'Second Time Around - recycled'

Good Morning I hope you are having a lovely weekend. The weather is very hot here and I'm developing a Summer cold grrrrr!!! Not good!!!

Our challenge last time was 'Beautiful Blooms' chosen by Jocelyn. The winner entry will be on the blog next Sunday after Jocelyn has done the difficult job of choosing her winner. Not easy as we had we some beautiful entries. Don't forget if you don't have a blog you can still enter via facebook or email. There is always a crafty prize on offer donated by the design team.

This time the theme has been chosen by Carol. We would like to see anything that you have recycled but don't forget you must also have used a CD and tell us which one you've used.

Here is my inspiration for you.

 

 

I was in the mood for making a CAS card this time.....makes a change from my signature fancy folds!

I began with A4 white card stock for the base card. I embossed a piece of A5 card for the matting layer. The tag was printed off a Debbie Moore CD 'Shabby Chic....Vintage Rose'.

 

                                I used a piece from a pretty tissue box to cut the die cut spray.

 

 

                                                            This was my recycled bit.

 

 I printed of the greeting  tag 'Lots of Love' from a Joanne Sheen CD 'Holly Hill Pond' This is my go to CD if I need a sentiment. There are a number of blank sentiment tags on this CD and you can change the font to any greeting you wish.....very useful. I found some matching string in my bits and pieces bag.....a bit of luck me thinks as it matches perfectly.

 

For more inspiration and ideas for recycling pop over to the CD Sunday challenge blog (link in sidebar)

 

Have a crafty week and I look forward to seeing what recycling ideas you come up with!!

 

 HAVE FUN!!



'Ribbon and Lace'

Good Morning. It's time for our new challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies. This time Hilde has chosen the lovely theme of 'Ribbon and Lace'....always popular. This is my inspiration for you.

I have created a gatefold easel card using papers and images from Hunky Dory. You can find many instructions for making this on You Tube.

 

Outside closed gate fold

 

The buttons are from a pack I've had for eons....not sure where they were from. I placed a scrap piece of ribbon under the buttons which were secured with hi tack tape. The lace edging the stopper image again was a scrap piece in my stash. The pink gingham paper was from a crafty friend at my craft group.

 

This challenge runs for two weeks and is a cards only challenge for FUN!! For more inspiration pop over to the challenge blog (link in sidebar)

 

Have a great weekend!!

 



'Flowers, flowers and more flowers!'

Good evening crafters or Good Morning to you if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. Well I'm back from my travels and all is well ....except for Mr. Blogger who has been very naughty since I got back!! But I have found a way around the problems he has challenged me with and I am posting again!!!

Talking of challenges here is our June challenge at Unstampabelles. It's 'Flowers, flowers and more flowers'. The twist is to bling it up. Here is my inspiration for you.

                                                  It's a pop up box full of lovely blooms.

The inspiration for me for this challenge, at Unstampabelles, was my recent visit to the UK visiting family and friends I was overwhelmed with the flowers I received to welcome me home. (See pic of some on my last post) I also bought a craft magazine whilst I was there.....amongst other crafty goodies ;) and there was a pop up box kit in one. So to get my crafty fix on holiday I made it up.

                                                                           side view

                                                                    
                                                                    opposite side view

                         There is always a great prize on offer and a DT's challenge winner.

                                           Prizes for June are stamps and embossing folders.

                                                              Have a crafty week. Enjoy!!

Beautiful Blooms.

I am very, very late with this posting sorry. Long story but involves holidays, forgetting to schedule and Blogger playing up!! Anyway all sorted now so here we go.

Our latest challenge at CD Sunday has been chosen by Jocelyn, 'Beautiful Bloom's.

Here is my inspiration for you.

                             For this card I have used the CD 'Carnival of Colour' from Ooh La La.

The design of the card is new to me and I'm not sure now what it's called....sorry. Might be an Upright Z-Fold Card. I found this link on Youtube youtube. Hope this helps.

