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Colorful Options Shades of Pink and Red

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options, this month we have a fantastic colour theme for you.

We’re inviting you to dive into the colors of the mood board above! Choose one color that speaks to you and make it the star of your creation for this challenge. If none of the colors spark your imagination, no worries—feel free to create a rainbow-inspired craft instead.

Unfortunately, I’ve been having quite a lot of pain in my right shoulder and am undergoing the most awful and painful physiotherapy to avoid surgery. Hence, it was time to power up my old faithful Silhouette Cameo to do most of the work.

This mama and baby elephant design was made into a card using my cameo then embossed a light coating of distressed oxides added over the raised edges, a couple of googly eyes, and all done! Not one of my best efforts but cranking out dies on my manual machines was a no-no.

We do hope you will join us at Color Options and why not pop over and see the amazing creations by the DT we also have a fabulous guest designer this month CZ.

Sorry for the delay in visiting your blogs but even typing is painful at the moment but hopefully, the shock wave therapy will soon kick in.

I’m also linking up to the following challenges.

Cards for Galz Challenge #242 who are asking for anything but a square card.

Cut it Up #322 who are asking us to Have a Heart.

Looking forward to catching up with you all soon

take care

Marie

A Cut Above

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Happy New Year!!!!
For those who celebrate I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and the new year finds you fit and well and raring to go

I’m so excited to announce that I’m officially a Design Team member of A Cut Above. As the name suggests, it’s a challenge blog that celebrates die cuts, and as you may or may not know, I love me some die cuts!

Now, on to the January Challenge!  

The theme is always “Anything Goes With A Die Cut,” and this month, there is a strictly optional theme: “New.” Use the word “NEW,” to tell us about the something new, you used. There must be at least one die cut on your project from a manual or electronic machine no pre-fabricated dies are allowed.

So what did I make for our first challenge….



I used this fantastic Colorize die by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I used Distress Oxides to colour him and popped him up with lashings of double-sided foam tape. Pretty easy to put together and there’s a video from Sizzix that helps especially for the likes of me who always have trouble getting the pieces in the right order.

We do hope you will join us at A Cut Above my teammates have created some incredible projects to inspire and delight and you’ll find all the details on our page on how to enter.

I’m also playing along with AAA Cards #281 which are asking for a CAS creation

Just Us Girls who are asking us to use dies

Wishing you all a fabulous week

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options Yellow,Purple and Green

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Happy New Year !!! Here’s hoping 2025 finds you all well and looking forward to this new year. What better way to start it than by getting out those new crafting supplies you were gifted or the ones you treated yourselves to and play along with our challenge at Colorful Options.

This January, we are playing with another trio of colors: yellow, purple, and green!  Choose one, two, or all three—whatever inspires you most! Let your imagination run wild and see where these colors take you. We can’t wait to see how this inspiration board sparks your designs. 

If these colors aren’t quite your style, don’t worry! You’re also welcome to join us with a rainbow-inspired craft. Have fun, and let yourself enjoy!

This card came together really quickly using this gorgeous Spellbinders die set Towering Blooms,coloured with Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemon, Wilted Violet, and Seedless Preserves, mounted with a lashing of foam tape onto a white card base As I said, it came together really quickly, and boy did it need to, as I’ve been working 12-hour days for three weeks nonstop. I do believe the crafting gods were looking down on me.

We do hope you will play along with us at Colorful Options. My Design Teammates have created some amazing cards to delight and Inspire, and we have a fabulous guest designer this month, Cez from MumCez Craft Room, joining us.

I’ll be back in a few days with some exciting news so until then

Wishing you all a happy, healthy 2025

Marie

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The Flower Challenge “Sparkle”

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I’m so excited because I can finally share some fantastic news: As of today, I’m officially a Design team member of The Flower Challenge ! Yipeeeeee!!!!

I’ve been following their challenges for some time now and have been in awe of the super-talented ladies so it goes without saying that I’m as pleased as punch to join them.

So what do we have in store for you for the next month…

I’m sure we all have a little bit of sparkly goodness tucked away in our stashes although I did have to have a bit of a root around mine to track it down. I’m not really a sparkly gal but once I started playing there was no stopping me as my little Chi Molly will testify. She was one sparkly chihuahua herself for a few days, that stuff gets everywhere but so much fun.

