Two's Company

My card for today is made using one of my Paper Nation cd-roms.  I've been a fan of these images for a long time and was delighted recently to get my hands on the cd's.

A5 card blank, Red card from PaperMill used for matting.

White card embossed using one of the glitter girls boards (sorry I can't remember the name of it)

I embossed and cut out the blue cardstock and added the midget gems

The image is from the decoupage section of the cd

The sentiment is from LOTV

My card is for the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Two's company

Totally Gorjuss - Bling

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Buttons and Pins

This is the first card I have made using the Shabby Chic Haberdashery cd-rom form Debbi Moore.  I had such fun making this card:

I distressed all around the edges of the backing paper with my distressing tool and then matted it onto gold linen card.

I cut out the dress bodice and then cut a circle from a co-ordinating paper and folded it to make the skirt.  Again I distressed the edges of the skirt.

I stamped the sewing machine from Joanna Sheen's haberdashery stamp set, and the buttons and thimble image from Debbi Moores stamp set, onto shrink plastic and attached the twine before shrinking them.  I then threaded the twine through a button, which was attached to a picot edged circle, along with a couple of pins.

A few buttons were added to the card for extra dimension.

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

Craft-room challenge - Collage

One Stop Craft Challenge - No floral embellishments

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft Challenges - In Stitches

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Distressing

Less Is More - One Layer

It seems like ages since I joined in with the Less Is More challenge so decided to challenge myself today.  This week the challenge is to create a one layer card with the theme of foliage.  Here is my card:

I find that one layer cards take a lot more planning and this one was no exception.  I had bought a new embossing folder earlier this week which fit the challenge perfectly.  I embossed some Centura Pearl card with the embossing folder and then scored a further line of embossing to separate it from the rest of the card.
The stamps are both from a set of sentiments, stamped using Big and Juicy Spice Ink pad.  Finally I coloured some areas of embossing using Spectrum Noir pens.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Raise the Bar - Celebrate Fall

One Stop Craft Challenge  - No floral embellishments

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

  

Football Crazy

My card today uses one of the adorable images from Pollycraft's Swings and Slides range of digi stamps:

A5 card blank

Image printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

Mat the image is sat on is cut from Core'dinations card using a Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles die.

Sentiment mat is cut using Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle die.

Backing paper is printed from Crafters Companion Boys and Girls cd-rom.

Blue pearlescent card from stash, punched using a Martha Stewart edge punch.

Football vellum from stash.

Twine added to card with a football boot charm attached (from ebay).

My card is for the following challenges:

Sketch Challenges - Sketch

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Punches and Edgers

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sporty

One Stop Craft Challenge - Olympics/Sporty

One Stitch At A Time - Sports

Shopping Our Stash - Something new - Spellbinders Reverse Wonky rectangle die, arrived today!

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

Something Fishy Going On

Good Morning

My card for today follows the current sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge.

I've used one of the gorgeous Pollycraft digis from their Swings and Slides range, and coloured him using Spectrum Noirs and Promarkers.  The backing papers are both from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-roms.  The red strip across the middle has been punched using a Martha Stewart border punch.  The three circles are cut with a spellbinders die and I made the three fish from orange fabric and attached them to the circles.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Use fabric

One Stop Craft Challenge - Use at least 3 circles

Craft Your Passion- Punches and dies.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Willow Sketchie Challenge

Hello

A big warm welcome to my new followers, it's a pleasure to have your company.

The current challenge over at Willow Sketchie is a fab sketch together with the option of lots of layers.  Here is my card:

I used a decoupage image from the Tulip and Friends cd to provide my layers.  The backing papers are both from the cd, matted onto white cardstock.  I added the number on a Spellbinders label.

I decorate the inside of my card to tie-in with the front:

My card is also for the following challenges:

Polka Doodles Challenge - Birthday card with a number on

One Stop Craft Challenge - Pastels and use a die cut.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Easter Duckling

Good Morning

I've another Easter card to share with you today, again made with the lovely Giordano decoupage from Joanna Sheen.

I followed the sketch over at Willow Sketchie Challenge, along with their theme of embossing.

I used an 8 x 8 card blank and embossed some core'dinations cardstock.  I used a co-ordinating backing paper from an old issue of Making Cards magazine which I matted onto silver mirror card.  The sentiment mat was cut with a spellbinders die and I added a glittery flower and some silver leaves to complete the card.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Polka Doodles Challenge - Easter and they're also having a fab blog hop.

