Cold and Frosty

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, this time using the Winter scene-it stamps from Hobbyart:

6 x 6 card blank
Images stamped onto watercolour card in Versafine ink and coloured with Aquacrayons.  Pinflair Snow dust added for texture.  Embossed around the edges using Vanilla ice embossing powder.
Spellbinders Labels 27 die used to create mat.
Backing papers are all from Swalk Winter Cheer cd-rom, printed onto satin printer papers.  I inked around the edges using Faded Jeans distress ink, my splodgeaway mat and my ink blending tool.
Embossed panel made from Centura Card, embossed with an embossing folder that came with a magazine, and inked using Faded Jeans distress ink.
The sentiment is a peel off and the silver snowflakes are die-cut using a Cheery Lynn die.

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

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Cold and frosty

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Use something more than 6 months old (stamps, cd, peel off and snowflake die)

The Crafty Pad - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

CD Sunday Challenge - Layer it up

Christmas Card Challenges - Double embossing (embossing folder and heat embossing around edges of spellbinders die.

Creative Craft Challenges - Bingo - Blue/Stamps/Emboss

Bearly Mine Challenges - Snowflakes

Crafty Creations Challenges - Christmas is Coming

SplodgeAway Challenge - Blue and Silver

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Blue

Diva's By Design - Use 2 or more patterned papers

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Bingo - Merry/embossing/snow

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Blue, silver and white

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for all the lovely comments you leave,  They really do make a big difference to my day.

By The Sea

Over at Stamp With Fun there is a fab sketch to follow.  Here is my card:

6 x 6 card blank

Backing papers from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-roms, printed onto Satin Finish Printer Paper

Core'dinations cardstock embossed with a Darice clouds embossing folder and sanded slightly.

Hobbyart Scene-it Coastal stamps, stamped onto watercolour card with Versafine ink and watercoloured using Lyra aquacrayons.

Sentiment is a WOW stamp, stamped with Faded Jeans Distress Ink

My card is also for the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge - Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

Oh La La Creations - All At Sea

Crafty Creations Challenge - A Summer Scene

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Inspired by a song(oh I do like to be beside the seaside)

In The Country

Good Morning

My card for today is made with the fabulous In The Country stamp set from Hobby Art.

I stamped the images using Versafine ink onto watercolour card. I painted using Lyra Aquacrayons and then went over the water with some shimmer paint.

For the mount, I used some dark green cardstock and embossed the lines using a scoreboard.

I'm still getting the hang of building scenes with these stamps and have to say I'm quite happy with how this has worked out.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Brothers

Good Morning

My card for today uses one of the Moments In Time stamps from Flowersoft. I love this image.

The image was coloured used Lyra Aquacrayons and a little flower soft added for the grass. The base card used a navy blue cardstock, and as I was asked to make the card for a Preston fan, I created a simple backing paper using the Preston logo. The paper with football boots and footballs on is vellum, and I attached this to the card using dark blue eyelets. A Happy Birthday sentiment completes the card.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe Crafts One For The Boys

Here Come The Boys Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Open Challenge

Diva's By Design Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Anything Goes

Have a good day.

Jo x

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In The Country

Hello again

I have been meaning to enter the Rainbow Lady's Challenge for a few weeks now. As luck would have it, I was putting together a card this morning that fits the challenge perfectly! Here is my entry which is 'In The Country'.

I've been tempted by the Hobby Art Scene It stamps for some time, and gave in (sooooo little will-power) and ordered the new In The County set. I stamped the images onto watercolour card, and coloured using my Lyra's. This was then matted onto various cardstock, including some which had been run through my big shot using the Argyle cuttlebug folder (I used it horizontally just to be different!). The base card is a cream hammered card.

I've got my eye on the hillside and coastal sets too! They are excellent quality stamps.

Jo x

Groovy Granny

Good Morning

This is the card I made for my friend who has just become a Grandma for the first time.

