tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33521979434965281012024-03-13T02:43:38.501+00:00Gina's CardsHi my name is Gina and welcome to my blog. I live in Reading, Berkshire with my husband Phil. I have two grown up sons who I am immensley proud of. I was introduced to card making about 5 years ago and am now totally addicted! I love stamping particularly the Magnolia range of stamps. Thank you so much for visitng my blog.
Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.comBlogger849125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-78733002874917636922023-04-05T08:00:00.075+01:002023-04-05T08:00:00.199+01:00Brand new Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">It is such a beautiful morning here in Wiltshire today. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a>. The theme for this months challenge is a nice easy one........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Our sponsor for this month kindly provided us with a very cute image which I have painted with distress reinkers. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The papers are by pion and I've stiched around the edges just for fun. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The butterflies, watering can and pretty border edge have been cut using a joy crafts dies. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers, ribbon and lace are from my own crafty stash.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8oLhPhyBOWOjbKhtIpZpOrmImR53sd0dwYLRKnNomuofiY4dufhi1-LFfaXe8Z6L9WvaclNy773ti1iZeabahFQqmrpnIxs390guDXGKc1gChe6x0ENeaeem8O6MM0z5hU2RVHfFRg5vbMFJY4P1z-yctDe5IJwEdDDOA2lpp3jYdAC1py8baGQ0hA/s1500/230330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8oLhPhyBOWOjbKhtIpZpOrmImR53sd0dwYLRKnNomuofiY4dufhi1-LFfaXe8Z6L9WvaclNy773ti1iZeabahFQqmrpnIxs390guDXGKc1gChe6x0ENeaeem8O6MM0z5hU2RVHfFRg5vbMFJY4P1z-yctDe5IJwEdDDOA2lpp3jYdAC1py8baGQ0hA/w640-h640/230330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">DI list:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">Head Scarf, shorts and flip flops: Spun sugar, victorian velvet</div><div style="text-align: center;">Top: Shabby shutters</div><div style="text-align: center;">Basket: Brushed corduroy, gathered twigs</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vegetables: Pine needles, forest moss, shabby shutters</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This month our sponsor is offering the lucky winner 3 digis of their choice.</div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv70_jX4fk9qPADJtOG6eOVtvROcph6n88kUaR9sSmyme2Rpv1cMa_r0FcfoR5sCMkyBRZrbQK9P50SrKOkbhqDHuDQXeVz6BrwZBzRLaeM7F07JBP3A8yxWclY41L7gwJUDWfLBh-YMNFbHzBq0DD3WDnIvCviiTJqhB8V0m1_mRCUpaDpvtaKondkw" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">That's all from me for now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs Gina xx</div>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-65630587241120822982023-03-01T08:00:00.112+00:002023-03-01T08:00:00.204+00:00Brand New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well. Spring is just around the corner, so let's hope we see some lovely spring weather very soon.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and our theme for this month is........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Spring Blooms</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For my card this month I have used some pretty papers by Pion Designs. I've stitched around the edges</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> of the paper to give it a bit of interest. The ivy leaves have been cut from a John Next Door die and I've added a little white gel pen .</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I didn't have any yellow flowers which I wanted to use so I painted some cream flowers with a yellow distress ink, I think they turned out quite well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The sentiment (Big Thanks) was very kindly sent to me by this month's <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/donnaellis1/cards-using-my-stamps/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">sponsor</span></a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxnKu9Ntiz2KnHFH3wuLjgs_PFCG9LgQJv5exwnDVvAPGMNrd6vM3anzOdNS9t1qNlGMIto4OlPsc_SDFG9snMaKW4Pc0j6v_gebWTbDdDeK2D1eUCqKFICDAUrCOVl73RaRuhjnBs9rb2gav0mWZbiZ2t99RE6mXKZIXB0yJCIADU_DsS1zMqL0rhw/s1500/230219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxnKu9Ntiz2KnHFH3wuLjgs_PFCG9LgQJv5exwnDVvAPGMNrd6vM3anzOdNS9t1qNlGMIto4OlPsc_SDFG9snMaKW4Pc0j6v_gebWTbDdDeK2D1eUCqKFICDAUrCOVl73RaRuhjnBs9rb2gav0mWZbiZ2t99RE6mXKZIXB0yJCIADU_DsS1zMqL0rhw/w640-h640/230219.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">We are being sponsored this month by <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/donnaellis1/cards-using-my-stamps/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Smiles</span></a> and one lucky winner has the choice of either: Two sentiment sets or one image set.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/donnaellis1/cards-using-my-stamps/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdys2-GE22sJJ5msuZIOuXyuomHUMUlKv_lkN9U1asCViGtGN7yoC24v29s0drWdbQoowgk1AkOwJXX5rAZYD4DbfkZlcywvaae0q5t-y_SzYgixU374VJ2316yPh8WnnT8ZH0XH-WT9vb7LqpAmRRK8LjX5zzlh8P0TKWoVeeBpCRATvm6ClsdYHM_A=s16000" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">If you would like to play along, there are some freebie sets <a href="https://creativesmiles2.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebie%20Digital%20Stamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">here.</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-29262652336253480382023-02-01T08:00:00.076+00:002023-02-01T08:00:00.194+00:00New 'Anything Goes' challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> today and our theme for this month is.........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have made a criss cross card and painted an image kindly provided by '<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">All Dressed Up</span></a>' who is our sponsor for this month.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The image was printed onto Artistico water colour paper and cut out with a heart shaped die. I used distress reinkers to paint the image.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">The pretty red heart is a La La Lands die and the sweet little kisses are cut from a Joy Crafts die.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaHJEauYaZ8ClSTATUtWyI2p0zuF8WNorqFOjVSvFZYZlkatJG0JPs80gwkZYkuAe_6WYCQPIe1NyUbFQqbpxH2blx1p9g8j4Hv7TTnUpA1yhAf4xSJK3u4M4Tpc7APc4u5_GVerVBtYnID3wlkDRbqj9zHIF9j_7cAZCjmNBmsy2PcnrAz5S5iDi4g/s1500/230122a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaHJEauYaZ8ClSTATUtWyI2p0zuF8WNorqFOjVSvFZYZlkatJG0JPs80gwkZYkuAe_6WYCQPIe1NyUbFQqbpxH2blx1p9g8j4Hv7TTnUpA1yhAf4xSJK3u4M4Tpc7APc4u5_GVerVBtYnID3wlkDRbqj9zHIF9j_7cAZCjmNBmsy2PcnrAz5S5iDi4g/w640-h640/230122a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick<br />Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen<br />Dress: Hickory smoke<br />Roses: Fired brick, aged mahogany</p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers, lace, pearl gems and ribbon are from my crafty stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Our sponsor is providing the winner with <b>two</b> images of their choice</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="332" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDcMbR95nhc6yM-PgwLVcFuV-zW2Lb8VBXldxhnrTenbvzWFmhLA-QrNHmHCZMVKSBt9CjclP93SQEdtAzgIvTb7xwC0vBPXVuXuyPQLGxNLLxdjRbaBgza--xwwdkUZAwGwFr9DurlIhMq5aSOcKuFYoqJvu_SfwzoOJTr0lXwMlYCWhAC6WPQWkSzA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-53151768755313172592023-01-04T08:00:00.067+00:002023-01-04T08:00:00.204+00:00Happy New Year - First Creative Inspirations Challenge of the Year <p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year, I hope it's a happy and healthy one for you all.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Were you lucky enough to receive any crafting goodies from Santa? I received some new stamps and a die:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">For our first challenge of this year, our theme is........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Something Old, Something Now!</span><br /><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;">After the recent festivities it's time to revel in the New Year and this month's challenge we'd like you to let us know if you've used something old from your crafty stash or something new!</span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">I've coloured up a new digi stamp which was kindly provided by Nikki at Polkadoodles Crafts as she is kindly sponsoring this month's challenge.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have to admit that I struggled with this card. The image isn't something I would normally choose, but I did my best and opted to make a shaker card.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The cactus has been coloured with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBDEfxrDiWZTgPBvysO9sHJuLU8kPHFngjMfwGOZhFUJHN-Fy-TMpUlJTco8-zhvmohYizKW0SGhIVksyi6js_2OB6lxV34VuypkUXq66oNeZav5rKHQU3hIUo_v3l668ZJNe7hhNH2Um0XB1i8A4kEgNdPg9vZD5z0ztoIKadogtGHJc5GnAJrFoHw/s1500/230101c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBDEfxrDiWZTgPBvysO9sHJuLU8kPHFngjMfwGOZhFUJHN-Fy-TMpUlJTco8-zhvmohYizKW0SGhIVksyi6js_2OB6lxV34VuypkUXq66oNeZav5rKHQU3hIUo_v3l668ZJNe7hhNH2Um0XB1i8A4kEgNdPg9vZD5z0ztoIKadogtGHJc5GnAJrFoHw/w640-h640/230101c.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added some ribbon and pearl string just to make it look pretty.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The lucky winner will win 3 digi stamps from <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Polkadoodles</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="400" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU4fy9tS3FnCIMaekmRW_V1vMoYAuf6O3LAVq2WEz0jCI5j4EGQthGhL5ujX9w536q6XeE054T234VcoteWIr4vI9VlXQLMCnPbA9DWTs8EX-C-Ir2hv_nv6WAVR7WrfNCcWc_ZOBX1kjX8J5BqA0TwBBM75vONVvovfGuQiqUTkFfwHeKXwvN40W-oA=w400-h104" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;">Store URL: http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span></p><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;">Challenge Blog URL: http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-20796578073522464622022-12-07T08:00:00.084+00:002022-12-07T08:00:00.209+00:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations - Festive Foliage<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are well and keeping warm on this very cold morning.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today I am posting my last card for this year for <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a>. Our theme for December is..........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Festive Foliage<br /></b></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This month it's all about the festive season and we'd like to see some foliage on your creations ... so think of Wreaths, Holly, Poinsettia's, Christmas Tree's etc.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">This month I decided to add a wreath in non tradional colours to my card. I cut out lots of evergreen branches from a Creative Expressions die set, they are just perfect to create a wreath. I also added some die cut mistletoe and berries from a Anna Marie die set. To finish it off I added some white berries and fir cones and a silver bow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Ybe9V0Pe2VKBFpZMFF0cDCgsjTsPXFt9ddHQbRKqRJ0r2woSxABsld8nki1LpHHVpJAj6KnxRQ7GG_afP6bnTs5bBlaLlpRwzXnMMeXfkulx6UrJjA5v8RiW1fkEFRj7C30qKmq3Zjub23emdnywjPV5nsQvEC9gM6XHxsPIqZ-SlsJSni1QV9LhA/s1500/221111a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Ybe9V0Pe2VKBFpZMFF0cDCgsjTsPXFt9ddHQbRKqRJ0r2woSxABsld8nki1LpHHVpJAj6KnxRQ7GG_afP6bnTs5bBlaLlpRwzXnMMeXfkulx6UrJjA5v8RiW1fkEFRj7C30qKmq3Zjub23emdnywjPV5nsQvEC9gM6XHxsPIqZ-SlsJSni1QV9LhA/w640-h640/221111a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The image is by Magnolia and called Lace Hood Tilda. I have painted her with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">DI colours:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick<br />Hair: antique linen, gathered twigs<br />Clothes: hickory smoke, brushed corduroy</p><p style="text-align: center;">This month the winner will receive a gift from us - a lovely set of stamps.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga6K7SfHPjKtmPE4VpQo_ZOgojwwTJOuML2c9HLuc7wtVrR6sGAAS2xaXB8ouj-n0GBeKPLRa0Cax6P7q4vWNXTh9KrtTH-kAKVPDOhAUE1GFnlQn0x7g1505qv5E_QvyNn0D_okt2F1namupPgIVeQsubG_juNMkBhv8M54wJZyqyEF_V6XcLRvE3Sw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga6K7SfHPjKtmPE4VpQo_ZOgojwwTJOuML2c9HLuc7wtVrR6sGAAS2xaXB8ouj-n0GBeKPLRa0Cax6P7q4vWNXTh9KrtTH-kAKVPDOhAUE1GFnlQn0x7g1505qv5E_QvyNn0D_okt2F1namupPgIVeQsubG_juNMkBhv8M54wJZyqyEF_V6XcLRvE3Sw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I will be back in the new year!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you all have a merry Christmas and wish you a very happy and healthy New Year!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyJD_pmI0nxOUTMBCO5zs66peo123s9wYG93MPNabm5cllQUCdCeCNoK_SOjO5cWRyqiSTWmfTwdnMtVFrMgjnciL4TpzMWVsCbEPblFXRqRdvLwQhztsf64zEWmrMuPbeUvEsNXuYF0uJpb2S62IF-9njD6bB7GzayaewUQk6ohKZP61b8h4jIrlyew" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="284" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyJD_pmI0nxOUTMBCO5zs66peo123s9wYG93MPNabm5cllQUCdCeCNoK_SOjO5cWRyqiSTWmfTwdnMtVFrMgjnciL4TpzMWVsCbEPblFXRqRdvLwQhztsf64zEWmrMuPbeUvEsNXuYF0uJpb2S62IF-9njD6bB7GzayaewUQk6ohKZP61b8h4jIrlyew" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-89312997120876603502022-11-02T08:00:00.103+00:002022-11-02T08:00:00.187+00:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;">Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we begin a new challenge at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and our theme for this month is...........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well there is oodles of sparkle on this card, but the pic doesn't show it too well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page="><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Paper Shelter</span></a> are sponsoring us this month and they very kindly gave us an image to play with called <a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=867"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Santa on a Sled</span></a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have used distress reinkers to colour the image. The lying snow is glamour dust and for the falling snow I have sprinkled on some WOW embossing powder which has been heat set using a heat gun.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vl7kr55yXPbC3prjQDWex4fw7-2TKzE7scNxGYJi9IGV81SjM_R7ImvlPoV_ysmzloM_yxVHiIMgdjtAMHe9aU60Wr8RWR1C_4sd7SzCCQ6WgyTsZhN-f5KAYC07G3Zb2A2YvROxeyazwckg3rX5EEWLmJy8OUGySmYb9DccGdHi8N_1QUXCQmg5Kg/s1500/221022b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vl7kr55yXPbC3prjQDWex4fw7-2TKzE7scNxGYJi9IGV81SjM_R7ImvlPoV_ysmzloM_yxVHiIMgdjtAMHe9aU60Wr8RWR1C_4sd7SzCCQ6WgyTsZhN-f5KAYC07G3Zb2A2YvROxeyazwckg3rX5EEWLmJy8OUGySmYb9DccGdHi8N_1QUXCQmg5Kg/w640-h640/221022b.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a little spend recently and bought some of these gorgeous papers from Anna Marie crafts. The berry die is also from Anna Marie crafts. I have placed some glue on the berries and sprinkled on some ice crystals. I also bought some Viva Ceramic effect which I have fallen in love with and have been putting it on everything:) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The poinsettia is cut from a John Next Door die, I have rubbed in some of the ceramic effect and sprinkled some ice crystals over the top. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvPNQ5eOy_Uvh44NTHObaR0o3juqDODPQ5C6GcwqUzy3YULbA_ciblHKTkvBiWRKwqeTXq-esESMQ2eFm1MXKUuHqK316MsYtnie-jVTXb8Fon5eI9-jrfWOA_NhEyfekXcTwxxBUxgLMKeOe9_3jOHNPHbMFQ4Qcj9gOt1I-K-q8sZtMJBculfLP9g/s1500/221022a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvPNQ5eOy_Uvh44NTHObaR0o3juqDODPQ5C6GcwqUzy3YULbA_ciblHKTkvBiWRKwqeTXq-esESMQ2eFm1MXKUuHqK316MsYtnie-jVTXb8Fon5eI9-jrfWOA_NhEyfekXcTwxxBUxgLMKeOe9_3jOHNPHbMFQ4Qcj9gOt1I-K-q8sZtMJBculfLP9g/w640-h640/221022a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is the insert which slides into the top of the card. I have embossed some silver/grey card and added some vivo ceramics effect around the edges.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As I said earlier in my post the <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page="><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Paper Shelter</span></a> </span>are sponsoring us this month and they are giving the lucky winner THREE digis of their choice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRIW9k-ZSb9YN8Ie_afullwR7FoFu1Q6udPlQ48_E-uJbvWd6-Kpx19nubeN_vtrUoHiQJqmhMCLEPX3WyHF2n7GzVzYRW0pLw8uGyXSAv_VZrWeObeFpyqvAIowsrrDZYMBLjTNhjmrW0kUD2HUgfepVGI2Tx3Fe3gKVYC_Z5qgNzzzAJqhlrPRz-ug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRIW9k-ZSb9YN8Ie_afullwR7FoFu1Q6udPlQ48_E-uJbvWd6-Kpx19nubeN_vtrUoHiQJqmhMCLEPX3WyHF2n7GzVzYRW0pLw8uGyXSAv_VZrWeObeFpyqvAIowsrrDZYMBLjTNhjmrW0kUD2HUgfepVGI2Tx3Fe3gKVYC_Z5qgNzzzAJqhlrPRz-ug" width="240" /></a></div><br />That's all from me today.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Take care.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs<br />Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-24660257788368920592022-10-05T08:00:00.060+01:002022-10-05T08:00:00.193+01:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday, I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today is the start of this month's challenge at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and our theme for this </p><p style="text-align: center;">month is.............</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Autumn or Halloween</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I chose to go with the autumn theme and have coloured up another stamp from Dreamerlands Crafts called 'Walk With Me Hand in Hand'. I thought it was the perfect image with the leaves falling around them.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I opted to make a slightly different style of card for this challenge, which I quite enjoyed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5E9won04Nt5MloQrQZxq3kChw8OGRColn12ogyJVCld7GwgqgXWU7j2K3dPS5OAzGuDQOwzWU9DbTYN7f-GVQWOL-OR94G5vupVgO1iq9CkzD_MJGe3cPz-_Kw8WwnOOiUx70LqHyFJ7iA3-V0ZFNz-17ThIfB2MPO0Ikl33q1SbaiWeX8cHsD0dhw/s1500/221001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5E9won04Nt5MloQrQZxq3kChw8OGRColn12ogyJVCld7GwgqgXWU7j2K3dPS5OAzGuDQOwzWU9DbTYN7f-GVQWOL-OR94G5vupVgO1iq9CkzD_MJGe3cPz-_Kw8WwnOOiUx70LqHyFJ7iA3-V0ZFNz-17ThIfB2MPO0Ikl33q1SbaiWeX8cHsD0dhw/w640-h640/221001a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The papers are from Anna Marie Designs called Blissful Green. </p><p style="text-align: center;">This month's prize is from <a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Crafty Ribbons</span></a> and they are giving away a selection of autumnal toned ribbons.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="353" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisrxV1yV_ae-jbd7Vus_5K6rgaa99L1tNpInrR-c9e9ewT_pPbQEY7pQ0UDxGLVJwF-9fal9PqamhOFMTzugbP39FMT5YHqnAxSAydhPnt1ruzAFHP8hOyQUjNObEne_aW4oUb72gbDb1bKoBy5MrXLJYEChssd3athOagtJBSX1j3duD3ZyTaecDPUA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4vIDkj0MEEYnDvQkY_TFHT94jlsAuy1FkaVLTlPa4DIHAyatVHLdS3EEfT2jOSLiUoU16sBvfQUYWN3K4ZO5E0-fPfK3UGmgJYk62v5i-j5vUgrPwm6DaznyPzxMCKlnG8iRiqYO4cRBYNcrl6DaS8ikvdFuC4ailnLx-U7lAHB1YbQ2hEweVbNHTeg=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Take care.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx<br /><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-38301543686971142902022-09-07T08:00:00.072+01:002022-09-07T08:00:00.194+01:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> today and the theme for this month is......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Spots or Stripes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have coloured up a cute stamp called 'Big Shoes to Fill' from <a href="https://www.dreamerlandcrafts.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dreamerlander Crafts</span></a>. She has been coloured with distress reinkers. To create the spots on her dress, I used some pebeo drawing gum and left it to dry before starting to paint.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oW4EAQ6Kui36zMuWuDP_E7OotO4l0l-oXqyUce4jmH_WljQHqWiCWOfUNcCwq0qfAZosnoZLVmG__JpYn0sGOz0LR34Yw5WAxUB5G9G_6lMo0PGVv3C13ggekKf2SGx85N_7mZ2cbA5JvcP11NjopehyitbxPkrDgUvenG2__vUiO6D0oUP9bWre4w/s1500/220819a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oW4EAQ6Kui36zMuWuDP_E7OotO4l0l-oXqyUce4jmH_WljQHqWiCWOfUNcCwq0qfAZosnoZLVmG__JpYn0sGOz0LR34Yw5WAxUB5G9G_6lMo0PGVv3C13ggekKf2SGx85N_7mZ2cbA5JvcP11NjopehyitbxPkrDgUvenG2__vUiO6D0oUP9bWre4w/w640-h640/220819a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">DI list:<br />Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick<br />Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen<br />Dress: Gathered twigs<br />Shoes: Victorian velvet</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The papers are from a paper pad by Anna Marie Crafts called Blissful Cocoa.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This month's prize is from our brand new sponsor:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/donnaellis1/cards-using-my-stamps/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="1144" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbnePjwMa41mp53YqjK1NMrbtZLzOa8BnMbwZHEFDrUvpKXadpUyfR6CWUH54qD32s3HeuWAcYZVoL_Q6o4whFNmjRCIGqln6qjzwH1P1wxwTNjLYC3H8Qv5SeubH6acgqLni4SjAYpCMNNYjZnWm-WPgNqKBnNkPN_lcTFGcF4Oqd6eOE6AsrWU4/s320/2014orange%20spring2.pages.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The lucky winner will have a choice of either 2 sentiment sets or 1 image set.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For eveyone playing along, <a href="https://creativesmiles2.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebie%20Digital%20Stamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">here</span></a> are some freebie sets.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's all from me today.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for popping in.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hugs<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Gina xx</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-22997945082238713312022-08-03T08:00:00.090+01:002022-08-03T08:00:00.198+01:00New 'Anything Goes' Challenge Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine if you are in the U.K., although I feel we could do with some rain now to top up our resevoirs, rivers and water our garden plants. It would also be nice to see some green grass again!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway today we have a new challenge at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and the theme for this month is......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">We are kindly being sponsored by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">All Dressed Up</span></a> for his challenge and were lucky to receive an image to play with.</p><p style="text-align: center;">There was no question, she had to coloured in pink! I have used distress inks to paint her.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l7fkOAprPtSBax3mSZpSDsbtCXB4VUXD0yll6nwXJBx_6EENRLl9Tl8phCUMl2hiLBQWzEPQtqWsCUTbWlsyfFcO5rDJACGc3xz9k6KoCkqPd8ZNy1SGkIpCm62NkEdso3LARvl5WCKOdUmAYSlu1Pqt2YUn6jo_5-uzYyICYGgIkDPrIaVi5_j6Xg/s1500/220724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l7fkOAprPtSBax3mSZpSDsbtCXB4VUXD0yll6nwXJBx_6EENRLl9Tl8phCUMl2hiLBQWzEPQtqWsCUTbWlsyfFcO5rDJACGc3xz9k6KoCkqPd8ZNy1SGkIpCm62NkEdso3LARvl5WCKOdUmAYSlu1Pqt2YUn6jo_5-uzYyICYGgIkDPrIaVi5_j6Xg/w640-h640/220724.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br />DI list:<br />Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick<br />Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen<br />Dress: Victorian velvet</p><p style="text-align: center;">I must confess I haven't bought any new crafty goodies for quite some time, so all my dies are oldies. They are a mixture of Lala Land Crafts, Crafters Companion and Joy Crafts.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers, lace, ribbon and heart embellishments are from my own crafty stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As mentioned earlier, All Dressed up are sponsoring us this month and will be offering the winner TWO images of their choice:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="332" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbuVwk8QytT-238rWHKaIBXyzZJRYJTMRaGaAbgNkoB4StigRB3iZJSKY_eS3JHGbxzq1CLp0VqgeF9kmwJjOKx4_VkjdLh2wxLDZivFL_JR5g9gvz1qwOZO1Xf-qTbC2EZrMU5GDJ2WeaJu3-_EQ0OGfbh3zDOevU7lwLS-naDPpC-7YHciZ3CqwXjw=w400-h159" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Take care and thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs<br />Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-1047085609408421952022-07-10T19:00:00.060+01:002022-07-10T19:00:00.195+01:00New Anything Goes Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;">Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are well and enjoying the warm weather in the U.K. at the moment. </p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new challenge at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> this evening and as always the theme is........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have just made a start on my Christmas cards, even though the sun is shining brightly:) This sweet stamp is a real oldie. The stamp is made by Flower Soft from the Moments in Time collection and is called Let it Snow.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have used distress reinkers to colour the scene, I really love the cold hues of blue and grey together.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Around the outside of the image I have sprinkled some shabby white frantage to give the effect of falling snow.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The papers are from my stash and I have painted some white gesso around the edges just because I love the look of it on winter cards.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Again the dies I have used are very old ones which are a mixture of magnolia and joy craft dies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Sk-P3GlWARbAi63CE19YsjDNYf6Uw8oW9yjFSbOTDpak3zw8PDMSMywmQeqniHEqczAevbK93R7UoxkxDUQ0oQn96FB6LvIqhg_qeK6CJbBBS5JfCRgbqMEUhTx-qTp94a1OXbL5bBeON9sWcP4TE5gY9z_ZD2ZihJjR17yCw9bsRWMTlcCHR5tEFQ/s1500/220706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Sk-P3GlWARbAi63CE19YsjDNYf6Uw8oW9yjFSbOTDpak3zw8PDMSMywmQeqniHEqczAevbK93R7UoxkxDUQ0oQn96FB6LvIqhg_qeK6CJbBBS5JfCRgbqMEUhTx-qTp94a1OXbL5bBeON9sWcP4TE5gY9z_ZD2ZihJjR17yCw9bsRWMTlcCHR5tEFQ/w640-h640/220706.