Little Angels

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, this time made using some of a Forever Friends paper stack that came in a recent Papercraft Essentials magazine.  I followed the super sketch over at Cute Card Thursday to create the following card:

The decoupage and backing papers were all from the Paper stack.

Gold linen card was used for matting and layering and for the die cut shapes,

Marianne Snowflakes dies, Memorybox Christmas Tree die, Nellie Snellen oval die and Spellbinders Persian Motifs dies were used.

Gems on the Christmas Tree from my stash.

Sentiment from Lili of the Valley stamped in Pine Needles Distress Ink.

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

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Diva's By Design - Let's Get Cute

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Lots of Layers

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge - Stripes

PaperPlay Challenges - Snowflakes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas Anything Goes

Forever Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Use more than one die and/or punch

Crafty Calendar Challenge - November

Hello

Today we launch a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, I do hope you'll be able to join us.  Our theme for this month is Wrap Up Warm with the option to include Twine, Fibres or String.  We are sponsored by Cedar Chest Designs and we were given some lovely images to create with. Cedar Chest Designs will give the winner of this challenge $10 to spend in store.  This is a new store with lovely digital images and papers and cutting files,  I chose this great image called Georgia and the Snowman.  Here is my card:

8 x 8 fancy edged card blank from CupcakeCrafting.

Image printed onto Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin Paper and coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Snowflake backing paper printed from Swalk Winter Cheer cd-rom from Crafter's Companion.

The mitten backing paper which was perfect for the challenge (and decided my colours for me!) came free in a magazine.

I used Core'dinations card for all my matting.

Martha Stewart's Snowflakes punch around the page set was used to create the mat the image is sat on, together with the central strip to which I added some twine.  A stocking charm was added as I felt this again tied in with the theme so well.

The corner die was cut using a Marianne die.

The sentiment mat is a Nellie Snellen die, the sentiment is LOTV stamped in silver metallic ink and the three snowflakes are the 'waste' from the punched borders.

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

Sketch N Stash - Sketch

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Punch It Out

Diva's By Design - Feeling Festive

My Mum's Craft Shop - Bold and Bright

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Christmas in October

Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant Colours

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Contemporary Colour Combo

Please do pop over to the Challenge Blog to see my team mates creations and to join in the fun.

Thanks for visiting.

Oh Christmas Tree

Good Evening

I've combined a number of challenges to create my card for today.  I followed the sketch at Crafting When We Can, the theme at The CD Sunday Challenge to create a Christmas Card using items from a cd, and the theme at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is Carol Singing.  Here is my card:

8 x 8 card blank

Image from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Christmas cd-rom which I turned into decoupage.

Backing papers from same cd rom.

Joy corner die, Marianne snowflake dies, Memory Box Frosty Border die, all used with white glitter card.

Nellie Snellen star wreath die used as a mat for the sentiment, which is a LOTV stamp, stamped in silver ink and heat embossed with crystal transparent embossing powder.

Red card for matting from PaperMill.

Crystal Art glitter added to main image for extra sparkle!

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

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Traditional

Diva's By Design Challenge - Anything Goes

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.

In The Jungle

Good Morning

I'm a big fan of giraffes, and last week I was having a look around the lovely Kim's blog (very inspiring, well worth a visit) when I spotted a card made using a stamp featuring a giraffe.  Kim had put the full details of the stamp set on her blog so I was able to 'google' it and manage to track it down.  This is the first card I have made using this lovely set of stamps:

I followed the sketch over at The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge

Woodware Stamp FRCL127 Jungle Pals

Image coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, I coloured 2 giraffes so I could decoupage him

Backing paper from We R Memory Keepers (free in a magazine!)

Core'dinations card used along with Picot Edge circle dies, Marianne Frame die and Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Sentiment is Wild Road Studio

Buttons from my stash.

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

Crafting For All Seasons - Card For A Child

My Mum's Craft Shop - Buttons

Diva's by Design - Card For A Child

Heck of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Birthday Wishes

My card for today is made using Joanna Sheen's Heart of the Garden cd-roms.  I love the artwork on these cd's and can highly recommend them.

8 x 8 fancy edge card blank from Cupcakecrafting

Backing paper printed onto satin paper and edged with shaded lilac distress ink

Decoupage image printed onto super smooth decoupage paper and matted onto silver mirror card.

Swirl cut with a Dienamics die from lilac card from PaperMill and gems added

Floral arrangement created using pins from Wild Orchid Crafts, Charm from ebay, flowers and feathers from my stash.

Sentiment is a WOW stamp, stamped in metallic silver ink.

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

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Use metal

Squigglefly Challenge - Use an old or new technique (decoupage)

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Flowers

Papertake Weekly - Pins and Needles

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craftroom - Fresh and Summery (Lilac and Lime)

Wild Orchid Challenge - Summer Blooms

Craft-room Challenge - Pins and/or charms

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Summer

Stampin' For The Weekend - Pearls and Swirls

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for all the comments you leave, they mean a lot.

Christmas In July

The current challenge over at Teddy Bo is Christmas in July.  I followed the sketch over at Sparkles Creations.  Here is my card:

A5 card blank

Teddy Bea coloured in coloursoft pencils.

