Crafty Calendar Challenge - November

Hello

Today we launch a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, I do hope you'll be able to join us.  Our theme for this month is Wrap Up Warm with the option to include Twine, Fibres or String.  We are sponsored by Cedar Chest Designs and we were given some lovely images to create with. Cedar Chest Designs will give the winner of this challenge $10 to spend in store.  This is a new store with lovely digital images and papers and cutting files,  I chose this great image called Georgia and the Snowman.  Here is my card:

8 x 8 fancy edged card blank from CupcakeCrafting.

Image printed onto Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin Paper and coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Snowflake backing paper printed from Swalk Winter Cheer cd-rom from Crafter's Companion.

The mitten backing paper which was perfect for the challenge (and decided my colours for me!) came free in a magazine.

I used Core'dinations card for all my matting.

Martha Stewart's Snowflakes punch around the page set was used to create the mat the image is sat on, together with the central strip to which I added some twine.  A stocking charm was added as I felt this again tied in with the theme so well.

The corner die was cut using a Marianne die.

The sentiment mat is a Nellie Snellen die, the sentiment is LOTV stamped in silver metallic ink and the three snowflakes are the 'waste' from the punched borders.

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

Sketch N Stash - Sketch

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Punch It Out

Diva's By Design - Feeling Festive

My Mum's Craft Shop - Bold and Bright

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Christmas in October

Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant Colours

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Contemporary Colour Combo

Please do pop over to the Challenge Blog to see my team mates creations and to join in the fun.

Thanks for visiting.

Birthday Wishes from Lottie

Whilst trying to unearth my craft desk this afternoon, I came across this delightful decoupage of Lottie all cut out ready.  I followed the current sketch over at A and T Challenge Blog to come up with my card:

8 x 8 card

Decoupage from Humphrey's Corner cd-rom printed onto 160gsm printable card.

Backing paper from same cd printed onto satin finish printer paper.

I didn't have a doily large enough, so I cut two in half and pieced them around the image.

Martha Stewart deep edge border punch Daisy Lace (isn't it gorgeous?)

Lace from Joanna Sheen

Memory box die used to create flower from Mulberry Paper with a pearl in the centre.  Leaves are a Nellie Snellen punch.

Heart charm from my stash attached with bakers twine.

WOW sentiment stamp, stamped and embossed using silver detail embossing powder.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Ribbon and/or lace

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - W for Wishes

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Celebration

A Little Note

Good Afternoon

A warm welcome to my blog today, it's a pleasure to have your company.

Here is my card for today:

8 x 8 card blank

Decoupage and backing papers printed from Forever Friends cd-roms from Docraft, all matted onto black linen card from PaperMill

Martha Stewart Embossing Border punch

Crafts Too Cutting die and Darice musical notes embossing folder.

Sentiments and notes stamps from SWALK range, stamped using versafine black ink.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fetch A Sketch - Sketch

Forever Friends Challenge - Black and White featuring a forever friends bear

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Masculine

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Use 2 patterned papers

Hooked On Crafts - Cards for Men

Shopping Our Stash - Use your favourite things - mine are decoupage and Martha Stewart punches

Shall We Dance?

Good Afternoon

The current challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy Challenge is a fab sketch to follow.  Here is my card:

I used one of the delightful images from the Daisy and Friends cd-rom from Joanna Sheen, I used a pre-coloured image as I wanted to decoupage the image.  I changed the spots on her tutu to brown to tie-in with the rest of the card.  I used a Nestabilies die to cut the shape of the mat from dark brown linen card.  I then created a faux nesties around the image.

The backing papers were from a magazine ages ago, and I thought went really well with the image.  The sentiment mat is cut using another nestie and the butterfly is a Marianne die.

I created the floral arrangement using Mulberry flowers and leaves, some feathers from my stash and a hat pin.

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

Crafting When We Can - Things with wings

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Spots and stripes

Flutterby Wednesday - Open plus butterfly, angel or fairy

The Poodles Parlour - Spots and Dots

Thanks for stopping by.

Anyone For Cake?

