Twofer

Darnell's Twofer Challenge this time is for a wreath!

Here I used a die from Memory Box I believe, for a Christmas card and a card which might be suitable for a Wedding, Engagement or an Anniversary!

Here are the cards individually

The Noel on this one is from Sizzix, the leaves from Crafter's Companion and the bow from MFT. To make the depth of colour of the greens for the leaves I used some glossy photographic paper and daubed it with alcohol inks. When dry, the colours are rich and vibrant and after die-cutting look fab!

The silver base for this card was the cover from a menu at a meal we attended! The dove die was a freebie from a magazine, the Congrats is from Hero Arts, and I'm not really sure of the origin of the tiny leaf sprig.

This next one is for the challenge at AAA Cards where the theme is On the Move

For this one I used some old Stampin UP stamps, tree dies and sentiment from a Magazine freebie and the embossing folder from Sheena Douglass!

This is also for the challenge at The Card Concept where there is this inspiration photo!

   

Having done a count of my Christmas card makes, I realised that I'm still a few short, so I'l be turning my hand to a few swift makes in the very near future!

Congratulations

A simple congratulations card, suitable for Engagement, Wedding or Anniversary. 

I think the scroll is from Memory Box and I'm unsure of the origin of the sentiment. Both were gently twinkled with Glamour dust and a pearl added to the centre of the scroll.

It's from the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch. 

I put my sentiment beneath the scroll as it looked better balanced in this position on my card.

This is another card with practically the same layout, with the elements a little lower on the card. It's for the challenge at CASology with the theme Jumpy.

I think rabbits jump don't you! The image is from Stamping Bella and the sentiment from Clearly Besotted.

Another day, another card!

Here is a card which I made to enter a couple of challenges.

The sketch is from CASe this Sketch...

...with the theme from CASology

The beautiful scroll is from Memory Box and the butterflies (cut from card which I smooched with Inka Gold and Aqua Tints) are from Penny Black. A simple touch of bling completes the look!

The Butterfly Effect!

The base layer for this card was retrieved from the bin after I had thought that it was not good enough to use on a card. In fact I think that it was thrown away because it didn't turn out as I had hoped, but after a quick spray with glitter mist I thought it might be OK for the backdrop for these butterflies... and in fact I'm really pleased with the effect.

The die is from Memory Box used within a panel cut with a SSS stitched rectangle. The sentiment is from Tattered Lace (I think).

The challenge at the Card Concept is this

The butterfly Effect!

I remember a time when I had to hand cut a butterfly that I need for a card, now I have heaps of dies and stamps and still continue to buy more... I just love them!
This is also for a new Memory Box Challenge entitled Outside the Box
The theme of the first one is butterflies!


Addicted to CAS has the theme Butterflies

"Less is More" - Take Three Challenges

Today would have been my old Mum's birthday. She was a lovely lady and had she lived would have been 103 today, but after living a full life she died aged 92. Bless her, what wonderful memories we have of fun times together.

I think it was from her that I inherited my love of making things. She made my clothes, both knitted and sewn and in later life learned to do the most amazing, intricate crochet work. A really talented lady!
Anyway, here are my offerings for "Less is More" this week where the challenge is to combine any three of our previous challenges.
You can see which challenges I combined on the challenge blog... but all I need to say here is that I love white on white. I think that this would be a good choice for an engagement, a wedding or an anniversary.
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - It'll be all white on the night!

This one uses a stamp set given to me for my birthday, by my lovely buddy Mandi. Once more you can see the challenges I combined on our  "Less is More" blog, but one obvious challenge was using ink!
Several people have asked what exactly this stamp set is .
It's from Katzelkraft and the reference is KTZ74
Do check out the blog and come and join us, even if CAS hasn't been your thing in the past, do give it a try... you may even enjoy it!

Cuttlebug -Challenges Hearts

This obviously isn't the Cuttlebug Cut & Emboss Heart, but it is weddingy!
It is completely die-cut and embossed.
I like to have a few cards on hand that are suitable for engagements, weddings or anniversaries. Although no sentiment has been added I think that it would do for any of these occasions.
The white centre of the silver heart is embossed with the Hearts folder from the Cuttlebug Love Language Combo set and the base is embossed with good old Swiss dots... my favourite.