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A very warm welcome to my teeny, tiny part of the huge world of blogging. This is where I share my passion for making hand made greeting cards. So - why "Always with a Heart"? Well this is for two reasons. Firstly, it is because every card I produce carries a heart on it somewhere. This can be big and bold or small and almost hidden - the fun sometimes is just trying to find it! Secondly it is because I put my heart into everything I produce. I hope that any visitors enjoy seeing what I post. If you drop by then please leave me a comment so that I know you called. It would be nice to know that you have found my heart in what I do.

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

A CARD FOR TWO CHALLENGES

Hi Everyone

I hope you enjoyed your bank holiday weekend.

Quite a bit of mine was spent with Mum hence the lack of blog posts.  But I have enjoyed some crafty time today which has been lovely.

So, here tonight with a card for two challenges:


This used:

Image:  DoCrafts Forever Friends (a really old little wooden stamp that I just love colouring)
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat (sadly no longer trading)
ProMarkers
Backing Papers from Snippet Mountain
Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle
Corner Rounding Punch
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad
My Trusty Sewing Machine

This is for two challenges:

1.  The As You Like it Challenge - where they want to know your favourite colouring medium (and why)

My favourite colouring medium is definitely my ProMarkers.  I love them very much and am so happy with them that I have never bothered to even try any other sort of pens.  I like that they have a big chisel tip as well as the bullet tip for those bigger areas. 

and

2.  The Red Wagon Challenge - where the challenge is "the circle of life".  So you need to include circles somewhere in your creation.

No shortage of circles .. .. .. a plain one, a scalloped one and a good few on the backing paper.

Enjoy the rest of your evening and hopefully I will be here again soon.

9 comments:

Kath said...

This is such a sweet card and your colouring is fabulous.
Kath x

meg said...

A beautiful New Baby card using this image,love the layout and Pastel tones in your papers.Enjoy the rest of your week

Kate said...

Such a darling card!! The image is adorable and your card layout is wonderful!

Thanks for joining us for our “Circle of Life” (use circles) challenge at Little Red Wagon this week! I’m so glad that you linked your project!

Kate
Small Bits of Paper

Aquarius said...

This is gorgeous, a really lovely stamp and so beautifully coloured. Hugs x

Pauline C said...

This is so cute Jules - gorgeous stamp and fabulous colouring xx

Eve said...

Hi Jules,
Wow! another beautiful card. There's a blast from the past - love Forever friends ... must ink mine up sometime !

I think you should not resist any longer on the matching spice of life dies. Just think about all the use you will get out of them making beautiful cards ;-) - You NEED them!!
Love Eve xxx

HilaryJane said...

A very special card for a very special occasion. Love it xx

Sarah said...

Absolutely gorgeous Jules and beautifully coloured with your Promarkers. I LOVE mine too. Lovely to see you at AYLI xx

JanR said...

What a lovely card! That bear is so sweet and I love the font of the sentiment. (P.S. Your comment=cake message made me chuckle.)