Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge

Hello

This is my card for the Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge which this month is Birthdays:

This is my first card made using the new Toread's cd-rom from Crafters Companion, and of course I went straight to the decoupage section!

8 x 8 card blank

Image and backing paper printed from cd-rom.

Romantic rectangles die used for main image and embossed panel.

Darice leaves embossing folder

Spellbinders Floral Flourish dies and Memory Box Petal Party dies used to create flowers.

Buttons from my stash

Doily from ebay, coloured with Antique Linen and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks

Ribbons and twine from my stash, tied on the bowdabra.

My card is also for the following challenges:

The Sweet Shop Sketches - Sketch

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash- Tic Tac Toe - I chose Embossing, Flower and Yellow

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Paper Play Challenges - Cute

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Cute and Cuddly

A Birthday Rose

Good Morning

My card for today features one of the delightful  images from Lili of the Valley.  I followed the sketch over at Creative Inspirations and here is my card:

One thing's for sure - it's definitely pink!

6 x 6 card blank.

Pink sorbet card from Papermill embossed using a Beatrix Potter embossing folder from Crafters Companion.  For a change I decided to use both the embossed and de-bossed side.

The papers are from some old copies of Making Cards Magazine.

Mirror board from my stash.

Spellbinders label 5 dies used to create the image and sentiment mats.

The white flourish is a Marianne die.

I used Cheery Lynn's fanciful flourish mini die with green card, and then added mulberry paper flowers from my stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - My sentiments exactly.

Diva's By Design - Add texture

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Die-cuts and/or punches

Delicious Doodles - Flowers

Challenges4Everybody - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Go Pink

Sentimental Sundays - Anything goes (plus a sentiment)

Thanks for visiting my blog, and for all the lovely comments you leave me, I love to read them all.

21st Birthday Easel

My card for today is an easel card, I love this style of card.

Martha Stewart Vintage Floral Punch Around The Page (I've wanted this punch for ages, I'm very happy!!)

Centura Pearl card

Backing paper came free in a magazine, it's gorgeous.

Joanna Sheen Cameo stamp used to create the butterfly lace corner, heat embossed with white fine detail embossing powder.

Spellbinders floral oval dies, largest embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder.

Marianne die used to create large butterfly, flourishes and large flower.  Memory box die use to create smaller flowers.

Pearls from my stash used to complete the card.

I also made a box for the card:

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

Polka Doodles - Flowers

The Ribbon Girl - Add pearls

Songbird Challenge - String of pearls

Crafty Cardmakers - Winged things

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Lace and Pearls (I hope my lace stamp counts)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Case It

Flutterby Wednesday - Birthday card with a butterfly or fairy

Crafts and Me Challenge - Add a flower

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Teddy With Butterflies

Good Afternoon

I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

I was lucky enough to win some blog candy last week and decided to put it to good use straight away.

I followed the sketch over at Seems A Little Sketchy along with the current theme at Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is buttons and bows.  Here is my card:

7 x 5 card blank

Penny Black Stamp stamped onto Joanna Sheen's elegant satin paper using London Fog Memento ink and coloured using Spectrum Noirs.

Backing papers are printed from SWALK 2 cd-rom onto Satin Finish Printer paper.

Swiss dots embossing folder used.

Nellie Snellen Multi Frame die - Round Lily

Martha Stewart French Scroll punch.

Ribbons and buttons from stash.

Butterfly was in with my blog candy.

I decorated the inside of my card also:

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

Creative Inspirations  - Bingo - I chose ribbon, blue, polka dots

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 3 Embellishments (buttons, ribbon, butterfly) 2 papers and 1 image

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Animal Antics

The CD Sunday Challenge Blog - Allsorts

Dream Valley Challenges - Something Old (CD, Ribbon, Buttons) Something New (Stamp, Butterfly, Punch)

Cupcake Craftroom - Pretty Pastels

Flutterby Wednesday - Decorate the inside of your card and include a butterfly or fairy.

Thank You

Good Morning

My card for today is unusual for me in that it doesn't have an image:

6 x 6 card blank created from snow white centura pearl card.

Central dies, butterfly, bird house, bird and foliage dies are all Marianne.

Flourish die - die-namics

Corner die memory box

Sentiment stamp LOTV

Feather, pearl and hat pin from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Use a sentiment

A and T Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Use sentiment as focus

PaperPlay Challenges - Use sentiment as focus

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Use sentiment as focus

The Poodles Parlour - Things with wings

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - White on White

The CD Sunday Challenge - Mainly Men

This is my second entry into this week's CD Sunday Challenge where the theme is 'Mainly Men'.  Here is my card:

The main image is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kinkade cd-roms.  These really are fabulous cd's and the photograph doesn't do justice to the beautiful image.

I created an easel card using card from the PaperMill as I thought this would display the lovely image better.

The sentiment is a Lili Of The Valley stamp, sat on a Spellbinders Fleur De Lis die with some bakers twine added for extra interest.