Good Afternoon

The current challenge at Whoopsi Daisy is 'Layers'.  Being a lover of decoupage this was right up my street.  Here is my card:

I followed the sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge with the option of Let Them Eat Cake.  This image is called Grace, and is from the lovely Daisy and Friends cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  I printed it a few times to create the decoupage.  The backing paper is also from the cd-rom.  I used core'dinations cardstock for my matting and I then embossed some of the same cardstock with a Cupcake embossing folder and sanded it slightly.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Dry Embossing

Di's Digi Challenge - Embossing

Thanks for stopping by.

Collecting The Christmas Tree

Good morning

My card for today is from the decoupage section of Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom:

I love this image, particularly the couple in the car who have just collected their Christmas Tree.  I think it's such a lovely scene.

I printed the dcoupage onto matt photo paper and layered it up with Collall glue gel.  The sentiment is also from the decoupage sheet.  The backing paper, also from the cd-rom, is printed onto Crafters Companion satin paper.  I used the same paper for the insert and added a 'white area' to write in.  Some pinflair snow dust was added to one of the trees on the backing paper for extra texture.

My card is for the following challenges:

CD Sunday Challenge  - Trees

Moving along with the times - Let it snow

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Festive

Shopping Our Stash - Christmas/Winter

Jo x

A Thank You Note From Teddy Bea

Good Morning

I am in the middle of a batch of Thank You cards for my daughter to send to thank everyone for her 18th birthday presents.  I've had to keep them fairly straight forward but had a bit of a mental block to say the least!  The current challenge at Teddy Bo is Clean and Simple, so I decided to sit and colour my favourite bear to use on one of the cards.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and then matted onto some lovely mottled cardstock that I got from Papermill.  The flower and flourishes are cut using Marianne dies and a gem added to the centre of the flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge  - Clean and Simple

Saturday Challenge - White plus one other colour (not including the colour of the image)

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

My Time To Craft Challenge - Punches and dies

Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic

Bling It On Challenge - No patterned paper

Pollycraft Monday Challenge  - Girls, girls, girls

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'm off to try and finish the rest of the Thank You cards.

Jo x

Let It Snow

Good Afternoon

My title isn't a request!!!  Here is my card for today which follows the current challenge over at Willow Sketchie Challenge which gives us a sketch to follow with the addition of a snowflake:

My main image uses a Dimension Fourth stamp from this months project club.  The snowflake is made up of lots of 'Christmas Words'.  I stamped it using versamark and then mixed some of my very neglected mica powders with some clear detail embossing powder.  It looks lovely and sparkly in real life but unfortunately I can't capture it on camera. I die cut a large snowflake using my ironworks die, added some gems, and placed this under the stamped snowflake.  The snowflakes and sentiment are from the same stamp set.  The doily is a gorgeous Marianne die and the corner punch Martha Stewart.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Bah Humbug - Glitz and Glitter

A Gem Of A Challenge - Let it Snow

Saturday Challenge - Sparkle

Whoopsi Daisy - Let's Do Christmas

Papertake Weekly - Use 3 Different Shapes

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Inspired By A Christmas Song (Let It Snow)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Reminds You Of A Song (Let It Snow)

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Christmas Songs

Bling It On - No Patterned Paper

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

A Present For You

Good Morning

Emma loved her first day back at school and is very happy in her new class.  Murphy missed her terribly and is still sulking!!!

My card for today uses a Lili Of The Valley image.  This was one of 20 images that came free in a magazine.

I coloured the image using Coloursoft pencils.  The backing papers I've had for some time!  I punched the edges of one of the layers with a Martha Stewart border punch as I thought it worked well with the image.  The corner is a Marianne die with some little gems added.  The stars are cut using a die-namics dies, layered together.  I tied a bow into some bakers twine and then added two star charms to the tails of the bow.  The flower are the top of the card is a brad.

The inside of the card is decorated to co-ordinate with the front.

My card is for the following challenges:

Lili of The Valley Challenge - Sketch

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Lets Bling It

St Lukes Charity Challenge - Card Buffet - Pick 4 - Patterned paper, Gems, Charms, Punches

Craft Your Passion - Add a Flower

Flutterby Wednesday - Use and angel, fairy or butterfly

Truly Scrumptious - Decorate the inside of your card.

