CD Sunday Challenge - Second Entry

Hi

Here is my second entry into the 'No Patterned Papers' challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge:

For this card I used a decoupaged image from the Jolly Nation Men's cd-rom.  I coloured the couples hair a different colour to match the hair colour of the couple I am sending it to!  The shape that the couple are sat on was created using a glitter girls embossing board.  I added tiny gems around the edges.

All the card used was from PaperMill and the sentiment was stamped using a Lili Of The Valley stamp.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Sweet Peas For Mum

Good Morning

My card for today is the Mothers' Day card I've made for my mum.  Mum loves Sweet Peas, and my dad has always grown them, but she can't have them in the house because of their scent.  When I saw these Sweet Peas I thought they would be perfect.

I printed 2 of the backing papers from Sheena Douglass' paint fusion cd-rom onto card.  I added to this silver linen card and Centura pearl, and created the book using the new Once Upon A Time embossing board from the Glitter Girls.  I printed a ribbon from the cd to put down the centre of the book and added some gems.  I printed out 3 toppers onto which I stamped 'MUM' using my Dimension Fourth alphabet stamps and then triple embossed the letters before adding them to the card.  I printed the sweet pea decoupage from the cd-rom, and added this to the front.

I made a card stand using Centura Pearl card and, finally, a box for the card to be sent in.

My card is for the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - Jazz It Up

Crafts and Me Challenge - Shades of Spring

Divas By Design - Bling It Up

Thanks for visiting today.

Paint Fusion Sweet Peas

Hello

As soon as I saw the sweet pea decoupage on Sheena Douglass' new Paint Fusion cd-rom it was sold to me.  Here is my first card using this gorgeous image.

The base card is also printed from the cd-rom.  Using a glitter girls board to produce a frame, I embossed the base cardstock, and then some co-ordinating cardstock, to which I added border peel offs.  The butterfly is also printed from the cd-rom.  I printed it onto cardstock and then triple embossed it.

My card is for the following challenges:

Flutterby Wednesdays - Anything with wings

Divas by Design - Wings and Things

Cute Card Thursday - Flower Power

The Poodles Parlour - Mothers Day/Female

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

PaperPlay Challenges - Critters

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Pearls and Swirls

Good Afternoon

My card for today is a First Communion card I was asked to make:

This was created using a Glitter Girls embossing board and Centura Pearl cardstock.  Silver peel-offs were added around the design.  Tiny white pearls were added, some white feathers and I made a small floral arrangement for the centre.

I used some patterned vellum inside the card, with a printed insert, punched around the edges with a Martha Stewart punch.

My card is for the following challenge:

Sentimental Sundays - Dry Embossing

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Christmas Fun

Good Morning

Thank you for all your good wishes yesterday, hopefully the new medication regime will start to help very soon.

I've another Christmas card to share with you today:

The image is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom.  By way of a change, I used a Glitter Girls embsoosing board to produce the frame.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley, sat on a memory box die-cut.

My card is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Christmas Wishes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Vintage

One Stitch At A Time - Seeing Red

Paper Sundaes - Winter Wonderland

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Christmas Carol (Oh Christmas Tree)

Raise The Bar Challenge - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

 

Dream Valley Challenges - Sparkle

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Inspired by photo

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge - Let It Snow


Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Oh Christmas Tree

Hello!

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

My card for today is made using one of the decoupage images on Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-rom:

For a bit of a change, I used one of my glitter girls embossing boards for this card.  I embossed both the red and gold layers and then layered them up.  The teeny little gems are midget gem frostings.  I printed the image onto matt photo paper and once I had completed the decoupage added some glamour dust to add that 'compulsory' Christmas sparkle.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley, sat on a Memory Box die-cut.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - Winter Sports

Totally Papercrafts - Victorian

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Let it Snow

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Be My Valentine

Good Morning.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend.

Today's card is my entry into House Mouse & Friends Challenge Number 88 which is all about hearts. Full details of the challenge can be found here

I decided to use a gruffies image for this card, made with decoupage from Joanna Sheen. Let's face it, it must be love to push someone around in a wheelbarrow!!

The base card is a lovely white textured cardstock from Papermill. The hearts border was made using silver mirri board, which I embossed using the Glitter Girls Borderfold Embossing board, and then cut the inner hearts out of vellum. The sentiment is computer generated and matted onto a banner cut from silver mirror board using a spellbinders die. The decoupage is from Joanna Sheen. I felt it was lacking something, so added the narrow ribbon, which was from my crafty stash.

I do love making cards using any of the housemouse range, they always make me smile.

My stash diet is feeling more threatened today as I learnt that more SWALK stamps are being released very soon. It's good to know that Anne (Stargroves) is dieting at the same time, that knowledge may very well keep me on track :0)

Well, it's still blowing a gale here today, and there are some very big black clouds overhead, hopefully the wind will blow them away again.

Have a lovely day.

Jo

More Calendars a Christening card and a Birthday card!!!

Good Morning

Here are some more of the Thank You Calendars I've made.  Still a few more to do!!!

As you can see I'm loving my new Big Shot and dies and am putting them to good use!

Last week, I was asked to make a Christening Card.  To start with I had a complete mental block, but once I got going I was ok.  I decided to use the Deco Art embossing board from the glitter girls.  I really love the effects achieved by using these boards, but I do find them quite tricky to use, I think I need more practice!

I embossed the whole design of the cross and swirls onto Centura Pearl cardstock.  I then embossed just the cross onto sillver paper, cut this out, and applied over the first cross using 1mm foam pads.  I then embossed the inner cross onto white glitter card which I again applied using foam pads.  I ran silver peel offs all around the edge of the Centura card, and applied pearls in the centre of each of the swirls.  This was matted onto pink pearlescent cardstock to which I applied silver corner peel-offs,

The flowers in the centre of the cross were from my stash.  I applied a large 'blob' of Collall Glue gel to a square of acetate into which I put a few white feathers.  I added some mulberry leaves, and then 'arranged' a number of mulberry flowers.  I left this for a good few hours for the glue to harden, then trimmed away the excess acetate before applying the arrangement to the cross using Collall Glue gel once again.  I'm not very good when it comes to flower arranging but was pleased with how this turned out!  To finish off I added a couple of white roses to the edges of the card.

I had been asked to personalise the card, so printed the name and date onto centura pearl paper, which I matted onto silver card and applied to the card using foam pads.

I was very pleased with how this card turned out, and my customer was delighted with it.

Finally, hubby asked me to make a 'simple' birthday card for a friend of his.  He has always been a keen bowler, and I remembered having some Paper Nation decoupage papers stashed away.  I am very fond of the Paper Nation images, and they are lovely to work with.  So in no time at all the card was ready.

Thanks for sticking with me through this long post!  I hope you have a good day.

Jo x