With deepest sympathy

 I'm over the moon to be a guest designer over at Cut It Up challenge blog 
for the next 3 challenges.

This time, the challenge is: "hard to say..." (ie: sympathy, sorry, belated)

I recently got a couple of lovely new dies and wanted to try them both, so made 2 cards...

This first card simply uses a Creative Expressions die - Daisy Edger.

I put a slither of washi tape to the straight edge,

punched out the butterflies with my Martha Stewart punch 

and added a stamped sentiment.

I love how intricate this die is. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Creative knockouts - use a die - 3 Feb

Through the craft room door - atg - 2 Feb

Crafters Cafe - CAS - 13 Feb

Happy little stampers - atg with dies - 1 Feb

This card uses a frame die for the works - I love stitched dies!

The new die here is the flowers...it's a die and stamp set. 

The first set like that I have bought!

It's called 'Blooming stamp and die set' by Karin Joan. (Studio Light)

Again, the sentiment was stamped

and I used my promarkers to colour the image. 

Those Martha Stewart butterflies have come out again - I love that punch!

The lines along the edge finished the card, and are dry embossed.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

I love promarkers - atg / flowers - 1 Feb

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 9 Feb

Passion for promarkers - embossing - 2 Feb

Die cut Divas- Flowers - 1 Feb

Perfectly CAS - diecuts and flowers - 12 Feb

Squeeze the day!

 

Over at the Colour Crazy Challenge, we have the pleasure of being
sponsored by my friend Pattie, at Patties Creations.

This is the lovely image: life gives you lemons.

This was a super-cute image to colour.

I used my promarkers and alcohol markers. 

I inked the edge of all the backing papers and added a strip of washi tape to the embossed piece.

The sentiment was made using sticker letters for the main word

then I hand-wrote the rest.

I like the word play on this card - from "seize the day."

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative fingers - atg - Feb

Creative crafting Uncles - atg - 1 March

C.R.A.F.T - ATG - 3 Feb

Creative knockouts - atg - 28 Jan

Gnome birthday

 Happy 2022!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas with family and friends and
 that 2022 has started well for you.

We were having a lovely time, until I went and fell over on a walk

on New Years Eve!

I'm now sporting a large scabby knee and a very tender kneecap.

Luckily, I have had this cute image to play with, from Patties creations...

He is called Bubble the Gnome.

The challenge for January is either "snowmen / snow" or "anything goes."

I'm not wanting to make any more Christmas cards just yet, however I do have a few 

birthday cards to make for the next few months, 

so choose "Bubble the gnome" for a card for my sister's boyfriend. 

I coloured him with my alcohol markers and 3D'd his beard and nose. 

The stamped sentiment is from Kaiser crafts 

and I diecut the stars, adding a little punched star in the corner.

The edges are all inked and I did some dry embossing along some edges. 

I'm pleased with the way this one came out...my first card for 2022!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - atg - 14 Jan

Cut it up - birthday card with a diecut - 13 Jan

Fab n Funky challenge - keep it simple - 19 Jan

I love promarkers - atg - 18 Jan

Digi choosday - winter birthday using blues - 17 Jan

Passion for promarkers - January Blues - 12 Jan

Through the craft room door - atg - 19 Jan

A place to start - atg - 1 Feb

Jans digi stamps - atg - 7 Feb

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 Jan