Jo x

Birthday Friends

Good Evening

I had an idea for this card earlier this afternoon, and it has taken me until now to complete it!

I used orange and brown cardstock from Papermill.  The hexagons are created using  Nellie Snellen dies, and I created 3 acetate windows.  The stamps came free with a magazine, I stamped them onto Neenah cardstock using Versafine ink, and coloured them with my coloursoft pencils.  Various glitters and confetti were added to each window to create the shaker effect.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Shaped Cards

If The Shoe Fits - Jungle Themed

Here Come The Boys - Orange and Brown

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything But Square

Easy Craft Projects - Challenge 45

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Autumn Colours

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Party Time

Stamps R Us Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

A Thank You Teddy

Good Morning

My card for today is to send to a friend who has helped me recently.

This lovely image is from LOTV coloured with Coloursoft pencils and some glitter was added for extra sparkle.  The shape is created using a Get In Shape Template.  The backing papers were free in a magazine quite some time ago.  Little gem flowers are used to complete the design.  I followed the current sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge for the card layout.

My card is for the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Cute and Girly

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp Something Challenge - Say Thank You

One Stop Craft Challenge - Bold and Bright

Lili Of The Valley - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday  - Thank You Card

Thanks for visiting today, have a lovely weekend.

Jo x

A Thank You Card

Good Morning

Good luck to everyone who is receiving exam results today.

Yesterday a close friend of mine took me and Emma out for lunch. We had a lovely meal and also a lovely catch up, and we all had a wonderful time.

My card for today is a Thank You card I am sending to my friend.

The card is made using image and background papers from Joanna Sheen's Dancing with Shadows cd-rom.  I have only recently acquired this cd and this is the first card I have made using it.  I used a black cardstock for the base card, and cut the ovals out of the same cardstock using some Nellie Snellen dies.  The flowers (which show up much better in real life) are cut from the same backing paper using Nellie Snellen punches and a little gem is also added to the centre of each flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

The CD Sunday Challenge - Only Ovals

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes Challenge - Just Saying Hi

My GP has started me on some new medication, and to say I feel a bit 'out of it' is an under-statement.  If any of my posts don't make sense at the moment, I'll blame it on my meds!!!

Thanks for calling in today, have a lovely day.

Jo x

A New Baby Girl

Good Afternoon

The current challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is Sewing.  I made the 'blue' version of this card earlier in the year, and then received a request for a 'pink' version, so here it is.

This is one of my favourite cross stitch patterns ever, but boy does it take some stitching!

The design is cross stitched on 18 count aida, using DMC threads.  Seed beads are added for decoration.

I made the aperture card using silver mirror, pink pearlescent and white hammered card.

I would also like to enter my challenge in the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - We Love Pink.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

In The Pink

Hello

Hope the sun is shining and you are well.

Today's card is a Christmas card I have made to enter into a few challenges, and also to boost my Christmas Card stash.  I have never thought to make a pink Christmas card before but am pleased with how it's turned out.

The main image is a rubber stamp from the fabulous new Snowman set from Crafters Companion.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  The backing paper is printed from the accompanying cd-rom onto Centura Pearl paper.  I used my Lyra's for the colouring on the image and added a little of Pinflairs Ice Diamond around his feet. 

A Martha Stewart punch around the page set was used, and the individual snowflake are also made using punches, then layered up and some Ice Diamond added to the centres.  The mats that the snowman and sentiment are sat on are cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - M for Monochrome

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Monochromatic

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Pretty In Pink

CHNC - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Christmas In June

Thank You Teddy Bea

Good Evening

I hope you've had a good day.  I've been glued to the tv quite a bit today watching the lovely Jayne Nestorenko launch her new stamp range.  Aren't they beautiful.  I had to place a 'little' order and will be building up the set over time.  Very naughty I know but what's a girl to do?

My card for today features my favourite teddy.  I was brought a lovely bouquet of flowers the other day and wanted to send a thank you card.  I realised that I hadn't yet used this Teddy Bea image so quickly rectified that!!!

