Gears Frame

A manly card with grungy patterned paper and cool gears frame die from Nellie Snellen.

I used:

Cardstock - navy blue card blank, metallic/pearl brown

Paper - Kaisercraft Attitude

Dies - Nellie Snellen Cog Wheels, Sizzix Tim Holtz Labels, QuicKutz Nesting Circles

Other - sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Frame It

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Craftyhazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Alina Butterfly

My last entry for the week into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, using 2 patterned papers and my huge Alina Crafts butterfly die set.

I used:

Cardstock - 6" ivory pearl card blank, ivory pearl

Paper - Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic

Dies - Alina Crafts (on Ali Express) butterfly, Elizabeth Craft Happy Birthday

Other - Pearl flowers/centres

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Craftyhazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Tall Happy Birthday

A DL size card using a beautiful Sue Wilson lacy die.

I used:

Cardstock - ivory

Paper - Kaisercraft Forget-Me-Not

Dies - Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Gemini Collection Antlia, Marianne Design flourish

Other - I Am Roses cream rose with bud removed, pearl flower centre, pearls, white sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Craftyhazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Salmon Pink Butterflies

A card for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge.  I've chosen only one item from the wheel; salmon.

I used:

Cardstock - 4 3/4" card blank

Paper - Kaisercraft Rustic Harmony, Kaisercraft Forget-Me-Not

Die - HOTP Paper Artist 3 Butterflies

Other - white pearls and sentiment sticker

Challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge - S

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Craftyhazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Snippets Card

A birthday card using up scraps and snippets and diecuts lying around on my desk.

I used:

cardstock - 4 3/4" card blank, dark brown pearl/metallic, snippets of ivory, pink and greens 

Paper - Stamperia Roses & Lace, a very old Pink Paislee background paper

Dies - Stampin' Up Rose Garden, Memory Box Marietta Buckle, QuicKutz Nesting Circles and Scalloped Nesting Circle

Other - paper doily, sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippets Playground

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Frame It

Let's Craft and Create Challenge 156 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge 72 - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Alina Butterfly

A birthday card in pretty pastels with a new gift to myself of a large butterfly die from Ali Express.  It is from one of a few stores that have their own designs, not just knock-offs of other companies.

I used:

Cardstock - 6" pearl card blank, pearl

Paper - Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic

Dies - Alina Crafts Lacy Butterfly (Ali Express), Elizabeth Craft Design Happy Birthday

Challenges:

Allsorts Week 553 - Soft Pastels

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Something New

Die Cut Divas January Challenge - New Things

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Krafty Butterflies

Another krafty butterfly card for the Butterfly Challenge . . . Spin the Butterfly Wheel with the letter K.

Cardstock - black card blank, kraft, black and kraft snippets

Dies - Lavish Label Layers freebie with magazine

Embossing Folder - Kaisercraft Bricks

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Other - 3D kraft butterfly stickers (top layer only), Sayitincrystals gold flower bling, sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Butterfly Challenge 116 - Spin the Butterfly Wheel with the letter K

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle February Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Vintage Men Tri-fold

Another card for the Double D Looking Back in Time challenge; a tri-fold card with manly papers and mixed and matched dies from different sets of vintage gentlemen.

                        

Cardstock - black, white

Paper - 7Gypsies Venice

Dies - Trimcraft First Edition Vintage Gentleman, Mama Elephant Bear/Panda Favor Bag Accessory (one of the moustaches), Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday, no-name vintage man set (ebay)

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Looking back in time

The Corrosive Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Vintage Butterflies

A butterfly birthday card for The Butterfly Challenge and Double D Challenge.
I love the vintage look of the black and sepia tones of the kraft and patterned paper.

Butterfly Challenge K for . . . Kraft

Cardstock - kraft, textured black

Paper - Franchville Kraft Boutique

Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue

Other - laser cut butterflies, sentiment sticker, black rhinestones

Challenges:

Butterfly Challenge 116 - Spin the Butterfly Wheel with the letter K

Double D Challenge - Looking back in time

The Corrosive Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper January Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Butterfly Flourish

A card for the Butterfly Challenge. I chose Repeat with the two-layer butterfly and the repeat corner cut-out patterns.

Cardstock - white card blank, textured teal, pearl seafoam

Paper - Stampin' Up Perfectly Artistic

Dies - Sizzix Tim Holtz Mixed Media #2, MFT Die-namics Fancy Flourish, no-name butterfly

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Other - sentiment sticker, seafoam pearls

Challenges:

Butterfly Challenge 111 - Butterfly + R

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Cropstop November Link Party - use brand from store (Sizzix, Tim Holtz, My Favorite Things)

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Monochromatic Peacock

A simple monochrome card using the image from ARTastic as inspiration.

