THINKING OF YOU.

Hi everyone. I am sorry I have been missing for a while, just cant be helped right now. I just wanted to add this card which I managed to make a few days away for some challenges.

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

4 Crafty Chicks.  Challenge #222. DIE-CUTS.

In the Pink.  Challenge #58.  DIE-CUTS & PUNCHES.

Brown Sugar.  Challenge #122. ANYTHING GOES.

It is quite a simple card really, so it is easier to just say the items used.

The paper is from my stash.

Nellie Snellen- OVALS 7.

D-Lites - BLOOMS ONE & TWO.

Marianne Creatable - OPEN LEAVES.

Creative Expressions - FERNS TRIO.

Martha Stewart 3D WATER LILY PUNCH.

SMALL DAISY PUNCH.

PEARLS, CARD CANDI, BUTTON, ROSEBUD & RIBBON

Finally a SMALL SENTIMENT TAG saying THINKING OF YOU.

Thank you very much for popping by, I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. I hope to be back again very soon, fingers crossed.

Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xxx

DANCING DAY.

Hello and good afternoon. I hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend, whatever you have planned.

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

Stampin Royalty.  Challenge #255.  

COLOUR CHALLENGE.

Brown Sugar.  Challenge #121.  USE TWO OR MORE COLOURS.

I have stuck to the colours as best as I can.I have used a patterned paper for the background, mounted on a pale green card and all edges have a silver decorative border.My image is from Sassy Cheryls and is called DANCING DAY It has been mounted on Red card and then embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

I have used several dies and also punch too. These have been used to make the flowers and in the centres I have added Card Candi.

The dies used are:

D-Lites. BLOOMS ONE

Crafts Too. FRAMES 9.

Marianne Creatable. LEAF SWIRL.

Creative Expressions. PETITE VINERY.

DAISY PUNCH.

SWISS DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER.

To complete the look I have added a Red Satin Bow.

Thank you very much for coming to visit and take a look at my creations. I hope you like what you see.

Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xxx

LET'S CELEBRATE.

Hello and good afternoon to you all. It is so dark and dull here, and very cold too, so perfect time for crafting I think.

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

Fab n Funky  BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS (Week 2)

For this card I have used Hunkydory FOILED, GLITTERED & EMBOSSED CARD. So very pretty and classy.

My image is called CAMMY IN THE WIND and has been coloured with Promarkers. then mounted onto a DEEP GOLD PEARLISED CARD.

All edges have a GOLD CHAINLINK BORDER to highlight and add definition too.

I have used a COPPER BROWN PEARLISED CARD for the foliage using the D-Lites SPRIGS dies.

The flowers have been created using a variey of dies and punched flowers combined together with the addition of CARD CANDI for the centres, also BUTTONS & PEARLS. 

Finally I have added a SATIN CREAM BOW with FLOWER PEARL CENTRE.

The sentiment disc says "LET'S CELEBRATE"

Thank you very much for coming to visit. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xxx

BUTTERFLY BEAUTY.

Hello again everyone. I hope that you are all ok and keeping well in this cooler weather.

I have been using more of my scraps of card and paper up, and that forms the basis of my card.

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

Lil Red Wagon.  Challenge #264.  LAYER IT UP.

Pennys Challenges.  Challenge #204.  ANYTHING GOES.

Crafters Cafe  Challenge #91.  ANYTHING GOES.

The background is a DEEP PINK PEARLISED CARD embossed with the SWISS DOTS embossing folder. All edges have a SILVER DECORATIVE BORDER to highlight.

I used the Spellbinders SQUARE SWATCH and used the largest die to cut a black square which was also embossed with the SWISS DOTS folder. This was positioned in the centre of the card, overlapping onto the remainder of the white card.

I then die-cut a Spellbinders TEAR DROP CIRCLE then embossed that with the CRACKLE embossing folder, this was then added into the centre of the square. I then added a  

DOUBLE LAYERED Joycraft BUTTERFLY made using  WHITE GLITTER card and also 

BLACK PEARLISED card.

