Pollyanna Pickering Launch

 Good Morning

Today on Highlight Crafts TV, Lynda, Ian and Anna-Louise Pickering will be launching a fabulous new collection using the artwork of the amazing Pollyanna Pickering.  You can watch the show on Highlight Crafts TV from 10am today.

It was such a pleasure creating samples for the shows.  The artwork is stunning and I spent so much time just looking at the beautiful artwork, what a talent!

Here are some of my creations:

All of these were created using files from Through The Year With Pollyanna Pickering, downloaded onto Lynda Chapman's card.  

Such a beautiful collection and you really can get 'lost in the doing'

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #74 - Hosted by Jocelyn

 Good Morning

I'm so sorry, I've just discovered that my post didn't publish last Sunday - it's been a very busy week!

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this time our lovely Jocelyn is hosting.  As always, our challenge is anything goes, as long as our rules have been followed.  Full details can be found over on the challenge blog.

I'm sharing the next page of my calendar with you today and this time it features Blu, who is now named Ronnie:

I used a Pollyanna Pickering cd-rom, along with Krafyhands cute puppies and kittens and Bree Merryn for the calendar tab and letters.  Creative Crafting World's card blanks, Woodstock card and kraft card were also used.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope to see your entries on our challenge blog.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #72 - Hosted by me!

 Good morning

It's hard to believe we're almost at the end of October and Christmas is approaching very quickly.

I've been busy in my craftroom having a good sort out.  Many boxes of craft items have gone to a hospice and a charity that supports adults with dementia.  If I live to 200, I could never get through the amount of craft stuff I've accumulated!!  I'm currently crafting items to raise funds to name a Guide Dog Arthur after my late dad.  It's good to keep busy.  

I got very little crafting done last year and was on the verge of getting rid of all my craft stuff.  My family and friends talked me out of it and I'm so glad they did.  As Lynda Chapman always says, it's good to get 'Lost in the Doing' and doing just that is certainly helping me to cope with my pain.

Our new challenge starts today at CD Sunday Plus and I have the next page of my calendar to share with you, this time featuring the adorable Hudson:

I used cardstock from Creative Crafting World, images from Pollyanna Pickering and The Little Dog Laughed, Lettering and Calendar tab from Bree Merryn cd-rom, finished with some die cuts from CCW.

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope to see you over on the challenge blog.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 64 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and we'd love to have you join in our challenge.  Full details and rules of the challenge can be found on the challenge blog.

Today I am sharing another page in the Thank You Calendar I made.  Today features the beautiful Mika.

 For the page with the photo I used Kraft card and Woodstock card from Lynda Chapman, printed a page from Joanna Sheen's furry friends cd-rom from the backing paper and die cut some little accessories.  The lettering was printed from a Bree Merryn cd-rom from Creative Crafting World.

On the opposite page, I used my Pollyanna Pickering Best of Breeds cd-rom for the image and backing paper.  The calendar tab was from the Bree Merryn cd-rom.  8 x 8 cards were used to create the calendar

Bailey has settled in even better than we hoped and is truly a little ray of sunshine.  He has well and truly captured my heart and reminds me of Murphy every day.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Happy 80th Birthday

Hello and Welcome

A new challenge has started over at the CD Sunday Challenge Blog and the challenge theme is 'Cool Colours'.

I've been asked to make a card for a friends' mum's 80th birthday with a theme of penguins.  This, I think,fits in perfectly with the challenge.  Here is my card.

I used a square card from Creative Crafting World and matted Ice blue cardstock. I then die-cut a Sue Wilson die from pearlescent white card.  I printed the twisted decoupage image onto glossy photo paper.  The image is by Pollyanna Pickering and is from Creative Crafting World.

I die cut a label using a Spellbinders label die and added a Happy Birthday peel-off.  The number 80's in the corners are also peel-offs.

Thanks for visiting.  Please leave a comment so I know that you've been and I can then visit your blog too.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Let's Go Fishing

Hello

This is my entry into the latest challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge which has a theme of 'Let's Go Fishing'.  I don't know any fishermen to send cards to, so my card is a slightly different take on the theme which I hope fits with the challenge acceptably.

This decoupage image is from Crafters Companion, teamed with Couture Creations dies and a rubber stamped sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

The paper and insert are from Creative Crafting Worlds Pollyanna Pickering The Story So Far cd-rom.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Tuesday Morning Sketches Anything Goes Challenge

This is my entry into the current challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches which has a theme of Anything Goes:

My card is made using a 7 x 10 card blank from Creative Crafting World, gold mirror card from Create & Craft and the beautiful image is by Pollyanna Pickering from a Creative Crafting World dvd-rom.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is peel offs and the word Dad die cut using dies from Memory Box.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - For The Love Of Dogs - 2nd Entry

Being a big dog lover I couldn't resist making a second entry for the current challenge at CD Sunday and here it is:

This card features fabulous artwork from Pollyanna Pickering, on dvd from Creative Crafting World.

The white card is embossed using an embossing folder from Crafters' Companion, and the red mirror card is also from Crafters' Companion.  I decoupaged the main image.

Thanks for visiting my blog.   Please let me know what you think of my card.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Sketch

For the new challenge over at CD Sunday, Carol has given us a great sketch to follow:

Here is my card:

The gorgeous image and backing paper are from Pollyanna Pickering's The Story So Far DVD-rom from Creative Crafting World.  I used their Kraft card for all my layers as I thought it worked really well with the image.

I used a Nellie Snellen die and Kraft card for my die cuts, Lili of the Valley Sentiment stamp, and Crafters' Companion flower dies to create my daisy, finished with flowersoft in the centre, to pick out the daisies in the main image.  Finally, I added green gems to the other 2 corners.

Inside the card I added a matching insert from the DVD-rom but forgot to take a photo of this!

Thanks for the sketch Carol, I really enjoyed following it.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Second Entry

Hello Again

This is the card I have made for my niece's birthday using a fabulous Pollyanna Pickering image from Creative Crafting World.

The image was printed onto glossy photo paper and matted onto Lynda's black card.  The backing papers were taken from a Paper Popper Pad, again matted onto Lynda's black card.  I rounded off all the corners on this card for a different look.

My 'any old iron' elements on the card are parts of the horses bridal and the brad and charms I added to the corner of the card.  There are two cards attached using bakers twine, one is a horse, and the other is a little hand the says 'hand made' on it.

I die cut the sentiment twice, using a die from Crafters Companion, cut once into black card, and once into yellow card, and offset them slightly.

Here is the link to the latest challenge - CD Sunday Challenge - Any Old Iron

Jo x