Tag-along Challenge

The theme for the May challenge at Tag-along & ATCs is to add some pink so I started by smooshing some pink ink onto my die cut tag and then overstamped in a different shade of pink with some visual texture from a background stamp.  I then selected a different background stamp to over stamp onto a snippet of the remaining smooshed card and fussy cut the small hexagons to add to the design.  The quotation was added, followed by a die cut bird and a piece of pink ribbon.  That's it my tag with a touch of pink.

Background stamps - large numbers and hexagons both from Crafty Roo
Quotation - from Tim Holtz Attic Treasures CMS123 stamp set
Bird - unbranded die set

Mid Week Share

 I have a card to share today using another of the cute designs drawn by Louise Dunne.  This little mouse is called Buttons and the images were stamped, coloured and die cut.  I started with a white panel to fit the card blank and this was dry embossed using a very ancient A4 embossing folder.  I then die cut the two slatted rectangle panels and backed them with some blue to tone with the flowers.  The sentiment is part of  a different CAUK set. stamp set.  Images were coloured using ink pads pressed onto a ceramic tile, picked up with a damp paintbrush for a watercolour effect.

Embossing - A4 embossing folder probably from Crafter's Companion but years old
Slatted rectangles - dies from Craft Addiction UK
Stamps - set also from CAUK designed by Louise Dunne

Furball

 I've used this cute Furball image to make a card for one of my great grandchildren who is three years old today.  It's a digital download which I resized, printed and fussy cut.  The background was made by cutting out the circle designs and then backed the panel with some pink polka dot paper.  Simply added the number and sentiment alongside the image.

Furball - digital download from Craft Addiction UK drawn by Louise Dunne
Background circles - die set from CAUK
Sentiment and Age Number - birthday tags die set from CAUK

Snippets Playground Challenge #531

 Time for another challenge in the Pixie Snippets Playground and this time I've taken inspiration from Both Di and also Sarn who used some of their snippets to inspire us all.  Lovely interesting prize as usual and one of the items is also featured on my card.

I went first to my box of larger snippets and came up with a piece of yellow and one of ivory, both of which only needed a slight trim to fit onto a 5" x 7" card blank.  I next worked out the position of the various elements before die cutting the slatted arch, leaving an aperture.. There are three arches in the set and this is the largest of them.  The two layers were glued in place and the slatted arch popped back into the aperture.  More smaller snippets were then used to die cut the flowers, bunny and stool, then finally there was just enough of the yellow card to cut the small sentiment.  Flowers were cut from some ivory card and coloured using ink pads to lay a little ink onto a white ceramic  tile, picking it up with a water brush.  The popular bunny and stool die set is part of the prize this time although I've had mine for a few years but have never before had him actually seated on his stool - can't believe I've had the stool for such a long time and never used it 🤪  

Thank you Di and Sarn for inspiring me to bring bunny out to play 'underneath the arches' 🤣🤣

Slatted Arch - die set from Craft Addiction UK (set of 3, 9 dies in all)
Flowers - also from CAUK
Bunny and Stool - unbranded dies which I've had for several years (Amazon)
Sentiment - from Hey Chick stamp/die set Stampin' Up (long retired)

Rudolph Days Challenge

 Can it really be time for the April Rudolph Days challenge already - where did that month go ?  Fortunately I still have one or two Christmas cards on file so I can share one of them today, although I should make a start on getting a few more made through the year to avoid a rush in December.  For this one I printed off two identical digital images and used slatted circle dies to make an eclipse feature which I then backed with a red scalloped circle and added a circular sentiment, also with a scalloped circle.  The background was a square of patterned paper and a strip of a toning green for added interest.

Happy Rudolph Days everyone!!  Still a few days left if you have a card to share this month.

Penguins - digital download from Craft Addiction UK drawn by Louise Dunne
Background - papers from a downloaded Buddly Crafts collection
Scalloped Dies - from an ancient Spellbinders set
Slatted Circles - die set from Craft Addiction UK
Sentiment - from my box of useful oddments

Allsorts Challenge # 848

 Time for a new theme at Allsorts Challenge and this one has been chosen by Christine, who would like to see *Shaped Cards* (anything but rectangular or square).  There is the usual *Anything Goes* option.  Prizes this time are from Aall & Create - full details on the Allsorts blog post..  For my Design Team post I've chosen to make a circular card incorporating a wreath with various die cut  flowers and a sentiment. The wreath was die cut twice using different shades of green and the extra leaves were cut from a scrap of inky card from my 'useful bits' collection.  Flowers were die cut from various pieces of coloured card., also from the 'useful bits'. Finally the sentiment and tiny butterflies used up the remaining scrap of the inky purple piece.

Scalloped Circle - die from Tattered Lace which I've had for years
Plain Circle - die from Creative Expressions Noble Pierced circles (also quite old)
Wreath - die from Craft Addiction UK
Flowers and Extra Leaves - dies from Crafts Too (John Next Door)
Sentiment - dies by Crafter's Companion
Butterflies - tiny die from Gummiapan 

I made another Tag

 Following the 'birds, blooms, butterflies'  theme for the current Tag-along and ATC challenge I had a rootle through some of my older stamps and came across a set of bird themed stamps dating back to 2009 when Chocolate Baroque was known as Elusive Images.  Another piece of my inky-play background has been used with the addition of a little stencilling and background stamping. (think I've used up most of that at last!). I then stamped the small bird and the words.  Final touch was a stamped and die cut feather from another set which has also been in my stash for a really long time. Some colour was added to the bird using  pencils.  There's still some time left before this challenge closes if you feel like having a go - there's a really handy prize.

Bird and Words - Curly Birds/Fly Away by Elusive Images from 2009 (probably no longer available)
Feather - Stamp and die set Four Feathers from Stampin' Up (long retired)