Little Angels

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, this time made using some of a Forever Friends paper stack that came in a recent Papercraft Essentials magazine.  I followed the super sketch over at Cute Card Thursday to create the following card:

The decoupage and backing papers were all from the Paper stack.

Gold linen card was used for matting and layering and for the die cut shapes,

Marianne Snowflakes dies, Memorybox Christmas Tree die, Nellie Snellen oval die and Spellbinders Persian Motifs dies were used.

Gems on the Christmas Tree from my stash.

Sentiment from Lili of the Valley stamped in Pine Needles Distress Ink.

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

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Diva's By Design - Let's Get Cute

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Lots of Layers

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge - Stripes

PaperPlay Challenges - Snowflakes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas Anything Goes

Forever Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Use more than one die and/or punch

Thank You

Good Morning

My card for today is unusual for me in that it doesn't have an image:

6 x 6 card blank created from snow white centura pearl card.

Central dies, butterfly, bird house, bird and foliage dies are all Marianne.

Flourish die - die-namics

Corner die memory box

Sentiment stamp LOTV

Feather, pearl and hat pin from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Use a sentiment

A and T Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Use sentiment as focus

PaperPlay Challenges - Use sentiment as focus

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Use sentiment as focus

The Poodles Parlour - Things with wings

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - White on White

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.

Strawberry Kisses

Good Morning

I hope you're keeping nice and warm.  It's a lovely bright, sunny morning here although bitterly cold.

My card for today uses the new Strawberry Kisses stamps and cd-rom that hubby got me for my birthday last week.  This is the first time I've used them and thoroughly enjoyed making this card, and I'm delighted with how it's turned out.

The card base is made from A3 card which I added an extra layer to strengthen it.  I stamped the two adorable images with memento ink and coloured using coloursoft pencils blended with babyoil.  Stickles glitter glue was added to the shoe and parts of the cupcake. The mats were cut with a spellbinders die from Core'dinations cardstock.  The backing papers are from the cd-rom and the numbers were stamped and cut out of the backing paper.  The mat the number 40 is sat on was embossed with a sizzix embossing plate and then lightly sanded.

The Happy Birthday was stamped and embossed with silver detail embossing power.  The flowers are 'Build A Blossom' from La Pashe with some gems added to the centres.

My card is for the following challenges:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

The CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Spring Colours

Stampin' For The Weekend - Embossing

Paperplay Challenges - Get In Shape

Crafts and Me Challenge - Bright Colours

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

The CD Sunday Challenge - Zodiac

Good Evening

My card for today follows the theme over at the CD Sunday Challenge and the fab sketch over at Willow Sketchie Challenge:

This lovely image is from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams cd-rom.  This just happens to be my star sign, and I love this image and the gorgeous colours.  I printed the image onto glossy photo paper.  The backing paper, also from the cd-rom, is printed onto a pearlescent paper for a softer look.  The other panel is core'dinations card, embossed using Divine Swirls embossing folder and then sanded slightly.  The ribbon border is 2 different widths of organza ribbon gathered.  I decided to try my hand at making flowers from the ribbon, and am quite pleased with how they've turned out.  I then threaded a hat pin with some co-ordinating beads which I added to the flowers.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Crafts and Me Challenge - Use pins

PaperPlay Challenges - Ribbon every which way

TotallyPaperCrafts Challenge - Make your own flowers

Allsorts Challenge - Needles and pins

Crafty Cardmakers - Use beads

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

A Christmas Wave

Good Afternoon

My card for today is made using the adorable Snowman cd-rom from Crafters Companion:

This is from the decoupage section and the backing paper is from the same cd. The mats are all made from holographic card, the snowflake border is a Memory Box die, the sentiment is Lili of the Valley, sat on an Spellbinders ironworks die.  Some frosty card candy has been added to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - Christmas Card

Raise The Bar - It's begining to look a lot like Christmas

Here Come The Boys- Card For A Man

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let It Snow

Top Tip Tuesday - Let It Snow

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Snowflakes

Creative Inspirations- Snow Much Fun

Crafts and Me Challenge - Winter Snow/Snowflakes

Crafty Creations Challenge- A Card with a Sentiment

 Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Let it Snow

Paperplay Challenges - Snowman

Moving Along With The Times - Last Minute Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - Yippee It's Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas

Bling It On - Christmas

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x