Sunday 16 May 2021

Your Challenge card

 






πŸŽ‚πŸŽπŸŽŠπŸŽ‰ Happy Birthday Sonia  πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠπŸŽπŸŽ‚


Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

Happy Birthday wishes on their way to our lovely Sonia, I hope you have an amazing Birthday πŸŽ‚πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸŽˆ XXX 

From a wet Wiltshire!! I hope that you are all well, or as well as can be expected which is probably more accurate for most of us! 

What have you all been up to?? I know that one of us had a lovely messy craft day yesterday and that person is the least likely to do messy craft....Our Lovely Michele made some incredible backgrounds using some Pixie Powders that she bought from a destash page, in fact she loved it so much she went online and bought some more!!  I am so excited to share the amazing cards she made with them for next weeks challenge!!! 

Let's see what new techniques you all had a go at....


Brenda



Brenda's Description:

" I have been playing with my ‘Art Gallery’ stamps and have had great fun, the first card I got the idea on Pinterest.
I Stamped the leaf spray and sentiment then using an embossing folder ran it through my machine. Then I stamped the flower head on a spare piece of card and fussy cut it, adding a few little foam pads on the back I attached it to the card. The colours I have used for the flower are Powder Pink and Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive for the leaf spray.

The second cards are CAS and were pieces I had been experimenting which  colours worked together, I  decided to turn them into notelets, The one on the left I used So Saffron and Crush Curry other I used Sweet Sugarplum and Berry Burst


Brenda I love this stamp set myself so I knew you would live it too!  Your cards are amazing, trying two step stamping can be tricky but you have got it spot on!! I had a good few 'test' pieces! I love all three of your cards, the perfectly matched ink and card is the one the best things about Stampin Up! Thank you so much for taking part XXX 


Sonia 



Sonia's Description:

"A simple technique, but I wanted to ‘stamp’ with my embossing folders. I got mixed results with them but I guess they do make for a different background, and I did use two basic folders with not too much detail. I just added a few embellishments and stamps to make into quick cards.


Oh Sonia your cards are amazing, all completely different all beautiful,  it doesn't matter how simple a technique is the out come is what matters and yours are lovely,  your first card looks like you have spent hours creating a mixed media piece, adding the flowers turns it into a lovely card for a female, leave them off and its perfect man card. I love the subtleness of your second card, it leaves that fantastic sentiment to take centre stage!! Your final card is right up my street! The addition of the lace die cut just lifts it to extra special.   Thank you so much for taking part XXX 

Janet




Janet's Description:

My theme this week for our Challenge is STEAMPUNK.

All products used are Stamperia from their MISS VAGABOND which really make the most of this subject. 

Janet I love steampunk style, I tried it a few years ago but just couldn't get it right, you have got it so right, A lovely style to use and those papers are perfect, I can totally understand why you love them. Your covered book is a great way to use your papers and still get to stroke them too. The embellishments really make the steampunk style work.  Thank you so much for taking part XXX


Michele 


Michele's Description:

"My challenge cards-new to me is a) faux stitching and b) following a YouTube video (Ann Melvin) using scraps.

Two really striking cards Michele,  I love how modern they look, like you said in your description its a great scrap box buster too.  The colours you have used are a fantastic combination too. Your faux stitching gives a softer look to the card, it's such a simple thing to add but makes quite an impact.  Thank you so much for taking part and inspiring me my lovely XXX 

Karen

Karen's Description:

"Here’s a cc using a new technique to me

I’ve had a play with Craft Artist Flower Moulding foam I’ve had it donkeys years I used  a set La Blanche flower dies coloured with DI 
Matted onto a piece of created distressed wood The sentiment is printed It was white I managed to get a smudge on it so added more ink In fact it was too stark in white"


Oh Karen I am in love with this card, I love everything about it, from that amazing Distressed wood background that you have totally mastered! (You have really inspired me to have a go at that technique!!)  To those gorgeous flowers that you have created from scratch! A huge achievement in itself, the smudge on your sentiment piece was a total blessing in disguise, adding the ink to it makes it blend better with the whole card.  This one is up there with the best Karen, thank you so much for taking part XXX 

Lilian 

Lilian has created a beautiful Birthday card, featuring a Kaleidoscope of Butterflies that have been embossed onto the card background,  Lilian has then created a lovely Distress ink blend over the top, you them gently wipe over the embossed Butterflies to bring them back to the lovely white they were originally as the embossing resists the ink. Keeping the sentiment simple and to one side allows us to see the complete, pretty background. Those Butterflies are so detailed too, which I didn't appreciate until I zoomed in!  
Thank you so much for taking part my lovely,  I know how hard it is to push yourself to be creative when you have awful back pain, so I really do appreciate you making this card, sending gentle hugs your way πŸ€— XXX 

