Tuesday Morning Sketches

This is my entry into the current challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I am just in the nick of time with my entry!

As you can see, I have rotated the sketch for my card.

I used backing paper from the Kimono cd-rom from Crafters' Companion, together with co-ordinating card.  I embossed the centura pearl card in the corners using a die that came free with a magazine.  I used a spellbinders die for the decorative edge and the branches and flowers are created using Crafters' Companion dies also from the Kimono range.  Little gems were used for the centres of the flowers.  The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp, sat on mats created using a spellbinders label die set.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Sketch Challenge - Second Entry

This is my second entry into the current challenge at CD Sunday and is made using the prize I recently won - thanks Jocelyn!

I used an image, backing paper and cutting file from Betty Davies A Walk In The Countryside cd from Creative Crafting World.  I added some padding to the back of the image to add some dimension.

I made a little carnation using Brittania dies, the sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp and the gems are from my stash.

I would also like to enter my card in Aud Sentiments Challenge - Flowers and a Sentiment

Thanks for visiting!

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 - Spring Colours - 2nd Entry

Here, as promised, is my second entry for the current CD Sunday Challenge:

I used my very neglected Morehead Cd-rom from Crafters Companion to make my card.

The card blank is from Hunkydorey and I cut out the printed backing papers to fit the aperture.  I cut a Creative Expressions die twice and attached these to the base image to frame it.

I printed the decoupage elements onto 140gsm super smooth paper and layered them using foam pads to add the wonderful dimension to the image.

I'm really pleased with how this came out and must try and use this cd-rom some more.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Spring Colours

My favourite challenge is celebrating it's 7th birthday.  Happy Birthday CD Sunday and thanks for inspiring me to use my cd's (I've got a lot of them and my collection continues to grow!).

I've made 2 cards to enter in the current challenge and this is the first one:

I used the Sugar and Spice cd-rom from Crafters' Companion for my card.  The name was created using Stamps which I then cut out using a die and triple-embossed using Ultra thick clear embossing powder,  I created the rose embellishment using roses and rose buds from my stash, die cut leaves and white feathers, all ties together with some narrow pink ribbon,

To create the butterfly tag, I cut the image with a circle die and then cut another slightly larger circle from pink card.  I added a second butterfly to add dimension and added tiny gems to the centre.  This was then attached using bakers twine.

I added spotty ribbon diagonally across two corners.  Finally I added more gems to finish.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

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

CD Sunday Challenge - Any Old Iron

Hello

Welcome to my blog today.

I was delighted to see that I had a card placed in the top three in the recent CD Sunday 'Punch It Out' Challenge.

The current challenge theme is 'Any Old Iron'.

I needed to make a birthday card for a Westie lover.  I went to one of my rather neglected cd's - Paws for Thought by Sandra Coen, it's a Creative Crafting World cd.  I thought that the traditional watering can depicted in the image fitted the current CD Sunday Challenge perfectly:

My apologies that the image is a bit fuzzy.  I took this photo on my camera phone and posted the card before checking the quality of the photo.  Hopefully, you still get the general feel of the card.

I decided to make a twisted stacker for a change and printed the image onto glossy photo paper.

The co-ordinating backing paper was printed onto a satin paper.  I used Lynda Chapman's black card to create my mats and used a black peel off for my sentiment.

I'd love to know what you think of my card.

Jo x

Head Like A Sieve!

Hello

I made this card for the CD Sunday Challenge 'Enjoy' (tea/coffee).  It's only when I've come to write this post I've realised that I've got my weeks' muddled up and have missed the cut off date!  As I made the card especially for the challenge, I've decided to post it anyway!

I used the Moonbeam Meadow cd-rom from Crafters' Companion for the image and backing papers. The die cut butterflies and flowers are die cut using dies from Crafters' Companion with tiny gems added to the centres.  The New Home sentiment is a Lili Of The Valley Stamp.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Punch It Out

The current challenge at CD Sunday is Punch It Out - Use punches and/or dies.  This is my entry:

I used Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends cd-rom to print the image and the backing paper.  The beautiful pattern behind the main image is cut on my silhouette portrait using a silhouette cutting file, and is cut into Lynda's black card (from Creative Crafting World).  The die cut shape behind the images is cut using a spellbinders die.  The bow is a die from Crafters Companions Downton Abbey collection and the sentiment is a Die'sire edgeables die, cut into black and pink card stock to give a shadow effect.  The ribbon is a harlequin ribbon from Create & Craft and the card candy were part of a prize I won ages ago.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Friendship Love and Romance

This is my entry into the current challenge over at CD Sunday:

The theme for this challenge is Friendship, Love and Romance.  This is the Valentine's Day card I made for my husband.

I used the fabulous BeBunni Love cd-rom from Crafters Companion,  I printed out the decoupage image and matching backing paper.  I die cut the mats for the decoupage and sentiment using Crafters Companion dies.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink using a stamp from Crafters Companion. The card blank is from Hunkydory.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

A New Baby Girl

The current challenge over at CD Sunday is 'Something New'.  A relative of mine had a new baby recently and this is the card I have made for her:

The decoupage image and co-ordinating papers are all from the Popcorn Kids cd-rom from Crafters Companion.

I embossed some gold card using a Crafters Companion embossing folders and used this for all my matting.

I stamped and embossed the name and sentiment using versafine ink and then gold detail embossing powder.  I used the tonic tag dies that came free recently in Die-cutting essentials magazine (it's a fab set of dies that I can see I will get lots of use from).

I used pink ribbon from Create and Craft and pink pearls from Joanna Sheen.

I would also like to enter my card in the current Win & Tonic challenge - Take Your Pick - I went with the tag option.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Christmas In Moonbeam Meadow

Happy New Year to all my visitors.  I hope it is a good one for you all.

My card for today is the first I have created ready for Christmas 2017!  It uses the gorgeous Moonbeam Meadow cd-rom from Crafters Companion:

The toppers, backing papers and bow are all printed from the cd-rom.  I used holographic silver mirror card for my mats and for the beautiful snowflake which was cut using a spellbinders die.  The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp.

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Chrismas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas