Happy 21st

Good Morning

My card for today is made using a decoupaged image from Debbie Moore's Cards For Men cd-rom:

8x 8 card blank

Silver pearlescent card, red core'dinations and black mottled card were used for matting and layering.

I cut the letters using an x-cut cutting die and created the number 21 using Dimensions number stamps, cleanrshrink plastic and a red spectrum noir pen.

The stars were cut using Die-namics stacking stars die.

My card is for the following challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Stars

Craft Challenge - Make your own embellishments

Moving Along With The Times - Seeing Red

Cute Card Thursday - Letters or numbers

Fussy and Fancy - Travel

My Time To Craft - Transport

Tuesday Taggers - Lots of Layers

My challenge for the rest of today is to stay awake!  I really want to watch the new Crafters Companion launch at 12 today.  Since I went onto the morphine on top of all my other tablets, I find I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, and I'm nearly always first of our household in bed!

The CD Sunday Challenge - Mainly Men

This is my second entry into this week's CD Sunday Challenge where the theme is 'Mainly Men'.  Here is my card:

The main image is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kinkade cd-roms.  These really are fabulous cd's and the photograph doesn't do justice to the beautiful image.

I created an easel card using card from the PaperMill as I thought this would display the lovely image better.

The sentiment is a Lili Of The Valley stamp, sat on a Spellbinders Fleur De Lis die with some bakers twine added for extra interest.

I wanted to keep this card quite simple so as not to detract from the main image ( I really like this image, can you tell? lol)

My card is also for the following challenges:

Craft A Scene Challenge - Inside The Garden

Cupcakecraft Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Crafting For All Seasons - Splash Me

Creative Inspirations - In The Garden

Moving Along With The Times - Summer

Happy Birthday Grace

This is the birthday card I made for my niece's birthday:

8 x 8 card blank

Decoupage, backing papers and bunting 'Cookie's Birthday' (fab quality)

Lilac glittered card used for matting and name, letters cut with an x-cut alphabet die.

My card is for the following challenges:

Crafts and Me Challenge - Birthdays

Moving Along With The Times - Happy Birthday

Paper Play Challenges - Flags/Pennants/Banners

The Poodles Parlour - Cute and/or Cuddly

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Polka Dot With A Birthday Theme

Happy 21st Birthday

I was asked to make a card for a 21st birthday with a theme of 'horses'.  Here is my card:

I used Centura Pearl card for the base and Core'dinations Gemstones and Silver Matt card for the matting and layering.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's furry friends cd-rom, printed twice onto glossy photo paper so I could decoupage the image.

The flower arrangement comprises of feathers, hat pins, mulberry flowers, Marianne die-cuts and white ribbon.

The sentiment is Lili Of The Valley, heat embossed with Silver Detail embossing powder sat on a mat cut with a Spellbinders ironworks die.

This is the inside of the card:

I scored my card on my Ultimate pro at the gatefold lines.  I embossed the central section using my Keepsake Majestic embossing board and carefully cut around the shape.

I created the two ovals using the same embossing board and attached them with jump rings.  The butteflies were created using a Marianne Die. 

The panels were embossed using a Darice embossing folder from Crafters' Companion and little white pearls added for the flower centres.

Finally, I stamped the two flourishes using a Dimension Fourth stamp, and heat embossed with silver detail embossing powder.

I made a box from Centura Pearl card, using my boxer board, to house the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Bingo - "Happy", Flowers, Bling

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge - Farmyard or Zoo

Allsorts Challenge - Use a Die

The Crafty Pad - More than 1 Fold

Pile It On - Make Your Own Embellishments

Moving Along With The Times - Happy Birthday

Wild Orchid Challenge - Punches or dies

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Flowers In Bloom

Good Morning

Don't the months pass by quickly?  I can't believe we're now in June and today sees the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month our theme is 'Flowers In Bloom' with optional swirls/flourishes.  Our sponsor for this month is Crafty Sentiments Designs.

6 x 6 card base.

Image from Crafty Sentiments Designs, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

Spellbinder Picot Edge circle die cut into red cardstock from Create and Craft.

Spotty backing paper came free with a magazine, punched with an x-cut border punch.

Flourish cut with a die-namics die from Dies To Die For

Flowers created using small Picot Edge circle die and coloured paper.