I wanted to keep this card quite simple so as not to detract from the main image ( I really like this image, can you tell? lol)

My card is also for the following challenges:

Craft A Scene Challenge - Inside The Garden

Cupcakecraft Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Crafting For All Seasons - Splash Me

Creative Inspirations - In The Garden

Moving Along With The Times - Summer

Summertime

Good Afternoon

I'm pleased to say that the sun is back again today.  Even though I seldom leave the house these days, I do feel better when the sun is out.

Over at Willow Sketchie Challenge this week we have a super sketch to follow.  Here is my take on the sketch:

8 x 8 card blank matted with silver mirror card and backing papers from Joanna Sheen's

 Faye Whittaker cd-rom.

Main image from the decoupage section of the same cd.

A few shells from my stash were used to embellish the card.

I was tempted to add more embellishments but didn't want to take away from the beautiful image.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Trooping the Colour

Divas By Design - Summer

My Mum's Craft Shop - Clean and Simple

Polka Doodles - Summer Scene

The Poodles Parlour - Red, White and Blue

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Red, White and Blue

Totally Gorjuss - Holiday

Boofle For Dad

Good Afternoon

My card for today follows the sketch over at Willow Sketchie Challenge:

8 x 8 card blank

Decoupaged image printed from (my new) Boofle cd-rom onto decoupage paper.

Backing papers from same cd.

Brown textured cardstock from paper mill.

Martha Stewart star corner punch.

Teal cardstock core'dinations embossed with swiss dots embossing folder and sanded.

Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Accents and Motifs

The inside of the card is decorated to complement the front:

Martha Stewart star corner punch used.

Sizzix Textured embossing plate.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - Fathers Day

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Card for a Male

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - I love you Dad

Cards For Men - Fathers Day

The Poodles Parlour - Fathers Day

Here Come The Boys - Anything Goes

Di's Designs Pastel Challenge

Good Morning

The current challenge over at Di's Designs is Pastels.  Here is my card:

I printed this very cute digi stamp onto Neenah card and coloured the design using Spectrum Noir pens.  I'm really enjoying getting to grips with these pens and find colouring in very theraputic. I die-cut a mat from Core'dinations card using a Spellbinders die and then cut a faux mat around my image.

The lovely backing paper is from my favourite Pink Petticoat pad that came free with a magazine.  The doily is from my stash.  The flourishes are die cut with Marianne dies, and the flowers and punch with a floral punch I forgot I had, and then tiny black gems added to the centres.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Use A Digi

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

PaperPlay Challenges - Spring Colours

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

To Mum With Love

Good Afternoon

A very warm welcome to my blog today.

My card for today is for Mothers' Day.

This is for my sister to send to mum.

I used the papers provided at Debbees CDs DT Challenge Blog, and followed the sketch over at Craft Challenge Blog.  I also made the card into a shaker to meet the challenge at Truly Scrumptious.

I took an 8 x 8 card blank to which I added a lovely mottled-effect cardstock.  I added the 2 backing papers following the sketch.  I made an acetate window for my shaker, and added glitter beads, hearts and stars to produce the shaker effect.

The sentiment mat is a Spellbinders die with peel offs added.  I chose two co-ordinating ribbons to produce my bow - with the help of the bowdabra of course!

My card is also for the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Peter Rabbit

Good Afternoon

I hope you're having a good weekend.

Here is another calendar I have made.  This one uses the Peter Rabbit cd-rom from Crafters Companion:

The image and backing paper are both printed from the cd-rom.  I cut two frames from core'dinations card using Marianne dies.  I lightly sanded the card.  I added two eyelets at the top of the calendar to thread the ribbon through.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Use a tag

Aud Sentiments - Anything but a card

Penny Black and More - Colour Bingo - Blue Green and Kraft (Kraft being the colour of the rabbit, hope this is ok?)

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Just To Say ..... Thanks

Hello

I'm busy making lots of thank you cards at the moment.  This is one I sent to a friend a little while ago:

The is made using a set of stamps from Inkylicious.  I stamped the main image in Versamark and the heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I then applied colour from a big and juicy ink pad (hydrangea)using ink duster.  It is sat on a mat cut using a Nellie Snellen die.

I then stamped other flowers and grasses from the set using the same ink pad.  I love the colours in this ink pad.  I added the sentiment using satin ribbon and then matted this onto some silver mirror card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Use heat embossing

Creative Inspirations - With thanks

Clear it out Challenge - Thank you

Craft Challenge - Thank you

Thanks for having a look.

Jo x

Snuggly Teddy Bo

Hello

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and this time our challenge is Winter Wardrobe/Snuggly and warm.  I couldn't resist this image of Teddy Bo and he looks lovely and snug if a bit surprised!

I coloured my image with coloursoft pencils and decoupaged Teddy Bo and one of the ribbons. White flowersoft was added to the tops of the stockings. The silver mirror card behind Teddy Bo has been embossed with a holly pattern.  All the die-cuts are Spellbinders ironworks dies cut from White Glitter card.  The sentiment is Lili Of The Valley.  The backing paper is printed from a Popcorn cd-rom onto Crafters Companion Satin paper.

Please pop across to the Challenge Blog to see all the other fabulous creations from the Design Team.  I do hope you can join in the challenge this month.