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The distress inks I have used are: Hickory smoke, weathered wood and black soot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ally is giving away this gorgeous stamp to the lucky winner:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhj5QYl4ScvUVJgg5hj-hTvbs8iVEdn9BMgG8fVfCtKj7ZaLHOLlw7IPikQMyebuZ52g54fVvX-JuLDxo61sL2mM2NBkkWDqRm5MSc_iHargfgayZc2siHzyYxSrj9twK1ZUX_yfHlUky6KIoYncG1e3mfq6kPbQvxfcXbiVZAH1l6xMaT1NKNylfH8rQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhj5QYl4ScvUVJgg5hj-hTvbs8iVEdn9BMgG8fVfCtKj7ZaLHOLlw7IPikQMyebuZ52g54fVvX-JuLDxo61sL2mM2NBkkWDqRm5MSc_iHargfgayZc2siHzyYxSrj9twK1ZUX_yfHlUky6KIoYncG1e3mfq6kPbQvxfcXbiVZAH1l6xMaT1NKNylfH8rQ=w171-h320" width="171" /></a></div><br />Thank you for popping in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-41237885960930094202022-07-06T08:00:00.021+01:002022-07-06T08:00:00.197+01:00New challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well. After all the rain we had last week, I have heard a little rumour that summer is returning:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we a have a new challenge begining at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and our theme this month is.......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Summer Sun</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">These two cuties are having fun out in the summer sun. The stamp is by Dreamerland Crafts and is called 'Feeling Good'. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I painted the tree, bushes and path myself just to set the scene using distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The ribbon, flowers and lace are from my own crafty stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC0ulyP3G34i_ljOBxWRA5jPfBQOv8Z9X1S4N7-spEUkaYo6qwnRLTj5a4UOKPvdINd70a_swc7-_2K3L5fqFNTiW_qd7gYIpOugs45oKDTQ1XpOvyGZiNuA4gv7nPZ0OgqYuPNsKipC1oI-kNACWiCvrsuqP0GwSkueKOWoOGMl3dfA6rfc5PgsODA/s3494/220702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3493" data-original-width="3494" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC0ulyP3G34i_ljOBxWRA5jPfBQOv8Z9X1S4N7-spEUkaYo6qwnRLTj5a4UOKPvdINd70a_swc7-_2K3L5fqFNTiW_qd7gYIpOugs45oKDTQ1XpOvyGZiNuA4gv7nPZ0OgqYuPNsKipC1oI-kNACWiCvrsuqP0GwSkueKOWoOGMl3dfA6rfc5PgsODA/w640-h640/220702.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">D.I. list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Girl: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, victorian velvet</p><p style="text-align: center;">Boy: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, gathered twigs, walnut stain, weathered wood, hickory smoke.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Bike: Pumice stone, hickory smoke.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Scenery: Gathered twigs, shabby shutters, forest moss.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This month's prize is from <a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Crafty Ribbons</span></a>. The prize is this selection of colourful ribbons:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="Crafty Ribbons" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="400" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR44m9psqLBX8Y8YvAFcD1XOsGjUKJy6zNzVRa295cuXqAb7_wWVMj8QBK4r465E_KZL8_d2wGgCQyEKcMOY8Pe6TniJ5ug3qnyFVgizftO9YeiIf-gPslUH4-fxkng8HMTH9u7cwSOw4_PzDy5UjpK29mKXm1AV6Inme4DQ0nmM2_303LIe4np3oveA=w320-h227" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-8434422501195529962022-06-10T19:00:00.072+01:002022-06-10T19:00:00.204+01:00New Anything Goes Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Anything Goes</span> challenge beginning at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> this evening.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This card was created for my son and his new wife who were married last weekend. The gorgeous stamp is by <a href="https://www.dreamerlandcrafts.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dreamerland Crafts</span></a> and the papers are by Maja.</p><p style="text-align: center;">For the heart which is peeping out of the top of the image, I cut a heart die then covered it in lace.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The tags that are attached to the flowers are from a LOTV set of stamps which have been heat embossed with silver embossing powder.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The lace, flowers, heart charms, pearls, ribbon and heart embellishment are from my own crafty stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6psAfDNCDbNf5vnCxIHdgmWtNjstWZm9Yridi1sH9prEujnddbjCpLdF-280FPxdWMd8nkzQW1xrwxrkHYv_x9ep14qcBsgMBd0JcpKeP5fIJm6mo2SEr6EVJnvY0hmYPDx61DYayrImmK2VeBAnDiWsV9mrJL-BypmjeDNMYZh8kkDzdPsYrsz_HA/s1500/220529a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6psAfDNCDbNf5vnCxIHdgmWtNjstWZm9Yridi1sH9prEujnddbjCpLdF-280FPxdWMd8nkzQW1xrwxrkHYv_x9ep14qcBsgMBd0JcpKeP5fIJm6mo2SEr6EVJnvY0hmYPDx61DYayrImmK2VeBAnDiWsV9mrJL-BypmjeDNMYZh8kkDzdPsYrsz_HA/w640-h640/220529a.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the sentiment I cut a heart shaped die, stamped the sentiment with a clear ink pad, sprinkled on some silver embossing powder and heat set it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tha card stand was cut from a Joy Crafts die.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5xfEpC24pQJyScdhg1LF-Oj84Nir6QxGOiYrV6Ykmd3v-HLoUl5bafEThJAzj8xqFawLIxAtCJ0fb5gj8wN0D80YUf0WsL96rlEufETi-TS3VoamNq0XHLsMP_uw4HT-sp7hjOiTiurXyOSNQB90UStIDY447DW6MD63IBvY-O23iD6kUkqiNjozxg/s1500/220529b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5xfEpC24pQJyScdhg1LF-Oj84Nir6QxGOiYrV6Ykmd3v-HLoUl5bafEThJAzj8xqFawLIxAtCJ0fb5gj8wN0D80YUf0WsL96rlEufETi-TS3VoamNq0XHLsMP_uw4HT-sp7hjOiTiurXyOSNQB90UStIDY447DW6MD63IBvY-O23iD6kUkqiNjozxg/w640-h640/220529b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The lucky winner will win this gorgeous stamp.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF6GqCowMh_JCdLxC7_DT2cID3vf9yJl0DYTyBH2Je1tbq0hORb6_ZxKoHFYqiFSpa3j1vi9ALxMhHAz9jN-OVrukHxiB8XwzRtbsK6D4Owon_r98pXlViuOadd3feuAsdnb4RYNLJUInDBm9Jf60-M_NX1sRDKDYy_jesfOSp8BhjnoF59EvdlFvgIg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="181" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF6GqCowMh_JCdLxC7_DT2cID3vf9yJl0DYTyBH2Je1tbq0hORb6_ZxKoHFYqiFSpa3j1vi9ALxMhHAz9jN-OVrukHxiB8XwzRtbsK6D4Owon_r98pXlViuOadd3feuAsdnb4RYNLJUInDBm9Jf60-M_NX1sRDKDYy_jesfOSp8BhjnoF59EvdlFvgIg=w227-h400" width="227" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Take care.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-25157951279601859572022-06-01T08:00:00.001+01:002022-06-01T08:00:00.189+01:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are well and if you are in the U.K. I hope you enjoy the Jubliee clebrations and the extended weekend.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have a brand new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and the theme for this month is.......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Masculine</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a brand new sponsor this month and she very kindly provided the DT with a set of digis to play with.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I find it incredibly difficult to create anything masculine, but came up with the idea of creating a pop up box card. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. </p><p style="text-align: center;">To create the card I followed the you tube video by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMY34qQVRf8"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Nicky Hall</span></a>. It's super easy as there is no measuring involved! </p><p style="text-align: center;">The map style papers were a set I had in my stash and everything else is from the set of digis.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktBF8PPEqbhBDaQ_khxeHjOfPUyL6O3f25WiZPxK7RjLdUqd-9R2qCn5To1qrEpb6OwMeWbtXnAtGcxvb0Xaj0SbhRQGx_io4MngXQQkPgDCTz2S9RBSRlnSOYoh0urwLPPJRvcmPuEWoEPNn2HKn2jZPJv4jRObE89jjtZ3nNaqnMIJnSmatFFKyKQ/s2121/220518d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2121" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktBF8PPEqbhBDaQ_khxeHjOfPUyL6O3f25WiZPxK7RjLdUqd-9R2qCn5To1qrEpb6OwMeWbtXnAtGcxvb0Xaj0SbhRQGx_io4MngXQQkPgDCTz2S9RBSRlnSOYoh0urwLPPJRvcmPuEWoEPNn2HKn2jZPJv4jRObE89jjtZ3nNaqnMIJnSmatFFKyKQ/w640-h452/220518d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The link below will take you to our talented sponsors gorgeous digis.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="Creative Smiles" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="320" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHvnJWLZKN6WhtPkou26W8Lf8atDz01s4NxA7I0OX8Elpo_XwKQW6GdKpFynvyD-w_Ey3MgQ658yvE5SS90cdzCVblGytL_VGdDP8KDbGs6a47BX9JpVaVT9Wms0hjv943JB0EJ7a1hqXjp36byDV588_ajySh03U54LmXhcPT5f6QtQ7JTJxkAwW-dA=w400-h190" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The winner will win:</p><p style="text-align: center;">2 sentiment sets or 1 image set.