HRH The Frog Prince

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I had so much fun making this card - actually I think it may have made itself!!

I started with scraps on my desk - the yellow and purple, and embossed the yellow with a S/B Embossablities folder.

I then found a scrap of green paper in my promise box, and stamped and embossed the sentiment and frog - both Kiwistamping stamps.  

These folks are responsible for my addiction to card making!!

The half doily is a Kaiser Craft stamp that I bought from a bargain bin at the Stamp Expo last year... and was NBUS until now :-) It was fussy cut after stamping

The cake plate is a Close To My Heart stamp - again NBUS - and I paper pieced it, and added some gold highlights with a Signo ball pen.

The frog was embossed with dark green ep, as was the sentiment, and then fussy cut.

Something was missing, and so I found this crown stamp in a (retired) Layers of Color set, gold embossed it and again fussy cut it.

Assembled the card and was happy with it, but for all that hesitated for some time to post it - I have since heard from the recipient that is is appreciated, and she loves HRH the frog!

I am linking this to:

Creative Card Crew Challenge #111 - Embossing (Wet or Dry)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #291 - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #191- Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #69 - Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #228 #229 - Anything Goes

Connie Can Crop Challenge #42 - Queen Bee - use a crown and/or bee

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Rainbows and Trucks

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Some time ago I was experimenting with distress inks, watercolour paper and gold perfect pearls, at least that is what I think I used on this background... Or then again it may have been watercolour paints. 

Needless to say it was months ago rather than weeks, and my memory has failed me - oops!

I took the background and made a couple of ribbon 'roads' on it. 

The images were stamped on scraps of coloured card, silver embossed and fussy cut, and mounted with foam dots. 

The images are from a set called Toy Trucks by Flonzcraft

The sentiment was white embossed.

The coloured panel was then mounted over a bright blue base to make a fun card for a small boy's 5th birthday.

I am linking this to:

Always Playing With Paper Challenge #70 - Masculine

(Inspired by the motor/mechanical theme)

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge #185 - Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge - Water Water Everywhere

(A Fire engine with loads of water on board, and I think watercolours on the background)

Craft Your Passion Challenge #309 - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #226 

(The trucks were stamped on and cut from snippets)

Love To Scrap Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards April Challenge #31 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff Challenge #220 - Use Your Scraps

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #2256-227 - Anything Goes

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Daisy Encouragment

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I wanted a card to encourage a friend, and this is the result... with help from Our Daily Bread Designs dies and stamps - thank you ODBD!

I started with one of the Scriptures from the Grace's Hope Set, stamped it with 'Bottle' dye ink. After cutting it with a die from the Lavish Layers Die Set, I sponged the edges before removing the die.

That was then layered over a metallic red piece of card that had been cut with another die from the same set.

 

The 'scrolly' die cuts were cut from an oddment of card that was in a kit.  They were fairly long, so I snipped them in half and tucked them behind the layered flowers.

The layered flowers are a mix of brands, the top daisy is from Prima, the rest from an unmarked packet. 

 The brad was also unmarked, but the perfect match with the scroll die cuts.

The patterned paper from and Amy Tangerine 6x6 stack.

I am linking this to:

Crafting With Friends Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Creative Corner Challenge - Words

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Pastel Colours

Little Claire's Challenge #68 - Spring Colours

Scrapper's Delight Challenge - Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' April Challenge #127 - Anything Goes

 - Twist - For a woman or girl

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #62 - Feminine

CCC Digi Challenge #46 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #226 & #227 - Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread Designs - O.D.B.D. - Recipe Challenge

O= ODBD stamps, D = Dies, B =  Brad, D = Daisy

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Silver Poppies

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First I would like to say a very warm  'hello' to

 Jen Thompson of Dare To be Different 

Leanne of Leearts

who have both chosen to follow  my blog - thank you for the compliment ladies.

This card started with the blue rectangle cut with a MB stitched die. 

The Poppies are a Sweet n Sassy stamp, and the word 'sister' is from the same set, and both were stamped with versa mark and silver embossed.

The greeting is cut from silver glitter card using a S/B die, and was inserted into the card front.

The butterflies were punched from the same glitter card

As the rectangle die cut is smaller than our (NZ) A4 card front, I offset it on the base, and added a silver ribbon and bow to the end.  I wiped the edges of the white base over a blue ink pad.