Making the card was easy compared to trying to capture all of that sparkliness in a photo. I must have taken 100 shots practically hanging from the ceiling at one point but no pain no gain as they say.

I thought I would steer away from Christmas and go with this fantastic Painted Blooms die set by Spellbinders. I used glitter card for the bristles, distress oxides for the flowers and greenery with lashings of rock crystal embossing powder ( believe me it’s there !), and a few dabs of red stickles which have been in hiding for years at the back of a cupboard, I was pleasantly surprised they actually came out of their little bottle so easily. Fine Tec silver paint was added behind the brush for Xtra sparkle along with silver mirror card on the brush itself.

We do hope you will join us at The Flower Challenge my teammates have some amazing cards to delight and inspire and we would love to see your sparkly creations.

I’m also linking up to

Cut it Up #318 who are asking us to add ” Sparkle and Shine” to our cards which must include a die cut

A Cut Above Anything goes with Die Cuts

Wishing you all a fabulous week

Marie

Fuschia Fun !

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After the old mojo wandered off for a week or so it decided to put in a brief appearance just long enough for me to make a card and a HUGE mess and then vacated the premises tout sweet! At least I’m happy with my latest offering I hope you are too

I used one of my favourite dies by Memory box the Dainty Fuschia Stem which was coloured with Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, and Mowed Lawn popped up with tons of double-sided foam and attached to a lovely Dotted Stardust debossing plate by Altenew. The sentiment is by A Pocket Full of Happiness, coloured with Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry and then embossed with clear embossing powder for a touch of shine. In the photo, it looks more like a shadow than two separate colours but hey ho you can’t win em all.

I’m playing along with The Flower Challenge I’m really enjoying using up my floral dies and stamps I didn’t realise I had so many of them

Tic Tac Toe TTTC260 .The lovely and talented Vicky is the featured designer this time round, how could I not play along! I’ve chosen Ink Blending,CAS and Die Cut, I do hope it’s Cas enough!

A Cut Above where it’s anything goes using die cuts and option to “Warm it Up” I’m just using dies.

Well that’s all from me the craft room needs a good seeing too and little Miss Molly my chihuahua is asking for cuddles and who am I to deny her.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options “Red”

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 Welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options. For November, we are asking you to use the color red.

Let’s celebrate the festive energy of red! We invite you to unleash your creativity with this bright hue or any saturation that inspires you. Let your imagination soar—where anything red goes! Whether it’s the rich tones of the holidays or the playful spirit of a circus, we want to see what “red” means to you.

If red isn’t quite your style, don’t worry! You’re also welcome to join us with a rainbow-inspired craft. Have fun, and let yourself enjoy!

I had a little trouble coming up with a card for this month, Mr. Mojo wasn’t playing ball and I hated every card I made, even Mr. P my biggest fan wasn’t impressed, but as the true crafter I am I soldiered on until that waste bin was overflowing!

For this one, I used the Poinsettia Bloom die set by Yanna Smakula for Spellbinders coloured with Distress Oxides, gold card, and velum and a few tears were added for good measure.

I was so disappointed with this card I made another, you lucky people 🙂

I was quite happy with this one until I showed the men in my life who all proceeded to say that the paint job of the beetle wasn’t very good !!!! Which was exactly what I was going for as it was supposed to be an old jalopy, they weren’t convinced and all raised eyebrows at my explanation. Needless to say, I won’t be asking their opinions in the near future.

The two die sets on this card are Poppy Stamps Whittle Racing Giraffe Kit the beetle is courtesy of Studio Lite. Distress Oxides, clear embossing powder, Kraft, and silver card on this “masterpiece”

The only thing that made up for this debacle was getting top four my birdie card at AAA Colourful Challenges for the card I cased from Michele at Icard everyone, thanks, Michele.

Please join us at Colorful Options my fellow teammates have once again come up with amazing cards to inspire and delight.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Marie

Colorful Options August Challenge Yellow-Green

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Welcome back to a new challenge at Colorful Options but firstly thank you so much for so many wonderful entries for our Flags challenge for July you really do make it difficult to choose our winners.