</p><p style="text-align: center;">If anyone wants to play along there are some free sets <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://creativesmiles2.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebie%20Digital%20Stamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">here</span></a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-42153857626929886092022-05-10T19:00:00.024+01:002022-05-10T19:00:00.199+01:00New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm back to share to my card for the new <span style="color: #ff00fe;">'Anything Goes'</span> challenge at <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">This month I have made a criss cross card, you might have guessed it, but I love making this design:).</p><p style="text-align: center;">I chose to colour up a whimsy stamp called 'Dolly' for this card and coloured her with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The gorgeous papers are by Maja, I've had these in my stash for quite a while, but didn't want to use them.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The card stand was cut from a Joy Crafts die and the tiny tags are from a set of stamps by LOTV.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The pearls, lace, pearl trim, flowers and ribbon are from my crafty stash.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qf2YouKAzIRAjWuzufkz0Z8uUzw3PwxgA2L6QlXc0S2QFDR5kYCxoXaRiBhb36_WZZqTumw5FNsBPehnF5oR9QYiddYkIRVklYDmI_q5BUGaDbNXKVUu4wK2J-p9KPDz9JSb92TsDB9keYEvPE0odi76XcXl6418e8WRU1wmCvow85AmppPiPs7LLA/s1500/220508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qf2YouKAzIRAjWuzufkz0Z8uUzw3PwxgA2L6QlXc0S2QFDR5kYCxoXaRiBhb36_WZZqTumw5FNsBPehnF5oR9QYiddYkIRVklYDmI_q5BUGaDbNXKVUu4wK2J-p9KPDz9JSb92TsDB9keYEvPE0odi76XcXl6418e8WRU1wmCvow85AmppPiPs7LLA/w640-h640/220508.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">DI list:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vitnage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hair: Antique linen, walnut stain</div><div style="text-align: center;">Coat: Flowers and Shoes: weathered wood</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dress: Weathered wood,antique linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">Flowers: Scattered straw, weathered wood</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below is the sentiment. I have stamped the it with a versmark clear ink pad, sprinkled on silver embossing powder and heat set it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV0OF5bP3CaXUNjaJClKYAs_zhhPAuRKvG7qCz22Dwbn469JL1PjsEjGi9Sw6YeIqxtIdSA7a_-dPe1NmQJmHP32mXuYDZI50Yi3MMsMkGgQDZCPCXqCpwrurr1PVz088bu7RGHf42iAZOqFRq_2T0-y57OO_rPlsDJeRtZ_CX34rAo6uZYV2v5_zWg/s1500/220508a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV0OF5bP3CaXUNjaJClKYAs_zhhPAuRKvG7qCz22Dwbn469JL1PjsEjGi9Sw6YeIqxtIdSA7a_-dPe1NmQJmHP32mXuYDZI50Yi3MMsMkGgQDZCPCXqCpwrurr1PVz088bu7RGHf42iAZOqFRq_2T0-y57OO_rPlsDJeRtZ_CX34rAo6uZYV2v5_zWg/w640-h640/220508a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is offering the prize below to the lucky winner</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitfjWk_EoSzXBr9bWpp0kmv0OrRWKuQrlGhALf3L_uJ0HDMdxNeGIXEcTmxOqKzYOhckNNuc827QL7IwSYAMBpPauE7zsRWRJcEpuShw-Y1O-i-0BTqG0MvPfAyXFwWV9cvzOJN2Lqv2eL82uQyRqs8PKZTGZVRKVWzxu8nMN7xeQ5lyLLYV2CKPckGQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="148" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitfjWk_EoSzXBr9bWpp0kmv0OrRWKuQrlGhALf3L_uJ0HDMdxNeGIXEcTmxOqKzYOhckNNuc827QL7IwSYAMBpPauE7zsRWRJcEpuShw-Y1O-i-0BTqG0MvPfAyXFwWV9cvzOJN2Lqv2eL82uQyRqs8PKZTGZVRKVWzxu8nMN7xeQ5lyLLYV2CKPckGQ=w148-h320" width="148" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-45568198094406958252022-05-04T08:00:00.015+01:002022-05-04T08:00:00.193+01:00New challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today there is a new challenge at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and this month our challenge is.......</p><p style="text-align: center;">A Sketch</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_YhuVj4rIhsUtwiQGHcyp9qedi8uYgjB6nM_-tHIEkFBnrfKe-rgIb8wLhGKcjnEaIp3SBHxdecAU5rRVIMIy1EHlzSHqvqTZIgI60nQKSvEHOTvTSAiMlLFs0R8vW6pVaZ6W72CiMFCfGUqd3CJDV1jF6h5kvCSgMMA7vdrO7vJaEBThbpwRt4FDIw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="320" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_YhuVj4rIhsUtwiQGHcyp9qedi8uYgjB6nM_-tHIEkFBnrfKe-rgIb8wLhGKcjnEaIp3SBHxdecAU5rRVIMIy1EHlzSHqvqTZIgI60nQKSvEHOTvTSAiMlLFs0R8vW6pVaZ6W72CiMFCfGUqd3CJDV1jF6h5kvCSgMMA7vdrO7vJaEBThbpwRt4FDIw=w320-h293" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br />The Paper Shelter are very kindly sponsporing us this month and have very kindly given the DT an image to play with.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This very cute stamp is called <a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=886"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">A Well Kept Garden</span></a>. I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5boMy2GxpT0p2hEOIO4134cseERPaXV8ZjlrIWmZ9xt4-7zbGVyx3SrgEjjJdGVwpEUXFuEN92woxDDU-pFmsR8KsFMMxVEa3q1lSTZrHtMJu_mm3AIb_V7JGp_XLRT0n4Y7nIKZVHPP7QSEev5DvnnmnUxMaslBRKiP81y2W3YtukiTe2jhDs66TJA/s1500/220501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5boMy2GxpT0p2hEOIO4134cseERPaXV8ZjlrIWmZ9xt4-7zbGVyx3SrgEjjJdGVwpEUXFuEN92woxDDU-pFmsR8KsFMMxVEa3q1lSTZrHtMJu_mm3AIb_V7JGp_XLRT0n4Y7nIKZVHPP7QSEev5DvnnmnUxMaslBRKiP81y2W3YtukiTe2jhDs66TJA/w640-h640/220501.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Di list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gnome: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Weathered Wood, Hickory Smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Toadstools: Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Black, Gathered Twigs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Grass: Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss</p><p style="text-align: center;">Watering Can: Hickory Smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Butterfly: Weathered Wood, Victorian Velvet</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The lucky winner will win three images of their choice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisTOlV_dIdC153ZHPiMYu-tocW8Uceofn8ydEUpG7H7aShD40cgtUmeLOQS9kNjpHSCt0YbvM3vHf6CTDyniAG49pbydMZ0C__DdvomI3CbWF_Sl-uI8NLTlqrhHxIWlbyd42OEjeod82A6lXUCXZzLH8vZQvfQSxM6OOGscpLMBmn5AupgfIufCQd1Q=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTEqFlfipvt-hTIiiWpxY8E-Yd6bpipvcoijgHhXK1lP3FleOKxc1MfFJ4daFo3zMkiR9a7SRy3JVEG27uRhO1ZmRASO-cMAyXZR2CRtnx5wND1i4P5FyMxAEA5X7hrtf2gaRTC2VgjesTDpr-KXiSmugljkeoWwjZBzRVARdmJXUC0iKcaCnV0YcfGA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="320" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTEqFlfipvt-hTIiiWpxY8E-Yd6bpipvcoijgHhXK1lP3FleOKxc1MfFJ4daFo3zMkiR9a7SRy3JVEG27uRhO1ZmRASO-cMAyXZR2CRtnx5wND1i4P5FyMxAEA5X7hrtf2gaRTC2VgjesTDpr-KXiSmugljkeoWwjZBzRVARdmJXUC0iKcaCnV0YcfGA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-36894591472095687972022-04-10T19:00:00.054+01:002022-04-10T19:00:00.195+01:00New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you have had a lovely crafty weekend. Our house renovations are now coming to an end, thank goodness and then it will be time to start on the garden:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Anything Goes</span> challenge beginning at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> this evening and would love for you to join us.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I must admit I haven't bought any new stamps for quite some time now so have used an old Maggie called Tilda with Big Tuilips which I masked with another oldie Shabby Chic Fence stamp. I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The beautiful swirl underneath the flowers is by Joy Crafts and the gorgeous corner is by Melissa Francis. Everything else is from my own crafty stash.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__lOQRwD-DiBY55805ypeuxvZid8C-XrS4TR4Kcv-ItUF2f4gt87NQN_IDlAhBF9B4O3pz0dG9FzovoCn7LMR9iYmS7sf2S0rJnvIgzNu1SgukGOSthPHUo_prB_4R3QldCY1X8PMaZ9ox7G8cP-3Rd7QAY077JFD9sTdh2QVAPW0oPrf8PgXpcwUiA/s1500/220406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__lOQRwD-DiBY55805ypeuxvZid8C-XrS4TR4Kcv-ItUF2f4gt87NQN_IDlAhBF9B4O3pz0dG9FzovoCn7LMR9iYmS7sf2S0rJnvIgzNu1SgukGOSthPHUo_prB_4R3QldCY1X8PMaZ9ox7G8cP-3Rd7QAY077JFD9sTdh2QVAPW0oPrf8PgXpcwUiA/w640-h640/220406.