This is one of the images from the Crafters Companion SWALK range. The shape of the card was created using a Marianne die, cut 3 times. Then I had to create a hinge as I don't have a large die cutting machine. She was coloured using Lyra's and her dress paper pieced with the same paper that I used for the background. Since taking the photo, I have glazed her glasses with glossy accents.

The stopper for the easel was cut using a spellbinders die and then some mulberry flowers and punched leaves arranged into glue gel.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

Jo x

Teddy Bo With Love and Hugs

Good Morning

I'm back with my favourite Teddy this morning! This is the first time I have used this image and for once I'm really pleased with my colouring. In fact, when I showed it Emma she thought it was a ready coloured image :o)

I do like easel cards, I think they display images very well. This card was made using a white hammered card. Teddy Bo is printed onto watercolour paper and coloured using Lyra's. I did have to be very careful not to use too much water, as this would cause the printer ink to run. I printed the image over a week ago to give it loads of time to dry out, but didn't want to take any chances.

The mats that Teddy Bo is sat on were cut using my Get In Shape Templates. The flowers were cut using a Marianne die and the leaves with an x-cut punch. Small buttons are added to the centre of the flowers with a little thread knotted through.

The border is a spellbinders die, this time with ribbon threaded through. The sentiment is computer generated.

I've made this card to send to a very good friend who had her first chemotherapy treatment yesterday.

Thanks for calling in today. I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Jo x

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge

Good Morning

My card for today is my entry into Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge where this month we are to make a card using Aqua and Brown.

I used Helene from the Patchwork Polly stamps for my card. Both Helene and her duck are stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured using Lyra's. How cute is that duck, don't you just love the socks? The backing paper is printed from the Appleby Dapply cd-rom and punched round the edges using a Martha Stewart punch. The mat she is sitting on is a Spellbinders die, as are the sentiment tag and the flowers. I used buttons for the centres of the flowers with a short length of cord tied through them. The leaves are cut using a Marianne die.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

A New Baby Girl

Good afternoon

I didn't think I was going to get to post anything today as my camera has had a major blip and I can't work out why. Anyway, managed to borrow one to get this photo taken.

Thought I'd have a change from the bears today, so this is a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs which is very cute.

I printed the image onto watercolour paper and coloured using Lyra's. The mat the image is sat on is cut using a Spellbinders Fleur De Lis die. The spotty paper underneath was cut using a Get In Shape template. Some ribbon and a few little buttons added to complete the card.

As luck would have it, the current challenge at One Stop Craft Challenge is spots and dots, so I'm entering my card into the challenge.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

The CD Sunday Challenge - Transport

Good Morning.

Who took the sun? Whoever it is, can I have it back please because I always feel better when the sun is shining!

Today's card is my entry in this weeks' CD Sunday Challenge, the theme for this week is transport.

My image is another of the fab digi stamps from Teddy Bo, which I have coloured with my Lyra's. The backing paper is printed from the Crafters Companion boys cd-rom, and I die cut it using a Spellbinder fleur de lis die. This shape reminds me of the wheel on a boat! I added a few buttons from my stash and some card candy.

Thank you for visiting today, enjoy your day.

Jo x

A Gem Of A Challenge 17 - Anything But A Square

Good Morning

I can't adjust to this new time at all. It's such a struggle to get up in the morning, Murphy's struggling even more than me!

Today's card is my entry into the current Pink Gem Challenge

This time the challenge is 'Anything But A Square'.

For my card I used the digi stamp Summer Milly, which I printed onto watercolour paper. I coloured her using my Lyra's. The shape of the card was made using my Get In Shape Templates. The card is from PaperMill. I arranged a few mulberry flowers and leaves onto some acetate which I added to the stopper for my easel card, which is die cut from one of my new Spellbinders dies.

Have a good day, whatever your plans.

Jo x

A Lovely Place To Live

Good Morning

The sun is shining here today once again, long may it continue, at least for the weekend anyway.