This month, we challenge you to use the color yellow-green.  This palette incorporates yellow, green, and yellow-green. If this palette is not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft instead. 

I knew immediately what I wanted to make for this challenge and even though this isn’t a color combination I would usually go for I really like the result.

I used one of my favourite flower dies from Honeybee stamps lovely layers roses which I coloured with Distress Oxides in twisted citron and squeezed lemon. The mason jar is courtesy of Sizzix and is filled with a few sequins from my stash. Unfortunately due to the glare from the plastic I had to sacrifice the clarity of the Tim Holtz sticker sentiment.

Here’s a second card I threw together just for fun made using my Cameo the banana is cut and popped up with foam for dimension and coloured with Distress Oxides and a splash of water. Not one of my best but I made it so I’m posting it hahaha. Once again the sentiment isn’t very clear and I can’t even complain about the glare from the plastic this time just bad photography on my part.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options the DT has some amazing cards to delight and inspire and we look forward to seeing your amazing projects in our gallery. Don’t forget you can enter with any crafty medium from crochet to woodwork and anything in between.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options June Challenge “Aqua”

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welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options for June we are asking you to use Aqua in your creations and if Aqua isn’t your thing then you can play along using rainbow colors.

Something fun and new! We’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with the Double Trouble Challenge for the inaugural two weeks of this month. We warmly invite you to participate in both challenges and share in the joy of crafting together. Let’s make these two weeks unforgettable!

I loved the color theme this month; my card came together quickly, and as you read this post, I will hopefully be swimming in the beautiful Aqua waters at my summer house.

Above are a few photo’s from my summer house you can see how I was inspired by that wonderful die and Colorful Options Aqua theme.

I used this amazing die by A Pocket Full of Happiness and practically cased Zoka”S card, I just layered up the waves and used a variety of Distress Oxide inks for the sea all popped up with lashings of foam tape to give dimension. A Tim Holtz sentiment sticker and a hot burning sun and there you have it.

I will also be playing along with Double Trouble Challenge this month and hope you take the time to check it out.

In other news, I’m afraid I have been a bad blogger struggling to keep up with you all. Our new shop is bustling and I’ve been working longer hours than usual I also sell my cards there and they have been in such high demand and I can hardly keep up or even play along in many challenges but I will try my very best to be a better blogger and catch up with all of your amazing crafty projects.

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options Color of the Month “Pastels”

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Hello and welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options

This month, we challenge you to use a pastel color. Please remember that you
may incorporate any neutrals or metallics that you need in your design and that your design does not need to be monochromatic. If pastels are not to your liking, join us with a rainbow-inspired craft instead.

For our challenge, I made two cards using some new dies from Poppy Stamps from their Nordic Flowers series I acquired on a recent trip to the UK. The first card features the Nordic Majestic Bloom die-coloured with Distress Oxide inks and placed inside a lovely scalloped oval frame by Catherine Pooler also a new purchase(yes Darnell I will once again be playing along ).

The second card features this pretty Nordic Crown Flower die again coloured with Distress oxides. This time I’ve used this lovely Spellbinders Infinity punch and pierce die plate as a background and not cut it all the way through so it gives an embossed effect.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options it’s always great to see your amazing cards and it’s a great source of inspiration to me personally. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design team’s amazing creations.

I’m also linking up to

NBUS challenge#61 as my dies are all brand spanking new.

Die-cut Divas Who are asking us to make a spring card

CAS on Friday #challenge 280 Who are asking us to use dies only

Wishing you all a wonderful happy, healthy, crafty week.

Take care

Marie

Less is More #Challenge 490 Orange

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Less is More and for the next two weeks we are asking you to use the colour orange in your creation but don’t forget to keep it CAS.

I used an Inkylicious sunray stamp and stencil which I embossed in black ink then cut out the centre panel and coloured with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide and used clear embossing powder to give some shine. I then popped it up with foam tape for dimension. Matted with orange card and used my go-to sentiments from Mr Holtz, there you have it.

A super simple card that came together very quickly which is just as well as getting our new shop ready is certainly taking its toll on me crafting wise and am so behind on commenting so please forgive me.

We do hope you will join us at LIM my team mates once again have some amazing cards to inspire and delight.

Take care

Marie