Floral birthday card and box

Hello,
we've a new challenge starting at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog today. The challenge theme this month is Three of a Kind, so as it's a dear friends 70th birthday this month I decided to make a birthday card as my DT card.

I'm sharing the card with you here and hope that you will join us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month. Why not pop over and see what the DT have made for this theme, we'd love to see your entries for Three of a Kind.

Card  recipe

8 x 8 gold card blank
Coffee, cream, yellow and green card stock
Tonic embossing folder
John Next Door Blossom and Foil Roses dies
Crafter's Companion sentiment
Pearls, Pollen for the flower centres and Mica Magic to dust the background

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft July #7 2020 Anything goes
Classic Design Challenge July #7 2020 Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge #193 Anything Goes - Option for the Girls
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #134 Anything Goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog #48 July Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #246 1st July Anything Goes

I hope you like the card I made and that you will join us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you there.

I also made a box for the card, using the same card and dies, which is below.

For a wine aficionado

Hello there,
I needed to make a birthday card for a male friend of ours, who happens to like a glass of wine now and then so decided to make this.

Card recipe

8 x 8 gold card blank
Gold mirri card
Images and backing paper from My Craft Studio's From a Man's Point of View: the Golden Years
John Next Door sentiment stamp

I've used the My Craft Studio wine images for quite a few cards as they are very handy for men, here's one I made last month.

I'm entering the top card for the following challenges: 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 368 Masculine
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge June Make it Masculine

Paper Funday Challenges #18 Anything Goes with a Twist Make it Masculine
Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog #52 For the Boys/Men

Try it on Tuesday 9 June Make it Masculine
Unicorn Challenge Blog #55 Masculine

I hope you like the cards I've created, if you've got the time please leave me a comment to let me know what you think of them.

Sunset fairy

Hello there,
we've got a new challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge starting today, and which lasts for a month.

The theme, as always, is Anything Goes so long as it's a Fantasy related project, and I'd like to share the card I made to hopefully give you a bit of inspiration.

Card recipe

Stepper card blank created from a 20 x 16 cm piece of card, scored at 3, 6, 11, 16 and 26 cm, then folded into mountains and valley folds
Black card mats with Clarity's Groovi Indian Summer designer paper
Spellbinder die to cut the floral borders
Fairy and wings die free with a magazine
Stamps from Creative Stamping magazine issue 83

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft - challenge #6 2020 Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - challenge #123 More than one score
Classic Design Challenge - June # 6 2020 Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - challenge #92 Fantasy
Love to Craft Challenge Blog - #47 June Anything Goes


I hope you like my card and it inspires you to join us this month at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge.