Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Dies/Punches

We have a new challenge starting today over at Oldie but a Goodie, and this fortnight our theme is:

'Punches or Dies'

We have a fabulous sponsor for this challenge, with an amazing prize for the lucky winner:



 Tonic have Christmas all wrapped up with their brand new Christmas Verso Die Range! Compatible with all leading die cutting machines, these are versatile the dies that you can use all year round to create both Christmas AND everyday cards. 

The prize is:
3 x Verso Christmas Die Sets– Decorative Bow Rings, Decorative Holly Rings and Decorative Wreath Rings
2 x Christmas Sentiment Die Sets - ‘Peace, love, joy’, ‘Let it Snow’, ‘Deck the Halls’ ‘Oh Holy Night’, ‘Noel’ & ‘Jingle Bells’
These dies sold out on launch last week but we have a full set (worth £99) for one lucky winner, so get crafting!
Wowee - I wish I could enter!

Ok, so on to my project...I used some scraps of very old BasicGrey papers (from two pads - 'Lemonade' & 'Hopscotch') and a new die ('Madeleine' by Memory Box) to make a set of notecarrds to give as a gift.


I used 4 inch kraft card blanks (from Hobbycraft), and simply inked around the edges of the die cut pieces (using 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Ink) before sticking them down, and adding a sentiment from an old CCSR set by Papermania. These were so quick to make...I made a dozen in total:


I'm also entering these notecards into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.

PS - I have candy on offer at the moment...click the photo below to find out more:


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16 comments:

  1. Janice17 September 2013 at 09:19

    I love these Helen, so pretty, and what a fab gift. Be back later to enter your candy, can't do it from my iPad! Jx

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  2. Unknown17 September 2013 at 14:36

    These are just beautiful. They make me want to make some myself just to decorate my apartment right now! :) Beautiful designer papers combined to pop on a kraft - perfect! :)
    Have a wonderful day, Helen!

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  3. Sarah17 September 2013 at 17:05

    Wonderful idea Helen and they look amazing! x

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  4. Vicky17 September 2013 at 20:35

    Gorgeous sweetie...:o)

    biggest of hugs Vicky xx

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  5. Whisper17 September 2013 at 20:55

    Aaah what a lovely gift and i love the fact they are all different too, great way of using up scraps, Luv Sam x

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  6. Kat17 September 2013 at 21:32

    Gorgeous Helen. What a lovely idea for a quick present.

    Kat xx

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  7. Papercraft By Carole18 September 2013 at 08:04

    I love these little notelets. So simple yet so effective. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this time. Cxx

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  8. mixamatoasties18 September 2013 at 22:33

    Wow, these are lovely!

    Thanks for sharing at That Craft Place this time.

    Susan x

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  9. mixamatoasties18 September 2013 at 22:33

    Wow, these are lovely!

    Thanks for sharing at That Craft Place this time.

    Susan x

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  10. Unknown19 September 2013 at 03:27

    Great set of cards! Thank you for joining us for our Clean N Simple Challenge this week at Love to Create.
    Ruza, LTC Designer

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  11. stefali19 September 2013 at 08:22

    lovely! thanks for sharing with penny's challenge. DT Steph www.cardmakingpassion.com

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  12. Michelle20 September 2013 at 03:01

    Helen these are totally adorable. Thanks for joining us this week at Love To Create.

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  13. Melanie Rozwood21 September 2013 at 00:41

    These are neat. Thanks for playing at HIMCR.

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  14. Mei22 September 2013 at 23:26

    Love the set of cards! Thanks for joining us this week at Love to Create!

    Mei
    LTC DT
    Creative Card Crew DT
    Crazy Challenge DT
    Anyone for Anya DT

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  15. fionalawlor27 September 2013 at 16:33

    Awww these are so sweet and look gorgeous on the Kraft card :)
    Thanks so much for joining us for our "Winged Things" challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.
    Fiona x

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  16. Tracey29 September 2013 at 22:41

    That's a lot of winged things Helen! So awesome and greatly appreciated that you followed our challenge theme!! I love how colourful all of your birds are. Thanks for taking part in our current challenge at Crafty Cardmaker's! I hope you join us again next time.
    Hugs, Tracey (DT)

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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