 I started with a piece of A4 card and folded it. Then folded the top back on itself....that's the dark pink card stock in the pic. I covered the back with designer paper from CD to match main image on front of the beautiful roses. The top was edged with a fancy border die.

Then came the tricky part. The main image was adhered to another piece of card and a small opening left in the top. The tag, with greeting, was then slipped into the opening and adhered to the top od the main card.

Therefore it slides in and out so that it's flat for posting. Clever eh!!

Talking of 'Beautiful Blooms'. When I was visiting family and friends in the UK. They brought me some beautiful flowers to welcome me home and to cheer up the apartment.

                                         They certainly smelt wonderful and lasted for ages.

This challenges lasts for another week. To be in with a chance of winning a lovely prize from Jocelyn you must use a CD for your creation.....it can be anything crafty e.g. cards, scrapbook layout. boxes. notebooks. gift cards etc. Anything as long as you tell us which CD you have used. We have a facebook page now so even if you don't have a blog you can still enter via facebook.

Have fun!!

'The Colour Purple' with the Dragonflies

 

Good Morning. Another quick scheduled post from me. This time the challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies is 'The Colour Purple'.

 

Here is my inspiration for you.

 

A piece of A4 card stock was folded landscape orientation with a matt created using paints on shiny water colour card stock. The paint was blended together with water sprays and a fan tail brush. When dry I embossed it. The purple mirri frame was die cut and placed around the matt. I then die cut flowers in purple mirri, pink and white. The greeting, Thank You, is die cut also from purple mirri card.

For more inspiration pop over to the main challenge blog (link in sidebar). This is a card only challenge...... for fun.

So.....Have Fun!!

CD Sunday 'Art Deco'

Good Morning. I hope you are all having a relaxing weekend.

Our challenge at CD Sunday this time is Art Deco. A lovely glamorous theme chosen by Margaret.  I loved all your entries from the last challenge and the winner will be posted next Sunday.

                                         I have used a CD by Debbie Moore Art Deco 'Decadent Moments'

The card was a commissioned card for a glamorous lady. The white card stock was covered with designer paper and the image printed off from the CD. I placed it on a matt of cerise pink mirri card. The sentiment was die cut from the same mirri card. The name tag was some pink peel offs I'd had for eons and they matched perfectly.

I hope you'll be joining us for this challenge. For more inspiration please pop over top CD Sunday (link in sidebar)

Don't forget there's always a great prize on offer. As this is a CD challenge blog you must use something from a CD, however small, and tell us which CD you used.

Have fun!!

'Happy 5th Birthday' to the Dragonflies!!

Good Morning everyone. Doesn't time fly!! It's Birthday time at Crafting with Dragonflies. A 5th Birthday to be precise. So naturally we are asking for your lovely Birthday cards for this challenge. We have four sponsors for this challenge. So prizes available for this 5th Birthday challenge and lots of inspiration from the design team.

Our generous sponsors are....

The Paper Shelter
Whoopsi Daisy
We Are 3
Digistamps 4Joy


There are lots of prizes from our generous sponsors for this challenge. Full details on Crafting with Dragonflies challenge blog. (Link in sidebar)

Here is my inspiration for you.

I made this as a commissioned card for someone who loves CAKE!! The main card is made using Hunkydory's adorable scoreable card.  It was an insert but I decided to use it as a card front as it fitted perfectly with the commission.

The large cake was a googled image as was the sentiment. Peel off letters were used for the recipient's name and Happy Birthday.

I hope you'll be inspired to join us for our challenge. As this is our birthday celebration challenge we have been kindly sponsored by lots of generous people. You will find a list of our sponsors and what you can win on the Crafting with Dragonflies challenge blog (link in sidebar)

Sorry I can't list them here but I am out of the country at this moment in time and this post was scheduled before the sponsors list and prizes had been finalised.