I am linking this to:

Crafting With Friends Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #195 - Anything Goes

Crafting in a Beautiful Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #107 - Anything Goes

Cut it up Challenge #94 - Spring Flowers

Fuusy and Fancy Challenge #162 - Female Birthday

Simply Create Too Challenge #107 - Use Stitching - real or faux

Morgans Art World Challenge #8 - Monochrome

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #139 - Things with wings (+ribbon)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #226 - 227 - Anything Goes

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Gears for a Guy

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I had intended to post before this, but lately life seems to have thrown several days at me in one, plus I have been trying to get the gardens sorted for winter, but winter is slow in coming and the weeds keep growing.... 

I made this card for a man who is a mechanic.

I was inspired by a card somewhere (can't member the details) where the frames where made by cutting two graduated dies at one time.

Keeping with the 'square' theme, I embossed the black panel with a square patterned folder

The greeting was stamped on the center off-cut from the frames, and embossed in copper.  The greeting is a very old Hero Arts stamp, one of my originals - i am so glad stamps do not wear out!

  

The gears within the frames were cut from silver and copper glitter card, some bronze card with a sheen in it, and shiny black card.

The gold layers behind the dark gray frames and sentiment, are actually the wrappers from the Hershey's Kisses that we shared for Valentines.

I am linking this to:

Love To Scrap Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #129 - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Craft Your Passion Challenge #308 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #108 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Where The HeART is Challenge #8 - Sparkle and Bling/Anyhing Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenbe Weeks #226 - #227 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #61 - Add Some Sparkle

Bizzy Becs April Challenge - Anything Goes

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A Stencil; and Silhouette Trees

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I have loved the cards I have seen with bare tree trunks around the net for some time, so not that long ago I bought a stencil - and put it in the NBUS tray, and there it stayed....

Until I needed a card recently for a friend who is having major health battles. 

I took a deep breath and started sponging using distress inks - I eventually stopped, and was not very happy with the results, so the card took another break.

I came back to it with some more ideas and enlarged the sunset, adding some more colours to it, then drew the shadows on the tree with a water colour pencil, and moved the colour with a damp paintbrush on the trunks only. 

 Finally I felt it was finished.

I added this wee sentiment ( from the ODBD Faith card Sentiments set) on the outside

This inside sentiment from the same set was stamped on a die cut from the 

ODBD Lavish Layers Die set.

I mounted the die cut over a piece of metallic paper to show it off even more.

In the end I was happy with the card.

I am linking this to:

Craft Your Passion Challenge #307 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #129 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge #110 - Use a Die cut

(The Diecut is inside)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #81 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #226-227 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

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Croc Skin and Pussy Cats

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I made this a while ago, and as it has reached it's destination, I can now share. 

I am haunted by the fact that I have used the 'cherish' die before this, and blogged that card, as somebody identified the previously unknown die for me, but I cannot find that post....

I stenciled the background using a TH stencil, Crocodile skin, and three DI inks, Shattered Glass, Broken China and Faded Denim, to give an ombre effect.

The die is a TH Hand written Love , cut in glitter card and layered over two layers of white card.

The unknown image - name has worn off the stamp - was gold embossed on white card, fussy cut and then the heart only coloured and highlighted with glossy accents.

I am linking this to:

613 Avenue Create Challenge #171 - Anything Goes (opt Masculine Card)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #224 - #225 - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #311 - Add a Sentiment

Quirky Crafts Challenge - Raining Cats and Dogs

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #31 - Anything goes

Amusing Challenge - Create your own Background

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #124 - Pastel Colours

AAA Cards Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

Little Claire's Designs Challenge #67 - Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Embossing

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A Teddy Bear and Flowers

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I had a ball in the studio this afternoon and made this card ready for a baby shower tomorrow. I sort of got carried away with the flowers - something you don't often see a great proliferation of on my cards - even DH commented on the abundance of flowers.  I felt I could use them as I don't have to post this card :-). I also made a swing card using the tutorial here on Splitcoast Stampers

The image is a Kiwi Stamping one - I stamped it in Walnut Stain DI then watercoloured it, cut it using a S/B circle die, and sponged it with Spun Sugar DI before removing the die.