Today's card is one made using the Pilkington Lane stamps. These are beautiful stamps with so much detail in them. I have 2 of the sets and would like to add the set of trees, Pilkington Woods, to my collection at some point, but they will have to wait for now.

I stamped the houses onto some textured cardstock using Sepia Versafine ink, and then coloured using Lyra Aquacrayons. This was then layer onto some green cardstock, then onto linen white cardstock and the ribbon added as a finishing touch.

Thank you for your visit today, and a big welcome to my new followers.

Enjoy your day.

Jo x

May Your Christmas Be Merry And Bright

Hello, I hope your day is going well.

I decided in January that I was going to start making my Christmas cards much earlier this year. As a family we send approx. 150 Christmas cards! There is no way everyone is going to receive a handcrafted card, but I do send quite a few. Also I make Christmas cards to sell for my fundraising, so an early start is a sensible idea. So far I'm not doing very well!

Anyway, I also decided I was going to enter some challenges this year. I sometimes struggle getting started with cards, so I find challenges very useful for giving me a starting point.

This card is going to be entered in the following challenge:

Winter Wonderland :Snowflakes

And here it is!

The image is from the Jayne Nestorenko Adorables range, available from Crafters Companion, the sentiment came on the same stamp plate. I stamped her onto Crafters Companions watercolour card, and coloured her using my Lyra's. I wasn't really a big fan of glitter, until I was introduced to sparkling snow glitter which is available from Joanna Sheen. I added this to her hat and coat using pinflair glitter glue and I think it looks really lovely.

I die cut the rectangles onto pearlescent card using a Nellie's die and applied her using glue gel for some dimension. I cut round her hand using a craft knife so I could slot in the present she is carrying. I couldn't resist adding some pinflair snow dust around her feet and onto her shoes.

The backing paper is printed from the Adorables cd-rom onto Centrua pearl paper, and matted onto some silver mirror board. The corners are a Marianne die, cut out of white glitter paper with a few pearls added. The sentiment was heat embossed using silver fine detail embossing powder.

Thanks for sticking with me through this long post and thanks to everyone who leaves a comment.

Jo

Time Flies

Good Afternoon

As soon as I looked at this stamp set from Sheena Douglass I thought it was perfect for a calendar, so I made one!  This is going to sit on my craft desk (once I've cleared a space for it lol).

I stamped the main image onto watercolour paper, and coloured using Lyra's.  I think those dandelion clocks were made for flowersofting, so how could I not?  It doesn't show up as well on the photo, but in real life it looks great.

This is actually plan B.  Plan A had to be abandoned after a mishap with some glue, fortunately, the main image could be saved!

Thanks for having a look.  If you've time, please leave me a comment, I love to read them.

Jo x

Enchanted Birthday Card

Good Evening!

Didn't think I was going to manage to post today, but just about made it.  The temperature has dropped dramatically here today and I've had one of those 'can't get warm' days!

My card for today is for a friends imminent birthday.  I made the card using the latest cd-rom from Joanna Sheen - Enchanted Dreams.  To begin with, I didn't think this cd would appeal to me, but then I saw the fabulous samples!!  Even so, when you actually sit and look at these designs on your own pc, you really are wowed by the amazing use of colour, not to mention the immense detail in each of the images.  As you can gather, I am delighted with this cd!!!

This image is taken from the zodiac section as is the backing paper.  I ran some gold linen card through my big shot using a cuttlebug folder, and then die-cut a couple of swirls using a Marianne die.  I printed out the matching insert from the cd to complete the card.

And...... you'll be very pleased to hear that today I completed the last of my calendar cards!  They are all now on their way to the recipients.  This final one was made using a SWALK image, stamped on to a die-cut circle cut with a Marianne die, and coloured with Lyra's.  The backing paper I printed from the accompanying cd, and made a ribbon strip from silver paper punch with a Martha Stewart punch.  

Have a lovely evening and I'll catch up with you again soon.

Jo x