In the Woods

Hello friends,

I hope you are all doing well. Today’s post is about the new challenge at Double D Challenges with the theme “A Walk in the Woods”. You can create a card or project inspired by the photo or anything you might see while walking in the woods. For more information about the challenge and the lovely prize visit the Double D Challenge blog. Looking forward to see your creation!

I decided to create a Christmas card in my favourite colour combo, pink and green for this challenge. I used a landscape die of  pine trees on a soft pink polka dot designer paper as my background. I the added my reindeer with mirror tape for dimension. For a shabby feel I added pink bows to the stags, a crochet lace border, and pink pearls. I finished off with a gold die cut sentiment and a star. This is my first Christmas card for the year so there are a few more to create the coming weeks.

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #104 (ends 11/09) – Anything Christmas Goes
• Merry Little Christmas Challenge MLCCB#40 (ends 11/30) – November Anything Christmas Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #2 (ends 11/04) – Anything Goes Christmas
• Dies R Us Challenge #180 (ends 11/13) – Always Anything Goes with a brand they sell (Dies: Sizzix Thinlits die “Tall Pines” (665583) — Sizzix Thinlits die “Crochet” (664178) — Sizzix Thinlits die ” Festive Things” (664191))
• Crafts Galore Encore #93 (November) (ends 11/30) – Always Anything Goes
• Love to Craft LTCCB#64 (ends 11/30) – Always Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge Week 648 (ends 11/06) – Add a Sentiment

The reindeer with pretty pink bows

The sentiment and star

A close-up of the inside

Project details

White, green, pink and brown cardstock — Polka dot designer paper — Gold mirror board — Sizzix Thinlits die “Tall Pines” (665583) — Sizzix Thinlits die “Crochet” (664178) — Sizzix Thinlits die ” Festive Things” (664191) — Bo Bunny sentiment die ” All Occasion Sentiments” (Item# 7310504) —  Cottage Cutz die “Deer with Antlers” (CC-336) — XCut die “Mini Stars” (XCU 503617) — Tim Holtz distress inks “Mowed lawn” and “Victorian Velvet” – Pearl string.

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your thoughts in the comments below. Have a wonderful day!

Kind regards,

Amelia

Twelve Days of Christmas – Day 7-12

Hello friends,

The theme for our last 2019 challenge at Double D Challenges is “Twelve Days of Christmas – Day 7-12 ”. The team created beautiful cards to inspire you – a visit to the Double D Challenge blog will be worthwhile and as always there is a lovely prize to win! This will be my last post before Christmas and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your visits during 2019. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and for my Christian friends, have a Merry Christmas.

My card was inspired by the nine dancers, although I could only fit in three dancers on my card. I layered three Christmas trees on designer paper as background for my ballerinas. The tutus of the ballerinas were embellished with little die cut bows and then the ballerinas were layered with mirror tape to the background for dimension. I then added silver gemstones to create an illusion of falling snowflakes. Each tree was embellished with a silver star and some glitter glue. I finished off with a strip of lace, pink roses and silver cord. The sentiment is cut from silver shimmer card-stock.

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• Scrapy Land Challenges #128 (ends 01/01) – Anything Goes with a die cut from a brand that Scrapy Land sells (Dies: Spellbinders Die G-Lites “Just Dances” (S3-294) — Paper Smooches Wise die “Christmas Words” (OCD 087) — Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Alterations die ” Village Christmastime” (662424) — Find It Trading Yvonne Creations Traditional Christmas die  “Snowy Tree” YCD10053))
• Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #247(ends 12/23) – Christmas
• Use Your Stuff Challenge #388 (ends 12/23) – It’s Christmas Time!
• Allsorts Challenge Week #550 (ends 12/21) – Inspired by a Song (Song: Ballerina Girl by Lionel Ritchie)
• The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #62 (ends 01/12) – Anything Christmas Goes
• Inkspirational Challenges #202 (12/28) – No stamping
• The Paper Funday December Challenge #12 (12/31) –  Anything Goes with Optional Twist Christmas Holiday

The dancers

A close-up of the flowers

The sentiment in silver shimmer card-stock

A peep at the inside

Project details

White and green card-stock — Silver shimmer card-stock — LemonCraft designer paper ‘Yesterday” — Spellbinders Die G-Lites “Just Dances” (S3-294) — Paper Smooches Wise die “Christmas Words” (OCD 087) — Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Alterations die ” Village Christmastime” (662424) — Find It Trading Yvonne Creations Traditional Christmas die  “Snowy Tree” YCD10053) — Silver gemstones and stars — Pink roses — Silver cord — Lace — Glitter glue — Tim Holtz Distress inks “Peeled Paint” and “Victorian Velvet”

Thank you for visiting today! I hope you like this Christmas card. If you do, please leave a comment – I love reading them. Have a great day and happy crafting.

Regards,

Amelia

Springtime in Paris

Hello crafty friends,

It is a pleasure to share my post today as the guest designer at Frilly and Funkie challenge blog.  I have this honor following the winning of the Valentine challenge recently. You can see my winning entry here. Thank you for asking me to join the Frilly and Funky Challenges as a featured guest designer – your challenges always inspires me.

The theme of the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie  is  “It’s All About Vacation”. I decided to make a vintage card showing a vacation during springtime in Paris. I never visited France but one can always live your dreams in paper crafting! I chose a silhouette image of the beautiful Eiffel Tower and a lovely vintage image of two ladies as my focal point.

 To add some texture to my background I used delicate leaf die cuts for the top and bottom and then framed the image with a vintage clock die cut painted with Tim Holtz distress crackle paint. I love to add swallows to my travel themed cards because these lovely little birds travel each year, long distances to countries far away – they are for me world travellers in their own way.

The Eiffel Tower silhouette is cut from recycled cardboard and distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks.

 

The sentiment is attached with twine to the Tower and then cascading down to connect all the flowers on the card.

A close-up of the flowers

And finally, the inside with a miniature Eiffel Tower, a bow and a few pearls

Project details for the card:

• Cream cardstock
• Prima designer paper “Delight” and Sun Kiss” collections
• Vintage image from Janet K. Designs
• Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz die “Weathered Clock”
• Poppystamps die “Leafy sprig border” No. 1002
• Sentiment stamp from Country Crafts (South Africa)
• Eiffel Tower silhouette
• Chipboard swallow
• Wax cord
• Pearls
• Roses
• Skwiglues “Crystal”
• Tim Holtz distress crackle paint “Picket Fence”
• Tim Holtz distress ink “Tea Dye”

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash Challenge SOS#190 (ends 03/02) – Out of the Jar (I used TH distress crackle paint on the bird and clock and glitter on the flowers)
• Through the Purple Haze Challenge #79 (ends 03/02) – Anything Goes
• Come and Get It Challenges  (ends 03/02) – Lots of Layers
• Card and Scrap Udfordring # 91 (ends 02/27) – Alt er lov / Anything goes
• Vintage Utfordring Challenge #96 (ends 02/28) – fugl/fuglebur – bird/birdcase
• Crafting for All Seasons Challenge #96 (ends 03/04) – Dies and/or Punches (Dies used: Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz die “Weathered Clock” ; Poppystamps die “Leafy sprig border” No. 1002)

Thanks for looking at my card and I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog. Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Regards,

Amelia