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

Teddy Bo And Co  - Pastels


Creative Inspirations - Lots of sparkle

Winter Wonderland - Lots of glitter

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

A Thank You Note From Teddy Bea

Good Morning

I am in the middle of a batch of Thank You cards for my daughter to send to thank everyone for her 18th birthday presents.  I've had to keep them fairly straight forward but had a bit of a mental block to say the least!  The current challenge at Teddy Bo is Clean and Simple, so I decided to sit and colour my favourite bear to use on one of the cards.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and then matted onto some lovely mottled cardstock that I got from Papermill.  The flower and flourishes are cut using Marianne dies and a gem added to the centre of the flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge  - Clean and Simple

Saturday Challenge - White plus one other colour (not including the colour of the image)

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

My Time To Craft Challenge - Punches and dies

Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic

Bling It On Challenge - No patterned paper

Pollycraft Monday Challenge  - Girls, girls, girls

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'm off to try and finish the rest of the Thank You cards.

Jo x

Winter Friends

Good Morning

My card for today is another to add to my Christmas card stash:

and is my entry into Crafter's Companion World Cardmaking Day Challenge.

My card is made using the adorables cd-rom from Crafter's Companion and the papers are from the cd also.
I embossed the mirror board that the images are sat on with a sizzix embossing plate.  The snowflake is a Spellbinders Ironworks die.

My card is also for the following challenges:

The ABC Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers

Anything Goes Challenge - Use Die Cuts or Punches

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Friendship

Raise The Bar Challenge - Furry Friends

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Animals

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Let's Celebrate

Good Morning

A very warm welcome to my new followers.

The current challenge over at Creative Inspirations is Let's Celebrate.  Here is my card:

This card is made using the new Faye Whittaker cd-rom from Joanna Sheen, and this is from one of the decoupage sections.  This is an anniversary card for my sister to send to mum and dad.  They celebrate their anniversary this Saturday.


I printed the decoupage onto matt photo paper and layered it onto gold mirror card.  The corners use a Spellbinders fleur de lis die.

I have been a fan of Faye Whittakers images for a long time, and have stitched many a design in cross stitch.  This double cd-rom is a real treasure trove of images, and I can see me using it over and over again.

I am also entering my card into the Anything Goes - Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Happy 18th Birthday

Good Morning

I hope you are well.

Today is my eldest daughter's 18th Birthday!  We've had a busy weekend with lots of visitors and hubby has been very busy catering for them all.  She wanted her birthday to have a 'Woodland Theme' so here is the card I made for her:

This is the inside:

All the images, backing papers and embellishments are printed from the Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-rom's from Joanna Sheen.

The die in the centre is spellbinders and the sentiment is Lili Of The Valley.

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

Crafting for all Seasons - Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Things With Wings

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Raise the Bar - Leaves

Pile It On - Colours of Fall

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Happy Birthday

My Time To Craft - L is for Leaves

Please keep your fingers crossed for me today, I'm at the hospital this afternoon for some more of the tests the Cardiologist requested.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a great day.

Jo x

Willow Sketchie Challenge

Good Evening

We were given another fab sketch to follow at Willow Sketchie Challenge and here is my take on the sketch.

The image is Lili Of The Valley, the backing papers are printed from the SWALK 1 cd-rom, and the die cuts use the Fleur De Lis dies from spellbinders.

My card is for the following:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch.

Craft Challenge - Children

Creative Inspirations Challenge  - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

In The Country

Good Morning

There's nothing like cutting it fine!  This is my entry into this weeks Willow Sketchie Challenge.  This week we were to choose a previous sketch to follow, with the added twist of adding 3 buttons, 2 ribbons and 1 sentiment.

I chose to follow a sketch from April.  The images are printed from Joanna Sheen's Pamela West cd-rom onto watercolour card.  The dies cuts are Spellbinders Fleur De Lis dies, and the buttons and ribbons are from my stash.

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

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In the country

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Happy Birthday

Creative Inspirations - No Flowers

My Time To Craft Challenge  - Bird Watcher

Card and a Half  - Card With A Creature.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Fun At The Beach

Good Evening

I hope you're all well.

I had some slightly upsetting news from my GP last night.  The recent tests they've done have shown that my heart rate is still far too high, which is why I'm getting breathless so easily.  He has referred me to a cardiologist at the hospital.  I don't know quite what to expect really, I'm already on medication to slow my heart rate down!

Anyhow, on to today's card.  I didn't think Jayne Nestorenko could better the Patchwork Polly range of stamps, but her new Adorables range are just fabulous.  I didn't get all 12 stamp sets, but I did get the cd-rom.

The lovely seaside scene is printed from the cd-rom.  The little girl, bucket, spade, shells, starfish, crab and boat are all stamped onto watercolour card using versafine ink, and then painted with Lyra's.  The base cardstock is a cream linen, and the scene is mounted onto gold linen card.

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

Creative Inspirations - To The Seaside

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge - The Beach

One Stop Craft Challenge - Summer Time

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Shopping Our Stash - In With The New (this is a new cd-rom and stamp set).

Dream Valley Challenges - Summer Theme

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Fun In The Sun

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x