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

Teddy Bea is 4 Today

Good Afternoon

The current challenge over at Ready Teddy Go Challenge - is to make a card with a number on.  Here is my card:

I followed the sketch at Stamp With Fun to create my card.

6 x 6 card blank

Teddy Bea stamped in Memento cocoa ink and coloured with Spectrum Noirs

Nellie Snellen oval dies used, cut from cardstock from PaperMill

Backing paper and ribbon border came free in a magazine.

Butterfly from my stash (part of a blog prize I won)

Velour number also from my stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - Fur or Feathers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Pile It On Challenge - Card for a Child

Merry Christmas

Hello

I've another Christmas card to share with you today, made to meet the criteria for a few different challenges:

I created a stepper card for this card.

Red and silver mirror card was used for all the matting and layering.

The three small pictures are attached to the card using strip of acetate to make them 'boing'

I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the snowflake which were then stuck at randon to the card.

I used a corner rounder punch throughout.

My card is for the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Lots of layers

Pile It On  - Use patterned paper

My Time To Craft Challenge - More than 1 fold but no easel cards

Paper Pretties Challenge - Use punches

Jingle Belles - Going postal

Fun At The Beach

I haven't made a shaker card for a while, so decided to make one for my sister's birthday card:

Image and frame printed from Faye Whittaker cd-rom from Joanna Sheen

Soft brown sugar and tiny shells used to create the shaker element.

A view of the shaker in action!

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

Polka Doodles Challenge - Summer

Pile It On Challenge - Cute As Can Be

Cupcake Craft Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Crafting For All Seasons - Splash Me

Creative Card Crew- On The Beach/Under The Sea

A Spot Of Gardening

Good Morning

Having seen some lovely teepee cards around blogland, I decided to give one a go.  I used the design to make a calendar.

The image and backing papers are from the Smiley Bears cd-rom, I haven't used this cd for ages! The mat the main image is sat on is cut  using a Spellbinders die.  I used three different colours of cardstock to make up the teepee to add interest.

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

CES Challenges - Anything But A Card

Truly Scrumptious - Something Forgotten (the cd-rom)

Pile It On - Fuzzy Friends

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

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

Autumn Leaves

Good Afternoon

This is another of the many thank you cards I have been making recently:

This uses a stamp from Dimension Fourth embossed with Copper Dreams embossing powder and coloured using a Big and Juicy ink pad.  Some simple matting and layering and a gold peel off complete the card.

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

Stampin' For The Weekend - Autumn Colours

CES Challenge - Forever Autumn

Paper Sundaes - Halloween or Fall

Pile It On - Fall is fun

Craft Challenge - Autumn

Stamps R Us - Nature's Gifts


Now please can I ask for your assistance.  I want to top up my stash of distress inks and I want to get a blue that is good for Christmas Cards.  I already have faded jeans so am trying to decide between broken china, chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and stormy sky, it's hard to know the true colours when looking at a screen.  If you've used any of these, please can you let me know what you think.  Thank you :-).

Jo x

Happy 18th Birthday

Good Morning

I hope you are well.

Today is my eldest daughter's 18th Birthday!  We've had a busy weekend with lots of visitors and hubby has been very busy catering for them all.  She wanted her birthday to have a 'Woodland Theme' so here is the card I made for her:

This is the inside:

All the images, backing papers and embellishments are printed from the Jayne Netley Mayhew cd-rom's from Joanna Sheen.

The die in the centre is spellbinders and the sentiment is Lili Of The Valley.

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

Crafting for all Seasons - Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Things With Wings

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Raise the Bar - Leaves

Pile It On - Colours of Fall

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Happy Birthday

My Time To Craft - L is for Leaves

Please keep your fingers crossed for me today, I'm at the hospital this afternoon for some more of the tests the Cardiologist requested.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a great day.

Jo x

A Walk In The Garden

Good Evening

I hope you are having a good weekend.  Rather typically, the Bank Holiday weather has been rubbish.  Thank goodness for crafting!

I am trying to make use of all my crafting purchases that haven't yet seen the light of day, and today's card is the first outing for this particular stamp set.  The card took me all afternoon to complete, but I am pleased with the result.

I followed the sketch over at Fussy and Fancy Challenge and the topic at The CD Sunday Challenge which this week is 'Just Because'.

All the stamps are from the same stamp plate from the Summer Adorables range by Jayne Nestorenko.  I stamped onto watercolour card using sepia versafine ink and coloured using Lyra Aquacolours.  The mat was created using a 'Get In Shape' template and I inked round the edges using Antique Linen distress ink.  The backing papers are printed from the Adorables cd-rom and all are matted onto silver mirri card.  The flower border is made using a spellbinders shapeabilities die carefully cut and then put together.  A gem is then added to the centres.  The flowers are cut using a die from the same set, layered up and then a gem added to the centre.

The inside of the card has been decorated to co-ordinate.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge  - Just Because

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Sketch

Polka Doodles Challenge  - Spots and Dots

Stamps R Us Challenge  - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft Challenge - Here Come The Girls

Pile It On Challenge  - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Stamp With Fun - Summer

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

Jo x

Pots of Fun

Good Morning

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

I was lucky enough to win one of their challenges, and this digi stamp was part of my prize.

The image is coloured using coloursoft pencils.  The backing papers are some I has already printed out from the Adorables cd-rom, and I thought worked really well for this card.  The punched strip is made from cardstock using a Martha Stewart border punch.  The flowers are prima and the swirls/flourishes cut with a Marianne die.  A peel off sentiment was added to complete the card.

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

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

Alphabet Challenge Blog - L for lemon and lime

Stampin for the weekend - Paws for thought

Do It With Digis - Summer Fun

Craft You Days Away - Summertime

Easy Craft Projects Challenge - The Summer

Divas By Design  - Summer Is Here

Pile It On - Fun In The Sun

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Jo x