X-cut Botanical punch and emboss punch used to create leaves, 

heat embossed with crystal embossing powder.

Bakers twine and star peel offs used to create bunting from my stash.

Please do visit my teamies blogs to see the lovely cards they've all created for this challenge.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - Floral

Crafty Creations Challenge - Circles

My Mum's Craft Shop - Red, white and blue

Moving Along With The Times - Red, white and blue

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge - Use bunting

Polka Doodles - Regal Colours

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Swirls and Flourishes

St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge - Our Little Furry Friends

Sentimental Sundays - Pocket Full of Posies

On Your Wedding Day

Good Afternoon

Today I would like to share a wedding card with you:

Base card Centura Pearl Snow White

Card used for matting and flowers - Old Gold Pearlescent from Papermill

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Flower and leaves cut using Marianne dies.

Hat pin and pearls from ebay.

Feathers from my stash.

Sentiment computer generated.

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

Divas by Design - Flourishes (embossing)

ABC DT Challenge - Graduation or Wedding

Moving Along With The Times - Celebrate

Paper Play Challenges - Card for a Couple

Thanks for visiting my blog and the lovely comments you leave.

The Easter Bunny

Good Morning

I hope this morning finds you well.

I'd like to start by saying a belated Happy Ruby Wedding Anniversary to my lovely blog friend Edna, I'm sorry I wasn't around yesterday, I hope you both had a lovely day.

My card for today uses a decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Giordano range:

Isn't this image adorable?  I matted the image onto gold linen card.   I took an 8 x 8 base card and embossed along the bottom edge using the Glittergirls Border Fold board.  I then went around all sides of the card using pink and yellow ink from the Big and Juicy Soothing Sunset pad, applied using cut n' dry foam.  The fab ribbon I receive from a fellow Sheenie in an angel envelope last weeks (I love it, thank you :D).  The yellow panel is core'dinations cardstock, embossed using a Darice border embossing folder and then sanded to reveal the core.  This was also matted onto gold linen card.

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

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter and/or animals

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Get Ready For Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Easter

Moving Along With The Times - Cute and Cuddly

PaperPlay Challenges - Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Happy Easter

Paper Sundaes - Happy Easter

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Easter

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Christmas Teddy Bear

Well I know it's a dog, but it reminds me of a Teddy Bear!  How gorgeous is he?

This is a card made using Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends cd-rom.

Printed onto glossy photo paper and matted onto red cardstock.  I printed off two of the backing papers, which were matted onto the same red cardstock.  I used a memorybox die on some red mirror card to produce the tree.  I used a Lili of the Valley Christmas Sentiment stamp, stamped with red ink.

My card is for the following challenges:

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Dogs

Moving Along With The Times - Use at least 2 layers

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Designs - Use The Word Happy

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Bold and Bright

Another card ready for Christmas Woo Hoo!!!

Thanks for visiting today.

Wishing You Better

Good Afternoon

This is my card for entry into the current Willow Sketchie Challenge:

This lovely digi stamp is from Di's Digi Downloads and is called 'Wish Upon A Star'.  I printed the image onto Neenah card and coloured using a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Promarkers.  I coloured the star with Versamark Ink so I could add the gold lustre embossing powder, I did this three times in all.

I cut around the image using a Spellbinders die, and then cut another layer from orange cardstock.  The papers are from a pad that came recently with a magazine.  The corner is die cut using a Marianne's die.  The sentiment is computer generated.  As I was making a Get Well card, and didn't just want the usual 'Get Well Soon' greeting, I created the sentiment on the computer to tie-in with the name of the stamp, and then printed this twice to produce the shadow effect.

Finally, I threaded 3 heart-shaped buttons with bakers twine and added these to my card.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - Get Well Soon

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge - Recipe - 1 image, 2 dp's, 3 embellishments, to include a heart, I used 3 heart shaped buttons.

Thanks for visiting.

Two Little Cuties

Good Afternoon

My card for today uses the Furry Friends cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  I have had such a lot of use from this cd. Here is my card:

I printed the image twice onto glossy photo paper and then matted and layered it onto silver mirror card and then navy card.  The image was then decoupaged.

The backing paper is also from the cd-rom printed onto satin paper.  The sentiment tag is cut with a spellbinders die and a peel off sentiment added.

