House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

The current challenge over at House-mouse & Friends is Anything Goes or used patterned paper.  Here is my card:

I used this lovely cheery image from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers, which I teamed with the matching backing paper.  I added some yellow and white mats to add to the cheeriness!  I then die cut the flower, stamped the sentiment in brown to represent the centre of the sunflower, and added the flower to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 177 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good morning

The weather is very cold and wet here in Manchester at the moment and I am staying nice and cosy indoors!

Our next challenge starts today over at CD Sunday Plus and we hope you'll be able to join us.

Here is my card for this challenge:

For my card I used the Age of Elegance cd-rom by Joanna Sheen, Carnation Crafts large number dies, CCW dies (hexagons) and a Crafters' Companion embossing folder.

I also decorated the inside of the card.

The card was for my friend's mum's birthday.  It was such fun to make and I'm pleased to say she loved the card.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Happy Valentines Day

I hope you have a lovely day whatever your plans.

This is the card I have made for my husband.  We've been together 40 years this month and he really is my soul mate.  Sadly, my health continues to worsen and it is difficult to make any plans, but he's always there to support me and pick me up when I'm down.  I'm very lucky.

For my card I used an image from Joanna Sheen's Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom, which I turned into decoupage.  I added some 'fluffy stuff' to the bunnies tale.  I then used an assortment of dies to cut out the various card, and stamped the sentiments.

I'd like to enter my card in the House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Thanks for visiting.  Have a lovely day.

Jo x

Pop Out Cards

 Hello

Today I'm sharing some pop-out cards I made for the Crafty Witches shows.  These were fun to make and come with matching envelopes.  There are 8 cards with envelopes in the set and can by found here.  There is also a video available showing you how to make them should you get stuck.

These are nice and easy to cut out and can of course be embellished further if you wish.

Best Buddies

Today I'm sharing with you some more of my designs from the Crafty Witches Digital Book of Spells, and these are from the 'Best Buddies' collection.   More gorgeous artwork from The Crafty Witches for us to craft with.

All the elements to make this card are included in the collection, easily cut out with a ruler and craft knife, or paper trimmer, then I just added varying heights of craft foam to complete the card.  So cute!

I decided to make a slimline card as I hadn't made one in a while.  Again, all elements are included, easy to cut out and then layered onto the card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 176 - Hosted by Me

Hello and welcome.

Today is my birthday.  My daughter's are coming round today for Sunday dinner, and I'm hoping after dinner we'll get to play some games!

Today is also the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this is the birthday card I made for my fellow teamie, Jocelyn.

 

I am determined this year to use items from my stash that I've not used or hardly used.  The Carnation Crafts Dies and Vignettes I used on my card I haven't used before, I used Tonic dies for all the mats and layers, which I haven't used before and my favourite Creative Expressions embossing folder.  A pearl was added to each corner to complete the card.

I hope you'll be able to join us, full details of how to enter can be found on the Challenge Blog.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

So Hoppy

 Hello

Today I'm sharing with you some more of my designs from the Crafty Witches Digital Book of Spells, and these are from the 'So Hoppy' collection.   Just such incredibly cute artwork!

This is a very simple rocker card, made using a Topper and some backing paper, all cut using circle dies.

This is an 8 x 8 card, made using elements from this gorgeous collection, and die cut using circle dies.

This is such a lovely collection to craft with.

Jo xx