Love You Mum

Hello friends,

A new challenge starts today at Double D Challenges. Team Diane is hosting this challenge with the theme “Flowers of the Month – January thru June”. For a list of flowers for each month please visit the Double D Challenge blog. The team created beautiful cards to inspire you – so a visit to the Double D Challenge blog will be worthwhile.

I was inspired by the beautiful pink roses in the photo and decided to make a Mother’s Day card for Mum. For the background I used a beautiful designer paper from an Asuka paper pad – I just love this floral wreath! I added pink roses and a variety of die cut leaves on the on side of the wreath. A little birdie and another fancy die cut wreath were place inside the floral wreath as a focal point. I finished off with a die-cut sentiment and a little heart. I really like the shabby outcome of this card.

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• Dies R Us Challenge #168 (ends 05/13) – Always Anything Goes with a brand they sell (Dies: Memory Box “Hutton Wreath” (Style 94008) — Sizzix Thinlits “Feathered Friends” (664433) — Sizzix Thinlits “Garden Greens” (661206) — Creative Expressions craft die “Berry Bough” (CED3104))
• Crafts Galore Encore #87 (May) (ends 05/31) – Always Anything Goes
• Love to Craft #58 (ends 05/31) – Always Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create (May) #5 (ends 05/31) – Anything Goes + Optional Twist: Mood Board (I used the roses, pink and green colours
• A Place To Start May 2021 Challenge #5 (ends 05/31) – Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash #444 (ends 05/10) – I made this for you, Mom
• Little Red Wagon Challenge #600 (05/12) – Hers!
• Word Art Wednesdays Weeks #489-490 (ends 05/10) – Anything Goes

The roses, leaves and bird

The sentiment and heart

A peep at the inside

Project details

White, turquoise and light pink card-stock — Asuka Studio designer paper ‘Forest Friends” — Memory Box “Hutton Wreath” (Style 94008) — Sizzix Thinlits “Feathered Friends” (664433) — Sizzix Thinlits “Garden Greens” (661206) — Creative Expressions craft die “Berry Bough” (CED3104) — Cottage Cutz “Love You Mum Phrase” (CC-456) — Fantasy die “Rosehips” (FD-754) — Unbranded die “Leaf vine” — Prima flowers “With Love” (Item #651016) — Tim Holtz distress inks “Tattered Rose” and “Bundled Sage”

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

Kind regards,

Amelia

A Thousand Years To Wait …

Hello friends,

A new challenge starts today at Double D Challenges. Team Diane is hosting this challenge with the theme “Book Covers”. You can use anything you see on these covers on the inspiration photo: colours – images – words! In your post please tell us what it was that inspired you from the covers. The team have created a bunch of beautiful cards to inspire you – a visit to the Double D Challenge blog will be worthwhile. We have also a fun prize to give away to one lucky player which will be chosen by Random.org.

I was inspired by the flowers, fine script of the title and the oval shape of the book cover in the top right panel. I used floral designer paper, layered on black card-stock, as background. I die cut a fancy oval from black paper to frame the silver sentiment. I finished off with flowers, rosehip stems, silver leaves, bows and a few grey gemstones. Hope you like my take on the challenge.

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• Dies R Us Challenge #163 (ends 03/13) – Anything Goes using any brand of die that DRU sells (Dies: Spellbinders :Bella Luce Oval” (S4-990) — Creative Expressions Craft die “Mini Expressions – Happy” (CEDME010) — Creative Expressions craft die “Mini Expressions – Happy Birthday” (CEDME002))
• Love To Scrap Challenge LTSCB #143 (ends 03/31) – Anything Goes
• Love To Craft Challenge LTCCB #56 (ends 03/31) – March Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #3-2021 (ends 03/27) – Anything Goes
• The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog Challenge (ends 03/16) – Anything Goes

The sentiment die cut from silver glitter paper

The flowers

A peep at the inside

Project details

Cream, black, grey and silver card-stock — Spellbinders :Bella Luce Oval” (S4-990) — Creative Expressions Craft die “Mini Expressions – Happy” (CEDME010) — Creative Expressions craft die “Mini Expressions – Happy Birthday” (CEDME002) — Sizzix Thinlits dies “Garden Greens” (661206) — Fantasy die “Rosehip” (FD-754) — Mintay designer paper “Love Letters” (MT-LET-08) — Silver glitter paper for sentiment — Petaloo paper flowers “Forget me nots” (Item #DM835-302) — Wax cord for bows –Grey gemstones — Tim Holtz distress ink “Pumice Stone”

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

Kind regards,

Amelia

Don’t Fence Me In!

Hello friends,

A new challenge starts today at the Double D Challenge blog. Team Darlene is hosting this challenge with the theme “Don’t Fence Me In”. The inspiration picture says it all, we want to see a fence on your creation. The team have created beautiful cards to inspire you – a visit to the Double D Challenge blog will be worthwhile.

I decided to create a shabby birthday card. I used kraft card-stock and designer paper for the background layers. I added a white picket fence at the bottom of the card with mirror tape for dimension. To create a spring scene (it is spring in South Africa now) I added leaves, blossoms, rabbits, birds and birdhouses. I finished off with a die cut sentiment.

I also entered my card in the following challenges:

• All Fun Challenges #15 (ends 09/27) – Anything Goes
• Cuttlebug Mania Challenge (ends 09/29) – Anything Goes (Supplies: Marianne Design Creatables “Picket Fence and Birdhouse” (LR0205) — Fantasy die “Banweed Leaves” (FD510) — Impression Obsession die “Rabbits” (DIE168-C) — Creative Expressions Craft die “Necessities- A Little Birdie Told Me” (CED23024))
• Always Fun Challenges #180 (ends 09/21) – Make A Scene
• Allsorts Challenges Week #589 (ends 09/19) – I Love … (I love Shabby Chic, Flowers and Birdhouses)
• Do-Al(l) Kreatives #45 (ends 09/ 30) – Inspiriert durch einen Song (Don’t Fence Me In – Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters)

The sentiment and a little birdhouse

A close-up of the birdhouse and flowers

The picket fence and rabbits

Some of the flowers and leaves

A peep at the inside

Project details

White and kraft card-stock — Mintay designer paper “Beauty in Bloom” — Marianne Design Creatables “Picket Fence and Birdhouse” (LR0205) — Fantasy die “Banweed Leaves” (FD510) — Impression Obsession die “Rabbits” (DIE168-C) — Creative Expressions Craft die “Necessities- A Little Birdie Told Me” (CED23024) — Paper blossoms — Wax cord for bows — Tim Holtz distress inks ‘Mowed Lawn” and “Old Paper” — Glitter glue.

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

Kind regards,

Amelia