My card is for the following challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - Cute Critters

Alphabet Challenge - A for Animal Antics

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for the comments you leave, I really appreciate them all.

Jo x

Happy Birthday Grandma

Good Morning

A big warm welcome to my new followers.  I appreciate your interest in my crafting. :0)

My card for today is one I have made for my daughters to send to my mum.  She loves Lily Of The Valley so I wanted to include this on the card.

There is a new challenge over on the Joanna Sheen forum which this month is to use tea-bag folding.  I printed some tea-bags papers from a Crafters Companion cd-rom and followed the instructions for the fold. I added a little flower brad to the centre. I die-cut a Marianne doily from silver mirror card and green core'dinations and attached the tea-bag papers to this.  I printed the image of the fairy with the LOTV twice, so I could decoupage her a little.  I used glossy accents on flowers she is holding.  A tag cut with a spellbinders die and a peel-off added complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen forum challenge - Tea-bag folding

Senitmental Sundays - Die-cuts plus a sentiment

Papertake Weekly - Highlight part of the image

Moving Along With The Times - Blooming Marvellous

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a lovely Saturday.

Jo x

Floral Decoupage

Good Afternoon

I have another card to share with you today, made using Joanna Sheen's latest cd-rom From The Heart Of The Garden.  I really cannot recommend this cd highly enough.

Today's card is from the Inspirational section, decoupage.

I made this card to send to a friend who I know has had a challenging week this week.

I printed the decoupage onto pearlescent paper for a softer look.  I used a lovely cream pearlescent card for the card blank. and cut the corners using a Marianne die.  I put come core'dinations card on the back, so the green would show through the die-cutting. Some co-ordinating pearls were added to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Flowers

Moving Along With The Times - Blooming Marvellous

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Pollycrafts Pirate

Good Evening

The current Pollycraft Monday Challenge is 'Bingo'.  Here is my card:

I chose to use the line - buttons/Pollycraft image/punches.

I coloured my image using promarkers.  The yellow card is core'dinations.  The backing papers are from my stash, and I used a Martha Stewart punch.  The stars are cut using a Die-namics die and buttons with bakers twine threaded through are added to each star.

I've made this card for my nephews birthday, he loves to dress up so this should fit the bill.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - Across the border

Moving Along With The Times - Things with wings

Cards for Men - Boys and their toys

Stamps R Us Challenge - Cards for kids

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Something for the boys

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Taking A Nap

Good Morning

Another calendar today, this time made using the fabulous Furry Friends cd-rom from Joanna Sheen:

The adorable image is printed onto glossy photo paper and cut with a Spellbinders die.  The backing paper is from the cd-rom, matted onto some co-ordinating cardstock.  The strip across the middle is made using a Martha Stewart punch, and the mat the calendar is sat on is silver linen card cut with a Marianne die.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Special

Moving Along With The Times - Spots and/or stripes

Have a great day.

Jo x

From Our Home To Yours

Good Morning

I've not been able to post because I haven't had a computer. this has also meant I haven't been able to visit any other blogs, so my apologies for that.  I had lots of Christmas Cards lined up to post during the last week but couldn't access them.  Here is one of those cards, made for a neighbour.

This adorable image is from Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends cd-rom.  I've used this cd so much for Christmas Cards.  I die cut the image with a Nestabilities and matted it onto some red card.  The backing papers are from the cd-rom.  The star border is a Marianne die with holographic paper threaded through.  The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp, sat on a star cut using an x-cut die.

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

My Time To Craft Challenge - Winter Pals

Moving Along With The Times - Cats and Dogs

Crafts and Me Challenge - Christmas Bumper Challenge - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Have A Furry Happy Birthday

Good Afternoon

I can't get warm today, have been sat with a hot water bottle on my back all day! 

I have a few birthdays around Christmas.  This is the card I have made to send to an old school friend.

I used the fabulous Furry Friends cd-rom again for this card.  I do love this cd (you may have noticed lol).

I cut the image with a spellbinders label die and then hand-cut a slightly larger mat from Coredinations card stock.  Both backing papers are printed from the cd-rom, one of which I punched around using an EK success paw punch.  I created a smaller mat for the sentiment, for which I used a glittery peel-off.  Some pearls were added to the sentiment and finally 3 buttons were added.