Craft Your Days Away - Easter

One Stop Craft Challenge - Easter

Hooked On Craft Challenge - Easter

ABC DT Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Happy Easter

Thanks for visiting.

An Easter Bunny

Good Morning

A warm welcome to my new followers.  Thank you for joining me.

A very happy Mothers' Day to all mums out there, I hope you have a lovely day.

The current challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog is Spring/Easter.  Here is my card:

I was lucky enough to receive the Giordano decoupage for my birthday, and used one of the lovely images for my card.  I punched the border of the purple cardstock with a Martha Stewart deep edge punch and then matted this onto the base card.  The decoupaged image was matted onto silver mirror card. I created the flowers out of tissue paper finished with flowersoft in the centres, in an attempt to re-create some of the flowers in the image.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Penny Black and More - Springtime

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Spring

St Lukes Charity Card Challenge - Spring

Crafty Sentiments Monthly Challenge - Easter

Totally Gorjuss - Spring

One Stop Craft Challenge - Handmade flowers

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Rose and Sparkle

Good Evening

I'm back with another calendar today.

I used some of my new Christmas goodies to make this one - the Spellbinders die and the embossing folder.  As soon as I saw this embossing folder on Joanna Sheen's website, I knew this is how I would first use it.  The gems are also from Joanna's shop.  I made the roses using Marianne dies, the leaves are punched using a X-cut punch and some gold embossing powder added to the edges.  The tiny butterflies are made using a EK Success border punch.  I added some beads to a hat pin as an extra embellishment.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen forum challenge - Bejewelled.

One Stop Craft Challenge - Bingo - I chose Flowers, Die-cuts/Punches and embossing

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Something new (Spellbinders die and embossing folder)

Pollycraft Challenge - Anything but a card

Shopping Our Stash - All that glitters, sparkles or shines

Craft Your Days Away - New beginnings - I've used my new goodies and it's for a new year.

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Something New

Divas by Design - New Beginnings

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

A Monochromatic Christmas

Good Morning.

The current challenge over at Divas by Design is monochromatic.  Here is my card:

For my card I used an embossing folder that came free with a magazine last Christmas (the first time I've used it!).  I used Centura card for extra shimmer and after embossing the tree, added some midget gem frostings.  The backiing paper is from Making Cards magazine.  The snowflake border is a Memory box die which I chopped up to use it slightly differently.  The buckle is again a Memory box die with white and green organza ribbon running through it.  Finally, I added some gems to the snowflake border.

My card is for the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Monchromatic

One Stop Craft Challenge - Ribbons and lace

Christmas Card Challenges - Deck The Halls

ABC Challenge - D For Dazzle

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Monochrome

The CD Sunday Challenge - Sunset

Good Afternoon

Back again with another card!  This is my entry for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge which this week has a theme of 'Sunset'.

I went straight to my Thomas Kinkade cd-rom from Joanna Sheen and chose this beautiful image 'Sunset at Riverbend Farm'.  I've used so many layers on the card, it's really quite heavy now it's finished!

I printed the image onto watercolour card and then divided it into three to produce a tryptych effect.  I also printed a backing paper from the Cloudy Skies section.  I used gold linen card and a lovely browny/orange card from Papermill for the matting and layering.  I chose three different ribbons to make a triple bow and added a little pearl to the end of each ribbon.

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

One Stop Craft Challenge - Use Three's

Paper Sundaes - Use rectangles

Crafting For All Seasons - Texture - I used linen card and watercolour card to add texture, plus the ribbons.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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

Seeing Double

Good Morning and a happy Saturday.

Today I have 2 cards to share with you.  Again these are thank you cards.  I was pleased with how the first one turned out, so I made a second one in different colours.

The embossing is done using a Nestabilitie.  The stamp is a Sheena Douglass and the colour is added using Big and Juicy ink pads.  I used peel offs for the sentiment as I wanted to keep the cards fairly plain.

My cards are for the following challenge:

One Stop Craft Challenge - No designer paper.

