An Enchanted 21st Birthday

Good Afternoon

My card to share with you today is another using Joanna Sheen's fabulous Enchanted Dreams cd-rom.

The colours on this cd-rom are amazing.  The image I've used is from the Toppers - Flowers section, printed onto glossy photo paper and matted onto silver mirror card.

I used an 8 x 8 card blank, onto which I matted some beautiful mottled lilac cardstock from PaperMill out of which I had die-cut one of the corners using a beautiful Marianne die. I then embossed some lilac glitter card with my Tied Together embossing folder and added lilac gems at all the junctions.

The sentiment is computer generated, printed onto white cardstock, distressed slightly with Milled Lavender Distress Ink and then matted onto a scalloped circle.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

CES Challenge - Flower Frenzy

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge - Things With Wings

Bling It On Challenge - Shades of Lilac

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Happy 90th Birthday

Good Morning

I have been asked to make a 90th Birthday card for a Mum.  This is what I came up with.

I thought that this image from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky cd-rom was perfect.  This is from the decoupage section, printed onto glossy photo paper.  It took some cutting out but was well worth the effort, it decoupaged beautifully.  I used some pearlescent card for the base card, and scored the diamond pattern using my boxer board from Crafters Companion.  The sentiment mat is a spellbinders die to which I added a peel off and some gems.

I wanted to make the card extra-special for such a landmark birthday.  I have tried to make this style of card in the past, but have never been very happy with the finished result.  Well recently, I purchased a Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro with the loyalty points I had built up.  I followed the instructions and hey presto - this is the inside of the card:

It all came together perfectly.  I printed one of the backing papers from the Jane Shasky cd directly onto pearlescent cardstock, twice.  On one of the sheets, I scored and embossed using my ultimate pro and cut out the butterfly shape.  The dangly butterfly is a Marianne die, which I cut twice, once on co-ordinating cardstock and once onto yellow vellum.  I layered them together and added gems on the butterfly wings.  This was then attached using tiny jump rings.  I die cut two shapes using spellbinders ironworks motifs, added the number 90 to the centre of each, and attached to the inside of the card with foam pads.

Finally I printed a smaller panel of the same backing paper, which was added to the back of the card for the sender to write their message on.

I would like enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Girly

Totally Papercrafts - Rainbow of Colour

CES Challenge - Lots of layers

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad Challenge - B is for - Butterfly

Sentimental Sundays - Shaped Cards plus a sentiment

If The Shoe Fits - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Celebrations

Phew, sorry for the long post, thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

A Spot Of Gardening

Good Morning

Having seen some lovely teepee cards around blogland, I decided to give one a go.  I used the design to make a calendar.

The image and backing papers are from the Smiley Bears cd-rom, I haven't used this cd for ages! The mat the main image is sat on is cut  using a Spellbinders die.  I used three different colours of cardstock to make up the teepee to add interest.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:

CES Challenges - Anything But A Card

Truly Scrumptious - Something Forgotten (the cd-rom)

Pile It On - Fuzzy Friends

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Thinking Of You At Christmas

Good Morning

Well the days are marching on and I'm in a panic about whether I'll be finished in time!

The weather here has been so strange, I've never know so many hailstone showers!  And I've never seen hailstone so big!!!!  Hope you are keeping safe and warm.

My card for today features the lovely Tatty Ted.  I've had so many cards from high street stores with this character on, and my eldest daughter loves Tatty Ted, so I just had to treat myself to the cd-roms.

The image, backing paper and sentiment are all printed from the cd-rom.  Flowersoft was added to the main image.  I've used a combination of spellbinders and Marianne dies.  Mirror card has been used for the baubles.  Little ribbon bows and peel-off chains were added to complete the design.

My card is for the following challenges:

CES challenge - Use a bear

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Tree and baubles (there is a tree in the main image behind teddy)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Teddy Bea In A Twist

Good Afternoon

Over at Teddy Bo Top Tips Hazel has provided a tutorial to make a twisted easel card.  I haven't played with my favourite teddies for a while as I've been up to my eyes with Christms, but I needed to make a card for a December birthday so I followed the tutorial and here is my card:

This adorable image is pre-coloured, so I printed her onto some glossy photo paper.  The shape she is sat on is a nestability label die, the papers are all from a Making Cards magazine, the sentiment is sat on an Ironworks die, as is the floral arrangement to which I added a decorative pin threaded with beads, and some bakers twine tied into a small bow.  The mulberry paper flowers have been in my stash for ages!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Anything Goes

CES Challenge - Include a bear

Diva's by Design - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today, I'd love to know what you think.

Jo x

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today.

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, and here it is:

The decoupage and sentiment on this card came in a goody bag I bought recently.  This is the first time I've bought a goody bag, but I really liked the look of the contents of this one.  The backing paper was also in the goody bag and is excellent quality.  I matted the Santa decoupage onto a frame made using a Spellbinders die.  I added the ribbon to hide the join and also added a buckle cut with a memorybox die so that it looks like Santa's belt.  The sentiment is sat on an ironworks die-cut and the pearls are from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

ABC DT Challenge - Christmas Card

CES Challenge - Inspired by a song (Santa Claus is coming to town).

Have a lovely day.

Jo x

Autumn Leaves

Good Afternoon

This is another of the many thank you cards I have been making recently:

This uses a stamp from Dimension Fourth embossed with Copper Dreams embossing powder and coloured using a Big and Juicy ink pad.  Some simple matting and layering and a gold peel off complete the card.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Stampin' For The Weekend - Autumn Colours

CES Challenge - Forever Autumn

Paper Sundaes - Halloween or Fall

Pile It On - Fall is fun

Craft Challenge - Autumn

Stamps R Us - Nature's Gifts


Now please can I ask for your assistance.  I want to top up my stash of distress inks and I want to get a blue that is good for Christmas Cards.  I already have faded jeans so am trying to decide between broken china, chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and stormy sky, it's hard to know the true colours when looking at a screen.  If you've used any of these, please can you let me know what you think.  Thank you :-).

Jo x

Ballerina Bea

Good Afternoon

We've actually got sunshine today!  Hopefully September will be better than August!

My card for today features my favourite bear, Teddy Bea.

Bea is coloured with Coloursoft pencils and some stickles added to her wand and wings to add some sparkle.

The base card is cut using a Marianne die using a lovely rich brown cardstock from Papermill.  The backing paper is printed from a Crafters Companion cd-rom.  It's either Appley Dapply or SWALK but I'm afraid I can't remember which one!  The little flowers are created using a Nellie Snellen die and little pearls added to the centre.  Three co-ordinating gems are used to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 5 - Sketch

CES Challenges - Pink, Brown and Aqua

Creations by Gill M - Anything that Flies

My Time To Craft Challenge - Use Flowers

Flutter By Wednesdays - Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

PaperPlay Challenges - Make Your Own Flowers

Rainbow Lady Challenges - Use Embossing

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jo x

X Marks The Spot

Good Afternoon

Back again with another challenge card.  This card was such a lot of fun to make and once again features Teddy Bo.

Teddy Bo is coloured with pencils.  I printed a Treasure Map onto some white card and then cut it into the shape of a cross, then attached to more white card to strenthen and make the back of the card.

My card is for the following challenges

The ABC Challenge - X marks the spot

CES Challenge - Anything but a square

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Bold and bright

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x