentiment die
Press Cut stitch dot die for the frame
Silver glitter pen to highlight the wings 
Blue gems from my stash

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Crafty Catz #613 ATG plus optional 3 or more layers
Crafty Friends Challenge 161 November Christmas
Unicorn Challenge #82 Christmas is coming


I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.



Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Christmas stags in the forest

Hello there, 

It's time to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. As Christmas is only around the corner the theme this month is Happy Christmas! I've chosen to use some new dies I'd bough as the main focus, in fact most of the dies I've used are John Next Door ones. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.


Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Ocean Blue card for mats, sentiment and drop shadow effect
White card
First Edition North Star snowflake paper
John Next Door Majestic Ivy, stag scenes and sentiment dies 
Press Cut plain and stitch dot dies
Sue Wilson Pierced Square dies
Glamour Dust glitter

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Crafty Friends Challenge 161 November Christmas 
Unicorn Challenge #82 Christmas is coming

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.
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Saturday, 1 October 2022

Happy Halloween!

Hello there, 

It's time to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is Autumn and/or Halloween, and I've chosen the Halloween theme. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.



Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Black mirri for mats
Black card for die cuts
Hunkydory grey pattered card for the background
Polkadoodles Winnie Wednesday and dog bat pre-coloured image 
Tim Holtz / Sizzix Cat chat stamp and die colouired with Spectrum Noir pens
Spellbinders birds die
Tonic cobweb die
John Next door plain and stitch dot dies
Tattered Lace alphabet die
Craft Artist silver Mica Magic, black lace and pearls from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge October - Halloween 


I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.



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Boo! Says Winnie the witch

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog which as always starts the first Saturday of the month.. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us. This month I've chosen a Halloween theme with a cute witch and some ghosts for good measure.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 



Card recipe

7 x 7 purple card blank
Purple card and silver satin mirri for mats and for die cuts
Hunkydory purple pattered card for the background
Polkadoodles Winnie Wednesday Witch and Cat pre-coloured image 
Purple lacy ribbon - I thought it looked a bit like cobwebs
John Next Door alphabet die
Ghost stickers

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge October - Halloween 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.



Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Saturday, 3 September 2022

Autumn fairy

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog which starts today, 3rd September. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the blog. 


Card recipe

8 x 8 cream card blank
Anna-Marie gold card and copper pearl paper
Crafter's Companion Fairyopolis CD Autumn
Paper Studio Antiquity paper pack
Gold satin and gloss mirri card
Limetree Crafts Evergreen card
John Next Door plain and stitch dot square and rectangular dies 
Sapphire small circle die
Tonic butterfly and border punches
X Cut leaf punch 
Gold birthday sentiment
 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.


Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Thursday, 1 September 2022

Happy anniversary

Hello there,

We've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is pink, pearls and sparkles., please use at least one of these on your project if you join in. I made this card for some friend's wedding anniversary. I was pleased with how it turned out so also plan to make a blue version for my brother and sister-in-law whose anniversary is next month. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.



Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Pink glitter card, white glitter card, pink pearlescent card
Heart embossed white card
Crafter's Companion Love die and embossing folder
Happy anniversary sentiment die, possibly Tattered Lace
Heart shaped pearls from my stash

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.



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Saturday, 6 August 2022

Musical gnome

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog which starts today. As usual it last for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the blog. 

This month I've chosen a musical gnome as my theme. I needed to make a birthday card for my brother who is very much into his music so when I saw this image I thought it would really fit the bill. I used CraftArtist to create the backing paper by adding different images to the Gamer Dude paper. 



Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blanks glued together to create the fold back card
Black card for mats and musical notes
Polkadoodles Music Record Collector Gnome images, and backing paper from Gamer Dude
Tonic musical notes dies and Deco die for the topper
Extra embellishments from Papercraft Essentials Issue 199

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do like to read them all.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

 



Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Monday, 1 August 2022

Happy birthday sausage!

Hello there,

It's time to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is Anything Goes, so let your imagination lose on this one. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.


Card recipe

7 x 10 white card blank
Mid brown card for the mats
Footprints embossed white card
Woodware Sausage Dog stamp set
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Brush pens: CT, GB, BO, GY and TN
Craft Artist Mica Magic to highlight the embossing
Baker's Twine and brads from my stash

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

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.



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Saturday, 2 July 2022

Unicorn at sunset

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, which is starting today on 2nd July. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us and share your makes.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the challenge blog. This month I've made a unicorn card.




Card recipe

5 x 7 purple card blank
Light purple card for the mat and flourish
Crafter's Companion Enchanted Forest Unicorn die
John Next Door DL dies for the sentiment and mat
Flourish die possibly a Crafter's Companion over the edge die
Sentiment found on the internet
Clarity Indian Summer designer paper for the background
Purple and silver Craft Artist Mica Magic to highlight the embossing on the unicorn and the moon
Pearls from my stash.
 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.


Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Friday, 1 July 2022

Fabulous at 50

Hello there,

We've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is CAS - clean and simple, no embellishments, patterned paper etc. I made this card for a friend's big birthday, her name is Agnieska but is called Aga, and kept it very minimalist. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.


Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
White pearlescent, White embossed and Metallic silver card
Jamie Rodgers Canvas Collection Large Hexagon die
Tattered Lace numbers dies
Docrafts letter stamps
Sentiment die from my stash possibly Sue Wilson

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.




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Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Dancing in the grass

Hello again,

I made a card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog for June using a Crafter's Companion fairy die and the card I made is Smile with the fairies which is a blue colour based card, but I decided to make a  smaller green version too. 


Card recipe

5 x 7 white card blank
Crafter's Companion Springtime Fairy die
White card for the die cutting
Clarity Indian Summer designer paper and Dark green mirror card for the mats
Green Craft Artist Mica Magic to highlight the embossing
Gems from my stash.
 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see what you make.


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Saturday, 4 June 2022

Smile with the fairies

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, which is starting today on 4th June. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us and share your makes.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the challenge blog. I had to make a card in a hurry again as I had just come back from holiday! I went with a die based card as I knew I'd not got time to colour an image and chose a Crafter's Companion fairy die. 

I also made a smaller version with the die using green shades which is at Dancing in the grass.  



Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
White card for the die cutting
Crafter's Companion Springtime Fairy die
John Next Door Poppy Heads die
Smile sentiment die from my stash
Clarity Indian Summer designer paper and white glitter card for the mats
White glitter card
Blue Craft Artist Mica Magic to highlight the embossing
Pearls from my stash.
 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.


Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.


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Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Game on!

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is One for the Boys, I've made a birthday card for a friend who is mad about his gaming, I hope you like it. 

I do also hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.




Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Polkadoodles Gamer Dude precoloured image and backing paper
Black, white and blue card
Presscut Square and Rectangle dies
John Next Door Stencil Collection Alphabet and Numbers

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them



Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.



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Saturday, 7 May 2022

Make a splash!

Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, starting today. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us and share your makes.

The theme as always is Fantasy, however as long as it's Fantasy pretty much anything goes. If you're not sure what we mean by that just check out the guidance in the side bar on the blog. I had to make a card in a hurry again as I was going to be away on holiday, so chose a Polkadoodles pre-coloured Winnie Mermaid image. 


Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank
Blue card from a Hobbycraft pad for the mats
Polkadoodles Winnie Mermaid Anchors Away digi image, backing paper and sentiment
Tonic Delicate Lace die for the image
John Next Door ovals dies for the Sentiment
Ribbon and fish stickers from my stash.
 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.


Please also join us over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.



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