Month: June 2023

Tgif challenges #424

This week’s challenge with TGIF Challenges is a sketch challenge, #tgifc424. I love sponging and stencilling and of course butterflies!

Just add ink #656

This week’s challenge with Just Add Ink is an inspiration challenge, #656. Unfortunately I missed posting in this challenge. I was inspired by the bright colours in the photo.

Global design project #398

This week’s challenge with Global Design Project is a sketch challenge #GDP398.

Papercraft secrets – June

One of the two challenges for June at Alicia McNamara’s Papercraft Secrets Facebook group is One Page Wonder, the other one is a multi-layout scrapbook page. I am not a scrapbooker although I have dabbled in it. My passion is cards, 3D projects, fun-fold cards, mixed-media projects and art journals.

I am privileged to be on the Design Team at Papercraft Secrets, and here is my design for the One Page Wonder. I designed my own pattern for these cards, and you can find it on the Resources page.

I love creating with paper. Since I was a child at school I have loved stationery, papers, pens, colouring, so when I discovered cardmaking more than 20 years ago I was hooked. It is truly my happy place. My hope is that what I post here inspires you to create with whatever medium you love, and to create your own kind of beautiful! We are all creative, it is just finding what you love, what brings you alive.

Love

Colorful options – Peach

Colorful Options is a fun way to use a colour you would not normally choose, and peach which is this month’s theme, is one of those for me. I kept my card simple and love how it turned out.

Color throwdown #746

Color Throwdown‘s challenge this week is Mint, Grey, Pink #ctd746. I love these colours together. I copied a card I had made a while ago, modifying it a little. I used a grey patterned paper for the decorative strip behind the flowers and a sparkly cardstock for the white background. Simple but elegant.

I have been really enjoying these challenges.

Retro rubber challenge #208

This week’s challenge with Retro Rubber Challenge is a colour challenge #rrcb208. At Retro Rubber the challenge is to use stamps that are at least a year old. The one I’ve used in my card, Faith in Nature, I’ve had since before 2015. This week’s challenge is to use at least 3 of the colours in the picture. I’ve used Red, Green, Orange and Brown. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart and I’ve had it for more than a year.

Global design project #397

This week’s challenge with Global Design Project is a colour challenge #GDP397, Berry Burst, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel. I need an engagement card for this weekend, so used these colours to make it, and I love how these colours work together.

TGIF CHALLENGES #423

Here today with my card for this week’s TGIF Challenges blog #tgifc423, a colour challenge.

Just add… music #655

This week’s challenge with Just Add Ink is Just Add… Music, Challenge #655. The only music related crafty thing I have in my possession is a music embossing folder so that is what I used for the first layer on my card.