Allsorts Challenge; Week 637/8 - Add some sparkle

 

Hello. With the card in the end of this post I'll enter in the following challenge:

Allsorts Challenge; Week 637/8 - Add some sparkle

My mum needed a card as she had been invited to the 90th birthday of her brother's wife, Seija. As we had no idea of what the recipient likes or not even what her fav colour is I could not personalize the card. It would have been too easy to use a safe distinguished colourworld but I decided to take a risk with a soft coloured nature theme with a twist of bling. It was challenging to get all the sparkle on the cover in the pics as the mirri card showed a reflection of either me or my camera when I tried to take a close-up. The sentiment says Congrats in Finnish (Onnea).

I used the following dies

• Heartfelt Creations, Scalloped Flourish Gateway and Elegant Swirl Gateway
• Apple Blossom, bigger flower, butterfly, banners
• Card Making Magic, smaller flower
• Unbranded swirl

The sparkle was made with

• mirri card
• Stickles
• rhinestones

UPDATE 2021-09-04 This card was picked in the Top10 in the Allsorts Challenge week 637/8.

Several challenges (2021-08-05)

Hello. With the card in the end of this post I'll enter the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More # 411 - 

Make your Mark

Allsorts challenge Week 635/6 - Anything 

goes with option of Roses

Stamping Sensations; August - Any Celebration

The Flower Challenge # 59 - Use a Die 

with option of Slimline Card

Uniko Studio Challenge # 66 - Flowers+

optional twist Slimline

We Love Chocolate Baroque; August - 

Favourite Stamps

This is a slimline gatefold card (4"x 9").  The stamp, which is my fav floral stamp of my stash, is from a set called Hello Lovely by Uniko Ltd. It is not wide enough to fill a slimline card so I was browsing for an idea how to use it anyway. I saw a YT video of Jennifer McGuire Ink where one of her cards was a SL gatefold. Inspired by that video I cut two white backgrounds on which I stamped the flowers and coloured them with pencils. To "soften" the white background I swiped it with yellow Distress Ink. On the tag is the word "Congrats" in Finnish ("Onnea"), so this card goes for many occasions as you can write the detailed personal message on the inside of the card.The slimline cardbase, the inside page and the tags are cut with unbranded dies. 

UPDATE 2021-08-17 This card was picked in the Top10 in the Allsorts Challenge week 635/6.

Several challenges (2021-07-28)

Hello. In the end of this post is my entry in the following challenges:

AAA Birthday, Game # 27

AAA Cards, Game # 195

Simon Says Challenge (Instagram); Come color with us

A lady who loves cats asked me to do a birthday card which she could give to an other "Cat Lady". I decided to combine their love for cats with the themes of these challenges and this is what I came up with. It is a one layer card (OLC)  and hopefully CAS enough too. I embossed the edge of the front side with a brick wall folder, swiped the wall with grey ink, used some dies to make stencils for cats and the moon which I then inked along with the night sky. The edge of the inside of the card I embossed with a paw-themed embossing plate.

AAA Cards Game # 194 and "Less is More" # 447

Hello. In the end of this post there is my entry in the following challenges:

AAA Cards, Game # 194

"Less is More" # 447

Finland has been under a heavy heat wave for over a month now and making Christmas cards is not the very first that would come to my mind. However, inspired by these two challenges I decided to make a small one.  This is an OLC and CAS card and it's width and height is just under 2 inches (roughly 1and3/4 inches). 

For making the card I used 

• the stamps of the set in "The Snowman" cardmaking kit (Making Special Cards December 2018 issue 15) to stamp the image and the sentiment; 
• a die to cut an aperture on a separate card stock through which I then coloured the background on the actual cardbase with blue and purple TH Distress Inks; 
• white gel pen for the snowflakes; and
• several colouring pens to colour the image. 

Several Challenges (2021-07-07)

Hello. This is my entry in the following challenges;

AAA Birthday, Game # 27 "Use an Embossing Folder")

Simon Says Challenge (Instagram); Come color with us

CraftWold: GET FEATURED in Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 220! Theme: Autumn Colours 

My entry is a bridge fold birthday card in autumnal colours. I have used the items in the Autumn Special premium mag of John Next Door (issue 63). For the background panels I used the embossing folder of the set and then coloured the leaves with several TH Distress inks. I stamped and die-cut the embellishments and coloured with the same inks as the background. For the sentiment I combined two of the stamps in the set. Usually I combine items of several sets and of different brands but I think this is the first card that I have used only one set.

LIM "Less is More" # 446

 Hello. In the end of this post is my entry in the "Less is More" challenge # 446 "OLC Monogram".

This is an OLC CAS card. I don't have any large letter stamps so at first I drew the Monogram (although I'm not an expert in drawing either, lol). The letters T and K are interwowen. The letter T is for my first name and the letter K is for my last name. Secondly I drew with a pen an oval using an oval die and re-drew the oval line with an ink pen. Thirdly I repeated the drawing procedure with a frame die. Finally I coloured the image using ink pens of three purpe tones and for the letters also some Glossy Accents. You can possibly guess that my fav colour is purpe ;) .