I printed a matching insert from the cd-rom which I personalised before printing.

My card is for the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Bingo - I chose buttons, punches/die-cuts, pearls.

Crafting When We Can - Friendship

Totally Papercrafts - Anything but Christmas

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Creature

CD Sunday Challenge - Things with Whiskers

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Moving Along With The Times - Cats or Dogs

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Wedding Wishes

Good morning

My eldest daughter was asked to be a bridesmaid for her friends mum who was re-marrying this week.  The wedding was up in Scotland and they are travelling home as I type.

This is the card I made:

The base card I used is a beautiful pearlescent cream card.  The deep red is the colour of the bridesmaids dresses.  I embossed some cardstock with a cuttlebug folder and die cut the flowers, leaves and butterflies using Marianne dies.  A pearl was added to complete the flower, a ribbon bow and a co-ordinating rub-on sentiment were used to complete the card.

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

Paper Sundaes - Beautiful bows

Pile it on - Anything with a p (Pearl)

Divas by Design - Monochromatic

Creative Craft Challenge  - Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop - Things with wings

Flutterby Wednesdays - Open Challenge

Moving along with the times - Ribbons and bows

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Monotone

Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or bows

Creative Card Crew Challenge  - Monochromatic (thanks Jan)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a lovely weekend.

Jo x

Collecting The Christmas Tree

Good morning

My card for today is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom:

I love this image, particularly the couple in the car who have just collected their Christmas Tree.  I think it's such a lovely scene.

I printed the dcoupage onto matt photo paper and layered it up with Collall glue gel.  The sentiment is also from the decoupage sheet.  The backing paper, also from the cd-rom, is printed onto Crafters Companion satin paper.  I used the same paper for the insert and added a 'white area' to write in.  Some pinflair snow dust was added to one of the trees on the backing paper for extra texture.

My card is for the following challenges:

CD Sunday Challenge  - Trees

Moving along with the times - Let it snow

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Festive

Shopping Our Stash - Christmas/Winter

Jo x

The CD Sunday Challenge - Around The World

Good Afternoon

A warm welcome to my new followers, I'm glad you like my cards.

My card for today is for the current challenge over at The CD Sunday Challenge which this week is Around The World.  I decided to go to Paris, and here is my card.

I am very pleased with how this card has worked out.  I printed a decoupage image from Debbi Moores Art Deco Paris cd-rom, along with a couple of backgrounds. I matted the decoupage onto some lovely pearlescent cardstock I got some time ago from papermill.  I matted the backgound onto some antique gold card and added some glitter to the tower and fireworks.  The roses are made from the same gold using a Marianne die.  The leaves are cut from black cardstock and gold embossing powder added to the stems.  The buckle is cut using a Memorybox die with black organza ribbon threaded through.

I used a second scene to decorate the inside of the card:

I cut some white card using a spellbinders die and gold embossed the edges so there is somewhere to write.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Polka Doodles - Use ribbon

Top Tip Tuesday - Use layers

Time To Craft - Use punches, dies or both

Paperplay Challenges - Use black

Moving Along With The Times - Vintage

Totally Papercrafts - Layer upon layer

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Crafty Calendar Challenge - First DT Card For Me!

Good Morning

I hope you are enjoying this lovely sunshine.

Today see's a new challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge and my first DT card!  I'm very excited!!!  This month we are celebrating our 2nd birthday and there are lots of fabulous prizes on offer.  Do hop over and take it look, you really don't want to miss out!!  The theme for this month is 'Spooky' and we are sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts - here is my card:

I've used a digi stamp from Pollycraft for my card, coloured with coloursoft pencils and blended with baby oil.  I added some holographic card to the cut out areas of the pumpkin to give the effect of a lit candle inside and to add some spooky features!  The word 'Spooky' is computer generated.  With my new printer I can print direct to card which is so handy.

This is how I decorated inside the card:

Well I hope you like my first DT card.   Don't forget to go and have a look at the challenge blog, the DT have some fabulous inspiration for you.  I look forward to seeing your spooky creations.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - Anything Goes

The Secret Crafter - Halloween

Moving Along With The Times - Spooky Halloween Cards

Raise The Bar - Hats Off

Have a fab Saturday.

Jo x