CD Sunday - Past Times

There is a new challenge over at the CD Sunday Challenge Blog and this time Jane has chosen the theme of 'Past Times'.

I immediately turned to the fabulous 'Nostalgia' cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  This is a much loved and well used cd of mine.

I printed off the image a few times onto glossy photo paper, so I could decoupage the image.  The sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley and the '70' was stamped onto shrink plastic using a numbers stamp set from Dimension Forth.  The 'DAD' was stamped using alphabet stamps from Dimension Forth.  I embossed the black card and dad lettering using an embossing folder that made me think of the pattern you get on some tyres, to tie in with the theme of the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

On Your Retirement

The card I have to share with you today is one I have made to celebrate a retirement:

8 x 8 card blank

Image from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom printed onto watercolour card.

Backing paper from same cd-rom printed onto Satin paper.

Core'dinations card is used for all the matting and layering.

Spellbinders decorative labels 8 has been used to cut the mat that the image is sat on.  

The flowers are Nellie Snellen punch and emboss punches with buttons from my stash in the centres.

The sentiment is Lili Of The Valley stamped in Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

The sentiment mat is Spellbinders Persian Motifs

The ribbons and charm are from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop Challenge - Sketch

One Stitch At A Time - Fabric Ribbon or lace

Pile It On Challenge - Anything But A Christmas Card

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Use 3 of something (flowers)

Crafts and Me Challenge - Ribbon or Trim

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Anything Goes excluding Christmas

Songbird Challenge - Deeper Shade Of Blue

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Steam Train

This is another of the Father's Day cards I made and didn't get around to showing you.

Image and backing papers from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom

Image printed onto Watercolour card, backing paper onto Satin Finish Printer Paper

Green core'dinations cardstock, embossed with Sizzix Wild Dashes embossing plate and sanded slightly.

Sentiment tag Spellbinders fleur de lis cut from linen gold card.  Sentiment from LOTV, heat embossed.

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

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Vintage

Craft Punked - Transport

Alphabet Challenge - For Men Only

Try It On Tuesday - So Very British

Posting Home

My card for today combines the current CD Sunday Challenge with Willow Sketchie Challenge:

The theme at CD Sunday is best of British which I think the red post-box is perfect for, and I followed the sketch at Willow Sketchie.

8 x 8 card blank

Backing papers from Making Cards magazine and Paintbox Poppets cd-rom

Green core'dinations card embossed using D'vine swirls embossing folder.

Decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom.

Gold linen card used for all the matting.

Sentiment is Lily Of The Valley.

Embelishments cut from gold linen card using Persian accents and motifs dies, held to gether with brads.

My card is also for the following challenge:

Totally Papercrafts - Lots of layers

Summer Fun

Today I am sharing a card made with Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom:

A5 card blank.

Decoupage image and backing paper both taken from the cd-rom and matted onto gold matt and black card.

Core'dinations paper embossed with a Darice embossing folder and Faded Jeans distress ink added to the clouds. 

This card is my second entry into Crafting When We Can challenge of Summer Fun.  My first entry exceeded the number of challenges allowed, my apologies for this.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

Pride and Joy

Good Morning

I can't believe it's Friday again all ready, aren't the weeks flying by?

I've another Father's Day card to share with you today:

I used Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd again and printed the main image onto Crafter's Companion Watercolour Card.  I think these images really suit the 'softer' look that the Watercolour Card produces.

The backing paper is again from the cd-rom, printed onto satin paper and matted onto gold linen card.

I used some Core'dinations card, embossed with D'vine Swirls embossing folder and sanded to reveal the core.  I added some bakers twine for a bit of interest.

The sentiment is Lili of the Valley, heat embossed and matted onto gold linen card cut with a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Secret Crafter- Father's Day

The Crafty Pad - For The Boys

One Stitch At A Time - The Man In Your Life

Crafty Sentiments - Father's Day

Anything Goes Challenge - Travel

Crafting For All Seasons - For A Man

PaperPlay Challenges - For A Man, With Twine

Pile It On - Outdoors

CRAFT Challenge - Father's Day

Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a lovely weekend.

Riding On A Donkey

Hello

I love the images on Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-roms, and have used them to make a few Fathers' Day cards this year.  Here is one of them with an image which reminds me of many happy holiday in Llandudno.

I printed the image onto Crafters Companion watercolour card.

The backing paper is printed onto Crafters Companion satin paper and matted onto gold linen card.

I embossed some core'dinations card using a darice embossing folder and sanded slightly.

The sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley, stamped in Faded Jeans distress ink and sat on a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.

My card is for the following challenges:

Craft Challenge - Male Card

One Stop Craft Challenge - Fathers' Day

Pile It On Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Creative Card Crew - Song Inspired (Riding On A Donkey)

Dream Valley Challenges - For That Special Guy

Forever Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Time To Relax

Good Morning

Today is my brother-in-laws birthday.  I couldn't decide what theme to use for his card so had a look through my Nostalgia cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  This is the card I came up with:

I'm really pleased with how this came out.  I always seem to struggle with stepper cards and had to work out my own dimensions for this one.  I printed a backing paper from the cd-rom onto card stock to produce my base card.  The images are all printed onto glossy photo paper and matted onto gold linen card.  The sentiments are Lili of the Valley using versafine ink.  All the sentiments are matted onto gold linen card too, the circular sentiment mats cut using a Nellie Snellen Lily die which I got for Christmas.

My card is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Celebrations

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Fancy Folds

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

Pile it on challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes Challenge - Something Old (Stamps) Something New (Dies)

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Use new stash (Dies)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Christmas Fun

Good Morning

Thank you for all your good wishes yesterday, hopefully the new medication regime will start to help very soon.

I've another Christmas card to share with you today:

The image is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom.  By way of a change, I used a Glitter Girls embsoosing board to produce the frame.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley, sat on a memory box die-cut.

My card is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Christmas Wishes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Vintage

One Stitch At A Time - Seeing Red

Paper Sundaes - Winter Wonderland

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Christmas Carol (Oh Christmas Tree)

Raise The Bar Challenge - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

 

Dream Valley Challenges - Sparkle

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Inspired by photo

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge - Let It Snow


Thanks for visiting my blog today.

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

Anyone For Cricket?

Good Morning

My card for today is made using the Nostalgia cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  I love this cd!

These are various images from the sports section.  I wanted to make a different style card and this is what I ended up with!

All the images are printed onto glossy photo paper and then matted onto gold linen cardstock.  The panel with the three smaller images on is left blank for the message.

My card is for the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - No sentiment

Crafty Sentiments Designs - More than one fold

The Poodles Parlour - Card For A Male

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Finishing Touches

Good Evening

My card for today is made using the Nostalgia cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.

The main image is printed onto a glossy photo paper and decoupaged.  The backing paper is printed onto matt photo paper.

This is the inside of the card:

I've used an insert printed from the cd-rom and some little accents, matted onto red card.

My card is for the current challenge at Paper Sundaes which is finishing touches.

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

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