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The Flower Challenge #103 Embosssing Heat or Dry.

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Welcome back to a new month at The Flower Challenge. This time around, we are asking you to use heat or dry embossing on your floral projects.

While recovering from surgery, I bought a few sets of dies and stamps, and one of my favourites is this gorgeous peony from Memory Box, coloured with Distress Oxides. I added a little clear embossing to the leaves and petals, unfortunately, it isn’t very clear from the photo. I used an ancient die from Spellbinders to cut out an aperture, which I then embossed using the Scribbled Letter embossing folder also from Spellbinders.

We hope you’ll join in the fun at The Flower Challenge. The design team has created some amazing floral cards to delight and inspire.

Hopefully, when this is published, I will be away at my summer home, having my first swim of the year. I’m only allowed 15 minutes per day for the first couple of weeks, but rest assured, I will be doing a lot of paddling, weather permitting.

I’m linking up to A Cut Above, who are asking us to use at least one die cut on our project

Beautiful Blossoms #29 Anything Floral with Optional Mood Board

Wishing you all a fabulous week

Take care

Marie

The Flower Challenge #99 The Colour Pink

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Welcome back to The Flower Challenge’s first challenge of 2025 after a lovely little break. And what a challenge we have for you!

This month we would love you to showcase the colour pink; of course, there must be flowers so let’s see what I came up with.

I used gold mirror card to cut the frame using Spellbinders Essential Hexi-Gems and one of my favourite die sets Electic Blooms from Concord and 9th for the flowers and bird. Both the base and the blooms were coloured with Distress Oxides and the flower centres are from Pinkfresh Studio.

We do hope you will join us at The Flower Challenge once again my team mates have created some amazing cards to inspire and delight and we look forward to seeing your wonderful creations. We’ll be back on the 15th of the month with more floral inspiration.

I’m also linking up to #77 Creations in Pink who guess what are looking for creations mainly in pink!

AAA Colorful Themed Challenge # 12

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

Colorful Options Red,Green and Gold.

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Colorful Options. First, a big thank you to all of the fabulous entries we had for our Red challenge. You really do make it difficult to choose winners.

Let’s embrace the festive cheer this December with a splash of red, green, and/or gold! We invite you to tap into your creativity and bring these classic holiday colors to life. Choose one, two, or all three—whatever inspires you most! Let your imagination run wild and see where these colors take you. Whether you’re drawn to the season’s rich, traditional hues or the stamps’ joyful energy, 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!

I made a couple of cards for this challenge utilising some of my new goodies.

I used a combination of dies, the Emerald Cut Labels dies from spellbinders for the frames with the coordinating shaker dome, and the snow person and snowflake are courtesy of Tim Holtz for Sizzix using The Vault Winter Wishes set. A smattering of snow and sequins inside the dome and a touch of embossing popped up on Kraft card.

For this card, I used Spellbinders Fresh Picked Labels dies and a coordinating shaker dome filled with sparkly snow, the candles and greenery are also from Mr Holtz’s Winter Vault series which are the perfect size to fit inside the domes.

We hope you will join us at Colorful Options as the Design Team has once again outdone themselves.

In other news, I’m posting a little late as we had a major storm here in Greece over the weekend which cut our power and flooded our home an absolute nightmare but hopefully, the worst is over.

I’m also linking up to the following challenges.

AAA Colorful Challenges Colorboard #10

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #482

NBUS #69 sharing with Darnell and the gang as everything on both cards are brand spanking new.

Well, that’s all for me, wishing you all a fabulous week our heating has just come back on so am off to have a lovely hot shower!

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

Flowers Galore!

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It’s been an age since I posted two cards in such quick succession but there are some amazing challenges around at the moment a few of them I’ve been waiting for just the right moment to enter and that moment has arrived!

I bought this amazing flower girl die from the very talented Zsoka from A Pocket Full of Happiness. The skies the limit with this set you can be as subtle or not, as you can see I’m in the not category. The set comes complete with lots of lovely blooms although I did use in addition some flowers from another die set belonging to her May release.

Did you notice the little birdie cheekily peeking out? it’s from an old Spellbinders set the packaging has long since disappeared but I just loved its little face and it looks quite at home me thinks.

I used a variety of patterned papers, distress oxides,Nuovo Drops, and enamel dots from Altnew. I have to say this took forever to make not so much the die cutting but the actual placement which I’m rubbish at Zsoka makes it look easy which was why I was emboldened and I’m glad I did .

I’m entering the following challenges

The Flower Challenge #94

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge – Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #19

{PIN}spirational Challenge #316 AUGUST Diecuts

Triple B August Challenge

Wishing you all a fabulous week

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 “Red”

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I’m back after a long break due to ill health after I was admitted to hospital for five days with intestinal issues and managed to catch covid just to put icing on the cake. The road to recovery has been slow and I’ll require surgery and more tests shortly but I’m feeling so much better and getting stronger by the day. Unfortunately, this all coincided with the opening of our new shop which had to be delayed by two weeks thankfully we are up and running now.

Enough of my moaning and on to the task at hand. Colorful Options has a fabulous new challenge with one of my favourite colours….red.

I made a frame using some old Spellbinders dies and embossed a piece of card with this fantastic EF from WeRmemory keepers. I brushed carefully over the top with Distress Oxide in Coral Red so as to keep some of the white card visible. I then attached acetate as I was planning to make a shaker but as it happens I didn’t like the result so left it as was. The faceted heart is courtesy of Mr Holtz and Sizzix also colored by Distress Oxide and a tad of clear Distress embossing glaze for a little shine.

We do hope you will join us at Colorful Options the DT has some amazing cards to delight and inspire and you can also find out more about this challenge and the wonderful gifts for our lucky winners.

Here’s a little glimpse of the new shop, not a very good photo but the best one I could get from a distance to show both windows.

I look forward to catching up with you all.

Take care

Marie

Less is More #483 Spring

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Welcome back to another challenge at Less is More and for the next fortnight, we are asking you to share your spring inspirations with us.

Has spring sprung in your part of the world? Here in Greece the weather has been awful, rain, rain and more rain I mean April showers are one thing but it’s the middle of May and it’s just miserable!

The first thing that came to mind when I thought about spring, apart from the fact that we aren’t having one this year is the following card. Not one of my best but I just couldn’t shake it so please be kind.

I know I know it’s awful and puny but that’s my current mood. I used my trusty Cameo to cut the spring which is popped up on foam and hot foiled and die cut the Pinkfresh Studio sentiment.

Feeling guilty about my rubbish card I’ve made another a little more season appropriate.

This cute little duckie is from Vicky Papaioannou for Spellbinders which I simply die cut and added a touch of Distress Oxide in Broken China and a couple of sploshes of water for rain, oh, and of course a googly eye for good measure.

I’m sharing my little duckie with the lovely Darnell over at NBUS as it’s her first time out of the packet the duck, not Darnell haha

We do hope you will play along with us at LIM my teammates have made “real” cards so please don’t be put off by mine.

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Marie