Pearly Sparkles Challenge 113 November Snowman/Woman/Family

Hello and welcome to my blog.

It's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Snowman/Woman/Family. The main focus of my card is the Spellbinders Mr and Mrs Snowman die set.  

I also used the following:
Cardstock: Black Glossy, Red Satin Mirri, Ivory embossed, White, and White Pearlescent 
Maximum Crafts 7 x 7 Easy Frame die set
Jamie Rodgers sentiment stamp
Red pearls

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

A Perfect Time To Craft #11-2025 

Classic Design Challenge #10-2025

Crafts Galore Encore #141 November 2025
Creative Crafters Challenge #93
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #311
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #89

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #65

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

 Why not join us at the 
 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month?
 We'd love to see your makes.

 

Christmas fairy and stars

Hello there,
time for another Fairy and Unicorn Challenge, this month I started to think about Christmas so have made a Fairy themed Christmas card. The challenge theme as always is anything goes so long as it's fantasy.

What I used

White 8x8 card blank
Limetree Indigo Blue card
Anna-Marie Sirio Pearl card
Snowflake embossing folder
Tonic Moonglade Wish die for the fairy
Sue Wilson Festive Flourish flowers
Spellbinders Labels 3 die for the sentiment
Free stamp from a magazine to stamp the sentiment
Versa Color Royal Purple ink to stamp
Vera Color Silver to highlight the snowflake embossing
Silver brads
White organza ribbon with a silver thread for the bow

I hope you like the card, please leave a comment if you've got time. Why not also check out the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge and join us there this month.

Winter Solstice stag

Hello,

this is my DT card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge for November, where the theme is anything goes with the option of Winter Solstice.

I started with an 8 x 8 Kraft card blank, I used Limetree's Evergreen card and Cream Shimmer card, one of Tonic's Craft Perfect green cards and Kraft card. The background paper is from Trimcraft's Golden Winter pad.

I used Tonic dies: Layering Circles for the green mat, Yuletide Greetings for the wreath and Autumnal Oak for the leaves. The green branches were cut using Spellbinder's Build a Wreath, and I added green Wink of Stella to the branches, although it doesn't really show in the photo.

The stag was stamped and cut using a free gift from Simply Cards & papercraft magazine, and the sentiment was also a free gift from Papercraft Essentials. I finished it off with some red pearls to represent holly berries.

I hope you like my card, and that you will join us at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month. If you've time to leave a comment that would be great.

Easter cross

Hello there,

this was the only religious Easter card I made this year. My non-religious Easter cards are here.

I started with a Pickled Potpourri image of a cross, stained glass window and daffodils, and picked out parts of the image in grey, green and yellow. I'm not a colourist so needed to keep it simple! I used the Tonic Deco Trellis die to cut the image out and then layered this on to a black mat I'd made using the same die cut twice and put on top of each other. The background is grey pearlescent card embossed with a brick embossing folder, and layered on to a black mat.

I made the sentiment using the PC and cut it and the yellow and black mats using a Spellbinders Petite Labels die. Both the topper and sentiment were put on the card using foam pads to add a little dimension.

Thanks for stopping by, any comment you'd like to leave would be really appreciated.

Gate fold birthday card

Hello,
this is a gate fold birthday card made using the Spellbinders Ornamental Iron M-Bossability folder Fleur de Lis design on cream card, matted and layered on to dark green card and pale green satin board. I cut the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accent corner dies and medallion die from dark green card, and added a Craftwork Cards happy birthday circle sentiment in the middle of the medallion. I personalised it using the Tonic Pretoria letters to spell Dad.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment if you'd like to.

Sewing themed birthday card

Hello,
I made this card for my Mum for her birthday. I chose the sewing theme as she'd taught me to sew when I was a child. I used various elements from the Aspire Sew Pretty kit and cut the main topper into a shape using the Spellbinder's Labels 31 die. I finished it off with a bow made from tape measure ribbon and a button. My Mum was surprised when she opened it as it's not my usual style but was very pleased with the sewing theme.

