Happy Christmas

Hello,

Happy Christmas, or I hope that you had a very good Christmas, depending on when you're reading this! 

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Christmas, so I decided to make a card based on a card I made at a Maximum Crafts workshop. I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.  

Card recipe

Black pearl card to create custom card and for the sentiment

Crafters Companion White Pearl card

Limetree craft Evergreen card and Poinsettia Red card

Gold satin and mirror card

Poinsettia patterned paper from my stash

Maximum Crafts Christmas Candle die set bundle

John Next Door sentiment die

Press Cut 3D Poinsettia embossing folder

Craft Artist Mica Magic to highlight the embossing

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.

Centaur in the forest

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge, 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 Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. We also have a monthly optional theme now, this month it's Centaurs. I've chosen to create a digital card this month using the Daisy Trail Myths and Legends and Fantasy Elves Digi kits.

Card recipe

8 x 8 cream card blank

Daisy Trail Myths and Legends and Fantasy Elves Digi kits

Craft Artist 2 Pro program

Christmas Evergreen, Christmas Green and Cream card

Maximumcrafts 8 x 8 Easy Frames die set

Sizzix Trees and Holiday Greens dies

Crafter's Companion sentiment stamp

Brown 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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #11 - 2024

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog #129 November 2024

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #83 

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Oh Holy Night

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Angels, so I decided to make a card using some very old dies which I've had for a while, most I'd not even used before! I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.  

Card recipe

A5 landscape white card blank 

Limetree Crafts Winter Sky blue card

Craft Artist White Glitter and Silver Waterfall card

John Next Door Calling Angels die set

Tonic O Holy Night sentiment die

Stars from a Sizzix die

Ivory 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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #11 - 2024

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog #129 November 2024

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #83 

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

Floral unicorn

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge, 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 Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. We also have a monthly optional theme now, this month it's Griffin. However I've made a unicorn card as I was very keen to use a new unicorn die that my friend had given me.

Card recipe

7 x 7 white card blank

Tonic Craft Perfect purple and lilac card

Rainbow Unicorns paper by Anne Constantly-Carding from craftsUprint

Crafter's Companion Silhouette Unicorn die

Maximumcrafts Focal Frames1 6 x 6 die set

Craft Artist Mica Magic Basic Brights to colour the unicorn

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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge October #9
Classic Design Challenge #9 October
Crafty Catz #679
Creative Crafters Challenge #80

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #286

Creative Inspirations Challenges #19
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #82

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Halloween gnomes

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Fantasy, so I decided to make a card with some Halloween gnomes. 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 hammered card

Tangerine card and Black card

Polkadoodles Halloween Gnome image, papers and sentiment.

Maximumcrafts  Focal Frames 1 6 x 6 die set

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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge October #9 
Classic Design Challenge #9 October
Crafty Catz #679
Creative Crafters Challenge #80
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #82

 Please also join us over at the 

 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, 

 we'd love to see your makes.

Pegasus in flight

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge 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 Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 

We also now have optional monthly themes and this month it's Pegasus. I decided to use a Joanna Sheen, Josephine Wall CD Rom, which I've had for ages. I followed the Daydream Believer project on the CD, it made a huge card!

Card recipe

Joanna Sheen, Josephine Wall CD Rom

A4 card blank made using Royal Blue card

Royal Blue card

Gold mirri card

Gold vellum

Tonic Studios Fanciful Flourish die

Tonic Studios embossing folder

Gold brads

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.

Why not join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Happy anniversary

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Pink, Pearls and/or Sparkle, and I've gone for all three with this anniversary card. I also made a box for it as it had some dimension to it with the roses. I used similar products for the box, I think the sentiment is a Tattered Lace one. My friends really liked the card. 

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 rose embossed card by Kanban, from many years ago

Pink card for the mats 

Image from a Hunkydory Little Book

Maximum Crafts Easy Frames dies 8 x 8 and 5 x 5

White roses dusted with Glamour Dust to make them sparkle

Pearls and pearl butterfly 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.

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

Classic Design Challenge #08 2024 July/August 
Crafts Galore Encore #127 September 2024
Creative Crafters Challenge #79
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #283
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #82

 Please also join us over at the 

 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, 

 we'd love to see your makes.

Elf in the woods

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge, 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 Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. With the rename and relaunch of the Challenge Blog earlier this year there are a few changes in what we mean by Fantasy so it might be worth checking it out.

