Kingfisher

My card for today is made using a beautiful image from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-rom:

A5 card

Image printed onto watercolour card, matted onto gold mirror card then Core'dinations card.

Both backing papers from same cd-rom, printed onto Satin Finish printer paper and matted onto gold mirror card.

I have also decorated the inside of the card:

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

Fab N Funky - What's inside

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy 18th Birthday

Good Morning

I hope you are well.

Today is my eldest daughter's 18th Birthday!  We've had a busy weekend with lots of visitors and hubby has been very busy catering for them all.  She wanted her birthday to have a 'Woodland Theme' so here is the card I made for her:

This is the inside:

All the images, backing papers and embellishments are printed from the Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-rom's from Joanna Sheen.

The die in the centre is spellbinders and the sentiment is Lili Of The Valley.

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

Crafting for all Seasons - Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Things With Wings

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Raise the Bar - Leaves

Pile It On - Colours of Fall

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Happy Birthday

My Time To Craft - L is for Leaves

Please keep your fingers crossed for me today, I'm at the hospital this afternoon for some more of the tests the Cardiologist requested.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a great day.

Jo x

You Brighten My Day

Good Morning

This is a scheduled post as I am away, hopefully it will work ok!

My card for today is made using the Jayne Netley Mayhew disc from Joanna Sheen, and this design is from the decoupage section.

I decided to make an easel card as I felt this showed the design very well.  The sentiment is made using a Lili Of The Valley stamp and then triple embossed.  The flowers are made using Nellie Snellen punch and embossers.

My card is for the following challenge:

Hooked On Crafts - Things with wings.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Puppy Birthday Card

I had plans to share the rest of my Easter cards with you today, but when I came to upload the photos they had vanished!! So instead I am showing a birthday card that I was asked to make, for a 16 year old girl who loves dogs, particularly scotties.

This image is from Joanna Sheen's puppies and kitchens cd-rom, which I matted onto cardstock and then decoupaged. The backing paper is from the same cd. The flowers are mulberry flowers from my stash, and the leaves are made using a small punch I have.

The same backing paper is used on the base of the card, and the name is stamped onto some paw print paper, printed from Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-rom, using Dimension Fourth's alphabet stamp. This forms the brake for the card.

I made a box for the card using Crafters Companions new box maker board and white hammered card.

Thank you for having a look.

Jo x

A Walk On The Wild Side

Good Morning

Today's card is the second birthday card for my Dad. His birthday is at the end of the month.

I am entering this card into The CD Sunday Challenge Wild Thing

My card is made using the Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-roms from Joanna Sheen.

I printed off the image for the front of the card twice, so I could decoupage the baby elephants. They were matted onto some matt gold cardstock, then orange cardstock, and then onto some pale green cardstock of which I had punched around the edges using a Martha Stewart punch. The Happy Birthday was created using my alphabet stamps from Dimension Fourth. The H and B are cut out of a silvery-grey paper to tie-in with the elephant theme, and then the rest of the words were stamped using Big & Juicy Spice Ink pad.

For the middle of the card I printed out part of the shaped cards section from the cd-rom.

I glued the print-outs to card for extra stability and then cut everything out. I embossed the edges of some matt gold card using my Keepsake Borderfold embossing board, and then attached the shaped elephants to this. The elephants separate and there is a panel behind them for writing a message.

I hope you like this card. Thanks for your visit today.

Jo x

Out Of Africa

Good Evening

I was recently asked to make a card for someone who is very into Africa. There were no words required anywhere on the card. I immediately thought of giraffes and zebra's, so went straight to my Jayne Netley Mayhew cd's from Joanna Sheen.

I'm a bit uncertain about this card, and really hoping it will be ok. The base card is the pearlescent card from PaperMill. The backing paper I created using an image of zebra stripes. I chose a pink and yellowy orange card for matting and layering, thinking along the lines of a soothing sunset, along with a matt gold card. I decoupaged one of the zebra's just to add a bit of interest.

The border on the front of the card is created using the paper embroidery technique and is stitched in pink and orange metallic threads, unfortunately the camera hasn't picked up the colours too well. I thought this made a nice change from a punched border.

On the inside of the card I added an image of a giraffe, from the same cd, matted onto the same card as before. This was made to accommodate a bookmark, which once again was from the cd, which I laminated and then added a tassel.

The insert was made using one of the inserts from the same cd, which I took into a graphics programme to resize, so that the images of the animals is a bit like a watermark.

Fingers crossed this fits the bill.

I'm happy to report that I am still sticking to my stash diet. I know there's going to be lots more temptation this weekend, but all these items will still be available next month, so I'm confident now that I can stick to it for February at least.

Thanks for your visit today. If you've time, please leave a comment so I know you've visited, I really enjoy reading them all.

Enjoy your Friday evening.

Jo

A Challenge Card and and Something New

Good Morning

Who stole the sunshine? It didn't hang around long did it? Back to very dull this morning.

I've been playing with my brayer again, this time with Big and Juicy Waterfall. I love the colours in this one too!

This is my entry into The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge Birthday Wishes.

The otter is a Jayne Netley Mayhew stamp from Joanna Sheen. I coloured the main stamp and the little accent stamps using Lyra's, but coloured the water on the main image with ink from the Big and Juicy pad to tie it all in.

The shape of the card was once again cut out using my favourite Get In Shape Template. I've got my eye on some more of these, so may treat myself when my stash diet comes to an end. We'll see. I've also got my eye on some stamps too, lol, like I need more stamps!!!

Last night I was looking through my craft cupboard for something (risky business) and came across a card making book I'd been bought as a present a while ago. I flicked through it and spotted a fun card which I just had to have a go at. So here it is!

It's a mix of spirelli and beading.

Thanks for sticking with me! Have a lovely Sunday.

Jo x

Two's Company

Good Morning!

The sun is shining here this morning, hooray!! How long it will last, who know's, but I'm enjoying it while it's here.

The good thing about my stash diet has meant I have looked through all the things I've already got to craft with, rather than looking for what to buy next!

So, yesterday I had a good old play using my brayer and some rubber stamps.

The stamp set I used for this card was a Jayne Netley Mayhew set from Joanna Sheen. I love giraffes, they are by far my favourite zoo animal, and on a visit to the zoo I can quite happily sit and watch them for ages - well until the rest of my family get fed up and whisk me away!!

The base card is some beautiful pearlescent card I got from PaperMill, which I stamped around the edges using the small trees and giraffes from the stamp plate, the trees stamped in olympia green versafine, and the giraffes in vintage sepia, then embossed using fine detail embossing powder.

I then took some silk art card and a big and juicy spice ink pad and brayered the colour onto the cardstock. I then added a few trees, again in olympia green, and embossed them as before.

The giraffes were stamped using vintage sepia onto a white textured cardstock, and then embossed using clear fine detail embossing powder. I then cut them out, shaped them and added them to the card using glue gel. This card does look better in real life than it does in the photo!!!

My next plan is to use the otter stamp from Jayne Netley Mayhew - today if I get the chance!

Have a lovely Saturday.

Jo