Allsorts Challenge ~ Balloons

Mervi has chosen the theme of  'Balloons' for this week's Allsorts Challenge.  There is also the optional theme of Anything Goes, as we love to see your all creations.

I've used a hot air balloon for this week's theme and made a fairly CAS card.  The image and the sentiment are both stamps from Creative Expressions 'Let's Fly Away' set.  The image was stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers.  I used Memory Box 'Stitched Rectangle Layers' dies for matting and layering the image.  The background was embossed with an Embossalicious 'Clouds' embossing folder.  The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne' and die cut with a Sue Wilson 'Stitched Flag' die.  The mat was hand cut.

There are some lovely prizes to be won from AALL and Create.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations April Challenge ~ Anything Goes

We Love Stamping April Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Challenge #557 ~ Anything Goes

The Male Room Challenge #185 ~ Embossing

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #244 ~ Embossing, Die Cut, Square Card

I Spy With My Little Eye ... Something with Wings

I was delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer for Ellie's 'I Spy With My Little Eye' challenge.  The theme this time is 'Something with Wings'.  I decided to use this cute little owl on my card. 

The owl is a Cottage Cutz 'Owl' die cut which I cut from a snippets of brown card.  I used a dark brown Promarker to colour the branch.  I added two tiny white circles for the eyes and a black pupil.  The background is Cheery Lynn 'French Lattice Small Frame' die cut, layered on a plain white piece of card.  The green mats are patterned paper from The Range.  The sentiment is raised up on foam pads.  Everything, apart from the card base was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card over the Playground. (Totally forgot to take a photo of the snippets this time.)

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #478 ~ Use snippets

Make My Monday Challenge #223 ~ Nat. Picture of a Bird

Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge ~ Use a Die

Allsorts Challenge ~ It has to be spring

The Allsorts Challenge theme this week is 'Spring', chosen by Brenda.  There is also the Anything Goes theme if spring themed cards are not your thing.  We have lot of tulips in our garden and this gave me the inspiration for my card.

 I made a Tri Panel Z Fold card, a fold which is easy to make and perfect for using up snippets of patterned paper.  The patterned paper is from The Works.  I used a Marianne Design cross-stitched tag die cut and used crochet cotton to stitch the tulip design.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Glamorous'.  The number dies I used are from The Works.

There are lovely prizes to be won from AALL and Create

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge ~ Use a Die

I was delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer for the Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge.  The theme this month is 'Use a Die'.

I decided to make a masculine card for a friend.  To make the card base I used a Spellbinders 'Happy Days' die.  The papers are from a paper pad from The Works and I added four punched stars on the steps. The sentiment was made with Creative Expressions dies, 'Mini Shadowed Sentiments - Happy Birthday', which cuts out the words and the shadow background.