Papers are Papermania from a Christmas Goody bag I bought last year.

Some very neglected Marianne dies cut from mirror card.

Ribbon from stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas in July

Diva's By Design - Christmas in July

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Twinkle, twinkle little star

The Poodles Parlour - Use a digi

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas flowers/holly

Willow Sketchie Challenge

The current challenge over at Willow Sketchie gives us a sketch to follow and/or a theme of bold and bright, I have followed both and here is my card:

Digi Stamp used - A Spot of Gardening from Willow Designs printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

Owl and Bird - TN1, TN2, TN3, PP2

Skirt - GT1, GT2

Boots - EB3 TN4

Spade - EB3, EB2

Plant Pot - TN3, TN4

Grass - CG1, CG2, CG3

Flowers - GT1, GT2, OR1

Leaves - CG3

Backing paper and Sentiment tag from an old issue of Making Cards magazine

Mat cut with a Spellbinders die from Core'dinations card

Punched border is a Martha Stewart deep-edge punch (I love it, it's so pretty)

Bakers twine, flower charm and gems from my stash.

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

Cute Card Thursday - Here Comes Summer

Totally Papercrafts - Photo Inspiration (I've used the colours)

Crafting When We Can - Summer Fun

Sentimental Sunday - Cute and Girly plus a sentiment

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Things With Wings

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Birds of a Feather

Paper Makeup Stamps - Anything Goes with a Digi

Creative Craft Challenges - Tweet Tweets

Stampin For The Weekend - Show Us Your Style - Lots of Layers

Diva's By Design - Tag You're It

Just For You

A big welcome to my new followers, I'm delighted you have joined me.

I've fallen in love with Wellington the Bear.  Here is another card I made featuring him:

7 x 5 Pearlescent cream card blank

Image, backing papers, sentiment, peel offs and buttons from Do-crafts goody bag.

Tag cut using a Marianne Die

Edge panels punched using a Martha Stewart border punch

My card is for the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Bingo - I chose Buttons, Free (Die-cut) and Punches

Diva's By Design - Use a die-cut

PaperPlay Challenges - Use a die

Cameo

Hello

My card for today is for a close friends birthday.  I used the beautiful new Cameo stamps from Joanna Sheen.

8 x 8 card blank

Image stamped onto parchment paper and heat embossed.  Pearls from stash added to frame.  

Centre image stamped again then Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel applied (5 layers)

Spellbinders Floral Oval die cut into black card. 

Corner stamped twice onto parchment paper and heat embossed.

Black edge strip punched with Martha Stewart deep edge punch.

White satin ribbon from Meiflower tied on Bowdabra.

My card is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Remember When

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Birthday Card For Someone Special (this is for a close friend)

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

PaperPlay Challenges - Use 2 of something (2 corners)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Monochrome

The CD Sunday Challenge - Toybox Treasures

Good Evening

The current challenge at The CD Sunday Challenge has a theme of 'Toybox Treasures'.  I immediately thought of Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-rom's and here is my card:

The image for my card is taken from the Teddies decoupage section and looks great when completed due to the very generous number of layers.  The backing paper is from the same cd-rom.  I inked around the edges of the backing paper with Fired Brick distress ink to blend it into the rest of the card.  I punched around a red square of card with a Martha Stewart punch around the page set, and attached the decoupaged image.

I tied a bow using my bowdabra and some lovely gingham ribbon.  I attached a teddy charm (from Pink Gem designs) to the centre of the bow using bakers twine.

I would also like to enter my card in:

Diva's By Design - Charmed I'm Sure

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Have a lovely weekend.

Strawberry Kisses

Good Morning

I hope you're keeping nice and warm.  It's a lovely bright, sunny morning here although bitterly cold.

My card for today uses the new Strawberry Kisses stamps and cd-rom that hubby got me for my birthday last week.  This is the first time I've used them and thoroughly enjoyed making this card, and I'm delighted with how it's turned out.

The card base is made from A3 card which I added an extra layer to strengthen it.  I stamped the two adorable images with memento ink and coloured using coloursoft pencils blended with babyoil.  Stickles glitter glue was added to the shoe and parts of the cupcake. The mats were cut with a spellbinders die from Core'dinations cardstock.  The backing papers are from the cd-rom and the numbers were stamped and cut out of the backing paper.  The mat the number 40 is sat on was embossed with a sizzix embossing plate and then lightly sanded.

The Happy Birthday was stamped and embossed with silver detail embossing power.  The flowers are 'Build A Blossom' from La Pashe with some gems added to the centres.

My card is for the following challenges:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

The CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Spring Colours

Stampin' For The Weekend - Embossing

Paperplay Challenges - Get In Shape

Crafts and Me Challenge - Bright Colours

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Thank You In Black And White

Good Morning

My card for today follows the challenge over at Diva's By Design which is Thank You.

I had a number of thank you cards to make, so kept this one quite simple.

I used a stamp from Dimension Fourth, stamped onto black card in versafine ink and then heat embossed using white detail embossing powder.  Some simple matting and layering and then some black peel offs to complete the card.

Short and sweet today!

Jo x