I then die-cut TWO DECORATIVE CORNERS for the right side of the card.

The flowers were made using the D-Lites BLOOMS ONE SET with the addition of BUTTONS for the centres.

Finally the FOLIAGE is a die-cut Marianne Creatable LEAF.  I also added a WHITE SATIN BOW on the top.

Thank you very much for coming to visit and I hope you like what you see.

Have fun and Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xx

PARTY GIRL.

Good morning to you all.

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

Just add Ink.  Challenge #240.  JUST ADD TEXTURE.

Cuttlebug Mania.  YOU GO GIRL.

Partytime Tuesdays.  Challenge #190.  ANYTHING GOES.

For this card I have made a long Easel Card with a background of spotted paper. I have used a variey of different dies and embossing folders.

The dies are:
Spellbinders CLASSIC SCALLOPED SQUARES.
Spellbinders TEAR DROP CIRCLES.
Marianne Creatable SMALL OPEN LEAF.
D-Lites BLOOMS ONE.
Spellbinders JEWELLED FANTASIES.
Creative Expressions PETITE VINERY.
CRACKLE & SWISS DOTS embossing folders.
Martha Stewart 3D WATER LILY PUNCH.

The finishing touches are SMALL FLOWERS, BUTTONS& & a sentiment which reads
ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY.

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

A CARD UPON A CARD.....

Hello and good afternoon to you all out there in blogland. It is such a bitter cold day here today, that I am now tucked up in my craftroom, having fun and enjoying myself. Now I know that I am a lover of the colder weather, but today, it is getting through to these painful bones of mine, so I am staying where it is warm.

I started off today, messing around with scraps of card and wondering what I could create to use some of it up, well, this is what happened.

I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges.

Craft for the Craic.  Novembers Challenge #10.  BIRTHDAY.

Brown Sugar.  Challenge #120.  ANYTHING GOES.

All the paper and card is from my stash. The border is made up of scrap sized pieces, two of which have been punched down both edges with the Martha Stewart OPTIC DOT PUNCH.

I then made Two Branches of Leaves from Blue Pearlised card, again using scraps, using the Spellbinders FOLIAGE SET.

The smaller flowers have been made using the Small Daisy Punch and for the centres I have added Blue Gemstones for added texture.

The I created a smaller sized card and covered with a co-ordinating patterned paper. My image is coloured with promarkers, and mounted onto two different pieces of card, then edged with a 

Silver Decorative Border to highlight.I also added more blue gems on the front of that one.

On the inside of the smaller card, I die-cut two medium sized decorative squares using the 

Spellbinders FLEUR DIS LIS SET using turquoise card. The edges have a Silver border, and on the right side I have added the words"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"  in silver.

Thank you so much for coming to visit, it is so kind of you.

I hope you like what you see, and my come back again very soon.

Happy crafting.

Love Sandra xx

BEST FRIENDS.

Hello and good afternoon to you all.

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

Crafters Cafe.  Challenge #90.  FRIENDSHIP.

Lil Red Wagon.  Challenge #263.  50 SHADES OF ....ORANGE.

Seize the Birthday.  MONOCHROMATIC......SEEING ORANGE.

For my card I have used a variety of different card, paper, dies & punches.
The first two layers for the background are plain cardstock, and all edges have a gold decorative border to highlight and add definition too.
Using the designer papers from the Blank Canvass Paper Pad, I have die-cut squares using the
Spellbinders ORNATE SQUARES & FLEUR DIS LIS dies These have been positiomned at angles.
My image has been coloured with promarkers and double-mounted and trimmed with deckle scissors then mounted on sticky pads to make 3D.
Usng scraps of papers from the sheets used, I have punched small daisies and layered them, then added buttons for the centres. I have also used small paper flowers and the leaves have been die-cut using the Spellbinders FOLIAGE SET out of textured card.
I have punched an embossed butterfly in two layers, then added gems for the body. The bow is hand-tied using orange and white polka dot ribbon
Finally my sentiment has been cut and trimmed with deckle scissors and positioned using sticky pads.

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