BLACK EYED SUSAN

Good morning, and welcome to my blog.  Today, I have another sketch and card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Sketch # 300

 A quick look at the inside of my card.  This is an easy sketch and very effective, as I'm pleased how my card turned out.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create April 2025 Challenge Anything Goes Twist A Splash of Colour.

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge April 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge April 2025 Anything Goes

4.  Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 27 Anything Goes April 2025

5. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge April 2025

6. Unicorn Challenge #108 Use Dies April 2025

7. Stamping Sensations Challenge # April Anything Goes, Birds, Flowers, Animals and Nature

8. As You Like It Challenge Favourite Floral TOP 3

I love the colours and the pattern paper especially all those cute bees.  It's clean and fresh using these colours and they are a great combination.  

9. The Four Seasons Challenge Spring Season April 2025  

10. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #177 Spring Flowers April 2025

11. Classic Design Challenge # 04-2025 April / May Anything Goes Twist Feminine

12. Digi Choosday Challenge #4 Week #1 Anything Goes

13. Polkadoodles Challenge # 5 Week 1 Anything Goes

14. Creative Aunt's Challenge # 100 Spring

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen

2. Coloured Card: Suneshine by Kaisercraft

3. Design Papers: Bee Happy by Echo Park; the squares are scraps from my scrap folder.

4. Image: Black Eyed Susan from Fred She Said

 

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Large Circles, Tear Drops, Classic Squares Large and Small.

8. Embellishments: Black flat-backed pearls.

9. Inside and the back of the card.

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break and happy crafting and creating, everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACROSS THE MILES

 Good morning.  Today, I have a card I made a little while ago for a special friend from Across The Miles.

I had seen that someone else had made a very similar card, and I can't remember who it was to give them credit for their work.

This design with the pleats was something quite different.

As you can see, the pleats are at the bottom.  It reminds me of my school gym dress many years ago with box pleating.

Here's a quick look at the inside of the card.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create April 2025 Challenge Anything Goes Twist A Splash of Colour.*

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge April 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start Challenge April 2025 Anything Goes RISING STAR FOR APRIL

4. Creative Creases Challenge #102 April 2025 Anything Goes

5. Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 27 Anything Goes April 2025

6. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge April 2025

7. Unicorn Challenge #108 Use Dies April 2025

8. The Crafting Challenge My Favourite Colour April 2025 Purples & Pinks

9. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge #108 Anything Goes

10. As You Like It Challenge Favouite Floral 

I love the colours and the pattern on the bottom design paper.  The top paper is nondescript, it doesn't taking away the look of the lovely floral paper.

11. The Four Seasons Challenge Spring Season April 2025 

12. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #177 Spring Flowers April 2025

13. Gem of A Craft Challenge # 4 Week # 2 Anything Goes

14. Digi Choosday Challenge #4 Week #1 Anything Goes

15. Polkadoodles Challenge # 5 Week 1 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: Kaisercraft Wine, Bloom and Silver Mirror card.

3. Design Papers: Pale Garden by Crafters Choice

4. Embellishments: Silver ribbon from my stash, flower from two dies, gems from my stash.

5. Dies Used: Star Flowers,  With Love Die, Happy Birthday and Handmade with Love.

6. Tools Used:

7. Inside & the back of the card:

I wish you all a wonderful weekend and happy crafting.

TULIPS & BUGS

 Good morning, and welcome to my blog.  Today is another Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge, and we have two new sketches and one retro sketch.

Today, I'm showcasing 

Sketch #301

This is another very easy sketch, and it's a good way to use up some of those scrap design papers and card stock we all have.

If you want to see the other sketch, I'll showcase it around the 16th of April, when last month's winners are announced.  Other wise drop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, and see what the design team have created.  You'll see Sketch # 300 as well as the retro sketch a blast from the past that Kelly decided to use.

A quick look at the inside of my card.

As I said, it's an easy sketch and it's a way to use up your scraps.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge Anything Goes April 2025

2. Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 27 Anything Goes

3. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #134 Anything Goes

4. Unicorn Challenge #108 Use Dies

5. Classic Design Challenge #03-2025 Anything Goes Optional Bunnies, Blooms and or Butterflies *

6. Fourseasons Challenge Spring April 2025

7. The Crafting Challenge April 2025 My Favourite Colour Purple & Pinks

8. Polkadoodles Challenge #4 Week #4 Anything Goes *

9. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #8 Anything Goes

10. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge #3 Week #4 *

11. Creative Aunt's Challenge #100 Spring

12. The Paper Funday Challenge #75  April Anything Goes or Anything Starting with B

Butterflies and Blooms

13. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #177 Spring Flowers April 2025

14. Gem of A Craft Challenge #4 Week #1 Anything Goes

15. Triple B, Birds, Butterflies and Blooms April 2025 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen.

2. Coloured Card: White by Kaisercard 

3. Design Papers: Violet Crush by Kasiercraft

I can't get over it, this book is nearly empty.

4. Image: Tulips & Bugs from Bugaboo Design

5. Coloured with Copics and a Silver Gel Pen.

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Spellbinder large and small classic squares and unbranded butterfly.

8. Embellishments: The Black and white butterfly was a leftover scrap, silver gems, purple gem from my stash and a two tone Butterfly using the above die.

9. The inside and the back of the card:

I wish you a wonderful month of happy crafting.

FLOATING DAISIES

 Good morning. Today, I'm showcasing a card I've made as 

Guest Designer over at

Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog

Challenge # 106 Monochrome

This is a first for me; I've never made a card using 6x6 of acitate 

for my design paper.  

A quick peek of the inside of the card.

Remember to go to the Pearly Sparkles Challenge and see what the design team has created. Then, enter your card.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #4 2025

2. A Place To Start Anything Goes

3. The Die-Cut Diva's Challenge April Spring Flowers

4. Digi Choosday Challenge # 3 Week # Anything Goes *

5. Polkadoodles Card Making Challenge #4 Week # 4 Anything Goes TOP 3

6.Unicorn Challenge April 2025 Use Dies

7. Crafty Catz Challenge #690 Anything Goes *

8. Allsorts Challenge #820 Spring Flowers *

9. Mix It Up Challenge #76 Anything Goes Twist Layers

10. Gem of A Craft Challenge Challenge #4 Week #1

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen cardstock.

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercard Sunshine.

3. No design paper was used.

4. One sheet of acitate.

5. Sentiment: Happy Birthday

6. Tools Used:

7. Double-sided tape.

8. Dies Used: Cherry Lyn Daisy Die

9. Smaller Daisies: I used a Daisy Punch

10. Embellishments: Pearls, tiny and medium for the centres and gold braid from my stash.

11. Inside and on the back of the card:

I wish everyone a wonderful crafting month.