FOXGLOVES DIGITALIS

Good morning and welcome to my blog. It's the middle of June, with only 6 months and 7 days to go until Christmas Day again.  This morning, I have another new sketch and card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2. 

Foxgloves are such beautiful flowers.  Late Spring, early summer in Queenstown and the Southern Alps of  New Zealand, the roadsides are covered with beautiful Foxgloves and with an amazing array of colours.

 

They are biannuals; in the first year, they grow the stalk, and in the second year, they have flowers. 

They are highly poisonous, the leaves, flowers, seeds, and even the water they can sit in.  Ingestion can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, blurred vision, and in severe cases, death.  

I still love these flowers. 

Sketch #305

Here's a quick peek at the inside of my card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what our design team have been up to and check out their wonderful work.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge June 2025 Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge June 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start June 2025 Anything Goes

4. Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 30 Anything Goes 

5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #36 Anything Goes

6. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge #6 Week 2 Anything Goes

7. Girls' Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge # 10 Anything Goes

8. Polkadoodles Cardmaking Challenge # 7 Week # 3

9. Stamping Sensations Challenge # June 2025 Anything Goes

10. 4 Seasons Summer Challenge June 2025

11. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #256 Anything Goes

12. Paper, Rock, Scissors Challenge # 5 Anything as long as you use Paper & Scissors

The paper was a design paper, the Scissors were used to cut the ribbon and the 3D tape.

13. As You Like It Challenge Add a Sentiment or Not

No Sentiment, as I wanted some cards I could send out for any occasion, and not limiting myself to a sentiment.

14. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge June 2025

15. Triple B Bird, Butterfly or Bloom June 2025

16. We Love Stamping Challenge June 2025 NATURE OR ANYTHING GOES

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Kraft card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Bazill Rain Forest and Pear

3. Design Papers: Trim Craft Botanical Notes 6x6

4. Image: Digital Download from my computer.

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic large Rectangles and Circles.

8. Embellishments: Ribbon and Card Candi from my stash.

9. Inside and on the back of the card.

Take care, everyone and happy crafting.

HYDRANGEAS

 Good morning, welcome to my blog.  Today I'm featuring one of my very favourite flowers.

As a young adult, I thought they were pretty boring, but as I've grown older, I've come to appreciate the beauty in these flowers and all the individual flowers that make up a large flower.  The colour variety is amazing, and it depends on the acidity or alkalinity of your soil.

Today, over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, we have two new sketches and a blast from the past for you to play with. You could make all three sketches up; that would be brilliant.

Sketch #304

 
Here's a quick view of the inside of my card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the rest of the team has created this month. 

We'll be back later in the month with May's winners.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge June 2025 Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge June 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start June 2025 Using The Twist The Mohair Wool for the Tag.

4. Beautiful Blooms Challenge #29 Anything Goes *

5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #36 Anything Goes

6. Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge #6 Week 1 Anything Goes

7. Girls' Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge # 10 Anything Goes

8. Polkadoodles Cardmaking Challenge # 7 Week #1

9. Stamping Sensations Challenge # June 2025 Anything Goes

10. 4 Seasons Summer Challenge June 2025

11. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #255 Anything Goes

12. Paper, Rock, Scissors Challenge # 5 Anything as long as you use Paper & Scissors

The paper was a design paper, the Scissors were used to cut the Mohair and make the envelope.

13. The Sisterhood of Crafter Challenge June 2025 Flowers *

14. Cardz 4 Girls Challenge# 251 Floral Frenzy *

15. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #179 Birthday June 2025

16. We Love Stamping Challenge June 2025 NATURE OR ANYTHING GOES

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Bazzill Desert Wind

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercard Wine

3. Design Paper: A Hydrangea pack I received as a prize.

4. Image: Hydrangea, unknown source.

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Sentiment: Computer-generated Font Bookman Old Style 18 size 

7. Embellishments:

8. Tools Used:

9. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Large & Small Circles and unbranded large rectangle dies.