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Ladies thank you all so very much, there is so much inspiration in this weeks display, quite a few techniques that I'd like to try.  I personally loved trying 5 new techniques this week  i enjoyed them all  XXX

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra
xxxxxx



11 comments:

  1. Some lovely ideas ladies I enjoyed making the flowers but I found them a bit faffy I don’t have any flower foam style dies So I had to make do and was on a bit of a deadline, it’s the recipient’s Birthday tomorrow I did send in two cc, the other might be lost in cyberspace
    It’s OH’s Birthday today and so family are coming over We would have liked to have done a BBQ but the weather didn’t look promising So I’m doing tapas style food as a sort of buffet We do have glorious sunshine though (at the moment) At least we will be able to sit in the garden I hope
    Take care everyone Big hugs to you all especially MARGARET SUE LYNDA xx

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    1. Happy Birthday to Your OH Karen. I hope the weather is kind to you.

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  2. Morning Everyone
    What a lovely start to the day with all CCs. All so very different and inspirational.

    We have sun to start the day here though the ground is wet.
    Nothing planned for us today so perhaps a lovely relaxing day.

    The CAFE is OPEN so pop in for some quiet time if needed.
    HUGS are on their way to youall with loads of extras for all Dear Friends in need. PLEASE TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE.xxxx

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  3. Morning Ladies

    What a fantastic selection of challenge cards today, all lovely & very different.

    I was playing in
    My craft room yesterday afternoon abs thought I’d try using some of the bargains I’d bought which included pixie powders. I had great fun using them on watercolour card then on black card. I’m just glad I thought to use a box when I was spraying the powders with water!!!

    We have sunshine at the moment but it’s forecast to rain this afternoon-hopefully I’ll manage to get some washing dry outside.

    Michele

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  4. Hi,
    Wonderful Challenge cards ladies. Many interesting techniques.
    Sonia, wishing you a lovely birthday πŸ˜ƒ
    Karen, have a nice day with family and happy birthday to your OH .
    Going out for a little walk now so I'll pop in again later.
    Have a good day everyone xxx

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  5. Hi everyone
    Thank you for the Birthday wishes and cards 😊 xx
    Loving all of the challenge cards on display, they’re beautiful.
    I received Sue Wilson’s Dogwood floral panel die from Mark (gave him the hint πŸ˜‰) so looking forward to playing with that soon. And I’m booked in for a hair cut tomorrow - going to someone new. Probably going to have it cut into a bob again πŸ’‡‍♀️
    Weather not too good again here today, typical as we’ve got family visiting throughout the day.
    Happy birthday to your other half Karen, hope the weather doesn’t spoil your plans too much.
    Have a lovely day everyone. Sending hugs to you all xxx

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    1. πŸ’HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONIAπŸ’ I’m sorry your card will be late as I have it down for 16th June! I hope you are having a lovely day spending time with family and friends xx

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  6. Hi Sandra & ladies
    What a lovely display of cards on show today. You’ve all been very busy.
    Happy Birthday Sonia. I didn’t realise it was your birthday today as it wasn’t on my calendar.
    Take care & stay safe everyone.

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  7. Hello All, very wet here again today.

    Sonia hope you had a lovely birthday and enjoy using the new die, curious to see how it works.

    Lovely cards today, all so different, lots of lovely ideas.

    Hope you all had a good day, Lilian

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  8. Hi Sandra and all in the Cafe today. Wonderful cards ladies. Once again there are lots of inspiring techniques.
    Karen, your wooden background is fantastic. I thought it was printed card. I will definitely try this technique. Happy birthday to your OH. I bet you had a lovely time with the boys πŸ₯°
    It’s been another rainy day here that stops and starts so quickly. Sending love and hugs to you all with extras for all in need. Take care xx

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  9. Hello Sandra and ladies,

    Happy Birthday Sonia hope you have had a lovely birthday.xxx
    Karen hope OH enjoyed his special day and you were able to get outside.

    Love all of today’s challenge cards, so many ideas. Thank you so much everyone for your inspiration.

    Th weather today has been very mixed. We have had rain and sunshine on and off all day. So gardening was out of the question. On the plus side I didn’t have to water the plants.

    Goodnight everyone, sleep well, love
    Brenda xxx

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