The Flower Challenge #40 Reminder

Hi there friends, I am back with more reminder cards for 'The Flower Challenge' again. Our theme is 'Shaped Cards' this month and Alex Syberia has given us all one of her amazing digital stamps to use.

I used the same one for all of my DT cards for December you will notice, amazing how versatile it can be just by using different colours and dies!

Alex is also our Guest Designer and is kindly sponsoring us too, see our blog for all details. Ok come and have a peek at my card and I hope it inspires you all to join in our challenge this month also.

I am sorry my photo's look so dark, it's that time of year again alas!

Anyway enjoy your week whatever you have planned ;)

Hello Lovely card
(Using sponsor image)

White Linen card 

Silver sparkly card

Silver card

Alex Syberia digi stamp Large Peony

Spellbinders Oval & Scalloped Oval dies

Lawn Fawn Ballet Slippers ink

TH Distress inks 

Memory Box stencil Diamond

Concord & 9th Hello Lovely set sentiment die

Silver sequins

I made my card the same way as my earlier DT card 'Love Grows Here' I posted for the challenge previously. The sentiments, stencil and dies are different but I am sure you get the idea ;)

    Z fold card

 (Using sponsor image)

White Linen card

Watercolour card

Silver card

Alex Syberia digital stamp Large Peony 

TH Distress inks

N&T Stencil Patchwork Field

Die-namics Arrow Greetings die

WPlus9 Sentiment stamps

 

 

I decided to make a z-fold card, more of a card fold than a shaped card maybe but adding as my spare card anyway. Many tutorials on how to make a z-fold card so I will skip that here. I cut my card base and also my inner piece. Then I used my watercolours over my stencil on my inner piece of card.

I resized and printed my flower and coloured it using my watercolours once again. I cut my sentiment and stamped my inside sentiments and attached them all to my piece of card. A few sequins and my cards was complete.

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The Flower Challenge #40 'Shaped Cards'

Hi there friends, my first cards of the new year! May I wish you all a very Healthy and Happy New Year too! 

I am back with more DT cards for 'The Flower Challenge' again. This month our theme is one we have had before and 'Shaped cards'.

I went with a tag shape for my first card, I saw this lovely die set and loved the large tag die. For my second card I used an old Spellbinders die I have had for a while. I used it to cut a shape at the bottom of my card and also used it to add another shape to the top of my card also.

The gorgeous flower here is a digital one by Alex Syberia, isn't it just divine! Alex is sponsoring us this month and gave all of our DT one of her amazing digital images, (see them all HERE) to use on our cards this month.  She is giving our winner two of her digital images. Alex is also our Guest Designer this month too.

She is not only a great designer but a great card maker too, check out her beautiful card on our blog and all her others on Instagram. Ok here are my cards below, come and have a peek and do try and join in our challenge this month, you may win a prize again too ;)

Looking back at all my Flower Challenge DT cards from last year I have made a compilation of my favourite four. See them all below my two FC cards here. Some of our design team have also chosen their favourite four too, see them on their own blogs.

Blue tag card

White Linen card

Watercolour card

Alex Syberia digital flower Large Peony

Altenew sentiment

Altenew Deco Wonder stencil

Heartfelt Creations Album Tags & Accents

TH Distress inks

MFT Stitched rectangle die

Versafine Onyx Black ink
Glamour dust

N&T sequins

First I made my card base using my tag die, then I used my stencil and watercolours over a separate piece of card. I printed my flower after resizing it then coloured it using various shades of watercolour.

I stamped my sentiment and used my stitched die to cut it out, I edged it using a  matching colour. Then I mounted it on some silver card. I attached everything to my card base, added a bit of sparkle and after attaching a few sequins my card was complete.

Love Grows Here card

White linen card

Watercolour card

Alex Syberia digi stamp Large Peony

Altenew sentiment

Spellbinders Labels 2 dies 

TH Stencil Flourish

TH Distress inks

Versafine Vintage Sepia ink 

Little Things sequins

I made my card base then cut a piece out of the bottom using my die. I cut three more pieces of card using my dies. I used a stencil on one and coloured it to match my flower. Then I coloured my other die cut one using matching colours.

 I resized and then stamped my flower and coloured it all. Next I stamped my sentiment, colouring the edge and attached it all to my card base, added a few sequins and my card was finished.

 Please add our cue card below when entering our challenge.  You have until the 25th Jan to enter.  

    My favourite four DT Flower Challenge cards from last year.  

The Flower Challenge #19 Shaped Cards

Hi there friends, I am here to share more DT cards made for 'The Flower Challenge' again. Our theme this month is 'Shaped Cards', I made a few this time. See more examples on our blog made by our talented team if you are unsure what to make. See who won our prize there too!

Also we have chosen three new Design Team members to join us. Barbara Hagen (Bobby), Ericka Strange and Rachel Vass. We are so excited they have agreed to join our little team and can't wait to see their amazing cards. Please leave them all some comment love too when you see their cards ;)

Ok back to my cards, my first one was made using a lovely die cut I had, come and have a closer peek ;)

White Linen card
Silver card
Spellbinders Venise Lace die
TH Wild flower dies
Sugar Pea sentiment stamp
TH Distress inks
Clear Embossing ink
 Wow Silver E/P

I cut my card base using a hinge method. I cut the front with an extra bit at the top and folded that over  then cut a back piece and stuck them both together. Then I added a white circle of card which I raised up with 3d pads to add some dimension.Then  my silver part after using another die from the same set. I die cut all my flowers and coloured them loosely using my Distress inks. I heat embossed a sentiment  in silver to match it all. I added another small piece of silver card to the back of my sentiment and added that to my card also.

   

   

  Not sure I added enough flowers on these really for our challenge (plus they are mostly digital too) but showing you them anyway as they are shaped cards ;)    

 

I made two Side Stepper digital cards, I used a template and then added my digital papers, shadows etc. to it. Very fiddly but I managed it in the end.  After cutting it all out I then added  an oval die (Poppystamps Claudette Oval Frame)  and my MB Fabulous Phlox flowers & leaves made with a die. The sentiment was a PB stamp. I added clear crystals to the flowers.

I decided as I was on a roll  by then to make another one changing the colours this time to pink and blue. I added a heart die and used the same flower die again but this time I coloured them. A few clear crystals completed my card.

I am back with reminder cards on the 15th March ;)

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