The inside sentiment is by Stampendous, stamped using 

 Memento Iridescent Coral ink. 

The corners were decorated with a range of layered flowers - the leaves had long stems, so I twisted them around a tooth pink and used them as further accents.

The centre flower here is  Prima Hibiscus, and the smaller fabric one I think is also a Prima one.  I added the rhinestones to match the one in the bears belly button.

This final detail were the wee wooden butterflies bought this week at a local $2 Shop - I added the bow of gold thread before adhering them with glue dots.

I am very happy with this card :-)

I am linking it to:

DRS Designs Challenge#221 - To Die For (Use a Die)

In The Pink Challenge #91 - Dies or Punches

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #135 - Anything Goes

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday Challenge #328 - Anything Goes

Stars Stampz Challenge - Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #19 - Springtime

Crating With Dragonflies Challenge #54 - Baby Card

Eureka Stamps Challenge #187 - Baby Card

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #224- 225 - Anything Goes

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Shimmer, Sequins and a Stencil

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Thank you so much for your well wishes regarding my DH - he is at home and recovering slowly.

This is a card is made with a stencil, rather than stamps for a change, but still using 'that' silver shimmer spray that you see so much recently, and some other silver touches.

The stencil is Bold Florals by ARTplorations, and I sponged it using Worn Lipstick and (I think) Fired Brick Distress Inks.  Before I removed the stencil, I sprayed it with the aforementioned silver shimmer spray.

The sentiment is an old Hero Arts stamp silver embossed onto the die cut, that was sponged before being removed from the S/B Floral Doily Accents die.

The finishing touches were some sequins and lace, and edges of  all the layers were wiped over the edge of a silver ink pad.

This view shows the shimmer on the card - I was very happy with how this turned out.

I am linking this to:

Stampotique Designers Challenge #239 - Nature

Stamping Royalty Challenge #324 - Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

(Spellbinders Die)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Mod Squad Challenge - What's in Your Background

(The background is the feature of the card)

Little Red Wagon Challenge #336 - Celebrate

Inspiration Destination Challenge #80 - Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons challenge #123 - Use Punches or Die cuts

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #224 - #225 - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

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Orange Poppies

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I have been MIA over the past few days, as DH has not been well and there have been various medical appointments and a few days in hospital for him, so time has been at a premium.

I would also like to extend a welcome to Lozzy of Nins Handmade Cards, my newest follower. Do pop over and see her wonderful work.

I love this Prim Poppy, Memory Box die, and decided to go for a dramatic look with this card, using a black background.

I cut the black layer, and then also cut the die out of white and coloured it with markers and inserted it on the black, after spraying the black with a lemon glimmer mist, which turns green on dark colours....

The sentiment was stamped in Delicata Gold, and I used a fine brush pick up some ink to complete the letters across the stems. (Not that is shows in the photo).  The final detail was two layers of washi tape and some green rhinestones.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less Is More Challenge #270 - Colour Challenge

(Coloured Background)

Crafty Friends Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug March Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #31 - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #182 - Use a punch or Die

CAS on Sundays Challenge #80 - Flowers

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #224-225 - Anything Goes

Addicted to CAS Challenge #85 - Inlaid Dies

STAMPlorations April Challenge - Theme and Sketch

(I have taken the theme - stamps and splatters)

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Rainbow Balloons, and NEWS

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I am happy to share my news that I am now on the DT for 

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge blog.

This is my first post for their Anything Goes Challenge #17, starting today.

I started with the Memory Box Grand Happy Birthday Die, cutting it from a scrap of blue card I had on my desk.

I then embossed some white card, sponged it with distress inks in a rainbow fashion, then sprayed it with some silver shimmer spray.

Some balloons were punched using a greatly under-used punch that languishes in a cubby hole - it was very pleased to feature here!

The balloons were then coated with glossy accents, and some thread attached 

The thread was very fine, and once I assembled the card, tucking it under the feature panel, it did not show up. Some heavier thread was added, with much difficulty, twisted around the narrow thread, and then tied in a knot at the base - ahh - a good save.

I am linking this to:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Art By Miran Challenge #55 - Anything Goes

A Beautiful Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #192 - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee and Cards Challenge #106 - Spring is in the Air

Crafting With Friends Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

Dragons Lair Designs April Challenge - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 224-225 - Anything Goes

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