Claire's Crafty Corner

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Happy birthday

Hello,

It's time for our new Pearly Sparkles challenge which starts today, as always on the 1st of the month, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Include a sentiment or verse. I've made a birthday card for a friend who really appreciates handmade cards. I've used a mix of some embossed card and foiled vellum which has been in my stash for years, plus a new sentiment die I've bought.

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 Kraft card blank

Gold mirri card for mats and bracken

Kraft card for circle frame and sentiment

Kanban cream card embossed with roses

Hunkydory acetate with gold foiled roses

Press Cut stitch dot square and circle dies

John Next Door sentiment and Bracken dies

Gold ribbon from my stash

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #3

Classic Design Challenge #3

Creative Crafters Challenge #61

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #249

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #200

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #73

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.

Saturday, 4 February 2023

Hearts and flowers from the gnome

Hello,

It's time for another challenge over at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog, which as always starts the first Saturday of the month. As usual it lasts for about a month so I do hope that you'll join us. This month I decided to use a pretty gnome image by Polkadoodles. I'm not sure yet who I will give it to, or on what occasion so I've not added a sentiment yet.

The theme 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.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Strawberry Sundae card

White card and white flower embossed card

Polkadoodles Spring Gnomes digi set

John Next Door Layering Dies

Sizzix heart die

Vaessen Creative flower punch

"Diamond" gems and brads from my stash

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

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #2 2023

Classic Design Challenge #2 2023

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog #108

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #72

Paperfundaychallenge #50

Polkadoodles Cardmaking & Craft Challenge Wk 5

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #1

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 Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, we'd love to see you.

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Happy 21st birthday!

Hello there,

It's time for our new Pearly Sparkles challenge which starts today, as always on the 1st of the month, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Anything Goes - so let your creative juices flow! I've made a card to celebrate a 21st birthday, so it's quite a special card, and also has a box as it's very dimensional with the flowers.

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.