Birthday Folio

Happy Monday!

I am getting a head start on my April birthdays

as it's our busiest month for sure.

So instead of a birthday card for my daughter

I have gone with a birthday folio.

You can see a quick walk through of the insides here

I followed a tutorial from Septeria's Room which you

can find HERE.

I didn't forget to colour one side of her hair lol.

She always has one side black and one white.

Our very own Cruella Deville!!

Items used

Papers - Do Craft - Wellington

Stamps - Love you to pieces,

Love this moment, Framed Florets, Alphabest,

Country Bouquet, Itty Bitty Birthdays (all SU),

and Beyond Stamping.

Some paper lace, charms, vellum and wool

from stash.

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Girlz Rebel Challenge  - ribbon/lace/twine

The Outlawz - no cards

Crafter's Cafe - for the girls/anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Sparkles Monthly - vintage/mixed media

Double Post

Our new challenge has started over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and the optional theme is favourite stamps.

We do of course, have a lovely prize up for grabs!

I had a search through my stamp drawer

and found some Stamping Bella Uptown Girls

which has been a real favourite for

quite a few years.

I used papers from We R Memory Keepers

which I ran through my sewing machine.

I used some green card (SU) and rectangle dies

to matte the image and stamped

and coloured the stamp called Faith the Fairy

with my markers.

The sentiment is from the same set.

I finished with some punched stars.

The birthday sentiment is from

Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set (SU).

I gave her lots of wink of stella but doesn't

show in the photo.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

GCFAOS - use designer paper

G&TAOL - S for stars

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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Our challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

has started and the optional theme is hearts!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs here too

of Penny Black stamps and a £10 Kim MacFarlane digital download

all from Buddly Crafts.

so be sure and get your entries in!

For my card I used some off cuts from an old SU pack

and stitched them together on my sewing machine.

I then made a tag and decorated it up

using stamped hearts from a set called

Country Bouquet (SU).

I added the valentine sentiment over

the top and finished with

some gingham ribbon and an

I Love You sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - all you need is love

The Outlawz Twisted Challenge - colour challenge

Creative Moments - Love and romance

(Pin)spirational - red and pink

Dream Factory - love actually

Pearly Sparkles - hearts

Double Post

Our February challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

has begun.

This month we have the option of

Romance/wedding/anniversary

along with anything goes.

Just be sure and include some stamping!

As always, we have a great prize up for grabs

from AALL & CREATE

For my card I have used a lovely stamp from AALL & Create

called Fragile Fragments.

The card is a tall slim one and the stamp

fitted it perfectly. I stamped it in black then added

colour using my markers.

I matted it onto black then onto my slim pink card.

I stamped the Valentine sentiment from a stamp set called

Country Bouquet (SU) in pink ink and matted onto black

before adding to my card.

I punched out some small hearts and coloured them

in the same colour and added to card using dimensionals.

I would like to enter this into

Colorful Options - I choose pink and hearts from mood board

Crafty Calendar - hearts

Pearly Sparkles - love is in the air

Allsorts - Romance and/or music

Sweet Stampin' - love

613 Avenue - anything goes option lots of love

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Our challenge theme for February over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

is CAS!

We have two prizes consisting of stamps from

a company called Lavinia.

For my card I have used a set from Sheena Crafts called

Just Breathe and Howling at the Moon.

I used the stencil to mask off the white area

and stamped my scene inside.

I then inked it up in red and yellow.

I added faux stitching around the edges along

with stamping Grandson and Happy Birthday.

It was matted onto black card then onto my

white card base.

Other stamps used are Family Party and Sweet Ice cream (SU).

I added some highlights using my white acrylic pen.

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - men's cards

Critter Crazy - anything goes with featured creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy Birthday

My Time to Craft - masculine cards

Dragonfly Dreams - CAS