Thanks for stopping by, if you'd like to leave a comment that would be great.

Red and black birthday card

Hello there,

this is a card I made for one of my nieces. I used the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Imperial folder design A for the white background, matted the two pieces onto red card with a row of black gems to hide the join. This was matted onto white, then black and then on a white 8 x 8 card blank. I used  dies from the Moroccan Accents and Moroccan Motifs die sets cut from red, white and black card stock, layered up with foam pads, put the corners in the top corners and black gems in the bottom corners. I finished it off with a Craftwork Cards sentiment, a red bow and a black dazzler.

Thanks for stopping by, any comments are gratefully received.

Happy birthday corners

Hello there,
today I'm sharing a card that I made for a friend's birthday. I used the Spellbinders Gold Elements One dies  and cut two corners from antique gold card which I matted onto opposite corners of cream card. I then cut tow of each of the flourishes and one of the main motif and put them all along the diagonal. I matted this onto an antique gold mat and then onto an 8 x 8 white pearl card blank. I finished it off with some gold pearls and a Craftwork Cards sentiment in the middle.

I hope you like it, and if you'd like to leave any comments I'd be really grateful.

Blue and white birthday card

Hello,

this is a birthday card made for a male friend, I didn't want anything too fussy so decided to use fleur de lis as the main design as it has a more masculine feel to it. I used the Spellbinders Ornamental Iron M-Bossability folder embossed on to white card for the background and hid the join with the Fleur De Lis Accents border cut from navy card, then put the Fleur De Lis Corner Accents cut from navy card in the top two corners. The white background was matted and layered on to navy card and then on to a white 8 x 8 card blank. I used the Labels Twenty die cut from navy card and a Spellbinder/JustRite stamp for the sentiment, stamped in Memento Marine Blue. It was finished off with navy Craftwork Cards Card Candi in the bottom corners and above the border.

I think it has a masculine feel about it and hope you think so too. Thanks for stopping by, as always any comments gratefully received.

Another Whirl About card

Hello there,

this is another card made from the Spellbinders Whirl About Cut, Fold and Tuck die for a friend. I cut the dies from two-tone, double-sided lilac card which I matted onto lilac mirri. I used a white 8 x 8 card blank and matted and layered it with lilac patterned paper and lilac mirri then placed the die cuts onto the card. I used Craftwork Cards Card Candi in the centres of the smaller die cuts and a sentiment in the middle of the large one. I finished it off with a lilac and silver ribbon bow in the final upper corner.

Thanks for stopping by, any comments gratefully received.

Let's have a whirl!

Been a few days since I had time to craft and blog - catching up with boring chores and also away for Easter - hope you had a good one!

I decided to make a card using my Spellbinders Whirlabout die which I've only used a couple of times so far and to follow a challenge sketch to get me back in the crafty zone again. I used a double sided lilac card, layered it onto lilac mirror card and put some Craftwork Cards Card Candi in the middle. I matted and layered purple dotty embossed card onto lilac mirror card, then on to a white 8 x 6 card blank. I cut 3 strips of the lilac card, used a Tattered Lace die for the sentiment which I stuck onto a matt created from a Spellbinders Layering die set.

I'm entering this for the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Diva's Sketch Challenge
4 Crafty Chicks: Die cuts
Pile it on: Die cuts and/or punches
Fan-Tastic Tuesday: use a die or punch

Thanks for stopping by, any comments gratefully received.

Fairy dreams

Hello there, today I thought I'd play around with the distress papers and Sheena Douglas stamps which came free with Quick Cards made easy as I really liked the look of them.

I printed out the blue and green one cut it down to 7.5 inches and then stamped around and off the edges in black ink and matted and layered it on to black card, then on to a white 8 x 8 card blank. I then used a Tonic Fae Trellis die to cut it from black card, and glued it to the middle of the card. Using a Tattered Lace alphabet die set  I die cut "dream" from black card and stuck the letters randomly in the centre, and decoupaged the extra die cut butterfly on top of the one in the die cut.

