Showing posts with label Tonic Studios Cardstock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tonic Studios Cardstock. Show all posts

2.5.26

April Card Chain Challenge

Dia daoibh!

May is that month where you suddenly remember all the things you said you would start in January… and confidently decide June sounds like a better time. Productivity at its finest.

Now onto the April Card Chain Challenge!

This month I received an absolutely gorgeous card from Gail in Canada, full of lovely detail and just a joy to open. She also sent a lovely wee present, which I am definitely turning into wee bookmarks for work… practical and fancy, I 💗it!!!! Meanwhile, my card packed its bags and flew off to Linda in Michigan. I like to imagine it went through security like a tiny VIP… “any liquids, glitter or embellishments?” Absolutely.


For my card, I went with the friendship theme along with the colour palette of peony, white and leaf green. Soft, pretty, and behaving themselves nicely together. I used the Spellbinders Lively Blooms die set along with the Field Notes Twine Etched Dies, all cut from Tonic Studios cardstock. I kept it CAS, but added a bit of personality with glossy accents and a touch of iridescent glitter (I simply cannot be left unsupervised around sparkle 😄). The sentiment was stamped with Memento ink to finish it off nice and crisp.

Challenges:
Seize The Birthday #323 Option: Primarily Pink 
I Spy with My Little Eye #35 & 36 - Spring Flowers or Spring Showers
The Paper Funday #86 - Anything Goes or Die cuts/Punches

Now, why should you join the Card Chain Challenge? Because it is basically happy post roulette. You send a card out into the world and in return, one lands back with you from somewhere completely different. It is like having pen pals… but with better handwriting and far more glitter.

Also, your postman will start to think you have a very exciting social life. And honestly, let him. We have earned that reputation.

Right, I am off to admire my stash like it might magically organise itself… any minute now.

Sláinte,
Wendy R. 🌹

5.11.25

Warning: May Cause Sudden Christmas Spirit

Dia daoibh!

If Christmas spirit could be spelled out in bold capitals, it’d look exactly like this! Designed by the ever-fabulous Lyn Simms, this NOEL card means business... big letters... and almost as much sparkle as your aunt’s earrings at midnight Mass.

click on pic for  a better view 

Cut from Tonic Studios textured card and Florence champagne glitter card on my ever trusty Silhouette Cameo. The lattice design gives it that fancy “I totally planned this” look (even if we all know the craft desk currently resembles the aftermath of a snowstorm). Add in some glossy green holly, a few glittery sprigs, and teeny twinkling gems for good meas, and you’ve got yourself a card that’s more Christmassy than watching The Late Late Toy Show in pyjamas with a tin of Roses.

A few challenges:

Honestly, this card screams festive cheer louder than your neighbour’s inflatable snowman in a gale.

Sláinte,
Wendy R. 🎁

31.10.25

Witch... please!

Dia daoibh!

Ah, Oíche Shamhna, the Irish Halloween, born from the ancient festival of Samhain, when the line between the living and the dead was as thin as a tea towel and everyone blamed every draught, flickering light, and creaky floorboard on the neighbours from “the other side.” Back in the day, before pumpkins invaded from across the Atlantic, we had turnips... the original horror story. Carving one was a national endurance test. You’d start the evening full of hope and finish it with one working hand, a blunt butter knife, and a lantern that looked like it had been in a bar fight. And the smell? Nothing quite says festive cheer like the aroma of smouldering root vegetable and fear.

Thankfully, times have changed; no turnips were harmed in the making of my latest Halloween creation! 

I used the The Witch’s Hat die set from Hero Arts (Hocus Pocus Collection), cut from Tonic Studios cardstock, dressed up with Nuvo Stone Drops, a splatter of black Distress Ink, and a few mischievous gems for extra sparkle ... all raised on foam pads for that perfect touch of supernatural lift.

A few challenges:


And before I disappear into the fog ... here’s one to make you howl:

Why did the skeleton stay home from the party?
He had no body to go with! 

💀Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!🎃

Sláinte,
 Wendy R. 👻