One for the boys!

Our challenge over at SCRAP THE BOYS card challenge is now up and running.

We have this great sketch for you to follow for July.

I decided to go with a coffee theme for my card and have used

Coffee Cafe and Coffee Cups Framelits dies

the papers are from Share what you love dsp

I stamped using grapefruit grove and early expresso ink pads

I hope you get time to join in!

You can find the challenge

HERE

I would like to enter this into:

Moving along with the times - male themed

4 Crafty Chicks - life's a picnic twist

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - add a quote

Thanks for dropping by!

Seed Box

Today I have made a seed packet gift box for my Tutti Designs project, using my favourite, go to dies

NESTING STITCHED SCALLOP CIRCLES

I cut myself a piece of yellow card measuring 7 3/4" x 9 1/2"

I scored long side - 3/4", 4 1/2", 5 1/4", 9"

scored short side - 1/2", 1 1/4", 6 1/2", 7 1/4"

I burnished all the folds and cut away the parts I didn't need to form my box.

Using the 4th circle in I cut a circle in centre of what would be my front.

Inside I added tear and tape and adhered a piece of  acetate for my window.

I cut two pieces of patterned paper for the front and back of my box,

cutting the same size circle again.

I used one circle die bigger and one smaller than the first one to form my frame

using a piece of the yellow card.

I added this to cover the original cut on my acetate window.

I coloured some white ribbon to match the box and added as a bow.

I then stamped and coloured the little image and added

it to the box using dimensionals.

The box can hold about 6 packets of seeds and I went with yellow and orange to

match the first seed packet.

Hope you like it!

For my project today I have used

Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circles

Yellow card

Patterned paper from my stash

Stamp is from Pretty Kitty

I am entering this into:

Card Mania - anything goes

Dream Valley - all things bright and beautiful

Crafting from the heart - anything goes

Papercraft challenge - anything goes

I will have a video tutorial available next Tuesday

on my YouTube channel.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

Ink attack!

I've been messing about with lots of colours!

You can check it out on my other blog

HERE

Seaside scene

After a recent trip to the seaside I was inspired to replicate the scene by these two gorgeous dies

ANCHOR

and

FISHING NET

I think it makes a great male themed card.

I started my card by stamping this lovely scene and colouring with my markers.

I roughly drew some gray bricks and added some green and yellow to make it

look water stained.

I used the Anchor die and some kraft card

and adhered it over the brick wall.

I tore some lovely sea blue sparkly paper to create waves

and added the first strip.

I cut the anchor using some silver card

and glued it over the first wave.

I continued layering the torn paper to create the sea

and then trimmed everything off.

I finished with some nice striped ribbon.

The dies I used for my project today are:

and

Definitely two great dies to have in your stash!

I also used:

Stamp - Papermania Urban Stamps, Michael Powell

Medium - promarkers and sparkle pens for sky

Embellishments - ribbon

I would like to enter this into:

Pinspirational - beach scene

Double D - nautical

MAWTT - male themed

Craft Rocket - summer

Crafty Catz - summer fun

Colour Crazy -anything with colouring

Classic Design Team - anything for a design team

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your weekend!

In the garden

Our July challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is all about

IN MY GARDEN

What a lovely theme!

We are sponsored by

I had great fun making this little card and used two sets of stamps.

Both were free sets I had been hoarding for ages and they worked

perfectly for our theme this month.

Image - Wee stamps

Background stamps - look like Lavinia but not sure

Pink card - stampin' up

Dotted Nesting Squares from Tutti Designs

Medium - promarkers

Embellishments - ribbon.

I would like to enter this into:

I Love ProMarkers - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

Card Mania - anything goes

Dies R Us - anything goes

Papercraft Business challenge - anything goes

I hope you get time to enter our challenge this month.

Just remember we are a STAMPING  CHALLENGE so make sure your vocal point is

STAMPED!

Two rose heart!

Today I had a play with a few of my favourite dies

TWO ROSE HEART

and

SCALLOPED STITCHED NESTING CIRCLES

I started by choosing two papers to work with.

One floral and one plain.

On the plain one I cut part of a circle using my largest circle die.

I adhered the plain paper over the top of the floral.

I coloured the ribbon to match my papers

and added to top of my card.

Using same pen I added some faux stitching.

I cut the Two Rose Heart using the plain paper

and added some matching card to the back to fill in the roses.

I added this to the card but cut away part of the heart as shown above.

I finish the card with  a Love You sentiment and the cute little girl stamp

which was coloured with promarkers.

For my project I used:

Dies from Tutti Designs

Papers - Stampin Up

Card - Stampin Up

Stamp - Hero Arts Sweet Wonderful You

There is a brand new selection of dies now available!!

I would like to enter this into:

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Simon Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - bow beautiful

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by.

I will be back tomorrow with my Stamping Sensations card!

I would love you to check out my other blog,

which is full of inspiration, tutorials and information!

HERE

Butterfly garden

Today I am sharing a stair/stepper type card using two lovely dies called

BUTTERFLY STRIP

and

FLOWER FRIENDS

So I started by cutting the Butterfly strip in white card twice.

I then scored a piece of yellow card for my base.

It measured 4'' x 4 1/2''

and I scored at 1 5/8'', 3 1/8'' and burnished the creases.

I then adhered one strip to the base as shown below.

Then one strip to the front as seen below.

I then cut 4 of the Flower Friends die, 2 in yellow, 2 in green

and cut away the flower from the green base so I could adhere it to the yellow ones.

I made two small slits in the middle of the base card

and slot in the Flower Friends.

I stamped and coloured the little girl image, which is from The Greeting Farm called Miss Anya Dressy,  and sat her in centre of back Butterfly strip.

And on the front I added a birthday sentiment.

A very quick and easy card!

For my project today I have used

Butterfly Strip die

Flower Friends die

Yellow and white card

Medium - promarkers

Stamp - The Greeting Farm - Miss Anya

I would like to enter this into:

Everybody Art - birthday

Dies R Us - summer fun

Double D Challenges - butterflies

Creative Inspirations - here comes the sun

Cardz for Gals - summer sunny days

Creative Knockouts - for the girls

Alphabet challenge - great outdoors

We are supposed to have great weather over the next few days but it hasn't quite appeared yet.

Very grey and cloudy out there.

My husband and myself are heading away for a few days next week

which I am really looking forward to!

God knows what state the house will be in when we get back lol.

Have a great week everyone and thanks for stopping by my wee blog.