Winter Friends Take 2

Good Afternoon

After making yesterdays card, I had quite a bit of left over backing paper on my desk.  I also had another look at it and decided I could make an improved version so here it is:

Once again, I used some decoupage from the Adorables cd-rom.  For this card I added some pinflair snow dust to the sign post and around their feet.  Another of the ironworks dies was used to mat the greeting onto.  The greeting is a stamp from Lili of the Valley and says "Happy Christmas Sending Love Across The Miles".  This card is for some very good friends of ours who live over a hundred miles away, I also thought the sentiment worked really well with the signpost.  I finally added some poinsettias made using a Marianne die, I think these look lovely when they're made up.

My card is for the following challenges:

The CD Sunday Challenge - Natures Wonders

One Stop Craft Challenge  - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles - Handmade Flowers

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Birthday Friends

Good Evening

I had an idea for this card earlier this afternoon, and it has taken me until now to complete it!

I used orange and brown cardstock from Papermill.  The hexagons are created using  Nellie Snellen dies, and I created 3 acetate windows.  The stamps came free with a magazine, I stamped them onto Neenah cardstock using Versafine ink, and coloured them with my coloursoft pencils.  Various glitters and confetti were added to each window to create the shaker effect.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Shaped Cards

If The Shoe Fits - Jungle Themed

Here Come The Boys - Orange and Brown

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything But Square

Easy Craft Projects - Challenge 45

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Autumn Colours

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Party Time

Stamps R Us Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

A Thank You Teddy

Good Morning

My card for today is to send to a friend who has helped me recently.

This lovely image is from LOTV coloured with Coloursoft pencils and some glitter was added for extra sparkle.  The shape is created using a Get In Shape Template.  The backing papers were free in a magazine quite some time ago.  Little gem flowers are used to complete the design.  I followed the current sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge for the card layout.

My card is for the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Cute and Girly

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp Something Challenge - Say Thank You

One Stop Craft Challenge - Bold and Bright

Lili Of The Valley - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday  - Thank You Card

Thanks for visiting today, have a lovely weekend.

Jo x

Fun At The Beach

Good Evening

I hope you're all well.

I had some slightly upsetting news from my GP last night.  The recent tests they've done have shown that my heart rate is still far too high, which is why I'm getting breathless so easily.  He has referred me to a cardiologist at the hospital.  I don't know quite what to expect really, I'm already on medication to slow my heart rate down!

Anyhow, on to today's card.  I didn't think Jayne Nestorenko could better the Patchwork Polly range of stamps, but her new Adorables range are just fabulous.  I didn't get all 12 stamp sets, but I did get the cd-rom.

The lovely seaside scene is printed from the cd-rom.  The little girl, bucket, spade, shells, starfish, crab and boat are all stamped onto watercolour card using versafine ink, and then painted with Lyra's.  The base cardstock is a cream linen, and the scene is mounted onto gold linen card.

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

Creative Inspirations - To The Seaside

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge - The Beach

One Stop Craft Challenge - Summer Time

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Shopping Our Stash - In With The New (this is a new cd-rom and stamp set).

Dream Valley Challenges - Summer Theme

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Fun In The Sun

Thanks for stopping by.

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

Ice-Cream For Teddy Bo and Teddy Bea

Good Evening

I hope you've had a lovely weekend. It's not stopped raining here!

My card for today is a gate-fold card. I've not made one of these for ages, and had forgotten how difficult they are to photograph, so I've taken 3 separate photos.

This is the photo of the inside of the card.

The backing paper is one I've had in my stash for ages, and I thought would work really well with the image. The mat Teddy Bo and Bea are sitting on is a Nellie Snellen hexagonal die. I've coloured the Teddies in pencil, aren't they just the cutest? A couple of feathers were added.

On one side of the card front, I embossed some silver mirri with the swiss dots embossing folder. The flowers are made from pearlescent card and are cut with dies that came in the hexagonal set. They are simply layered and then a little pearl (from Joanna Sheen) added to the centre of each flower.

The other card front is made from pearlescent card embossed using a cupcake embossing folder.

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

One Stop Craft Challenge Ice-cream (which gave me a good excuse to buy this image!!!)

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Let's Feel It, I've added lots of different textures to my card.

I was delighted to find that I had won last weeks challenge at Rainbow Lady's Challenge, it made my week, thank you.

The digi stamp I used on my card, along with lots of other adorable images of the teddies, are available from Teddybo.com

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

Jo x