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">DI list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen</p><p style="text-align: center;">Clothes: Milled lavender</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tulips: Victorian velvet, seedless preserves, forest moss, shabby shutters</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fence and grass: Hickory smoke, forest moss, shabby shutters</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is offering the gorgeous stamp below to the lucky winner:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheInxFJJPYJGZVxJySJKC-rz9Hl3lSv00cLjXPGDDntb-soiSFpXt2Gldi9hC_RxYsYG35obHjJL3UrsKBwAXXp5v9Ckn8m-g3kOL0yz8T2zCkjGaSjQsRCohu8HYmV65giOrkT-_T1A0LK7A5-bO-KLF6JHJaNmvWKWSUlOgWBErHuP38NusgPwakSA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheInxFJJPYJGZVxJySJKC-rz9Hl3lSv00cLjXPGDDntb-soiSFpXt2Gldi9hC_RxYsYG35obHjJL3UrsKBwAXXp5v9Ckn8m-g3kOL0yz8T2zCkjGaSjQsRCohu8HYmV65giOrkT-_T1A0LK7A5-bO-KLF6JHJaNmvWKWSUlOgWBErHuP38NusgPwakSA=w199-h320" width="199" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have a great week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-84491737529539783162022-04-06T08:00:00.088+01:002022-04-06T08:00:00.223+01:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you all well and having a good week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and theme for this month is ......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Hoppy Easter/Animals</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">This month I have made a criss cross card. I haven't got many animal images so I have coloured up an old Maggie called Tilda with Hanging Rabbit. I stamped Tilda onto a spellbinders die cut before colouring her with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy_bSdpRST1rkvhzgY6l5L4YqaewlG1E8kbsEaTT_TSHaNRP9wI7fd1T4mLo4_-jlYlS7FF1oceLIMKdBqDsMvUvdKnHVyyi95bRG9S_V_UeynVI6ZBrPy-SRSApxV1eYvNlBXS-kWY87YJhWmZciGXdINxdqa5GCvCKAIgh0ccnAKta3bLNnKTrF7A/s1500/220403a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy_bSdpRST1rkvhzgY6l5L4YqaewlG1E8kbsEaTT_TSHaNRP9wI7fd1T4mLo4_-jlYlS7FF1oceLIMKdBqDsMvUvdKnHVyyi95bRG9S_V_UeynVI6ZBrPy-SRSApxV1eYvNlBXS-kWY87YJhWmZciGXdINxdqa5GCvCKAIgh0ccnAKta3bLNnKTrF7A/w640-h640/220403a.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">DI list:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dress & boots: Victorian velvet, hickory smoke</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rabbit: Hickory smoke, worn lipstick</div><div style="text-align: center;">Grass: Shabby shutters, forest moss</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gorgeous papers are by Maja. The leaves, gate, and card stand have been cut from Joy Crafts dies. The cute tags are stamps from LOTV which I have stamped and embossed in silver embossing powder.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The ribbon, lace, pearl trim and flowers are from my crafty stash.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy8dtr6KG6DF8zIJRz9fH_i9PunStrwya2Gi-NBj15HrbTMdyUOWoDVuZI8Sva2jg-sy4dOquYLR87--SDtXQDaeLqk3nLWgRPo4TFcKkofUeUb0IP9Zr713hqo7fTKlp1HUgx1QiUL6j7YLph5G7MBI64BnCJ_TURxg7W-JBYgPE3QQoZZ84dPlCiQ/s1500/220403b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy8dtr6KG6DF8zIJRz9fH_i9PunStrwya2Gi-NBj15HrbTMdyUOWoDVuZI8Sva2jg-sy4dOquYLR87--SDtXQDaeLqk3nLWgRPo4TFcKkofUeUb0IP9Zr713hqo7fTKlp1HUgx1QiUL6j7YLph5G7MBI64BnCJ_TURxg7W-JBYgPE3QQoZZ84dPlCiQ/w640-h640/220403b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The sentiment slides out from the top of the card. I have again used silver embossing powder for the sentiment.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Craft Ribbons are sponsoring us this month. The lucky winner will win all of the beautiful ribbons below:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2ROZpZNOk3Iiv9E5yvg53ilF8LJzRgl9mzzweAFfE9PETTsycjvRA51540VEMYlX91z4YHC_sUciEi61Gt7XAymqOy06qa3HI9VOXQjJ58B78jimolp8MXvRfft1nZlfWMaknz0X-iiYDsrCEUtj9s6iPQHvlM3GL7FwE-jQle2WHKM3e6Hs9crZfCw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2ROZpZNOk3Iiv9E5yvg53ilF8LJzRgl9mzzweAFfE9PETTsycjvRA51540VEMYlX91z4YHC_sUciEi61Gt7XAymqOy06qa3HI9VOXQjJ58B78jimolp8MXvRfft1nZlfWMaknz0X-iiYDsrCEUtj9s6iPQHvlM3GL7FwE-jQle2WHKM3e6Hs9crZfCw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="353" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin9qYPPBdNN64kdzPhU0CAMAHEakhLyLk8DuSl0sLxwZF9_9fZI67_N_f48qAJL-kunRpRUWgFESD9Lw5T1BkL1wtwd-NdLDzfK34CYLPqzfWXgSFrZlE6KiPUEUYjGou_MHXTVcVcLvMphNSOqTGP_s2qmdczwyR0YMlCe2GXhNz4qI9t7ARXD3bIbg=w320-h94" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br />That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-89973685808452210322022-03-10T19:00:00.049+00:002022-03-10T19:00:00.213+00:00New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new <span style="color: #ff00fe;">'Anything Goes'</span> challenge at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> this evening.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This month I have made an easel card box. As the daffodils are blooming, I have stamped Daffodil Tilda and coloured her with distress reinkers. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The gorgeous papers are by Maja.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidJ1Rm7EYB_427r-xDc5Wku7_pLaBYJQUQIAWaxV_4lMhTUs7eQY_qMMPT4pMFFWXvhokcDyV1GX0-MtsbeOl0FYEzaTaWYE_-DRCCJhJmKSJ_gxA8syBnM5yMt7z-h7reSEPm-JHEbVz-Zd-D8HIrf-cpnJ0iuSvHLEBZzz5uuD4hU4Yysg3tbSw0OA=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidJ1Rm7EYB_427r-xDc5Wku7_pLaBYJQUQIAWaxV_4lMhTUs7eQY_qMMPT4pMFFWXvhokcDyV1GX0-MtsbeOl0FYEzaTaWYE_-DRCCJhJmKSJ_gxA8syBnM5yMt7z-h7reSEPm-JHEbVz-Zd-D8HIrf-cpnJ0iuSvHLEBZzz5uuD4hU4Yysg3tbSw0OA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">DI list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Clothes and shoes: Weathered wood, hickory smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Daffodils: Scattered straw</p><p style="text-align: center;">Grass: Shabby shutters, forest moss</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is giving away this lovely stamp to the lucky winner</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhywJWdz0swLLX_dCr9A4HIEHVwbvCV7dopGHNa50LZthTuh6PEB9LFfzuDum2T9K28lRVG6Dhs8BrXcGaL8ELFmeNIKwi_E75VgOO7G6LGCPdElyqTNiB3mS5gaYlk54nZGy5jOg-IZ0Yt0nWOKVVtaFETwNMxP_fyKifA2guf57G3l5Dkzsnin9uM7A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="229" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhywJWdz0swLLX_dCr9A4HIEHVwbvCV7dopGHNa50LZthTuh6PEB9LFfzuDum2T9K28lRVG6Dhs8BrXcGaL8ELFmeNIKwi_E75VgOO7G6LGCPdElyqTNiB3mS5gaYlk54nZGy5jOg-IZ0Yt0nWOKVVtaFETwNMxP_fyKifA2guf57G3l5Dkzsnin9uM7A=w286-h400" width="286" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-90927680317659458152022-03-02T08:00:00.014+00:002022-03-02T08:00:00.216+00:00New 'Spring Flowers' Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you all are well.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and the theme is.......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Spring Flowers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">All Dressed Up Stamps</span></a> are sponsoring us this month and they very kindly sent us this image to play with. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have coloured the image with distressed reinkers and added some shabby white frantage around the outside of the image.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3GYlfPUZnUKIoUA89BUJj18AWYnvBkrXdYkKymqEjeLT5b_oy4dO3_GgT00pl-m_EVOT1c1ju01pk4hJJtf9SdMCpTLSpBFvfXPFWh9dkCH1rP2uJFrbEqg0aDWWDAM_CRVr6SxIxJOPJe-NCGTpcol_6iMeE-NfPtqiIDSpSebjDSCLX_NV0oox5_A=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3GYlfPUZnUKIoUA89BUJj18AWYnvBkrXdYkKymqEjeLT5b_oy4dO3_GgT00pl-m_EVOT1c1ju01pk4hJJtf9SdMCpTLSpBFvfXPFWh9dkCH1rP2uJFrbEqg0aDWWDAM_CRVr6SxIxJOPJe-NCGTpcol_6iMeE-NfPtqiIDSpSebjDSCLX_NV0oox5_A=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">DI list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Antique Linen, walnut stain</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dress: Victorian velvet</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wings: Shabby shutters</p><p style="text-align: center;">Flowers and leaves: Victorian velvet, milled lavender, seedless preserves, bundled sage</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The lucky winner will win two images of the winners choice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/alldressedupstamps" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="332" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-Ifer0VCXt4f_Icp3cUEotA3OAmTnyuN8e_14sQBUMtFqc1QA_rSZygRLOSzg7ZLm2hSCdy7s54iY7PxYt13rM4X79k2ZUHAvleMN82HdIkwi6OUwnwDB7dkoxBpr2B-isXXuaS6NQpEPVESrkmJFY2M9kRDo1f-vTyns_M6ayE7JqGcI04CAVcx7pA=w400-h159" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br />That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-52103422387639118112022-02-10T19:00:00.058+00:002022-02-10T19:00:00.204+00:00New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;">Hi eveyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new <span style="color: #ff00fe;">'Anything Goes'</span> challenge at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> this evening.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As Valentine's day is just around the corner, I chose to share a little love. I have coloured up an older maggie for this challenge called 'Tilda with Spring Heart'. I have coloued her with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The shape of the card was cut using a Go Create set of dies (sadly, I don't think Go Kreate are around anymore).The bold red heart has been cut from a Lala Land die, this is my favourite heart die that I have. