Feather Cards...

A brand new challenge has been created this year by Darnell of DjKardkreations 

It's called a Twofer Card Challenge

All the details for this challenge can be found HERE

As you can see from the logo, the aim is to make two different cards for two

different occasions, using the same stamps and/or dies.

The theme for this month is 'FEATHERS'

My first card is a Sympathy card.

The products I have used are:-

Feather dies - Purchased from eBay

Cuttlebug 4 die set - Vintage

Britannia Dies - With Sympathy

Josy Rose - Nailheads

Challenges entered:-

Happy Little Stampers January Challenge - Anything Goes with Dies

4 Crafty Chicks - No Winter Blues (No blue colour)

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Layer it Up

Alphabet Challenge - Use 3 of Something (Dies)

My second card is a 'Just to Say' card for any occasion.

I die cut the feather from the embossed panel and glued a small piece of patterned

paper behind the aperture. I then die cut the feather a few times in plain card

and glued them together to give a bit of depth.

The products I have used are:-

One of the two Sizzix Embossing Folders - Lace Set 2

Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch

Woodware punch - Scalloped Oval

Challenges entered:-

Emerald City Crafts - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Use Embossing (Wet or Dry)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Challenge up your Life - Embossing Folder

I am entering both cards in the Twofer Card Challenge #1

Thanks for visiting today.

Janice x

A 'Clean and Simple' Sympathy Card

Today I am sharing a sympathy card I made recently.

 I always find these cards difficult to make, but knew I wanted to keep the design simple. 

So, with that in mind, I used just two embossing folders and did a little bit
of matt and layering.
(Apologies for the poor lighting in the photo)

The items I have used are:-

Darice - With Sympathy
Crafter's Companion Embossilicious - Butterfly Swirl Corner

Challenges entered:-
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Creates and Makes - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Corner - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Sympathy Card

Today I am sharing a clean and simple card I made for my friend
when she lost her Mum. I really like using the branch and bird dies, and thought
they would be perfect for this type of card.

The items I have used are:-

Memory Box - Grove Branch 

Memory Box - Resting Birds

Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Tied Together

Carl Daisy Punch

Woodware Grass Leaf Punch

Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Use at least one die

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
Creates and Makes - Anything Goes/Use a Die
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Sympathy Card

Hello, today I'd like to share a sympathy card I made after seeing the idea on Pinterest. 

I really like this layout, which can be used for different occasions.

I scored the larger card square diagonally with my Hougie board.
The other squares were die cut and embossed with Spellbinders Nestabilities.
The sentiment was generated on the PC.

Before assembling, I lightly inked the squares and flourish with 

distress ink and then placed them on the cream square card base.

The items I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilites - Squares

Cheery Lynn - Fanciful Flourish Die

Hougie Board

Rangers Distress Ink - Tea Dye

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft your Passion - Always Anything Goes

My Besties UK Challenge - Anything Goes & Gold

AAA Cards - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Sympathy Card

Today I thought I would share a sympathy card I made recently, for a friend who lost her sister. They are not the easiest of cards to make, and I wanted to keep it fairly simple, so thought my new embossing folder from Darice would do the trick.
I matted and layered onto purple card, added some punched daisies with pearls to the centres.

The items used are:-
Darice Embossing Folder - Sympathy,
Crafters Companion Die'Sire embossing Folder - Swirl Corner
Hougie Board, X-Cut flower punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:-

Just Us Girls - Word Week, Sympathy
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist, Embossing wet or dry

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x