Happy Anti-Valentine's Day

Hi everyone! I have a fun and slightly naughty card to share with you today. 

I was inspired to play along over at the Sisterhood of Snarky where their theme is A for Anti-Valentine, LOL.

I really had to get creative with this card especially with the sentiment. None of my snarky sentiment sets were remotely appropriate for this theme so I had to create a new sentiment by masking and mixing up sentiments.

Here is my card -

You can see that my attempt to 'mask and merge' words didn't go very well. Extra embossing powder got stuck on the cardstock, oh dear.

I decided to create what is quite a 'pretty' card and then top it off with the anti-valentine slogan, LOL.

My seagull and the 'shitty' part of my sentiment comes from Create A Smile. I mixed and matched sentiments from other sets to complete the 'lovely' wording :)

I hope you aren't offended, just having a little giggle.

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Sisterhood of Snarky (Anti-Valentine), Happy Little Stampers (Anything Goes with Dies), Mix it Up Challenge (Anything Goes), 613 Avenue Create (Anything Goes)

    

Thanks for pooping (whoops, popping) in today

Congrats on your new home

I have a card to share with you today using new stamps (Stampin' Up - In the City).

I did a google search for some ideas and while a lot of cards were stamped this way, I got my inspiration mainly from this card.

The card was made for a good friend and workmate who is moving into a new home in the next couple of weeks.

The sentiment is from an old set that I have by Paper Smooches.

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

My Time to Craft (New Stash), The Paper Funday (Anything Goes + Friendship), Moving along with the Times (All things New), Tuesday Throwdown (Something New), Dream Valley Challenges (Something New)

Thanks for popping in today :)

AAA Cards Guest Designer

Hello! I am happy to be a guest designer over at AAA Cards for their new challenge starting today!

Here is my card -

I used the optional twist by stamping my penguin then masking him so I could create the background with a stencil and distress ink. Finally, I stamped the sentiment.

Thanks so much to Jane and the team for having me!

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Seize the Birthday (Stencils), If you gave a crafter a cookie (Photo), Daisy Chain Challenges (Wintertime)

            

Thanks for popping in today :)

Less Is More #411

It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More! We require a ONE LAYER card with the theme of 'off centre'.



Here is my card -

I have used grey cardstock which I masked off my area on. I randomly stamped my images after placing my sentiment. A very quick and easy card!

We are very luck to have Jen Mitchell (November Winner) as our Guest Designer!

Our sponsor is

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Krafty Chicks (CAS), Crafter's Cafe (CAS), The Unicorn Challenge (CAS), Always Fun Challenges (One Layer)

Thanks for popping in :)

Lift the Flap Birthday Card

Hello! Like me, you probably have a heap of things in your stash that you haven't used yet. Either that or it hasn't seen the light of day for some time???

I decided to create a fun birthday card using my new dies from Lawn Fawn called Lift the Flap.

I started with a panel of watercolour paper and used three colours of distress ink to blend my background. I flicked water and some white acrylic paint over the entire thing.

I stamped, coloured (polychromo pencils), and die cut the dragon. 

(BTW, I die cut him using my NEW Gemini Jnr.... oh my.... I'm in love)

Then it was time for some embossing. I embossed the stars then used distress ink and flicks of water, once again, to create the background. I embossed the two sentiments (from a Ranger sentiment set) and used my guillotine to cut down to size. 

The gifts are from a Christmas set (MFT) which I coloured and die cut.

I adhered the two panels together to create the front of my card. The entire thing opens, as normal, for me to write inside.

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Dies R Us Challenge (Birthdays), HLS Watercolour Challenge (Die Cuts), STAMPlorations Theme Challenge (Stamps and Splatters), Watercooler Wednesdays (Occasions), My Time to Craft (New Stash), Fairy and Unicorn Challenge (Anything Fantasy Goes)

         

Thanks for popping in today :)

Perfectly CAS #5 - One Layer

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. Half way through January already! Best thing is it's time for a new challenge over at Perfectly CAS :)



It's a one layer challenge!

Easy peasy - simple stamping for both my cards!

Card #1

Card #2

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

I would like to enter my cards over at the following challenges -

Card #1 - Crazy 4 Challenges (Summer where I live), STAMPlorations CAS Challenge (Anything Goes)

Card #2 - Lavinia World Challenges (Anything Goes), 

Less Is More #410

Happy New Year, it's time for our first LIM challenge of 2020!

Card #1

Card #2

Our sponsor this month is

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

I would like to enter my cards over at the following challenges -

Card #1 - Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes), Happy Little Stampers CAS (Wings), 

Card #2 - STAMPlorations CAS (Anything Goes), Simon Says Stamp (Party Time)

           

Thanks for popping in :)

HLS January CAS Challenge

Hi everyone, Happy New Year.

The first CAS challenge of the year over at Happy Little Stampers has started and the theme is -

Here is my card -

I used dragon fly stamps by Paper Artsy and combined it with a sentiment by Avery Elle. I added interest with my diec cut front panel by breaking up the white with a pop of colour.

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Cut it Up (White on White with a pop of colour), Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes), Crafty Creations Challenge (Anything Goes), Watercooler Wednesday (Anything Goes)