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!

Merry Christmas

Hello

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, made to meet the criteria for a few different challenges:

I created a stepper card for this card.

Red and silver mirror card was used for all the matting and layering.

The three small pictures are attached to the card using strip of acetate to make them 'boing'

I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the snowflake which were then stuck at randon to the card.

I used a corner rounder punch throughout.

My card is for the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Lots of layers

Pile It On  - Use patterned paper

My Time To Craft Challenge - More than 1 fold but no easel cards

Paper Pretties Challenge - Use punches

Jingle Belles - Going postal

Get Well Soon

Good Morning

My card for today follows the sketch over at the Stamp With Fun Challenge:

I chose the colours to tie-in with the current challenge at My Mum's Craft Shop which is your favourite colour combo.

I used one of the lovely SWALK stamps, coloured with promarkers and coloursoft pencils.  The mat the image is sat on is cut using the Marianne die that I re-discovered yesterday, inked with tumbled glass distress ink to highlight the embossing.  The papers are from SWALK cd-rom, printed onto Crafters Companion satin finish paper (which I love).  The embossed card is core'dinations, embossed with an argyle embossing folders and then sanded to bring out the core colour.  The flowers are cut from the backing paper, with a gem added to the centre of each.   The leaves are a Nellie Snellen punch.

My card is also for the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Buttons,bows, bling and blooms

My Time To Craft - Favourite embellishment (hand made flowers)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

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

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

Hop It

Good Evening

I hope you've had a good weekend.

My card for today uses a lovely digi stamp from Pollycraft.

Isn't he gorgeous?  I coloured him using Coloursoft pencils.  I followed the sketch over at Willow Sketchie Challenge.  The papers are from my stash, I've had them for ages!  The zig zag is a Martha Stewart punch and the shaped mat behind the main image an x-cut die.

My card is for the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

My Time To Craft - Punches, dies or both

St Lukes Charity Challenge - Male card

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

A Thank You Note From Teddy Bea

Good Morning

I am in the middle of a batch of Thank You cards for my daughter to send to thank everyone for her 18th birthday presents.  I've had to keep them fairly straight forward but had a bit of a mental block to say the least!  The current challenge at Teddy Bo is Clean and Simple, so I decided to sit and colour my favourite bear to use on one of the cards.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and then matted onto some lovely mottled cardstock that I got from Papermill.  The flower and flourishes are cut using Marianne dies and a gem added to the centre of the flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge  - Clean and Simple

Saturday Challenge - White plus one other colour (not including the colour of the image)

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

My Time To Craft Challenge - Punches and dies

Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic

Bling It On Challenge - No patterned paper

Pollycraft Monday Challenge  - Girls, girls, girls

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'm off to try and finish the rest of the Thank You cards.

Jo x

Boo To You

Good Afternoon

A very warm welcome to my blog.  My card for today is a spooky card for Halloween:

The image on the card is a digi stamp from Pollycraft and I have coloured her with coloursoft pencils.  The spiders web was one of those bright ideas that ends up taking an age to do.  The outer shape was created using a Marianne Die and I then threaded black cotton through to create the web.  The wording is die cut using an x-cut alphabet die and the pumpkins are from a My Craft Studio cd.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Halloween

Cutie Sunday - Halloween

Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Flowers/Pumpkins

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Halloween

My Time To Craft - Orange and Black

Shopping Our Stash - Spooky and/or orange and black

Crafts and Me - Use orange

Thanks for calling in today.

Jo x

Happy Anniversary

Good Morning

Today is my 22nd Wedding Anniversary.  The weather today is very different to how it was the day we got married.  We had a scorching day!  It was also a derby day, and much to hubby's delight, City beat United 5 - 1!

This is the card I have made:

The image and backing papers are all from the Thomas Kinkade cd-rom from Joanna Sheen, all matted onto some pearlescent silver cardstock.  The dies are spellbinders.  It doesn't show up very well in the photo, but I coloured the peel offs turquoise to tie in.

I would like to enter my card in the My Time To Craft Challenge - L is for.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

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

Molly Blooms

Good Evening

I was lucky enough to win a couple of Molly Blooms stamps in a Challenge last week, and have used one of them on todays card.

Isn't she lovely?  I have a friend due to start a new job, and the place she will be working is called Molly's, so this seemed a very appropriate stamp to use.

I followed the sketch over at Paper Sundaes Challenge.  Molly is stamped onto watercolour card and coloured with Lyra's.  The shape Molly and the sentiment are on are spellbinders.  The papers are from Making Cards magazine.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley and the gems are from Joanna Sheen.

My card is for the following:

Paper Sundaes Challenge - Sketch

My Time To Craft Challenge - Just Between Friends (this card is for a friend).

Stamps R Us Challenge  - Friendship

Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Flowers and Swirls (on the backing papers).

Pink Gem Challenge - Inspired by photo

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Celebrate

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Ballerina Bea

Good Afternoon

We've actually got sunshine today!  Hopefully September will be better than August!

My card for today features my favourite bear, Teddy Bea.

Bea is coloured with Coloursoft pencils and some stickles added to her wand and wings to add some sparkle.

The base card is cut using a Marianne die using a lovely rich brown cardstock from Papermill.  The backing paper is printed from a Crafters Companion cd-rom.  It's either Appley Dapply or SWALK but I'm afraid I can't remember which one!  The little flowers are created using a Nellie Snellen die and little pearls added to the centre.  Three co-ordinating gems are used to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 5 - Sketch

CES Challenges - Pink, Brown and Aqua

Creations by Gill M - Anything that Flies

My Time To Craft Challenge - Use Flowers

Flutter By Wednesdays - Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

PaperPlay Challenges - Make Your Own Flowers

Rainbow Lady Challenges - Use Embossing

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jo x

A Walk In The Garden

Good Evening

I hope you are having a good weekend.  Rather typically, the Bank Holiday weather has been rubbish.  Thank goodness for crafting!

