Have A Furry Happy Birthday

Good Afternoon

I can't get warm today, have been sat with a hot water bottle on my back all day! 

I have a few birthdays around Christmas.  This is the card I have made to send to an old school friend.

I used the fabulous Furry Friends cd-rom again for this card.  I do love this cd (you may have noticed lol).

I cut the image with a spellbinders label die and then hand-cut a slightly larger mat from Coredinations card stock.  Both backing papers are printed from the cd-rom, one of which I punched around using an EK success paw punch.  I created a smaller mat for the sentiment, for which I used a glittery peel-off.  Some pearls were added to the sentiment and finally 3 buttons were added.

I printed a matching insert from the cd-rom which I personalised before printing.

My card is for the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Bingo - I chose buttons, punches/die-cuts, pearls.

Crafting When We Can - Friendship

Totally Papercrafts - Anything but Christmas

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Creature

CD Sunday Challenge - Things with Whiskers

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Moving Along With The Times - Cats or Dogs

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

The Dog's Whiskers

Good Evening

Two posts in a day - wonders never cease!

This is a special Christmas card I was asked to make for someone with a Westie:

I went straight to the fab Furry Friends cd-rom from Joanna Sheen and found the perfect image.  The backing paper is also from the cd-rom.  I made the shaker window using a wonky rectangle spellbinders die and then ran it through the big shot with swiss dots embossing folder.  Pinflair Ice Diamond and snowflakes punched with a Martha Stewart punch were used to create the shaker elements.  Marianne dies were used for the ribbon border and the poinsettias, and crystal glitter was added to the centres of the flowers for extra sparkle.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley stamped with Fired Brick distress ink.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes plus Glitter

Top Tip Tuesday - Let It Snow

Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Snowflakes and Sparkle

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Snow Much Fun

Crafts and Me Challenge - Winter Snow/Snowflakes

Winter Wonderland - Let It Snow

Saturday Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

The CD Sunday Challenge - Things with Whiskers

Bling It On - Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

If I'd Known You Were Coming I'd Have Baked A Cake

Good evening!

Phew, I thought I was going to be too late for the current House Mouse & Friends challenge, but I've got there just in time!

Here is my card:

This card is for a friends birthday.  He loves to bake and loves pink, so this card should go down well I hope.

The card uses a House Mouse decoupage from Joanna Sheen, and backing paper from the House Mouse inserts cd-rom.  I printed off 2 different sized photos of a chocolate muffin, put one behind the main image, and attached the smaller one to a penny slider, and then attached a mouse to the muffin.

Inside the card I've made a pocket to hold a recipe for Mississippi mud pie which I typed up and printed out, and then attached to some brown linen card.

I'm sorry about the quality of this photo.  My camera battery ran out just as I'd taken it, so I can't try and take a better one until tomorrow.

My card is for the following challenges:

House Mouse & Friends Challenge - Include a recipe

Here Come The Boys - Slider of shaker cards

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Make yourself uncomfortable - I find penny slider cards very difficult to make and get to work.  This one works - hurrah!

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Inspired by a Song - If I'd know you were coming I'd have baked a cake

One Stop Craft Challenge - Food and Drink

The CD Sunday Challenge - M is for Mice and Mudpie

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Creations by Gill M - Cupcakes

Pile It On Challenge - Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x