For Your Birthday

Over at The Sweet Stop Challenge there is a great sketch for us to follow.  Here is my card:

A5 card blank

Image from Joanna Sheen's Pamela West cd-rom, printed onto watercolour card.

Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 cut from Core'dinations cardstock.

Backing papers from same cd-rom printed onto satin finish paper.

Darice border embossing folder used on Core'dinations card and sanded slightly.

Stamped sentiment from Lili of the Valley ( a Christmas present) stamped using chipped sapphire distress ink.

Ribbon is from a pair of pyjamas which were also a Christmas present.

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

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebration

Crafty Sentiments - Something new (sentiment stamp) 

Creative Inspirations - Celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Something new (Sentiment stamp)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

CD Sunday Challenge

Phew!  Nothing like cutting it fine!  This is my entry into this weeks' CD Sunday Challenge - which this week is to follow a sketch:

8 x 8 card blank

Decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-rom.

Backing papers from Pamela West 2 cd-roms.

Silver mirror card used for all matting.

Ribbon and flowers from my stash.

When my camera is re-charged I'll add another image to show all the layers in the card, and here it is!

My card is also for the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Summer Daze

Craftroom Challenge - Friendship

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Anything Goes

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Colour Challenge

Don't forget to enter my blog candy, ends today.

A Westie Happy Birthday

Good Morning

My card for today follows the current sketch over at Sketch and Stash:

This is a card I've made for Emma to give her friend.  She has a westie so I'm hoping she'll like the card.  Emma liked it!

The image and papers are all from Pamela West Volume 1 from Joanna Sheen.  The main image is printed onto glossy photo card and the papers onto Satin paper.  They are all matted onto dark blue cardstock from Papermill.  The sentiment is cut with a Spellbinders die.  The organza ribbon is from my stash and  I added some tiny punched flowers to complete the card.

My card is also for the following challenge:

Cute Card Thursday - Happy Birthday

 Thanks for visiting today.

In The Country

Good Morning

There's nothing like cutting it fine!  This is my entry into this weeks Willow Sketchie Challenge.  This week we were to choose a previous sketch to follow, with the added twist of adding 3 buttons, 2 ribbons and 1 sentiment.

I chose to follow a sketch from April.  The images are printed from Joanna Sheen's Pamela West cd-rom onto watercolour card.  The dies cuts are Spellbinders Fleur De Lis dies, and the buttons and ribbons are from my stash.

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

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In the country

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Happy Birthday

Creative Inspirations - No Flowers

My Time To Craft Challenge  - Bird Watcher

Card and a Half  - Card With A Creature.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Relax In The Garden

Good Afternoon

My card for today is made using the Pamela West collection cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.

The image and the backing papers are all printed from the cd-rom and then matted onto some platinum pearl cardstock.  The roses are made using a Marianne Die and are cut from vellum.  The leaves are also a Marianne die using white glitter card.

This is a birthday card I have made for a friend who is a very keen gardener.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge - Gardening

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Relax In The Sun

Good Morning

The sun has finally come to Manchester. Woo Hoo!!!! 

The current challenge over at House Mouse & Friends Challenge is Here Comes Summer.  Nothing says summer to me more than beautiful sunflowers.  Emma has planted some seeds which are currently coming along very nicely.

It was an easy choice which image to use for the current challenge, this is one of my favourites.

The image is a decoupage from Joanna Sheen.  The backing papers are printed from the Pamela West collection cd-rom, also from Joanna Sheen.  The inside of the card is decorated to co-ordinate.

This is not the quickest decoupage to cut out, you do need to take your time and be quite careful, but the end result is well worth it.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

House Mouse & Friends - Here comes summer.

Crafting For All Season - Summer

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Here Comes The Sun

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

By The Sea

A very quick post from me today as my pain is so bad I want to cry!

I've been trying recently to make better use of my cd-roms, and todays card uses a beautiful image from the Pamela West cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.

I used Divine Swirls embossing folder to add some texture and some co-ordinating flourishes cut with Marianne dies.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x