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The two cute tags are from a Lily of the Valley set of stamps, I heat embossed them with red embossing powder.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers, ribbon, lace heart embellisments and heart charms are from my crafty stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4cCCTA3_01ZxFNbljxsEuq2v6_-94VelYbz6Qb5UfjzouPPtg7DHChLepMVfm4vOQif3VA00glha6_YPzigQ_NRvme9pQ4wlFyXeWR8VjgM6Vi0QeUanvOZcekIe1UlI3-z_GYUXBUOTJgiVAxgjT56KaNmlqaELeC4IpYVG9_VDlXqNdX0hs-a57Kg=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4cCCTA3_01ZxFNbljxsEuq2v6_-94VelYbz6Qb5UfjzouPPtg7DHChLepMVfm4vOQif3VA00glha6_YPzigQ_NRvme9pQ4wlFyXeWR8VjgM6Vi0QeUanvOZcekIe1UlI3-z_GYUXBUOTJgiVAxgjT56KaNmlqaELeC4IpYVG9_VDlXqNdX0hs-a57Kg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">DI list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Gathered twigs, walnut stain</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dress, Bows and Shoes: Hickory smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Heart: Barn Door, aged mahogany</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is giving away this gorgeous set of stamps to the lucky winner:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i-J0D8r8rF4/Ycw4LXF2hwI/AAAAAAAAJGI/Lt4H2urPtgosSP-CHDOAbKaZaTiBIh4QACNcBGAsYHQ/Challenge%2B55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1077" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i-J0D8r8rF4/Ycw4LXF2hwI/AAAAAAAAJGI/Lt4H2urPtgosSP-CHDOAbKaZaTiBIh4QACNcBGAsYHQ/w228-h320/Challenge%2B55.jpg" width="228" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-36563499936660563192022-02-02T08:00:00.002+00:002022-02-02T08:00:00.225+00:00New Challenge at Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all well and that you are having a good week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> today and the theme for this month is .....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">With Love</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have made a criss cross card for this challlenge and coloured up a cute stamp called 'Kiss' by Dreamerland Crafts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirCcAx6WUp0oVSEqV4Gnl9TqxAVP5KgusVFw6B6A73-5KBxXdsNUg4xwwFGlA1ozZTa8uFgJaGQh7359AyOSRws0eDDSlMdxd4I4MrsHGLRRdO8_Tn2arxI7p_2Mw1Zt8uTvrbWVG4iiSyHI6wW_zwh_uSFLuzbNzqfkt0ugAgmuhJPhCAANFuRinMig=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirCcAx6WUp0oVSEqV4Gnl9TqxAVP5KgusVFw6B6A73-5KBxXdsNUg4xwwFGlA1ozZTa8uFgJaGQh7359AyOSRws0eDDSlMdxd4I4MrsHGLRRdO8_Tn2arxI7p_2Mw1Zt8uTvrbWVG4iiSyHI6wW_zwh_uSFLuzbNzqfkt0ugAgmuhJPhCAANFuRinMig=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I have coloured the image with distress reinkers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">DI list:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Girl:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Antique linen, walnut stain</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dress & flower: Barn door, aged mahogany</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shoe: Hickory smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Boy:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Gathered twigs, walnut stain</p><p style="text-align: center;">Jumper: Pumice stone, barn door, aged mahogany</p><p style="text-align: center;">Trousers: Hickory smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;">Grass: Forest moss, shabby shutters</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The papers are by maja and the embellishments are from my stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcu6Y651q8AIsyMTXEBrelnWtBlDylhLCRCUriu8uXKXBNhCrgT7CNEpRb8KHawA1YqCpG92hNrWD2ZyRyABOucX5pHWVP6HLx0o-6UNVUSZLYtKGtsF9AGIIFLc0YhLlLWLiOSEDn5RN3FHpf4uhS8PaK5Wa2jvyp4eSZdq-TutWLWbG0umCpmHsmdA=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcu6Y651q8AIsyMTXEBrelnWtBlDylhLCRCUriu8uXKXBNhCrgT7CNEpRb8KHawA1YqCpG92hNrWD2ZyRyABOucX5pHWVP6HLx0o-6UNVUSZLYtKGtsF9AGIIFLc0YhLlLWLiOSEDn5RN3FHpf4uhS8PaK5Wa2jvyp4eSZdq-TutWLWbG0umCpmHsmdA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is the sentiment that pulls out from the top of the card. The sentiment is part of a set called Super Sentiments by Polkadoodles.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/super-sentiments-clear-polymer-stamp-set/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgllNG4vlWOKZXxptcB6oktQOHfZUvrnLe5O3sWu0VpYOYVYpKA38cDW96wASwBUlkjEAtQspm2KQO5jkRUt5Cea2NzB5QRrAFIauf4OV2mfM6THI_JvAh3NZMOHFReo8NWn6hxwrP72AWFxZML714Gvs-MyNZRnMrD9mG4F_W3IKbmvu4R1750gaFNJg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Crafty Ribbons are very kindly sponsoring our challenge this month and the lucky winner will win this selection of gorgeous ribbons.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTehCEfvx25TNwmIpEdw4t1rZnO9ggURObyArmtePbSVkRBJUUdSTSA5UJwbLi1Vhac377O5q_kAspNEt7D5CZwUijYg2ia2kI0B9slg6eWmvGqMY7CXM3l1n5lmF-lOQJp6KZm7IoNzSMmRgnSOmSYJkfj-dWALN0V8si1FIcPIjAJsdoRCQ1nKhPyw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTehCEfvx25TNwmIpEdw4t1rZnO9ggURObyArmtePbSVkRBJUUdSTSA5UJwbLi1Vhac377O5q_kAspNEt7D5CZwUijYg2ia2kI0B9slg6eWmvGqMY7CXM3l1n5lmF-lOQJp6KZm7IoNzSMmRgnSOmSYJkfj-dWALN0V8si1FIcPIjAJsdoRCQ1nKhPyw=w400-h211" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="353" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY-Fm2TlZU3vAfZUYanj-yG31JMaEfAKAIlDTbgxfP8YRxvOsUktiY9z8VUKyCzU90M888q25w32dO4GovBWsZ2MeM9SrIAV94YKbjRZKmD3VxhYeGdzYh_xkM9y5aXmC_3m76ceUzqwUcK2_4RZQXhYDI9IhQO1T-xDbj1mKzjLvtiyRfePSIPoUZKA" width="320" /></a></div><br />That's all from me today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</div>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-72748123698077277472022-01-10T19:00:00.071+00:002022-01-10T19:00:00.243+00:00New Anything Goes Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I have actually managed to do a little crafting for a change. It is my husband's birthday at the end of the this month so I am working on a card for him. Male cards are <span style="text-align: left;">definitely not my thing!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> This evening we are kicking off the first challenge of the year at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> and as always it is </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">For this challenge I coloured up a sweet maggie from the Spellbound kit.</p><p style="text-align: center;">With making Christmas cards for the past few months, I have missed colouring in pink so it was a good excuse to use to get the pink distress inks out again.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6LIUR_EEx520Pdqt_69C0UOpG7hC72zXc_YG7DsicqLpV-HTGizkyOmmbvw0aJcdrNed59GBZnL_bTdj4YmpbVyYWWTFlZgQohYtJ1WzO2wteh_xu4aJtIJtrEm3oyFqfTAqRIdQpWDoOMHVTb9VXIEdOjll_VI6zBah0afU1ZeZpOkdaiw0jjI8S1g=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6LIUR_EEx520Pdqt_69C0UOpG7hC72zXc_YG7DsicqLpV-HTGizkyOmmbvw0aJcdrNed59GBZnL_bTdj4YmpbVyYWWTFlZgQohYtJ1WzO2wteh_xu4aJtIJtrEm3oyFqfTAqRIdQpWDoOMHVTb9VXIEdOjll_VI6zBah0afU1ZeZpOkdaiw0jjI8S1g=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">DI colours:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dress & ballet shoes: Victorian velvet, aged mahogany</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gloves & crown: Hickory smoke</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The dies I have used on this card are all pretty old, in fact I haven't bought any new ones for a long time.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers are all from Wild Orchid crafts and the lace and ribbon are from my own stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is offering this gorgeous set of heart dies to the lucky winner</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlfEXVrFBDp8ZwwHpgX7aLfEJHqAe2FRRc7eJQtLi5KfumACNCBRsNNoh1zE8IkCvvGzlKxI_xKZws46bgz_AOVSr3yweFqLTXKVi1YYgxSs-MQYTaSSX3nLXrRMQzHCygTIUziCMT_O6sOU0W_X4y4f-WvKX3vQwuYQrJVbkagApCI0OgF5-EI2pWPg=s2536" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlfEXVrFBDp8ZwwHpgX7aLfEJHqAe2FRRc7eJQtLi5KfumACNCBRsNNoh1zE8IkCvvGzlKxI_xKZws46bgz_AOVSr3yweFqLTXKVi1YYgxSs-MQYTaSSX3nLXrRMQzHCygTIUziCMT_O6sOU0W_X4y4f-WvKX3vQwuYQrJVbkagApCI0OgF5-EI2pWPg=s320" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hugs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gina xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-86798321533918950372022-01-05T08:00:00.086+00:002022-01-05T08:00:00.206+00:00First challenge for Creative Inspirations of the Year<p style="text-align: center;">Good morning,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you all had a good Christmas and Happy New Year. Let's hope it is a healthy and safe one for us all!</p><p style="text-align: center;">The first challenge of the new year for <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Creative Inspirations</b></span></a> is a nice simple one. The theme for this month is .....