10. Inside and the back of the card:

Wishing everyone a wonderful month of crafting.

FLOWER SCENE

 Good morning, lovelies. Today I'm sharing a card with you for our Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  I've created it using one of Bugaboo's images and some pretty design paper with flowers.  I do love the Bugaboo images I have.

Another one of this month's sketches is 

Sketch #302

This is an easy design.

A quick look at the inside of the card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what the design team have created.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes Twist Floral Delight *

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start May 2025 Anything Goes *

4. Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 29 Anything Goes Floral

5. Classic Design Challenge April/May  Anything Goes *

6. Digi Choosday Challenge # 5 Week 2 Anything Goes *

7. Polkadoodles Challenge # 6 Week 3 Anything Goes *

8. Stamping Sensations Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes / Feminine * 

9. Fourseasons Spring May 2025 *

10. The Neglected Stuff Challenge May 2025 *

Neglected design paper, which I've had for ages and forgotten I had it.  When I found it knew I had the perfect image to go with it.

11. Triple B Challenge May 2025 Blooms *

12. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge May 2025 Florals *

13. The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Flowers

14. Seize the Birthday Challenge # 305 Flowers *

15. The Paper Funday Challenges Anything Goes Celebrate Something New, *

my design is new to me, with the braided top.

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Cream Pearlised card by Uniti

2. Coloured Card Stock: Wild Pansy by Bazzill

3. Design Paper: By American Craft.

4. Image: Flower Scene by Bugaboo Stamps.

5. Colour Medium: Copics and Black Gel Pen.

6. Embellishments: Mauve satin ribbon and mauve flat back pearls.

7. Top of the card: Braid.

8. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Rectangles, Circles and Ribbon Dies.

9.  Tools used:

10. Inside and on the back of the card.

FLOWER TEACUP

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  I'm late posting my card because I went away for a few nights and forgot my laptop.

This month over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, I have two new sketches for you as well as a retro sketch from the past.

Today I'm presenting one of the sketches.

Sketch #303

This sketch is very easy, and I love how my card turned out using the design paper and image I chose to use.

 

A quick peek at the inside of the card.

Don't forget to pop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the rest of the design team have been up to.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes Twist Floral Delight *

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes

3. A Place To Start May 2025 Anything Goes WEEK 2  MAY RISING STAR

4. Beautiful Blooms Challenge # 28 Anything Goes *

5. Classic Design Challenge April/May  Anything Goes Twist Feminine TOP 5

6. Digi Choosday Challenge # 5 Week 1 Anything Goes *

7. Polkadoodles Challenge # 6 Week 1 Anything Goes *

8. Stamping Sensations Challenge May 2025 Anything Goes / Feminine *

9. Fourseasons Spring 2025 *

10. The Neglected Stuff Challenge May 2025 TOP 3

Neglected design paper, which I've had for ages and forgotten I had it.  When I found it knew I had the perfect image to go with it.

11. Triple B Challenge May 2025 Blooms *

12. Double D Challenge Design Paper *

13. The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Springtime Design Paper TOP SISTER AWARD

14. Seize the Birthday Challenge # 305 Flowers *

15. As You Like It Challenge Soft or Bold Colours *

When I found this paper in my stash, which I love, I knew I had the perfect image to use to go with it.  I love orange and this soft olive green.  It reminds me of the flower powder days with hippies.

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen.

2. Coloured Card: Hopi and Safari by Bazzill

3. Design Paper: American Crafts Groovy Darlin

4. Image: Flower Teacup by Bugaboo Stamps.

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Sentiment: Harrington Font computer-generated.

7. Embellishments: Squares cut at an angle with pearls.

8. Tools Used:

9. Glossy Accents for the cup glaze.

10. Dies Used: Spellbinders Large and Small Classic Squares, Large Circles, and Ribbon Circle and unbranded Large Rectangles.

11. Inside and on the back of the card.

Take care, everyone and happy crafting.