A Cute Companion Just For You

Hello

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

My card is one I have made for a friend who is not very well at the moment.  I have used some of the duo stamps from Jayne Nestorenko, and have to admit to these stamps being rather neglected!

The images are stamped with Versafine ink and then heat embossed with fine detail powder,  There are a selection of sentiments that come on the stamp plate, I felt that this one best suited my card.

The images are painted using Lyra aquacrayons.  The backing paper is from my stash, the corners punched with a Martha Stewart punch and pearls (again from my stash) added to each corner.  I used a lilac satin ribbon for my bow.  The tiny flowers are punched using a Kreaxions punch that I've had for yonks, flowers punched out of lemon paper and glittered vellum, then layered and a tiny pearl from Joanna Sheen added to the centre of each flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bingo - Pearls, ribbons and free (I added flowers and punches).

Shopping Our Stash - Your weakness - mine is punches, I have quite a few!!

Alphabet Challenge - O for only 3 embellishments

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Jo x

Taking A Dip

Good Morning

Well, the rain is back in Manchester!!  I enjoyed our 2-day summer!!

How about this for fabulous service.  I ordered some of the die-namics dies from Tracy at Dies to die for at    4 pm on Tuesday and they arrived yesterday!!  It's the first time I have ordered from them, but it definitely won't  be the last.

My card for today is made using one of the lovely scenes from the Cute Companions Summer Stories cd-rom, and some stamps from one of the accompanying stamp plates.

These stamps are such a lot of fun to work with.  I stamped the images onto watercolour paper using Sepia Versafine ink, and coloured them using my Lyra's.  The scene is decoupaged and then the characters added.

I really love this scene.  When we had our caravan, the journey there took us through a little village called Wrea Green.  It looks just like this scene.  One time we were waiting behind a car on the road at the side of the green.  We couldn't work out why the car had just stopped in the middle of the road until a mother duck and 5 ducklings waddled out across the road and back to the pond.  So sweet!!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Here Comes Summer

My time to craft - Summer

Creative Inspirations -  Summer

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Christmas Window

Hi

What a cold and miserable day it has been today - thank goodness for crafting!

Today's card is made using Cute Companions Winter Tales cd-rom for the window, and the snowglobe is from the accompanying rubber stamps range.  I triple-embossed the globe to mimic the appearance of glass.

I have been having a look around a few crafters blogs this evening, I am amazed by the number of blogs and the fabulous array of cards that people make.

I am entering this card in the My Time To Craft Challenge - Window Fun.

I hope you've had a good day, please call in again.

Jo x