Spring Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop 2019 #1

This is my first post for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

I was just looking back to last year's Fall/Winter Hop and I completed 20 posts, including little competitions and prizes - so watch this space!

My first project was to make some simple, similar cards that could be used as invites for an afternoon tea party...this is the first design:

Recipe:

1. Square white card base.

2. Layer of green then patterned papers from 'Wonderful Sweetness' 12 by 12 paper pad from The Works. These pads are really good quality paper and are very inexpensive!

3. Using the green paper I die cut 'Time for Tea' (Craftstash Apple Blossom die) and added that.

I will link this to the Spring Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Happy Crafting!

Crafty Hazelnut's Weekly Christmas Challenge #436 - Add a bell

a new Christmas Challenge every Saturday!

Today Crafty Hazelnut brings a new weekly Christmas Challenge

with the theme 'Add a bell'.

Do pop over and see the fabulous inspiration from my teamies!

Here's my card...

Recipe:

1. Green card blank.

2. Layers of red card then a Christmas paper from my stash

3. Christmas motif.

3. Narrow red ribbon with small bells.

I hope you will join the

CHNC Challenge 436

Happy Crafting!

May Challenge at the 12 Months of Christmas - Feature a Creature

This is my DT make for the May Challenge

 of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

  This month the theme is 'Feature a Creature'

Our sponsor this month is Babycakes Digis and Designs by Sandra Caldwell

and

 Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

Here's my card for Challenge #53 Feature a Creature.

Using Ellie Elf

and

Basically I chose the badger paper for the colour scheme and featured this mainly on the front... I took a strip from a 12 by 12 and scored is at 2,4,8 and 10 inches. I then cut triangle off each end from half way up the sides to the ends of the mid-section. On folding it looks like this:
I added DP to each section and a pink sparkly washi to each edge. A jingle bell is peeping up through the centre and I added the sentiment on ribbon to tie it all together adding a real jingle bell  to this.

Inside there is a surprise...here is Ellie Elf!! 

I coloured the image with Copics and cut her out...

Hope you will join in the challenge!

Happy Crafting!

Patterned Paper May Challenge

Here is my make as part of the Design Team of
 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge!!

a monthly challenge to encourage crafters to use their patterned paper

Do you know - I have so much patterned paper in my craft room!!

I used paper from a 12 by 12 pad from The Works to make a Peek a Boo card.
This was based on a tutorial from Splitcoaststampers.
The stamp set I have used is Stampin Up's Hey Chick.

I used various nesting dies to make the frames and sentiment tags.



These are pictures of the front:

On opening the sentiment 'you're a good egg' comes into view.

On the back I added the egg image.

Hope you will join the Patterned Paper Challenge!

Happy Crafting!

Addicted to Stamps and More #339 CAS

Here's my CAS card...for the Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

I wanted a 'Thinking of You' card ... this is one of my 'go to' designs...

Recipe:

1. Cream 'photograph display' card blank.

2. I placed a scrap of 'Brushos through a stencil' background in the aperture.
3. The stamp is a Happy Little Stampers sentiment. 
4. I added a wooden butterfly.

Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge!

Happy Crafting!