Have a fantastic 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 "Monochrome". I've made a twisted easel card and box in shades of purple/lilac using some Papermania items I've had in my stash for years. I'm on a mission to use up my stash! I hope you like the play on words with the title as this is a fan card 😂

I also 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 

Lilac and purple card

Docrafts Papermania French Lavender: Paper, Rosettes, and Lace paper - for the box lid

Sentiment dies from my stash

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge April #4 2025
Classic Design Challenge #03 2025 Mar/Apr
Crafts Galore Encore #134 April 2025
Creative Crafters Challenge #86
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #85

I hope you like the card and box 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.

Autumn leaves

Hello,
here again with my DT card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge for November, which is sponsored this month by digistamps4joy, I've chosen the Leaf Fairy.

What I've used

8 x 8 Anna Marie Designs gold card blank, to reflect the Autumn colours

Anna Marie Designs Dark Copper card stock for the matting and layering

Docrafts Tilly Daydream Autumn leaves paper, which I've had for ages

Leaf Fairy digistamp coloured using: Spectrum Noir FS2, FS3, LG3, LG5, OR1, OR3, GB6, DR5, TN6

Image and mat cut using Sue Wilson Double Pierced Circles die

Leaves and acorns cut from card from Limetree Crafts Continental Coffee, Create and Craft Copper and Ana Marie Designs Harvest Gold using Tonic Autumnal Oak, Fallen Leaves and September Harvest dies 

I found the sentiment on the internet and just printed it from my PC.

Backing the leaves and paper piecing the acorns was a bit of a faff but I think the end result was worth it, hope you do too. If you've time to leave a comment that would be great, all are appreciated. 

 Also if you can please join us at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, sponsored by digicrafts4joy

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Fingers Challenge 154 ATG
The Paper Nest Dolls November Challenge ATG
Crafting with an Attitude Challenge 45
Crafter's Castle Challenge 11

Cherish the moment

Hello,

I've made this card for the Win & Tonic Challenge May 2017, which I've not entered for ages and am doing at the real last minute!

I followed these themes: Colour neutrals, Product - any Nuvo product and the Open theme of any occasion.

I used an 8 x 8 cream card base matted and layered with kraft card and pale cream and goldy cream patterned paper from the docrafts Papermania Capsule collection Oyster Blush. I die cut the Cherish the Moment die set from Limetree Crafts' Caramel Twist card and layered on to a paler cream mat from the same Papermania Capsule collection, then put it on the card front using foam pads. I also die cut the butterfly column from the Sew Pretty range in the 2 shades of cream, then drop shadowed one on the other using small foam pads.

I finished it off by adding mother of pearl embellishment mousse to the butterflies, sentiment and to the edges of the die cut topper. I also added a few pearls, I was going to use Nuvo Crystal drops but the bottle was gummed up so I'll need to sort that out!

I hope you like it, please leave a comment if you've got time.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:
Crafting from the heart 163: ATG
Crafty Catz Challenge 374: ATG
Crafty Creations Challenge 343: ATG
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge June: ATG
Creatalicious Challenge 117: ATG option die cuts/punches

Anniversary card for Mum and Dad

Hello,
this is the card I made for a friend to give to her Mum and Dad on their anniversary. She asked me when she saw the card I'd made for my husband's anniversary.

I used a screen card blank, and papers from Docrafts Papermania Wild Rose Capsule Collection. The two sentiments are from the Tonic Miniature Moments set, and the letters are the inside cuts from the Pretoria set. The side panels are decorated with the Tonic Tangled Posies, highlighted with Glamour Dust and a few small "diamond" gems.

You can't see the back of the side panels but I used Kanban's rose embossed white card, dusted it with Victorian Velvet distress ink and then punched butterflies from the backing paper to decorate them. I printed a free verse from the internet, matted it on to the backing paper and put it on the back centre panel. My friend was really pleased with it and fortunately so were her parents!

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by.

Thank you card in autumnal colours

Hello,
this is a thank you card made in autumnal colours on a 7 x 7 cream card blank. The leaf design backing paper is Tilly Daydream by docrafts, matted and layered on to gold card and then copper card. I used the Tonic Square Sentiment Thank You die, such a flexible collection of dies, to cut the design from the copper card and mounted it on to a base cut from the gold card. I used the Tonic Bellus Buttercup flower die to cut a flower for the middle of the card, with a copper brad in the centre, I used the same brads in the corners of the card. I punched a Tonic butterfly from the leaf paper which I highlighted with gold gilding wax and added it to the bottom corner to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by, any comments are gratefully received.

Cards made for Certificate in Papercraft

I'm studying for the Certificate in Paper Craft, here are the cards I made for my first Unit. I was surprised and very pleased when I got a credit for the unit!

This was made using Tonic Sentiment Die Set Happy Birthday cut from white and pink cardf stock, and a Crafter's Companion Paintbox Poppets image on a white 6x6 card blank. I used Tonic Layering dies to cut the mats for the image and finished it off with a gingham bow.

For the next one I used Docrafts Papermania Capsule Collection in Parisienne Blue, matted and layered with dark blue card on a white 8x8 card blank. The flower and leaves are from Tattered Lace dies, the butterfly is from a Tonic punch and topper/sentiment are also both Tonic. I finished it off with a blue pearl in two of the corners.

The last one used Tattered Lace products, the Ditzy dots embossing folder embossed onto white pearlescent card, Flourishing hearts die, Poppy and Cherished Circles die, and finished off with a Craftwork Cards sentiment. Again on an 8x8 white card blank and using red, black and white card stock.

Thanks for stopping by, I do hope you like them!