Summer fun

Hello friends,
Today is a Tuesday which means a new Colour challenge at The Outlawz. We have a super tic-tac-toe board made up for us by Cara and the DT have made some really great projects, so do come along and join in this week.

Our sponsor this month is Mari Digis


I was happy to make a summery card this week as we have been having some really cold winter weather and the thought of a lovely summery day at the beach was very enticing.

I used the centre row across on the tic-tac-toe board.

For the texture on my card I used paste with a Memory box stencil. When the paste was dry I went over it with yellow Distress ink and then glitter for the sun's rays.

The image is a very old Lily of the Valley stamp. Not sure if they are still around, and I coloured it with Pan Pastels and cut out with a Nellie's die.

The sentiment is from a page of KaiserCraft ..Sandy toes collection..all holiday sentiments .. I added a touch of glitter to the words and also used a Nellies die to cut it out.

Finished off with a wooden sun embellishment and pearls.

I will be entering some challenges,

Cards in Envy .... On the beach
Crafty Cardmakers #216...Holidays/Vacations
Dream Valley Challenge #182...All things bright and beautiful
Stamps and Fun  #329 ...Anything goes
Use your Stuff #322 ...Anything goes (with a sentiment of Title)

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have some fun in the sun wherever you may be. Take care.

Love Ursula

Red, white and blue

Hello everyone,
We are starting a new month and so a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create.
As usual it is an Anything goes, but the option is to use red, white and blue, which is quite appropriate at this time of the year.
I hope everyone in the USA had a great 4th July and enjoyed the time with family and friends.

The DT all made such great cards, so please do hop over and see what there is for inspiration. There is also a lovely Gift Certificate up for grabs...so come along and join us. You have until 31 July to enter so lots of time.

I went quite simple with my card and it could be used for many events.






The patterned papers are all from my stash

I used the following dies to cut the various shapes.

The wavy shape is a Nellie Snellen edging die,

The small stars hanging from it are a Marianne Design Craftable die. It is a banner with the stars hanging and I just cut them off and attached to the shaped diecut.

The large star is also a Nellie Snellen die and I used a Just Right stamp on it. Added the peelof stars and a bow to finish




Will be entering the following challenges:



Crafty Creations #369...Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner  #169...Red, white blue
Simon Says Wednesday challenge...  Red, white blue
Cards in Envy...Twinkle little stars
Crafty Cardmakers  #215...Use at least 2 dies or punches

Thank you for visiting and will be back soon

Love Ursula