The Easter Bunny

Good Morning

I hope this morning finds you well.

I'd like to start by saying a belated Happy Ruby Wedding Anniversary to my lovely blog friend Edna, I'm sorry I wasn't around yesterday, I hope you both had a lovely day.

My card for today uses a decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Giordano range:

Isn't this image adorable?  I matted the image onto gold linen card.   I took an 8 x 8 base card and embossed along the bottom edge using the Glittergirls Border Fold board.  I then went around all sides of the card using pink and yellow ink from the Big and Juicy Soothing Sunset pad, applied using cut n' dry foam.  The fab ribbon I receive from a fellow Sheenie in an angel envelope last weeks (I love it, thank you :D).  The yellow panel is core'dinations cardstock, embossed using a Darice border embossing folder and then sanded to reveal the core.  This was also matted onto gold linen card.

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

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter and/or animals

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Get Ready For Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Easter

Moving Along With The Times - Cute and Cuddly

PaperPlay Challenges - Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Happy Easter

Paper Sundaes - Happy Easter

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Easter

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

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

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

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