Taking A Bath

Good Morning

I hope you've had a lovely weekend.  The sun is shining again today, just what the doctor ordered!

My card for today is the first I have made using the Tulip & Friends dvd from Do Crafts, this card is from the Hot Diggity Dog section.

This image is from the decoupage section, printed onto card.  I layered the image using foam pads and added glossy accents to all the bubbles. This is then matted onto core'dinations cardstock.

The backing papers and sentiments are also from the dvd.  I threaded white satin ribbon through the sentiment before attaching to the card.

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

Divas By Design - Spots and/or stripes

Paperplay Challenges - Something old (ribbon) something new (dvd)

Pile It On Challenge - Spots/ Stripes or both

Polka Doodles - Spots/stripes or both

Aud Sentiments - Happy Birthday

The Poodles Parlour - Birthday Card

If The Shoe Fits - Aquamarine

Crafting When We Can - Animals

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Happy 90th Birthday

Good Morning

I have been asked to make a 90th Birthday card for a Mum.  This is what I came up with.

I thought that this image from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky cd-rom was perfect.  This is from the decoupage section, printed onto glossy photo paper.  It took some cutting out but was well worth the effort, it decoupaged beautifully.  I used some pearlescent card for the base card, and scored the diamond pattern using my boxer board from Crafters Companion.  The sentiment mat is a spellbinders die to which I added a peel off and some gems.

I wanted to make the card extra-special for such a landmark birthday.  I have tried to make this style of card in the past, but have never been very happy with the finished result.  Well recently, I purchased a Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro with the loyalty points I had built up.  I followed the instructions and hey presto - this is the inside of the card:

It all came together perfectly.  I printed one of the backing papers from the Jane Shasky cd directly onto pearlescent cardstock, twice.  On one of the sheets, I scored and embossed using my ultimate pro and cut out the butterfly shape.  The dangly butterfly is a Marianne die, which I cut twice, once on co-ordinating cardstock and once onto yellow vellum.  I layered them together and added gems on the butterfly wings.  This was then attached using tiny jump rings.  I die cut two shapes using spellbinders ironworks motifs, added the number 90 to the centre of each, and attached to the inside of the card with foam pads.

Finally I printed a smaller panel of the same backing paper, which was added to the back of the card for the sender to write their message on.

I would like enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Girly

Totally Papercrafts - Rainbow of Colour

CES Challenge - Lots of layers

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad Challenge - B is for - Butterfly

Sentimental Sundays - Shaped Cards plus a sentiment

If The Shoe Fits - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Celebrations

Phew, sorry for the long post, thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Snow Is Softly Falling

Good Afternoon

My card for today is made using the Snowman papercrafting cd-rom from Crafters Companion:

This is the first time I have made a card where the whole front is acetate.  I printed one of the scenes from the cd-rom which I applied to a sheet of white card. I then attached the acetate to the white card and added a strip of mirror board, punched with a Martha Stewart punch, to hide the join.  The image on the front of the card is from the decoupage section of the cd.  The large snowflake is a spellbinders die and the sentiment is Lili of The Valley, embossed with silver detail ep.  I then added some pinflair snow dust to the front of the card.

Here is another image of the card stood up:

My card is for the following challenges:

If The Shoe Fits - Try something new (Style of Card)

Craft Your Passion - Snow

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Two's Company

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Friendship

My Time To Craft Challenge - Take Two

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Let It Snow

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Back To School

Good Evening

I am pleased to see I have a couple of new followers.  It's lovely to have your company :o))

I was lucky enough to win some digi stamps from Di's Digi Downloads and this card is made using one of the stamps I chose.

 I made a square card blank from some dark navy cardstock, and then matted some backing paper from Making Cards magazine onto some gold mirror board.  I cut a border from co-ordinating paper and cut one edge with a Martha Stewart punch.

The image was coloured using coloursoft pencils and then matted onto a die-cut circle of the same dark navy cardstock.

I cut some stars using a die-namics die from gold mirror card and dark navy card.  These were then layered up and added to the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Di's Digi Design Challenge  - Anything Goes

Crafty Calender Challenges  - Sleeping Bears (3rd entry)

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 6 - Sketch

If The Shoe Fits Scrap It - Back To School

ABC DT Challenge - Back To School

Divas By Design - Back To School

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Back To School

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Back To School

Clear It Out Challenge - Back To School

Thanks for having a look.  I'd love to know what you think.

Jo x

Birthday Friends

Good Evening

I had an idea for this card earlier this afternoon, and it has taken me until now to complete it!

I used orange and brown cardstock from Papermill.  The hexagons are created using  Nellie Snellen dies, and I created 3 acetate windows.  The stamps came free with a magazine, I stamped them onto Neenah cardstock using Versafine ink, and coloured them with my coloursoft pencils.  Various glitters and confetti were added to each window to create the shaker effect.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Shaped Cards

If The Shoe Fits - Jungle Themed

Here Come The Boys - Orange and Brown

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything But Square

Easy Craft Projects - Challenge 45

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Autumn Colours

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Party Time

Stamps R Us Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Congratulations

Good Afternoon

My card for today is made using one of my favourite techniques, paper embroidery.

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The pattern for this card I puchased from stitchingcards.com.  The stitching is done using metallic thread.  The sentiment tag is a spellbinders die.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges - Seeing double

If The Shoe Fits...Scrap It - Ruby

Thanks for visiting, I'd love to know what you think.

Jo x