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Anything Goes</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page="><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>The Paper Shelter</b></span></a> are sponsoring us this month and they have very kindly provided the DT with a gorgeous floral design called In Bloom. I must admit Idid struggle with this one as it not my usual style of image.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have used distress reinkers to colour the flowers.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3Y6kqW7p63AmaHT7f3XNe866YHPELQhmGZwiRBxuzDrHICAavBalU8akwyQMAFuV3UaBdI_Dt4JFt12nlGbdW2KN9VsHBlHbdZrut2Xlr1GUbqUjsMGtQLPHaXMSzT9hodOB8Yo8gBeitx1Yy0qgmPoB1KwN4x42K4toetuTdswFrjooU8JfIZlL6cA=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3Y6kqW7p63AmaHT7f3XNe866YHPELQhmGZwiRBxuzDrHICAavBalU8akwyQMAFuV3UaBdI_Dt4JFt12nlGbdW2KN9VsHBlHbdZrut2Xlr1GUbqUjsMGtQLPHaXMSzT9hodOB8Yo8gBeitx1Yy0qgmPoB1KwN4x42K4toetuTdswFrjooU8JfIZlL6cA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I cut the shape of the card with a square die and made a frame using the same set of dies. To give the frame some dimension I fixed some foam tape on the back and added some pearl trim around the oustide of the frame.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The butterflies were cut from a joy crafts die.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The flowers are from my own craft stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page="><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>The Paper Shelter</b></span></a> are sponsoring us this month and the prize is 3 images of the winner's choice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dJ0oRMB-3CA/YdQ4z85YOhI/AAAAAAAAJWg/a6nKx8dzEGsb8vSZs1D3LwZVvHo3x1wEACNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dJ0oRMB-3CA/YdQ4z85YOhI/AAAAAAAAJWg/a6nKx8dzEGsb8vSZs1D3LwZVvHo3x1wEACNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jaYIH0kONvU/YdQ5SZueTsI/AAAAAAAAJWo/5PGUA-QjjAcLqjeYt3bF82hDOYgkeOCpQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="320" height="140" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jaYIH0kONvU/YdQ5SZueTsI/AAAAAAAAJWo/5PGUA-QjjAcLqjeYt3bF82hDOYgkeOCpQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the rest of your week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx<br /><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-22453704517084900152021-12-10T19:00:00.064+00:002021-12-10T19:00:00.182+00:00New Anything Goes Challenge at Ally's Angels<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi eveyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The weekend is almost upon us. I hope you have had a good week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have a new challenge beginning at <a href="http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ally's Angels</span></a> and as always the theme is........</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Anything Goes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have coloured up one of my favourtie Christmas Tilda's for this card called Show Me the Way Tilda and I've masked her with the very cute Baby Rudolph. </p><p style="text-align: center;">There is a hidden tag at the top of the card, but I completely forgot to photograph it! </p><p style="text-align: center;">I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers, sprinkled some shabby white frantage around the outside of the image and heat set it. For the lying snow I have sprinkled on some Crafters Companion faux snow. To create the moon I used a mask from Clarity Stamps.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7RMPrDqakbA/Ya5rQWIIUaI/AAAAAAAAJVI/nHTIseM5YYU90p2Qd-xW6BCoP0YaLqRFwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/210828a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7RMPrDqakbA/Ya5rQWIIUaI/AAAAAAAAJVI/nHTIseM5YYU90p2Qd-xW6BCoP0YaLqRFwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/210828a.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen</p><p style="text-align: center;">Coat and Hat: Faded jeans</p><p style="text-align: center;">Rudolph: Gathered twigs, antique linen, worn lipstick, fired brick</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The poinsettia was cut using a John Next Door die in coordinating paper and I added a few stamens to the centre. The branches have been cut from a Sue Wilson die.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ally is giving away this gorgeous paper pad to the lucky winner of this challenge:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5TzsIMUKD2c/Ya5vSoKW5RI/AAAAAAAAJVU/E4LU4ppTFXQ3sQL9KANWNQFxGgwjUMIYgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5TzsIMUKD2c/Ya5vSoKW5RI/AAAAAAAAJVU/E4LU4ppTFXQ3sQL9KANWNQFxGgwjUMIYgCNcBGAsYHQ/w307-h320/image.png" width="307" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's all from me today.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am going to take a break for the lead up to Christmas, so I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and wish you all a healthy and happy New Year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank you for popping in.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352197943496528101.post-14284641526220904472021-12-01T08:00:00.010+00:002021-12-01T15:08:54.581+00:00New Challenge At Creative Inspirations<p style="text-align: center;"> Good morning everyone,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you have had a good week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today we have our final challenge of 2021 beginning at <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Creative Inspirations</span></a> and the theme is.......</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Christmas Time</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">I recently went to a wonderful craft fair and bought this Whimsy stamp which I think is adorable. The name of the stamp is Polar Bear's Christmas Tree. As always I coloured the image with distress reinkers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wuR2RfLPRbE/YZ_2d2XzE-I/AAAAAAAAJUU/Ft9YauXHe_8HEOZ7eSnvZCdUX5OuNs92wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/211125c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wuR2RfLPRbE/YZ_2d2XzE-I/AAAAAAAAJUU/Ft9YauXHe_8HEOZ7eSnvZCdUX5OuNs92wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/211125c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The falling snow is shabby chic frantage which is sprinkled around the image and heat set from underneath. For the lying snow I have used some faux snow by Crafters Companion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sledge has been cut from a Joy Crafts die which I have covered with twinklets. I have also sprinkled twinklets onto the flowers to give them a lovely frosty look and added a couple of faux snowballs. Just peeping out from the flowers are two tags from LOTV which have been stamped and embossed with silver emobssing powder.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The card stand has been cut from a Joy Crafts die.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig54jOvIVF4/YZ_2gKy1EbI/AAAAAAAAJUY/Y9uOkmHYG2I0ls6NijaSuuusbUtR3AazQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/211125d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig54jOvIVF4/YZ_2gKy1EbI/AAAAAAAAJUY/Y9uOkmHYG2I0ls6NijaSuuusbUtR3AazQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/211125d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">For the insert which slides out of the top of the card I stamped up a Polkadoodles sentiment, and once again used some silver embossing powder. The two tabs at the top were cut from a Tonic die.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This month <a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Crafty Ribbons</span></a> are sponsoring us. You will receive the lovely selection of ribbons below from them.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5sf2KL6IpSY/YaPFzY4CGZI/AAAAAAAAJUk/hz06Nk95CUw78e7wWwexg557EkkzzKN4ACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="353" height="94" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5sf2KL6IpSY/YaPFzY4CGZI/AAAAAAAAJUk/hz06Nk95CUw78e7wWwexg557EkkzzKN4ACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uUPoIlLLBcg/YaeP7lzRDnI/AAAAAAAAJUs/0ufkw5Qe3QA5bhBGhKxjxs4Tq67_iFDAgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="400" height="167" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uUPoIlLLBcg/YaeP7lzRDnI/AAAAAAAAJUs/0ufkw5Qe3QA5bhBGhKxjxs4Tq67_iFDAgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />That's all from me today, thank you for popping in.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the rest of your week.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Crafting:)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gina xx</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Gina's Cardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813180860233292445noreply@blogger.com1