Teddy Bea is coloured with pencils.  The teacup is paper pieced and then the image is placed onto a spellbinders label die.  The sentiment (which is very clear in real life!) is a LOTV stamp.  The rolled flowers are made from the same paper as the tea cup which I inked on the reverse side to blend in better.  The leaves are cut from white glitter card using a Marianne Die.  The side panel is punched down the edge using a Martha Stewart punch.  Co-ordinating eyelets were added so that I could thread a narrow white satin ribbon through.  Three Papermania Mosaics were added to complete the design.

This is another version of the card with different colours and an alternative punch.

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

Teddy Bo Challenge - Bling it on

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Sketch

Stamps R Us 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Pile on the flowers

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Use a digi

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

House-mouse Sunflowers

Good Evening

The sun is trying it's best to make an appearance, so fingers crossed for tomorrow. To bring a smile on a gloomy day, I have spent the afternoon cutting out and assembling this card.

Isn't this just the cutest?

This is a decoupage sheet, available from Joanna Sheen, and the quality of these papers is fabulous, they really are a joy to work with.

The base card is a white hammered cardstock from PaperMill. I layered onto this some orange card, and then onto that some sunflower backing paper, printed from the Pamela West cd-rom (again from Joanna Sheen), together with some yellow card that I had embossed with a floral embossing folder. The flowers were made from the sunflower backing paper, and I added a little brown flowersoft to the centres.

I decided not to put a sentiment on the front of this card as I feel it is appropriate for a number of different occasions.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Housemouse and friends challenge Flowers

Paper Sundaes Challenge Pop It Up

Papertake Weekly Challenge Bloom and Grow

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge A Card Suitable for a Birthday.

Thanks for visiting :o)

Jo x

Oriental Lofty

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday, I hope you are well.

Yesterday I had a visit from some friends who I haven't seen for quite some time. It was lovely to see them all. We exchanged belated birthday presents, and as they know of my love of giraffes, my presents included some gorgeous giraffe pyjamas. I want to send them a thank you card, so last night sat down and created this card.

I'm ashamed to say I've had this lofty stamp set for a long time and it has barely been used. It seemed very appropriate for the card.

All the images are from the same stamp sheet and were coloured with Lyra's. The lovely backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures cd-rom, and I printed it onto pearlescent paper.

I really like this style of card but find it really difficult to make. I coverred it with the backing paper and then added a punched border, made using a Martha Stewart punch. The frame is a Marianne die cut from gold mirror card.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Cutie Pattootie, she is definately a cutie!

Crafty Ann's Challenge Oriental

Dream Valley Challenges Dig Out The Old To Use With The New - Old Stamp, new cd used for backing paper

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Let's Punch It Out

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Among The Flowers

Good Morning

I've been out this morning woo hoo!!! We've all been up to the dentist for our 6 month check. I'm in so much pain now, with getting in and out of the car, the wheelchair, the dentist chair! Murphy is sulking big time, he always sulks when I've been out. I keep telling him I've not been out having fun, but will he believe me? Well the look on his face says it all.

With a bit of look he'll have forgiven me by weekend!!!!

Anyway, onto today's card. This is my latest purchase from Teddybo.com, mind you it is Teddy Bo Tuesday and there are some adorable new releases out today, so I could well be adding to my collection :D. I LOVE colouring in these bears (you may have noticed lol).

Here is Teddy Bea wearing a beautiful necklace she has made from flowers. I couldn't resist this backing paper, I thought is went so well with all the flowers, and is also very sweet. The mat she is sat on is die-cut using a Nellie Snellen die. The ribbon border is a Marianne die, as is the butterfly which is made using glitter card. The flowers are from my stash and the leaves are cut using a woodware punch.

Teddy Bea is once again coloured in using pencils. I decided this time that she could wear a red dress and hat, to pick out the colours of the ladybirds in the backing paper. I put her on the mat using glue gel to add further dimension to the card.

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

Raise The Bar Flower Power

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Lady In Red

ABD DT Challenge April Showers Bring May Flowers

Crafty Sentiments Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges Flowers

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Things with Wings

Cutie Sunday Butterfly

Thank you for visiting my blog today, and for all the lovely comments you leave me, they really make my day.

Jo x