Pinwheel Tower card

 My NZ card group's swap this month was chosen by Suze and her choice was Pinwheel Tower Card.  Luckily we got given some tutorials to have a look at to give us ideas.    Her added challenge was to make it a Summer theme.

Here is what I came up with.  

And here is each page 

My card is an A2 size  - I found that making the tower out of  heavy patterned paper made it not as thick when folded.  I used a paper pack I had by Uniti called Oceania.  I used stamps from Winnie & Walter and one sentiment from an Altenew set.  This was fun card to make.  

Birthday Butterfly

 I saw that the Challenge at Simon Says Stamp is Slimline - and when I was out and about on Wednesday I came across some lovely patterned paper and some slimline cards - so thought I could have a bit of fun. 

My red card base was already cut to size and ready to use.  I had a very old Inkadinkado stamp set (Sketchy Florals) sitting on my desk from a box card I had made, and decided that a tone-on-tone background would highlight my butterfly perfectly.  I used some Catherine Pooler Rockin' Red ink to add the subtle flourishes.   The butterfly was fussy cut from one of the papers in the English Roses paper pack from Uniti.  I cut the Happy Birthday sentiment (from Paper Rose Studio) from gold glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from Vellum.   A few gold gems finished the card. 

My shoulder injection went well on Wednesday.  Not painful at all.  And so far has helped a little bit.  Time will tell.    I'm having a restful weekend away at our friends and no crafting.  

Take care all. 

WWC 281 Heidi's Challenge: All About Occasions

Hi there..  Time for the latest challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  Our hostess is Heidi and she has an All About Occasions Challenge.

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a technique called Scrappy Strip.  I saw it on a video .

Instead of using scraps,  I decided to use some new papers I picked up from The Warehouse a couple of weeks ago.  I took 3 different sheets and some white card and cut out some stripes of various sizes.  I added them to a purple background.  I die cut a sentiment using a technique I saw at Splitcoaststampers.  It's called Faux embossing.  You added clear packing tape over your coloured card and die cut it out.  Gives it an enamel look.  A super cool quick way to get the look of an embossed die cut without the hassle.  I finished the sub-sentiment in silver embossing powder.  Both the die and the sentiment are from Hero Arts "Hello - Stamp'n'Cut"

Come and join in the fun at  Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the project from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.    We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 12.00 noon NZ time ) to link up your project.