I'm entering this card into the My Time to Craft Challenge: Silhouettes.

For the second card I made I just used the distress papers, the purple and orange one this time, and the stamps. Again I stamped around and off the edges in black ink, matted and layered the paper on to black card, and then on to a white 8 x 8 card blank. I also stamped a couple of butterflies and a dragon fly. I stamped a sentiment and used Spellbinders Labels 34 to cut the image and a black card mount. I attached the sentiment to the front of the card using foam pads.

Thanks for stopping by, any comments you'd like to make would be gratefully received.

If music be the food of love ...

I needed to make an 18th birthday card for the daughter of close friends and as she is very into music - and was getting a guitar for her birthday - I decided to make that the theme.

I got some guitar printed paper which I cut into a square and matted and layered it onto silver then red card cut using the Tonic Layering dies. I stamped some treble clefs randomly onto white card then matted it onto red card and then silver mirror board. I wrapped black musical printed ribbon around two of the corners and fixed it to an 8 x 8 black card blank. I cut a circle of red and a circle of silver using the Spellbinders scalloped circles dies and put a silver sentiment into the middle of the topper which I then fixed to the middle of the card using foam pads.

She was delighted with the card and I can now safely put it on my blog! I hope you like this one and those below - why not leave me a comment and let me know.

I'm entering this card into the Die Cuttin Divas Challenge: Music in our schools.

As it was 12 x 12 I managed to get 4 cards out of it altogether, a similar colour scheme and Spellbinders die - always useful to have a few in hand! The stamps used were free with an issue of Creative stamping a couple of years ago, and the sentiments all by Craftwork Cards.

Birthday cards for friends

Hi there, March is a busy month for me from a card making point of view as I have several birthdays, plus there's Mother's Day and often Easter too. Here are a couple of birthday cards I made for friends this month.

For this one I used Tattered Lace dies and cut the Tattered Lace Floral panel 3 times cut in pearlescent cream card and fixed it to orange card, then matted and layered cream and orange card. I die cut a poppy in cream and orange and also two flowers from a floral die set cut in cream and orange,  not sure which set though as it was a gift from a friend. I secured the petal layers with a copper brad, cut best wishes in orange, and layered it all on to a 17x18 cm cream card blank. I got the idea for this from the issue 8 of the Tattered Lace magazine as the die came free with the magazine. 

The other card was made using the Spellbinders Cut, fold and tuck Whirlabout die and I cut the small and medium dies from pale lilac double sided card which I layered onto purple mirror board. In the centre of the two small ones I attached purple Craftwork Cards Candi and in the middle of the large one a Craftwork Cards sentiment. I also cut a bow using the Tonic Lacy Bows die set from the lilac card. I used an A5 white pearlescent card blank and layered purple pearlescent card which had been embossed using the Tattered Lace Ditzy dots embossing folder onto purple mirror board. The die cuts and bow were then fixed to the card front.  

I hope you like them, thanks for stopping by and if you've any comments as usual they're always welcome.

Easter cards

I make a few Easter cards every year, some more religious than others.

The first one is for my Mum and doesn't need to be very religious so I decided to use A Hunkydory kit Pretty Petals which has lilies in it, I decoupaged them using glue gel and used the matching backing card matted and layered onto gold mirri then on to an 8x8 cream card blank. I added cream ribbon and bow and created my own Easter blessings sentiment using the Spellbinder Petite Labels 1 die.

For the second card I used what was left of the backing card and layered that with gold miri onto a DL card, attached a wooden cross I had in my stash which I'd put gold gilding wax onto and added the same sentiment as above.

I made the next card with a Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder using the cross design side and white pearl card, I dusted it with gold ink and then highlighted the individual crosses with gilding wax. Again layered it onto gold mirri and used the same sentiment.

The last card was made with the same folder embossing white pearl card but using the other side of the folder. I coloured the lilies with yellow and green Promarkers, layered it on to yellow and green card, and added a stamped sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by, any comments welcome!