I am trying to make use of all my crafting purchases that haven't yet seen the light of day, and today's card is the first outing for this particular stamp set.  The card took me all afternoon to complete, but I am pleased with the result.

I followed the sketch over at Fussy and Fancy Challenge and the topic at The CD Sunday Challenge which this week is 'Just Because'.

All the stamps are from the same stamp plate from the Summer Adorables range by Jayne Nestorenko.  I stamped onto watercolour card using sepia versafine ink and coloured using Lyra Aquacolours.  The mat was created using a 'Get In Shape' template and I inked round the edges using Antique Linen distress ink.  The backing papers are printed from the Adorables cd-rom and all are matted onto silver mirri card.  The flower border is made using a spellbinders shapeabilities die carefully cut and then put together.  A gem is then added to the centres.  The flowers are cut using a die from the same set, layered up and then a gem added to the centre.

The inside of the card has been decorated to co-ordinate.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge  - Just Because

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Sketch

Polka Doodles Challenge  - Spots and Dots

Stamps R Us Challenge  - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft Challenge - Here Come The Girls

Pile It On Challenge  - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Stamp With Fun - Summer

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'd love to know what you think of my card.

Jo x

Time For Tee

Good Morning

My card for today is for my husbands birthday and is made using Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom.  I have only had this cd a short time, and already it has proved so useful, there are many lovely images on it - and I've not even looked at the Christmas cd yet!!

All the images are from the cd, layered onto gold linen cardstock.  The accents and sentiment tag are all cut using spellbinders dies using the same cardstock.  The base card is white linen, and I embossed round the edges using a glittergirls embossing board.

My card is for the following challenge:

My Time To Craft - G is for Golf

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Taking A Dip

Good Morning

Well, the rain is back in Manchester!!  I enjoyed our 2-day summer!!

How about this for fabulous service.  I ordered some of the die-namics dies from Tracy at Dies to die for at    4 pm on Tuesday and they arrived yesterday!!  It's the first time I have ordered from them, but it definitely won't  be the last.

My card for today is made using one of the lovely scenes from the Cute Companions Summer Stories cd-rom, and some stamps from one of the accompanying stamp plates.

These stamps are such a lot of fun to work with.  I stamped the images onto watercolour paper using Sepia Versafine ink, and coloured them using my Lyra's.  The scene is decoupaged and then the characters added.

I really love this scene.  When we had our caravan, the journey there took us through a little village called Wrea Green.  It looks just like this scene.  One time we were waiting behind a car on the road at the side of the green.  We couldn't work out why the car had just stopped in the middle of the road until a mother duck and 5 ducklings waddled out across the road and back to the pond.  So sweet!!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Here Comes Summer

My time to craft - Summer

Creative Inspirations -  Summer

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Father's Day Card

Hi

I'm going to make this short and sweet as these antibiotics are knocking me out and I just want to sleep!

This is the fathers day card I've made for my dad. He openly admits he can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, so this image just had to be for him!

Teddy Bo is coloured using pencils. The backing paper is from my stash. The mat behind the image and the die-cut embellishments are cut using Spellbinders Fleur de Lis dies. The oblong mat is embossed using a Sizzix embossing plate.

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

CRAFT Challenge Fathers Day

PaperPlay Challenges Fathers Day

Alphabet Challenge F for Fathers Day

Secret Crafter A Male Card

One Stop Craft Challenge Fathers Day

Polka Doodles Something For Dad

Dream Valley Challenge Fathers Day

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Have A Mice Anniversary

Good Afternoon

Well guess what? The rain is back in Manchester. The gardens definately do not need more rain and neither do I!!!!

Making this card has helped cheer up a dull day. This card uses a Housemouse decoupage from Joanna Sheen, backing paper and sentiment printed from the Housemouse cd-rom, as is the co-ordinating insert. Some silver mirror paper and a bright yellow ribbon were also added to the mix.

This card is for some friends of ours who soon celebrate their Anniversary.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Housemouse Challenge

Creative Inspirations Challenge Cute Bears/Animals

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge Wedding/Love

Divas By Design Floral

Paper Play Challenge Summer Citrus Splash

Thank you for visiting.

Jo x

A Card For You

Good Afternoon.

I hope you are well.

My card for today features the adorable SWALK characters, and this image is taken from the 'After The Rain' stamp set. Last night I was stuck in a queue on one of those really annoying telephone systems, so I painted the image while I was waiting!

This adorable little lady is painted using Lyra's. I stamped her with Versafine onto watercolour card. The backing papers are printed from the first SWALK cdrom. The dark blue mat she is sat on is cut using a Nellie Snellen die, as is the sentiment tab. The flourishes are cut using Marianne dies.

The inside of the card is decorated to match the front.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge Under The Weather

My Time To Craft Challenge Use A Die-cut

Crafting For All Seasons Anything Goes

Rainbow Lady's Challenge With A Flourish

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Easter Card

Hello again

This card is one of my Easter cards for this year, made using the Heavenly Cards cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.

The backing paper is printed onto Centura Pearl paper, and the toppers onto gloss photo paper. Martha Stewart punch used for the borders and finally a tassle added.

This is more or less the same card, just in different colours, and using ribbons instead of a tassle.

I am entering the following challenges:

My Time To Craft Easter Wishes

Top Tip Tuesday Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x