Tranquil Days - Let's Celebrate

Hello and welcome to my blog.

This is a birthday card I have made for a friend using the gorgeous Paper Boutique Tranquil Days collection from Creative Crafting World:

The lilac card stock is a pearlescent card from Crafters' Companion.  The white card is Lynda Chapman's. The beautiful die cut frame, mat and circle with stitched detail, are from Creative Crafting World.  The ribbons and pearls are from my stash.

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

Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge - Anything goes using Creative Crafting World Products (ends 14th April)

Dare2bartzy - Your favourite colours (ends 31st March )

Pile it on Challenges - Circles (ends 31st March)

Crafty Friends Challenge - For a Special Friend (ends 22nd March)

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Let's Celebrate (ends 22nd March)

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes (ends 23rd March)

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes (ends 29th March)

Jo x

From All Of Us

I've an easel card to share with you today made using my very much neglected Loony Tunes cd-rom:

I printed one of the images out twice so I could decoupage it slightly.

The backing paper is printer from the same cd, as are the sentiments.

I used a Martha Stewart border punch and an X-cut die to produce the letters.

Green and blue card and mirror board from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Easel Cards

The Crafty Pad - Use an animal

Fab n Funky Challenges - Animals

Fussy and Fancy Challenges - Anything Goes

Have a great day, whatever your plans.

Happy 21st

Good Morning

My card for today is made using a decoupaged image from Debbie Moore's Cards For Men cd-rom:

8x 8 card blank

Silver pearlescent card, red core'dinations and black mottled card were used for matting and layering.

I cut the letters using an x-cut cutting die and created the number 21 using Dimensions number stamps, cleanrshrink plastic and a red spectrum noir pen.

The stars were cut using Die-namics stacking stars die.

My card is for the following challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Stars

Craft Challenge - Make your own embellishments

Moving Along With The Times - Seeing Red

Cute Card Thursday - Letters or numbers

Fussy and Fancy - Travel

My Time To Craft - Transport

Tuesday Taggers - Lots of Layers

My challenge for the rest of today is to stay awake!  I really want to watch the new Crafters Companion launch at 12 today.  Since I went onto the morphine on top of all my other tablets, I find I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, and I'm nearly always first of our household in bed!

Steam Train

This is another of the Father's Day cards I made and didn't get around to showing you.

Image and backing papers from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom

Image printed onto Watercolour card, backing paper onto Satin Finish Printer Paper

Green core'dinations cardstock, embossed with Sizzix Wild Dashes embossing plate and sanded slightly.

Sentiment tag Spellbinders fleur de lis cut from linen gold card.  Sentiment from LOTV, heat embossed.

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

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Vintage

Craft Punked - Transport

Alphabet Challenge - For Men Only

Try It On Tuesday - So Very British

Time To Have Fun

The appearance of the sun today put me in the mood to make a summery card.  I chose one of my newest SWALK stamps which hadn't been inked before and followed the great sketch over at Sketch N Stash and the theme at The Crafty Pad which is At The Seaside:

6 x 6 card blank

SWALK image stamped in Memento ink, coloured with Spectrum Noirs and coloursoft pencils. Tumbled glass distress ink used for the sky.

Mat cut using a Spellbinders label die.

Backing papers from Making Cards magazine, matted onto turquoise card from PaperMill.

Sentiment LOTV stamped with Big 'n Juicy waterfall ink.

Clouds created using a Darice embossing folder and then the required section cut out.

Boat charm from ebay, along with the jump rings.

Gems from my stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Summer

Pile It On - It's a Shore Thing

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Summer Holidays

Digi Doodles Challenge - Summertime

Craft Punked - Summertime

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Photo Inspiration

Number One Dad

My card for today uses the fabulous Walk On The Wild Side cd-rom from cupcakecrafting.  This cd is jam-packed with gorgeous images and I went to my favourite section of decoupage.

8 x 8 card blank.

Image printed onto super smooth decoupage paper.

Backing papers from same cd-rom printed onto Crafter's Companion satin paper and matted onto gold mirror board.

EK Success border punch.

Spellbinders die used to display the Lili Of The Valley Sentiment.

My card is for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Use Punches

Crafting When We Can - Colour Combo - Mint Choc Chip

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Card For A Male

Creative Card Crew - Easy as 1, 2, 3 - 1 die cut, 2 backing papers, 3 lion cubs

If you haven't entered for my blog candy yet, full details can be found here