Mermaid in the sea

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 recently there are a few changes in what we mean by Fantasy, so it might be worth checking it out.

I won a prize from LeighSBDesigns for my Magical Fairies card, which I entered into the Creative Inspiration Challenge in October 2023. I am also thrilled to be featured as her Fan Feature Guest for March on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog. 

I've used some of the papers from LeighSBDesigns in this card. I used Starfish on the Seashore from the Vintage Sand and Sea Decorative Digi Paper Pack , and Vintage Crystal Bubbles and Vintage Deep Bubbles from the Vintage Bubbles Decorative Digi Paper Pack to create this mermaid card.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

LeighSBDesigns Starfish on the Seashore for the aperture mat

LeighSBDesigns Vintage Crystal Bubbles for the large background mat

LeighSBDesigns Vintage Deep Bubbles for the aperture mat an the inner cirls mat

Maximumcrafts Easy Frames 7x7 Focal Frame to create the aperture and its mat

Cut & Make mini Make Waves die

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

Craft Artist Mica Magic to colour the die cuts

Craft Artist Dew Drops

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #3 March 2024

Classic Design Challenge #2 2024 Feb/March
Crafts Galore Encore #121 March 2024
Creative Inspirations Challenge #12 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #79

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 Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Happy birthday to a wine connoisseur

Hello, 

It's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge which, as always, starts on the 1st of the month, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Celebrate, so I made an 80th birthday card for one of our family. He seemed quite pleased with it. I used My Craft Studio software and images and backing paper from My Craft Studio's From a Man's Point of View: the Golden Years

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 gold card blank folded into a Z fold card

Brown card for the mats

Images, backing paper and Label mounts: From a Man's Point of View: the Golden Years
John Next Door sentiment stamp

Letters and Numbers stamps from my stash

Brown pearls from my stash

This is the card opened out, the Happy Birthday die  is one by Chloe (Chloescreativecards.co.uk)

 

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 #3 March 2024
Classic Design Challenge #2 2024 Feb/March
Crafts Galore Encore #121 March 2024
Creative Inspirations Challenge #12 
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #79

 Please also join us over at the 

 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, 

 we'd love to see your makes.