September Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge September reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you. 

My card went to Imke in Germany. I used the product/technique options of foil and silhouette this time.

I made my own foiled background, using a laminator, and I made  a scene of silhouettes, with the die cut cats from Marianne put at centre stage. 

In return I received a card with the fabulous Gloria the flamingo from Jo in the UK. Thanks, Jo, I loved it!

June Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge June reveal. I have joined every month since I first participtaed back in September 2021, and I do look forward to once a month receiving a card from a fellow card maker from anywhere in the world. Anyone can enter and if you'd like to be part of the July chain you can sign up here until til 6th.  

This is the card I sent to Jo in the UK. I'ts actually from visits to Jo's blog I found out about this card chain. So I'm happy to finally be able to send her a card. Jo is great at making snarky cards, so I went with humorous option and the colors.

 

This is the card I received from Helen in Ohio, USA, what a wonderful artsy creation! I love it, Helen!

 

March Card Chain Challenge reveal

Here's my card The Card Chain Challenge March reveal. I have joined every month since I first joined back in Septemebr last year and I do look forward to once a month receieving a card from a fellow card maker from anywhere in the world. Anyone can enter as long as you are willing to snail mail a card to another crafter.  If you'd like to join in for the April challenge, you can sign up here until til 6th.  

THE CARD I SENT 

This time I chose the color scheme - pink+green+brown, as well as patterned paper and friendship. The background paper is pink with a mint green foil and her top is made with a patterned paper, also in a minty kind of green. Her hair is brown and her earrings and necklace are made with brown glitter paper and bling. She also has a pink flower in her hair, cut out from a Mintay paper. The background is made with a Finnabair stencil, foil and a laminator.
A 20 year younger version of me could have this girl as an avatar. This is my first attempt at using this Missees stamp and die set, I can tell you it's quite addictive. As a young girl I loved playing with paper dolls, this is kind of the same concept for a crafter.
My card went to the talented Brenda in the UK.

THE CARD I RECEIVED

The card hasn't arrived yet from Greece, but I'm so looking forward to seeing  Marianne's card in real life once it arrives:) 

Purple foil world map

For this card I made my own background, using a stencil from Kaisercraft and foil with a laminator. The shine looks really nice IRL, but it's hard to photograph. I also splattered with metallic champagne colored watercolor paint to add some snow. A die cut Santa with his sleigh and reindeer, sentiment made with a Tim Holtz die and my DYMO.

This card is for:
Allsorts - #654 Wings and/or Tails (reindeer have tails)
Sparkles Forum Christmas - #131 Non-traditional Colours
Happy Little Stampers Stencils December - Anything Goes

Purples only

I haven't been crafting as regularly and often as I'd like this year. Whenever I struggle to get back to it I find it useful to play with sketches, and I often make more than one card using the same sketch.
For this card I made my own background, using a stencil from Finnabair and foil with a laminator.
The top panel was cut with a Penny Black antique frame die. The girl is a stamp from Prima, I tend to use only the legs on this stamp, but here I went with the upper body for a change. A stamped and die cut sentiment were added. Only purple colors were used.

This card is for:
The Paper Players - #547

Ink #240 - Hot air balloons

For our new challenge at Inkspirational we have a photo. I was inspired by the hotair balloon, obviously, but also the mirror effect, which is replicated by the  stenciled, heat foiled rays. 

I used a stamp set from Our Craft Lounge for the hot air balloons and the cloud. The sentiment is die cut, I added black dots with a black Posca pen,

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the wonderful makes of my INK-teamies.   

This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Guyz - #271 Create Your Own Background

Sketch - Watering can on foiled background

Today starts a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug - we are now doing biweekly Anything goes challenges and biweekly sketch challenges and alternate weeks.

For this card I went with Rose Watering Can, cut with a Penny Black antique fram die.
Earlier this year I watched some videos on YouTube where foil and a laminator were used - there are several videos on this topic, just try and search "Foiling with a Laminator". It's really easy. To make my background I used a stencil, deco foil transfer gel and Heidi Swapp mint colored foil, and a laminator. This background was part of the first batch I made.
Lace and and ribbon from my stash, the sentiment came free with a magazine.

This card is also for:
Happy Little Stampers Stencils May - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - #211 Anything Goes + option: For a Woman