Awash With Flowers

Is the current challenge over at the CD Sunday Challenge.  It's tippling down again here today, so hopefully my card will brighten your day a little:

I don't know what this style of card is called, I just fancied a change!  Here is a view of the card opened out:

8 x 8 card blank

All the images were printed from Joanna Sheen's Heart of the Garden cd-rom onto glossy photo paper.

Backing paper from same cd, printed onto satin finish printer paper.

Spellbinders Majestic Squares dies used for Sentiment mat and corners, cut from card from PaperMill.

C'art Us scalloped square dies used for accents.

Memory box Honeysuckle Vine die.

Ribbon from create and craft, tied on Bowdabra, flower charm from Pink Gem designs.

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Shaped cards

Crafting For All Seasons - Things with wings

Cute Card Thursday - A different shape

Delicious Doodles - Use metal

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Shaped cards

Squigglefly Challenge - Decorate the corners

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.

80th Birthday Card

Hello Again

This is my entry into the current challenge at The Joanna Sheen Challenge which is Happy Birthday.  I was asked to make an 80th Birthday card for a friend to send to her mum and this is what I came up with.

Topper from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky Heart of the Garden cd, made into decoupage.  

Mirror card using for matting and sentiment tags, cut with Spellbinders dies.

Backing paper from same cd, printed onto Satin paper.

Couture Creations embossing folder - Tied Together, pearls from Joanna Sheen.

Ribbon from Create and Craft, rose and hat pins from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - In the Garden

Hooked on Crafts - Flowers

Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Ribbon and/or Twine

The CD Sunday Challenge - Easy Elegance

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Bingo (I chose line Ribbon, Flowers, Bling)

Paper Sundaes - Pretty In Pink

Shopping Our Stash - Bingo (I chose Pink, ribbons, free, pearls, yellow)

Crafts and Me Challenges - Fabulous Flowers

Roses For Someone Special

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog on this very wet morning.

My card for today is made using the Jane Shasky Heart of the Garden cd-rom from Joanna Sheen:

I chose my image from the decoupage section, and printed it onto glossy paper.  The backing paper is also from the cd-rom, printed onto Centura Pearl paper for a softer look.  I used silver mirror card for all my matting.

The two die-cuts are both Memory Box, cut into green pearlescent card.  I added some ribbon from my stash to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

The CD Sunday Challenge - Ring a Roses

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - For Someone Special

Jane Shasky 90th Birthday Card

Good Morning

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

The current challenge over at Crafting When We Can - Is Big Birthdays.

My card is a birthday card for a 90 year old!

I used a 6 x 6 scalloped edge card blank to which I added some vellum using flower brads.  The main image, from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky cd-rom, I printed a number of times and decoupaged it.  It is then matted onto silver linen card, and then pink holographic card.  The mat the number is sat on uses the same holographic card and is cut with a Nellie Snellen die.  Peel offs are used for the number.

My card is also for the following:

Paper Sundaes - Birthdays

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

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