CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 133 - Hosted by Pamela

 Good morning and welcome to my blog

We actually have sunshine here in Manchester!  Doesn't a bit of sun make you feel so much better.  Bailey is finding it a bit warm at the moment and is booked in for 'a short back and sides' next week.  In the meantime, he has his own little den in a shady spot in the garden and is enjoying lots of iced water!

I hope you're getting to enjoy some nice weather wherever you are.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus.  Full details of our challenge and how to enter can be found by clicking the link.

For my card today I have used artwork from Paper Boutique USB IX, Bumblebee Dance collection:

This is one of my favourite and most used collections from Paper Boutique.  I love the delicate colours and beautiful images in this collection.

I used dies from Paper Boutique to cut the mats and frames on my card and added a co-ordinating strip to finish off.

A co-ordinating insert from the collection was then added to the card.

I hope you'll join in our challenge and also visit my teamies who have made some lovely cards to inspire you.  Look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 123 - Hosted by Margaret

 Hello and welcome

Today see's the start of Challenge 123 over at CD Sunday Plus and, as always, our theme is anything goes.  Please visit our challenge blog for full details of how to enter.

For this challenge I have made a Christmas card using some of Bree Merryn's fabulous artwork.

The image, which is done as a twisted pyrimage, is from Bree Merryn's Christmas Friends cd-rom by Creative Crafting World.  The backing paper is from the same CD and is actually part of an insert.  The gorgeous die is by Paper Boutique, cut into some mirror card from Crafters' Companion.  To finish, I stamped a Lily of the Valley sentiment onto some white card.

I was host for the last challenge so get the privilege of choosing the Top 3.  I've loved visiting all your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations.

I have just taken delivery of a new mobile phone, which is said to have a fabulous camera, so hopefully my photos will improve - I've just got to work out how to use the phone!!

I hope you'll be able to join in our challenge and look forward to seeing you there.

Jo xx

Happy birthday

 Hello

This is the card I've made for my sister-in-laws birthday using dies and papers from Tattered Lace magazine  and a die from Paper Boutique:

The card is Woodstock from Creative crafting world and the sentiment die is by Sue Wilson.

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

Allsorts Challenge - My Lovely Garden 

Thanks for visiting 

Jo x

Tranquil Days - Let's Celebrate

Hello and welcome to my blog.

This is a birthday card I have made for a friend using the gorgeous Paper Boutique Tranquil Days collection from Creative Crafting World:

The lilac card stock is a pearlescent card from Crafters' Companion.  The white card is Lynda Chapman's. The beautiful die cut frame, mat and circle with stitched detail, are from Creative Crafting World.  The ribbons and pearls are from my stash.

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

Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge - Anything goes using Creative Crafting World Products (ends 14th April)

Dare2bartzy - Your favourite colours (ends 31st March )

Pile it on Challenges - Circles (ends 31st March)

Crafty Friends Challenge - For a Special Friend (ends 22nd March)

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Let's Celebrate (ends 22nd March)

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes (ends 23rd March)

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes (ends 29th March)

Jo x

Butterfly Wishes

Hello again

Two posts in one day, whatever is the world coming to!

This is my second entry into the current Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge and my third and final entry into the Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge:

I followed the sketch once again, this time replacing one of the circles with a butterfly to tie-in with the papers I used.

I used Lynda Chapman's white card from Creative Crafting World to create my card blank, and used papers and a topper from the Paper Boutique Butterfly Garden also from Creative Crafting World.  The dies I used were from Spellbinders, Tonic and Crafters' Companion, and the white pearls are also from Crafters' Companion and the pink are Anita's.

Jo x

In The Wild

Hello and Welcome to my blog today.

Thank you to everyone who left me such lovely messages on my last post.  They mean a lot to me.  At times I find crafting whilst listening to music to be a good distraction, and I found this to be the case today when I needed to make some cards.  This is one of the cards I made which fits in perfectly with the new challenge over at CD Sunday, which this challenge has a theme of 'In the Wild'.

Anyone who has any of Pollyanna Pickerings cd's from Creative Crafting World will be very well equipped to join in with this challenge.  For my card I used the very latest Polly Pickering release - British Wild At HeART:

The image and backing paper used on the front of my card were from the Papercraft Kit that came with the cd-rom.  The die cut frame and sentiment, along with the flowers and leaves are all Paper Boutique dies from Creative Crafting World and I cannot recommend them highly enough.  They all cut like a dream, and even when using the thickest of cards, only require 2 passes through my die-cutting machine, on most occasions, they cut with just one pass.  The card I used was from PaperMill and Lynda Chapman's world of paper.  The gems were from Joanna Sheen.

The cd element of my card is the insert, which was printed from the British Wild at Heart cd-rom:

The inserts come in lots of different sizes and are text-editable.

I would also like to enter my card in the new Creative Crafting World Blog challenge which this time has a theme of 'Anything Goes'.

Jo x