So Very Thankful

Today the flowers are blooming, hyacinths ae starting to come through, crocuses and daffodils are dancing. It is amazing what a few days can do.

I would love to share this spring card made using dies from Gummiapan and Creative Expressions. I first cut the Wooden Tub and Hyacinths then coloured with Distress Ink Oxides. To make the layers I coloured cardstock with Wilted Violet and Tumble Glass Distress Oxides and cut using the Looped Square Dies and additional square layers from Creative Expression.

The sentiment from Gina K Designs was stamped using the two colours before assembling the layers and adhering the flowers with glue.

I am entering in the following challenges:

• Make My Monday: #221 Spring, Flowers
• A Perfect Time to Craft: #3 March
• Beautiful Blossoms: #15 Anything Florals
• Crafts Galore: #121 Anything Goes
• Love to Craft: #LTCCB #79
• Mirtillament Challenge: #29 March
• The Crafting Challenge: Spring Air
• The Flower Challenge: #89 Square Card
• AAA Colourful: Colourboard #2

Frosty Friends

It may be warm and sunny outside, but don’t know about you we woke up to a cold frosty morning, reminding us winter is not finished yet.

It made me think I should be starting to make 2024 Christmas Cards as I always end up leaving it too late and not making enough.

Today I want to share one using the Hello Blue Birds Frosty Friends stamps and jumping on the Waffle Flower Postage Dies and Stencils Bandwagon.

To make this card I first cut out cardstock using the waffle Flower Postage die, laid the stencil over it to position the stamps, removed the stencil and stamped, and stamping again to make masks.

I then covered the images with the masks and using the stencil and Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass and Wilted Violet to make backgrounds for the images. I then removed and coloured the friends with my markers.

Next I cut another piece of cardstock and using the outer pattern of the stencil and the distress oxides created a border.

Finally to complete the card I layered the pieces of card onto an A7 with glue.

I am entering in the following challenges:

• Creative Fingers: #273 Anything Goes
• Alessandra Angels: #80 Anything Goes
• Creative Crafters: #4 Anything Goes
• World Wide Colourists and Crafters: #3 Anything goes
• Trimmies Craft Challenge: #713 Christmas
• Krafty Chicks: #707 Christmas
• Creative Inspiration: #12 Anything Goes
• Craft Gals Corner: #253 Anything Goes
• Crafty Addicts: #11 Anything Goes
• The Paper Funday: #63 Optional Twist – Dies
• The Holly and the Ivy: #158 Anything Goes

Naughty Santa

Sometimes it is great to send fun Christmas cards to people you know will take it as a bit of fun.

This one was made for my Brother-in-Law from my Sister.

To make this I first stamped Loads of Cheer, coloured and fussy cut it out. I next die cut the MFT Up on the Rooftop die set and coloured it too, adding a little glitter for the snow.

I blended the background sky and added snow, before assembling the card and adding a black frame and the personalised sentiment.

I am entering in the following challenges:

• Girls Creative Christmas: #63 Glitter and sparkle
• We love to Create: #2 – Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles: #10 – Anything Goes
• Snarky Stampers: #248 – S for Snarky
• Creative Fingers: – #273 – Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles: Prepare to Die Cut
• Lil Red Wagon: #746 Foolin’
• Crafty Addicts: #11