Saturday 9 March 2024

Inkspirational Challeges - CAS with optional balloon


 It's another challenge at Inkspirational  and this time we're looking for: 


Optional: Feature a Balloon

For my DT card I kept it very simple by printing a digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil onto a card base, deliberately printing it slightly off the page. Then I stamped the sentiment on the balloon and coloured in with Promarkers. 

I hope you'll come over to Inkspirational  , see what the rest of the DT have made, and join in. 

I'd like to enter:

I spy with my little eye........... "Something beginning with B".

Krafty Chicks   Stamp Act 

Once Upon A Time 


Sunday 3 March 2024

Being Green

 

I stamped, coloured and cut out these Penny Black frogs a while back, and they've been looking for a home ever since. The back ground, is a big Catherine Pooler stamp and I added two sentiments. 

I'd like to enter: 

Shopping Our Stash  green 


Allsorts  spring 


CASE-ing Carol

 

I don't usually like CASE challenges but when I saw my crafty friend Carol's beautiful card at Just us Girls , I got inspired. Here's Carol's creation:

I designed and cut the NOEL on my Silhouette digital cutter; stamped, coloured and cut out two Penny Black Christmas stamps and added some punched stars.

I'd like to enter: 
Jingle Belles die cuts 

Penny Black anything goes 






Saturday 24 February 2024

Inkspirational Challenges - Moodboard

 

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is to be inspired by this moodboard:

What lovely colours! I decided to make a Mother's Day card for my partner to give to his mum, as Mother's Day in the UK is in about two weeks. So I stamped the flowers, coloured them with markers, used some gold and mint spotty paper as the background and added them to a pink card base. 

I'd like to enter:

Krafty Chicks  occasions 

Double D  patterned paper 

pink, bouquet, woman











Thursday 15 February 2024

40th Birthday

 

This is the card I made for my daughter's 40th birthday which was yesterday - Valentine's Day.  As she was born on the 14th February, I always like to incorporate a heart or two on her cards. 

Here I used a Lori Whitlock digital cutting file, which I cut on a Silhouette digital cutting machine, The original design is a Valentine's card, with two heart-shaped balloons and other little hearts. However, I hope that by changing the colours and papers, and adding the numbers, I've made it suitable for a birthday. 

As I mentioned in a previous post, we had a surprise party for her last weekend. It was in a private room in a cocktail bar and there was lots of fun and cocktails. 

Here are some of the decorations I made for her cake:

I would post a photo of them in the cake, but my phone was kept behind the bar playing a 'hits of 1984' playlist I'd put together for the occasion, so I didn't get a photo.

I'd like to enter:


Cut it Up  have a heart 





Monday 12 February 2024

Inkspirational Challenges - Hearts

 

Sorry this post is late - I was away all weekend at my daughter's surprise birthday party (it was a surprise to her, not me, so I suppose a poor excuse for me not planning ahead) but more of my daughter's birthday in a later post. 

This is my DT card for Inkspirational Challenges : 



For my card I used an old Docrafts Thank You stamp and die, coloured with markers. The background is a heart stencil that I used multiple times using different ink colours. 

I'd like to enter:

Stencil Fun hearts 


Saturday 27 January 2024

Inkspirational Challenges - Paper Piecing

 

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is my own 'Designer's Choice' - Paper Piecing. 

Paper piecing is usually thought of as 'colouring in' stamped images by cutting out patterned paper. I think though there is an older definition of using different papers to 'piece together' an image. 

For my DT card, I used some (very old!) patterned paper to 'colour in' a floral stamped image and added black dimensional drops (Nuvo?) to add back the flower centres. I used markers to colour in the rest of the image and added a die-cut sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Make My Monday  birthday

Krafty Chicks  all occasions

pink, patterned paper,die cut

 




Friday 26 January 2024

Darts Card

 

It's my son's 17th birthday today. He's recently got into playing darts (in his bedroom , so far!) , no doubt inspired by the 17 -year-old champion, Luke Littler. 

It was a bit of a challenge to make a darts themed card. I found a games picture font by Lettering Delights and one image was the dartboard, which I cut out on the Silhouette digital cutter. The swing card was cut with a die and I added the numbers (cut on the Silhouette), patterned paper and punched silver stars.

I'd like to enter:

Cardz 4 Guys no balls sport 

My Time to Craft  hobbies 






Saturday 13 January 2024

Sled


 I ran out of Christmas cards last Christmas and I'm determined not to make the same mistake at Christmas 24. So I'm already on it!


I'd like to enter:

Krafty Chicks  Christmas 

My Time to Craft Christmas  house


A Barrel of Monkeys  sled 




Inkspirational Challenges - Stencil

 

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is to use a stencil- with the optional twist of using more than one stencil. 

I must admit, stencils are not really my forte so, for my DT card, I just played about with some random stencils I have in my stash and created a collage background, which I splattered with some inks. My image is an A Day for Daisies stamp, coloured with Promarkers. 

I hope you'll go over to the Inkspirational blog and see what the rest of the DT have made, and enter your own stencilled creation. 

I'd like to enter:

Stencil Fun  birds 

Daisy Chain  no design paper