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08 May, 2025

Get Well Mouse

 


Mouse is looking a bit sad and could do with cheering up.  Maybe this would be a good kid card?

Some patterned paper with cheery polka dots, colourful banners, and some sparkly things.  A bit of stencilling, inked edges and a bright pink embossed sentiment.  Mouse coloured with Copics.

There, I feel happier already!

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07 May, 2025

Desiree

 


A curvy woman, a beautiful patterned paper and a lacy trim, how feminine is this?

The woman is stamped, coloured with Copics and fussy cut.  I have had these papers for ages ( I mean years) and have struggled to use them. A lace border and cut out stamped sentiment (I have been waiting ages to use this one too).  A bit of gold and white pen, and some Stickles.  She is popped up on foam tape.

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06 May, 2025

Beautiful Self

 


It didn't start out this way but it got sidetracked and ended up being a softly feminine card, not my usual style at all.  It started with the image and meandered away into lacy pinkness.  I think she looks like she is dancing in a world of flowers.

The EF (a magazine freebee) was embossed on previously smooshed paper, then direct-to-paper Distress inked on the high spots.  The stamped image is coloured with Copics and gold pen.the border is defined with a band of double stacked paper lace (years old from stash), a band of pink linen card and a diecut stacked bow (Three Button Studio) with a gold dot.  I gathered real lace and glued it to the image like a skirt, popped up on foam tape.  Gems added.  Stamped sentiment (TimHoltz) chopped up and put on wonky.  DI's, a snippet of lace and linen card, gold pen, Stickles and gems.

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04 May, 2025

Umbrella Moments

 


WE are expecting a week of wind and rain, how appropriate is this card?

I used Distress Inks to smoosh the top of the card panel, and the side of a piece of cardboard dipped in the ink to make the rain. OOooo I love getting inky.

The Tim Holtz man is diecut (a really old Bigz die) from black card lightly paint-brushed over with gold paint.  Stamped sentiment and clear droplets.


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03 May, 2025

Birthday Excitement

 


The image is from Bugaboo (sadly no longer available), coloured with Copics, fussy-cut.  The EF background is Cuttlebug with a diecut honeycomb.  Oval dies are Spellbinders.  Stamped sentiment and punched butterflies.  The birthday sentiment is inside, forgot to photograph before sending.  No, don't ration the excitement - enjoy!

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02 May, 2025

Luca's Birthday


A bit of fun for Luca's first birthday. 

I tried to get a bit non-traditional in the way of colour combinations and was pleased with this.

The little letter dies are inlaid and attached to a silky twine strung from side to side but hanging free so they can be tilted and played with.  The Uniquely Creative numbers die is also inlaid, as are the helicopter pieces.  A punched gold star to add shine and dots of gold Nuvo drops on wheels and whirly bit.  All assembled on a fabulous patterned paper.


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Butterfly Spring

 


Critters are always on the menu at Critter Crazy!  Join us here:  crittercrazy

Challenge #98 = Anything Goes Featured Critter theme

welcome to our next Challenge here at Critter Crazy Challenge with our theme "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter." (AGFC)
 real or fantasy


The fold is from a tutorial by Lisa Curcio on youtube.

My featured critter is ... butterflies 

I prepared all the pieces and started assembling.  In hindsight, I should have used the beautiful butterfly paper on the small card on the front, and the floral on the background card as most of the butterfly paper is covered.  However I did use them as the inspiration for the embellishments (snippets of card) and also used the snippet on the inside banner.

It was really hard to photograph because of all the different opening pieces.

It is a very easy card to make using the coloured background card to form a border for the We R MemoryKeepers patt.paper.   Diecuts for the butterflies (a magazine freebee), a punch (Crafts-Too) to make the tail of the banner, stamped sentiments (unknown) the front one is heat embossed, and a stacked oval for the front.  Snippets of leftovers and stash are used for the inside, small banner, and butterflies.  Gem from stash to finish.




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26 April, 2025

Cats Meow


 An encouragement card for a friend who needs cheering up.

Cat and friends (Katzelcraft) stamped onto panel and coloured with Copics. Also stamped on post-it note which is cut out, used as mask and background stencilled with DI's.

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25 April, 2025

Wishing

 


Another of my Gorjuss Girls stamps from Santoro on a background of roses.  She is coloured with Copics and fussy cut.  The panel is embossed ( EF Couture Creations) sprinkled with Colour Infusions powders, and misted with shimmer.  Stamped sentiment, iridescent gems added.  Panel matted on lavender card, image and senti popped up on foam.

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49 + 1 Birthday


 I made this for a man who likes fishing and hunting and is in denial about turning 50, hence the 49+1.

Deer diecut (Crate Paper), stencilled fish, diecut numbers (uniquelyCreative) & senti (Poppy Stamps).  Inked edge of panel.  WoS on numbers, Stickles on some fish.  Vellum wrapped around panel.  Possibly 49 fish and one deer.

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23 April, 2025

Appl-icious


 


So simple.  A double inked and stamped apple using watercolour technique with DI's. A simple sentiment with gold thread.

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themaleroom-197-geometric this apple is being cut up into some kind of geometric shape, but what?

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20 April, 2025

Use Your Wings

 


I haven't used my Gorjuss girls in such a long time so I dusted them off, stamped and coloured with Copics, diecut with stitched Dienamics frame and edge inked.  Layered over a stamped panel (TimHoltz tiny sentiments stamp sheet) with edges inked.  The black scoopy diecut is part of a failed diecut circle (so I just cut the failed but off), and a layer of lacy cobwebby green fabric cut with pinking shears.  The heart is a scrap offcut of smooshed card diecut with a hole punched to tie the sparkly twine.  Stamped with one of the TH sentiments.  The pretty paper also has inked edges.

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asyoulikeit-favourite-clean-simple-or-fussy-fancy I like both and this is as fussy and fancy as I get.

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19 April, 2025

Femme

 


This is me. I hate housework. I love crafting. Much more fun and productive.

Image & sentiment is Art Impressions, coloured with Copics.  Two patterned papers - one with stamped sentiment the other a paperpieced dress.  Matted onto gold, with gold stars which are dropouts from a die.

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18 April, 2025

Hello Elephant

 


Background is spritzed and splattered (DI's, shimmer mist), stencilled (DI's), then diecut.  Elephant is diecut then stamped, left uncoloured on purpose so it would stand out, same with diecut sentiment; both adhered with 3D foam tape for shadow.  I have just discovered square cards are such fun to work with, I've hardly ever used them.


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17 April, 2025

Umbrella Rabbit

 


I love these Colorado characters.  This bunny got caught in an April shower, and still managed to find a flower.

Stamped image on panel, coloured the rabbit etc with Copics, and paperpieced the umbrella.  White pen highlights.  Matted onto patterned paper for a border.  I like the pop of colour amongst the black & white.  No sentiment needed.


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asyoulikeitchallenge-favourite-clean-simple-or-fussy-fancy  I find I'm getting more and more CAS, it's sure challenging to design with less stuff.