We also have a monthly optional theme now, this month it's Elves. I've chosen to create a digital card this month using the Daisy Trail Fantasy Elves Digi kit.

Card recipe

7 x 7 dark grey pearl card blank

Daisy Trail Fantasy Elves Digi kit

Craft Artist 2 Pro program

Green card

Maximumcrafts Focal Frames 1 6 x 6 die set

Two Jays Happy Birthday stamp

Pewter Grey brads 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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #8 August 2024
Crafts Galore Encore #126 August 2024
Creative Inspirations Challenge #17 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #81

Please also join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Happy floral birthday

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Floral. I've made a birthday card, which which is for a friend of mine. As it was a big birthday I wanted to make it a bit special so I made an easel card and added some flowers. I also made a box for it as it had some dimension to it. I used similar products for the box, plus a Tattered Lace sentiment die.

I also made a similar card for another friend's big birthday, but in apricot, Happy 75th birthday. 

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 and white card to create the easel card

White hammered card

Red card and green card

John Next Door Cosmo Trellis, Mandala Leaves, Flag die sets and sentiment stamp

Craft Artist red pearl drops

Kanban red flowers

Phill Martin Birthday Greetings stamp

Red 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.

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #8 August 2024
Crafts Galore Encore #126 August 2024
Creative Inspirations Challenge #17 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #81

 Please also join us over at the 

 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, 

 we'd love to see your makes.

Happy 75th birthday

Hello again,

I made a card for the Pearly Sparkles Challenge blog for August using some John Next Door products.  The card I made is Happy floral birthday which is a red colour based card, but I decided to make a  similar apricot based version, using many of the same products, for another friend with a big birthday. 

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank and white card to create the easel card

White hammered card

Apricot card and green card

John Next Door Cosmo Trellis, Mandala Leaves, Flag die sets and sentiment stamp

Craft Artist red pearl drops

Kanban apricot flowers

Phill Martin Birthday Greetings stamp

Apricot 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.

Mythical mermaid

Hello,

Welcome to another Challenge over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog.  As always it starts the first Saturday of the month, and as usual it lasts for about a month. I do hope that you'll join us. 

The theme of the Challenge 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 Challenge Rules, and in the side bar on the Challenge blog. 

We also now have optional monthly themes and this month it's Mermaids. I decided to use a new mermaid die I bought at a craft show I went to quite recently. The die is a very large one, so I've made a piece of home decor from it and put it in a 10 x 12 inch frame. It's now hanging on the wall in my craft room. 

Back in October 2023 I won a prize from LeighSBDesigns for my Magical Fairies card, which I entered into the Creative Inspiration Challenge. I was featured as her Fan Feature Guest for March with that card. For this picture I have used papers from Leigh's Mermaze Digi Paper Pack. I have used Caribbean Depths for the mat behind the mermaid die, and Caribbean Bubbles for the main backing paper . I am thrilled to be Leigh's Fan Feature Guest again, for July, on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog. 

Card recipe

10 x 12 picture frame with a white mount

Creative Expressions Papercuts Mythical Mermaid die

LeighSBDesigns Caribbean Depths from the Mermaze Digi Paper Pack

LeighSBDesigns Caribbean Bubbles from the Mermaze Digi Paper Pack

Press Cut plain oval and stitch dot oval dies

Create and Craft Sea Siren die set for the ferns, shells and starfish

Cut and Make mini die for the large sea shell

Sentiment from the Polkadoodles Mermazing Winnie set

Craft Artist Mica Magic to colour the mermaid's face

Spectrum Noir Colour Blend pencils 014 Bumble bee, 015 Canary, 018 Honey

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - July #7 2024
Classic Design Challenge #6-2024 Jun/July
Crafts Galore Encore July 2024 #125
Crafty Catz #675
Creative Crafters Challenge #77
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #281
Creative Inspirations Challenge #16
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #81

I hope you like the picture I've made, it looks really great on my craft room wall. 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.

Why not join us over at the Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Have a Merry and Bright Christmas

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Christmas in July. 

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 7 white card blank 

White hammered card

Silver mirri card 

Midnight blue pearl card

Creative Expressions Lattice Snowflake die set

Creative Expressions Festive Garland Edger die set

Tonic Studios sentiment die

Gems from my stash

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - July #7 2024
Classic Design Challenge #6-2024 Jun/July
Crafts Galore Encore July 2024 #125
Crafty Catz #675
Creative Crafters Challenge #77
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #281
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #81

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #57

The Holly and the Ivy #165

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.