BEST WISHES.

Hello and good morning everyone.
The card I have to share with you this morning is for the challenge over at
4 Crafty Chicks.  Challenge #217. Colour Challenge. CORAL, WHITE & BLACK.

This is my entry.

The background is a CORAL TEXTURED CARD and the panel is made with a PATTERNED PAPER from my stash and mounted on BLACK CARD.
All edges have a SILVER CHAINLINK BORDER to highlight the shapes.
I have then used a Marianne Creatable DOILY DIE with WHITE CARD and embossed it with the COTTAGE FLORAL embossing folder. In the centre of that, I have added my sentiment disc which says "BEST WISHES".
In the bottom corner  I have added a co-ordinating BLACK AND WHITE FLOWER made by mixing the SUN & DAISY punches with a BLACK GEM in the centre.
For the foliage I have used a die from the Spellbinders JEWELLED FANTASIES using BLACK PEARLISED CARD
To complete the look, I have added a WHITE SATIN BOW, BLACK & WHITE GLITTER BUTTERFLIES and WHITE PEARLS.

Thank you very much for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Hello again to you all.
My next card is for the challenge over at
Papertake Weekly.  BLACK & WHITE + ONE OTHER COLOUR. (Silver)

I love this colour combination. The background is plain black card, and then I cut two random sized pieces and embossed them with the SWISS DOTS FOLDER & GARDEN SWIRL FOLDER.
These were then mounted onto WHITE HOLOGRAPHIC CARD  and edged with a
SILVER DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight and add definition too.
I then made a smaller panel which was mounted onto SILVER MIRROR CARD and the whole piece was embossed with the SWISS DOTS FOLDER. Onto that panel I added a SILVER LUREX BOW.
In the top right corner I have added a D-Lites SPRIGS and at the bottom I have used
Spellbinders JEWELLED FANTASIES DIE to creat the foliage for the the BLACK & WHITE paper rose.
The sentiment tablet reads "HAPPY BIRTHDAY".

Thank you very much for coming to visit my blog. I hope you like what you see.
Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xx

BONNIE BRILEY.

Hello and good morning everyone, I hope that you are all well.

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

Send a smile 4 kids  CELEBRATION CARDS 4 KIDS.

Inspiration Destination.  Challenge #4.  ANYTHING GOES.

I have used card and paper from my stash. All edges have a SILVER DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight and add definition too.
My image is from Digi Delights and is called BRILEY. It has been coloured with promnarkers.
I have used a LIN LENE CORNER DIE and also a SWIRL for the bottom corner, which also acts as FOLIAGE for the Floral display.
The flower at the top is a Martha Stewart WATER LILY PUNCH with the addition of a large Rosebud for the centre, and finally I have finished it off with  SILVER LUREX BOWS.

Thank you very much for stopping by. Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xx

FLUTTERBYE FAIRY.

Hello on this beautiful Autumnal Day. There is a lovely breeze blowing in my craftroom through the window, rustling of the trees, gorgeous colours and a bit of sunshine, fabulous.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges.

Anything Goes with a Twist.  Challenge #3. Anything Goes. Twist=SHIMMER & SPARKLE.

Inspiration Destination.  Challenge #3.  ANYTHING GOES.

Oh how I love to do my Easel cards. The image is called FAIRY AVIE and has been coloured with promarkewrs. Once mounted I put the whole topper through the Cuttlebug with the
SWISS DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER for added texture.
I have used a BUTTERFLY/SWIRL embossed paper to make the panel, and the background is two shades of yellow. All edges have a GOLD DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight and add definition too.
The foliage is made using the Joycraft - FLORAL FLOURISHES.
The Butterflies are double layered, and they are made using an embossing punch. On the bodies are GOLD GEMS.
I have used the DAISY punch to make the smaller layered flowers with CARD CANDI & BUTTONS for the centres. I have also added a large YELLOW ROSEBUD. The top part is completed with a GREEN SATIN BOW.

For the baseI have used two colours and embodssed with the SWISS DOTS folder. On top of that, I have used the Spellbinders D-Lites DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRON to make a Garden Fence with the addition of DAISY FLOWERS along the bottom. Across the top of the fence I have completed the look with GOLD GEMS.

Thank you very much for coming to visit, I hope that you like what you see.
Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xx

COREY.

Hello and good morning to you all. Well, it is a wet stat to the day here, but I think it has to dry up as the day goes on.

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

One Stitch at a Time.  Challenge #221. ANYTHING GOES with the COLOUR ORANGE.

Paper Makeup Stamps.  Challenge #162.  USE  BLACK + IMAGE.

The papers that I have used for this card are from the First Edition-BLANK CANVAS PAPER PAD.
I have used BLACK PEARLISED CARD to make a border, which has been punched down both edges with the Martha Stewart DOILY LACE border punch. I then added a co-ordinating narrower strip of paper and added another punched layer on top. Down the centre line of the border, I added a
COPPER coloured DOUBLE BEAD STRIP, to give added texture and make 3D. on the top of the beads I have added the FLOWERS that I made using the SUN & DAISY PUNCHES with BUTTONS for the centres.
My image is by Beary Dust Stamps and is called COREY which I have coloured using promarkers. I has then been mounted on ORANGE CARD.
I then added another FLOWER at the bottom corner and the FOLIAGE is one of the dies from the Spellbinders JEWELLED FANTASIES SET. The centre of the flower is a ROSEBUD.
Finally, all edges have a GOLD DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight and add definition too. To complete the look I have added a GINGHAM HAND TIED BOW.

Thank you very much for coming to visit, I really do appreciate it ver much.
Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xxx

LITTLE MISS BASHFUL.

Hello again everyone. This will be my last post for today.

I would like to enter this card into the challenge over at

That Craft Place.  Girls BUT NO Pink.

For the background I have used a gorgeous GOLD EMBOSSED card by Hunkydory. All edges have a GOLD DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight and add definition too.

I have made two random sized panels of ORANGE GINGHAM card, mounted onto plain orange card.

My image is from A random Fan and is called LITTLE MISS BASHFUL.

It has been coloiured with promarkers and double-mounted onto co-ordinating card stock.

I have made all the flowers using D-Lites..BLOOMS ONE, TWO & THREE.

The foliage has been created by using Spellbinders- JEWELLED FANTASIES.

For the centres of the flowers I have used CARD CANDI.

Finally, my sentiment reads"ESPECIALLY FOR YOU"

Thank you so very much for stopping in to visit me, you are so kind and I appreciate it very much.

Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xxx

BEST FRIENDS.

Hello to you all on this very dark day. I just LOVE this colder weather, it makes me feel good. 

It has taken me a while to complete this card, but at last, I feel happy with it..

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

Eureka Stamps.  Challenge #110. SHAPED CARDS.

House of Cards.  October Challenge. PUNCHES & DIES.

Through the Purple Haze.  Challenge #63.  WINGS & BLING.

This is yet another of my all-time favourite designs, an Easel Card. For this I have used shades of Greens & Cream.
I will list the things I have used, it seems easier.
I have used papers from my stash..
The image is called PRETTY LOVE.
Spellbinders- CLASSIC SCALLOPED SQUARE DIE.
D-Lites CORNER FLOURISH.
SWISS DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER.
Embossed BUTTERFLY punch.
Marianne Createable-FOLIAGE.
DAISY punch.
CARD CANDI. GEMS. BOWS.

I hope that you like my card. Thank you very much for coming to visit my blog, it is very kind of you.
Happy crafting.
Lots of love, Sandra xx