Christmas in July!

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Patricia wants to see those Christmas cards!

I broke into a stamp set I bought this past Christmas and didn't get a chance to use to create these cards:

And red with turquoise is such a fun Christmas colour combination.

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Tropical

Hello!

This week at Crazy Card Party Sharon wants to see those cards using a tropical theme.

And while my card isn't immediately what you might think of as tropical, potted plants are often tropical plants?

OK, I may be stretching the tropical thing a bit but I haven't had a chance to share this card that I made ages ago.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see more truly tropical cards that I am sure the other ladies came up with.

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Washi, Washi!

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn wants to see cards featuring washi tape.

I created these two cards at a day crop a couple of weeks ago:

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Kraft and Black

Hi there!

Over at Crazy Card Party this week I want to see cards using only kraft and black.

I created this simple but I think striking card:

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Fresh and Bright

This week at Crazy Card Party, Patricia wants to see fresh and bright cards.

I borrowed Regan's stamp set to create these fun, and I think, bright cards.

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Oh Deer!

Hello!

This week at Crazy Card Party Sharon wants to see cards featuring a deer, a stag or anything antler related.

I decided to create these rather funky cards using a stag silhouette:

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Colour Inspiration

Hello!


This week at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn chose a colour inspiration based on this pillow:

I used scraps of cardstock in the pillow colours to create this card:

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Anything Goes

Hi there!

Over at Crazy Card Party challenge it's my challenge and it is an easy one, anything goes!

I am working my way through using up the last bits of some 6 by 6 paper pads and created these three cards:

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Colour Inspiration

Happy Mother's Day!

Over at Crazy Card Party this week Regan picked a really pretty colour inspiration photo for us to work from:

I decided to base a Mother's Day card on the colours and also used the pillow and rug patterns in my choice of patterned paper:

And I used another  technique I've been meaning to try for quite sometime, white embossing on vellum.

I really like how it turned out.

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Butterflies!

Hi there!

Over at  Crazy Card Party  Patricia wanted to see cards with butterflies.

This year's  Easter cards I made back in March fit this challenge perfectly.

And while I used these for Easter they could be used for any occasion simply by changing up the sentiment.

I also tried out embossing on vellum that I quite liked.

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Bouquet

This week at Crazy Card Party, Sharon wants to see cards featuring a bouquet.

I played around with one of my Papertrey stamps and some watercolours to create this card:

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Friendship

Hello.

This week at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn wants to see cards with a friendship theme.

I created these cards that I think fit this theme pretty well and they gave the Misti a good work out, lol.

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Scraps

Hello!

It's my turn to set the challenge over at Crazy Card Party this week.

And since I always seem to have lots of scraps lying aroung, I thought it would be fun to use scraps to create a card.

I used the last bits of a 6 by 6 paper pack to create these cards:

I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with and, if you can, please play along at Crazy Card Party.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gold Dipped

I'm back with another Crazy Card Party card.

This week Regan wants to see cards that feature something gold dipped. I wonder if she was inspired by the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, particularly as today is St.Patrick's day.

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold to make it appear gold dipped.

Such a fun challenge!

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Watercolour Birthday!

Seems like I am always playing catch up with my card posts these days, life must be extra busy right now.

So today I am combining two catch up cards into one ;)

Sharon wanted to see birthday cards and Deanna wanted to see watercolour.

I played with watercolouring a little while back and created this card:

These were stamped with distress inks then I went over with a water brush to give the watercolour effect.

I still need practice but am happy with my progress.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hearts

Hello all.

I'm back with another Crazy Card Party challenge catch up post.

A couple of weeks ago Sharon wanted to see cards with a heart theme.

I've been liking the combination of pink and gold so tried it out on this card:

I also used bits of my favourite things including paste, sequins, and twine.

And there is a felt heart and a few paste hearts too!

Thanks for a fun challenge Sharon!

And thanks to you for stopping by.



Supplies used:  Peerless Watercolours, Golden Paste, Simon Says Sequins, Papertrey Ink and Cardstock, Filigree Golde Embossing Powder, American Crafts Glitter Paper

Black and White

Hello!

I am playing a bit of catch up with the Crazy Card Party challenges.

So today I am sharing a black and white card as requested by Kathryn a couple of weeks ago.

I broke into a Clearly Besotted stamp set to create these clean and simple cards.

I quite like how they turned out!

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Supplies used: Papertrey Ink - cardstock, stamp; Momento - Ink; Clearly Besotted - stamp; KI - bling; Mama Elephant - die

Sketch!

Hello!

It's my turn to set the challenge over at Crazy Card Party and I want to see cards based on this sketch:

I broke into a new  6x6 paper pack to create this card:

Such a cheery card, love those little houses!

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supplies used  - Home Grown by Pebbles

Golden

Hello! Happy 2016!

I'm back with this week's Crazy Card Party challenge by Dee.

She wants to see cards featuring gold.

I used gold glitter paste, gold metallic paper, gold twine and gold ink on this card:

I like the contrast of the gold against the kraft and white.

Then I did create this card for Patricia's theme last week of winter:

On both of these cards I used the snowfall template and paste to create the background but they each have a distinct look and feel.


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Celebrate!

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

This week at Crazy Card Party Sharon selected the theme of 'Celebrate'.

A friend at work asked me to make a card to celebrate his mother's upcoming 85th birthday so I thought I would share it here as part of the celebrate theme.

And I also thought I'd share a card I made for Patricia's stamped background challenge from a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for stopping by!