Just because

Hello and welcome to my blog.

This is a card I sent to a friend to let her know I was thinking of her.

I've always been a big decoupage fan, previously I always cut it out by hand (and sometime still do).  This is of course very time consuming so I'm thrilled with all the new dies being released by Tattered Lace and Carnation Crafts which still allow me to do decoupage using their beautiful dies.

This is an 8 x 8 card from Lynda Chapman, and the coloured card used for the frames is Lynda's woodstock card.   All the flower and butterfly dies are from Tattered Lace's Portmanteau range, I love the detail in the designs.  The frames are from the Daisy Hill Picture Decoupage set.  The gems were from Joanna Sheen a long time ago!

I made a box to post the card in as it was and inch deep when finished.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

A Special Birthday Wish

Hello

I'm now using the new blogger interface, it's very much trial and error for me just now!

My new craft room is now more or less decorated, now to plan the furniture! I'll be reusing what I can and then adding some of the shelving system from Ikea. I can't wait to be moved in! It's going to take a lot of sorting out but will be worth it that's for sure.  I've so much stuff I've not been able to use yet. Exciting times!!

This is a card I made for one of my fellow teamies at CD Sunday Plus.

I used the Jan Harbon cd-rom, Flowers in Bloom from Card Creations plus. I love the images on this cd. I fussy cut the images to create decoupage. I die cut the squares the  decoupage is sat on using some Sue Wilson dies.

The backing paper is from the cd-rom too and I embossed some card using a very similar embossing folder. I have a lot of embossing folders and really should use them more than I do!

The sentiment was stamped using a Phill Martin sentiment stamp.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 40 Hosted by Wynn

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today.

Today sees the start of our next challenge and this time Wynn is our hostess. Our theme is Anything Goes - as well as following the theme of the challenge, a CD, USB or Digital images, or any combination thereof, must have been used somewhere in the making of the card or project. It doesn’t have to be the whole card but it can be. It can be as small as perhaps a sentiment or a piece of backing paper- but there has to be some CD, USB or Digital source content somewhere together with everything else you have used. THE SOURCE MUST BE NAMED AND CREDITED.

Here is my card:

I used My Craft Studio Bree Merryn In The Wild cd-rom.  Kraft card & black card from Creative Crafting World.  Sentiment dies from Hunkydory, Letter dies from Tattered Lace, gems from my stash.

If you don’t have a blog you may still enter by sending your entry via email using the address shown in the right-hand sidebar on the challenge blog, or by posting a photo of your entry to the new Facebook page - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.
Please add your photo as a reply to today’s current challenge announcement otherwise not all of the Design Team may be able to see it and… pretty please… remember to tell us which CD, USB or Digital source that you have used - and please remember that our Privacy Policy Statement is now in the Sidebar on the challenge blog page.

Please leave a comment so I know you've visited (they really do make my day!) and I'm sure my teamies would appreciate a visit too - their details can be found in the right-hand sidebar.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 39 - Hosted by Me

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today.

Today sees the start of our next challenge at CD Sunday Plus and this time I am hostess for the first time. Our theme is Anything Goes - as well as following the theme of the challenge, a CD, USB or Digital images, or any combination thereof, must have been used somewhere in the making of the card or project. It doesn’t have to be the whole card but it can be. It can be as small as perhaps a sentiment or a piece of backing paper- but there has to be some CD, USB or Digital source content somewhere together with everything else you have used. THE SOURCE MUST BE NAMED AND CREDITED.

Here is my card:

I used Crafters Companion Kimono cd-rom.  The base card is a 7 x 10 card from Creative Crafting World.  I decoupaged the image and matted it onto silver mirri card and Lynda Chapman's famous black card. I also used one of the backing papers from the cd. Finally, I die cut my sentiment using dies from Tattered Lace.

If you don’t have a blog you may still enter by sending your entry via email using the address shown in the right-hand sidebar on the challenge blog, or by posting a photo of your entry to the new Facebook page - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.
Please add your photo as a reply to today’s current challenge announcement otherwise not all of the Design Team may be able to see it and… pretty please… remember to tell us which CD, USB or Digital source that you have used - and please remember that our Privacy Policy Statement is now in the Sidebar on the challenge blog page.

Please leave a comment so I know you've visited (they really do make my day!) and I'm sure my teamies would appreciate a visit too - their details can be found in the right-hand sidebar.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x