Cardstock - pearl seafoam

Paper - Kaisercraft Madame Boutique

Dies - no-name peacock, Inspired By Stamping Fancy Label Dies 3

Other - Kaisercraft Blue Ice paper flowers, Couture Creations gem stones, sentiment sticker

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Challenges:

ARTastic October Challenge - Monochromatic

Allsorts Challenge Week 491 - Pearls and/or Gems

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Cropstop October Link Party - use brand from store (Sizzix, Couture Creations)

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Another Year Wiser

Cardstock - kraft, textured dark brown, snippets of kraft and metallic dark brown

Paper - Kaisercraft Madame Boutique

Die - Sizzix Tim Hiltz Ornate Owl

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Tonic Tim Holtz distress tool, ink dauber

Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue

Other - computer and printer for sentiment, Ranger Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain distress inks

Challenges:

Cropstop August Link Party - use brand from store (Sizzix, Ranger, Tim Holtz

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 333

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September Challenge - Always Anything Goes

ARTastic September Challenge - Celebrate the Males in our Lives 

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Dragonflies

Cardstock - black, copper metallic, Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay

Dies - Stampin' Up Detailed Dragonfly thinlits, Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday

Embossing Folder - Darice Crackle

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Other - black rhinestones

Challenges:

Card Mania Challenge 106 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

DL.Art July Linky Challenge

Cropstop July Link Party - use brand from store (Elizabeth Craft, Darice, Sizzix)

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Botanical Blooms

This birthday card uses some of the flowers and leaves from the Stampin' Up Botanical Builder die set with the matching patterned paper.

Cardstock - 5"white card blank, black, dark olive snippets

Paper - Stampin' Up Botanical Gardens

Dies - Stampin' Up Botanical Builder, Spellbinders Mega Ovals

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Other - sentiment sticker, gold rhinestones, natural ribbon

Challenges:

Card Mania Challenge 106 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper July Challenge - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art July Linky Challenge

Cropstop July Link Party - use brand from store (Spellbinders, Sizzix)

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Botanical Borders

A simple birthday card using my still favourite die set Botanical Builder Framelits from Stampin'Up.  I often use the flowers and leaves from the set, but rarely the leafy border.

Cardstock -  white card blank, Becky Higgins Project Life 4x6 textured cards Rain and Jade editions

Dies - Stampin' Up Botanical Builder framelits, Spellbinders Mega Ovals

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars small daisy punch

Other - sentiment sticker, pink pearl bling

Challenges:

UnstampaBelles Challenge 81 - Fancy Frame or Border

Card Mania Challenge 106 - Anything Goes

The Sketchy Challenges 144 - Anything Goes

Cropstop July Link Party - use brand from store (Fiskars, Spellbinders, Sizzix)

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Blue Daisies

A birthday card for Double "D" Bling It Up challenge, using flat-back sparklies I've had in my stash for years.

Cardstock - 5" white card blank, pale blue textured, white, light and dark sage green

Paper - Kaisercraft Base Coat

Dies - no-name daisy, Spellbinders Blooms One, Stampin' Up Rose Garden thinlits, Inspired By Stamping Fancy Label Dies 3 (banner)

Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue, glue dots, foam tape

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot

Other - flat-back sparkles, sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Double "D" Challenge - Bling It Up

Kreativinkauf Challenge 63 - wood

Allsorts Week 468 - Happy Birthday

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May Challenge - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art Thankful Thursday May Linky Party

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Butterfly and Wildflowers

Cardstock - white cardblank, white snippets

Paper - Prima Annalee

Dies - Memory Box Wildflower Corner, Joy!crafts Vintage Flourishes butterfly, no-name butterfly, 

Stampin' Up Petals &More, QuicKutz Nesting Ovals
Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue, ds sticky sheet
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot
Other - peridot gems

Challenges:

Memory Box Challenge 37 - Insects/Butterflies/Dragonflies

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 326

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May Challenge - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art Thankful Thursday May Linky Party

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Cats

A cat card using my new (to me) cat punch from Stampin' Up.  I have several cat dies, but a punch is so much quicker to use.  This design also uses up the snippets of wall and floor type patterned papers that I have leftover from "man" cards and the inside covers of my journals.

Carsdstock - 5" white card blank, black, snippets of textured black and stone

Paper - snippets of Kaisercraft Base Coat

Dies - Couture Creations Hanging Sign

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Stampin' Up cat punch

Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue, foam tape

Other - silver sentiment sticker coloured with Tuxedo Black Bic Mark-it

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 325

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May Challenge - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art Thankful Thursday May Linky Party

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Panda

A cute panda with balloon sitting amongst the bamboo.  I stamped the panda 4 or 5 times with a stamping tool to get a decent black using archival ink on matte photo paper (card) for a clean B & W image.

Cardstock - white card blank, white, white matte photo paper snippet, snippets of light green and white

Stamp - Stampin' Up Party Pandas

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Dies - no-name bamboo, Creative Dies balloon freebie with magazine

Embossing Folder - no-name bamboo

Adhesives - CraftersChoice tacky craft glue, foam tape

Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, We R Memory Keepers Precision Press stamping tool, scissors for fussy cutting

Other - sentiment sticker, twine

Challenges:

Penny Black and More March Challenge - Feature a Creature

Love to Scrap Challenge 107 - Anything Goes

Bizzy Becs March Challenge - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 322

DL.Art Thankful Thursday March Linky Party

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Guitar

Cardstock - 5" white card blank, textured dark brown, white

Paper - Kaisercraft Base Coat

Stamp - Darkroom Door Photo Stamp Guitar

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, CraftersChoice tacky craft glue

Tools - EK Success ticket corner punch

Other - sentiment sticker

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Patterned Paper

Fashionable Stamping Challenge 131 - Anything Goes

The Artistic Stamper Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Noor! Design January Challenge - Anything Goes

Bizzy Becs January Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny