Many Happy Returns

Hi

I hope you are keeping safe and warm wherever you are.

This is my second entry into the latest challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  Sketches can be so helpful when you are struggling for ideas:

This is a card I've made for a friend who likes to cook.  I used a decoupaged image from Joanna Sheen and printed a backing paper from Joanna Sheen's RHS cd-rom.  I embossed some orange card from PaperMill using a Crafters' Companion embossing folder.  The red card is also from PaperMill and the black card is from Lynda Chapman at Creative Crafting World.  The red eyelets are from my stash.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

Be Like The Sunflower

Hello

I love Sunflowers.  They are such beautiful, cheery flowers.  So when Creative Crafting World brought out their Sunflower Song collection, I just couldn't resist.

I wanted to send a card to my sister, hopefully to cheer her up a little after the awful time we've been having lately, and this seemed the perfect sentiment.

I used one of Lynda Chapman's 8 x 8 card blanks.  Chocolate brown and dark green cardstock was used for the mats and the die.  The die is a Paper Boutique die called It's Time To Celebrate, isn't it gorgeous?  Both the beautiful backing papers came from the paper kit along with the topper.  The pearls and the ribbon were from my stash.

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

Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge - Anything Goes - must use at least one product from Creative Crafting World (Ends 14th April)

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Bingo and a Sentiment - Pattern Paper, Ribbon, 3d item (the topper is raised up on foam pads. (Ends 26th March)

(PIN)spirational Challenge - Use an inspirational image (Ends 26th March)

Thanks for visiting,

Jo x

Have A Hoot Of A Day

Hello

Sleep eludes me once again tonight, so I decided to spend some time making a card.  I followed the current sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches to create the following card:

I used a 6 s 6 fancy edged card blank from Kanban for my base card.  I added to this 2 backing papers from the Paper Boutique Hint Of A Hoot Collection from Creative Crafting World.  I cut the stitched-edge circle die (again from Creative Crafting World) into white card and added to this one of the fabulous die-cut toppers that come in this collection.

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes (Ends 20th March)

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything Goes (Ends 27th March)

Crafty Gals Corner - Make It Green (Ends 27th March)

Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes (Ends 20th March)

Ellibelle's Creative Moments - All Creatures Great and Small (Ends 30th March)

That;s Crafty! Challenge - Spring Into Action (Ends 4th April)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I'd love to hear what you think of my card.

Jo x

House Mouse and Friends - Anything Goes and/or Bunnies

Hello

This is my entry into the current challenge over at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge:

The decoupage image, backing paper and sentiment are all printed from a Joanna Sheen cd-rom.  I used Lynda Chapman's Black Card for my mats and some gems from my stash.

This card was made for my daughter to give to her friend called Poppy!

Jo x

Butterfly Wishes

Hello again

Two posts in one day, whatever is the world coming to!

This is my second entry into the current Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge and my third and final entry into the Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge:

I followed the sketch once again, this time replacing one of the circles with a butterfly to tie-in with the papers I used.

I used Lynda Chapman's white card from Creative Crafting World to create my card blank, and used papers and a topper from the Paper Boutique Butterfly Garden also from Creative Crafting World.  The dies I used were from Spellbinders, Tonic and Crafters' Companion, and the white pearls are also from Crafters' Companion and the pink are Anita's.

Jo x

Wild At HeART

Hello

I hope those Mothers' among us have had a lovely day today.  My girls have made sure my day has been special, I am very lucky.  I miss my mum terribly, but know she will always be with me.

Thursday night I couldn't sleep at all, so made a card using products from Creative Crafting World and following the current sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:

The main image and backing papers were bought from Create & Craft recently,  They were bought as a die-cut medley and backing paper medley.  I believe the image is from the Wild at HeART collection, but don't know which collections the backing papers were from.  I thought they picked colours out of the main image, and the the green paper worked really well too.  The card for the mats and layers are various shades of browns from my stash, cut using circle and scalloped circle dies.  The sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley and the orange gems from Create & Craft.  I used white card from Creative Crafting World to make the base card.

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch 443

Creative Crafting World Blog Challenge - Anything Goes Using at least one Creative Crafting World Product

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Fox In The Wild

Hello

I am trying to loose myself in my crafting this week.  This card again fits in with the current challenge at CD Sunday Challenge - In The Wild:

The backing paper and main image are printed from Pollyanna Pickering's Sketch Book V - British Wildlife cd-rom from Creative Crafting World.  The sentiment is from one of their sentiment popper pads and the doily has been cut on my Silhouette using a cutting file and Lynda Chapman's black card.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

In The Wild

Hello and Welcome to my blog today.

Thank you to everyone who left me such lovely messages on my last post.  They mean a lot to me.  At times I find crafting whilst listening to music to be a good distraction, and I found this to be the case today when I needed to make some cards.  This is one of the cards I made which fits in perfectly with the new challenge over at CD Sunday, which this challenge has a theme of 'In the Wild'.

Anyone who has any of Pollyanna Pickerings cd's from Creative Crafting World will be very well equipped to join in with this challenge.  For my card I used the very latest Polly Pickering release - British Wild At HeART:

The image and backing paper used on the front of my card were from the Papercraft Kit that came with the cd-rom.  The die cut frame and sentiment, along with the flowers and leaves are all Paper Boutique dies from Creative Crafting World and I cannot recommend them highly enough.  They all cut like a dream, and even when using the thickest of cards, only require 2 passes through my die-cutting machine, on most occasions, they cut with just one pass.  The card I used was from PaperMill and Lynda Chapman's world of paper.  The gems were from Joanna Sheen.

The cd element of my card is the insert, which was printed from the British Wild at Heart cd-rom:

The inserts come in lots of different sizes and are text-editable.

I would also like to enter my card in the new Creative Crafting World Blog challenge which this time has a theme of 'Anything Goes'.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Second Entry

Hello and Welcome

I'm very sad to say that we have had yet more bad news.  I have been trying to distract myself with my crafting but my heart isn't really in it just now.

After loosing my dad on Boxing Day, I recently got the tragic news that my older sister has died from a very rare brain disease.  She was just 50 years old and leaves a husband and 3 children.

I decided to make a second entry for the current challenge over at CD Sunday.  This time I have made a Thank You card:

I've had this cute little bear decoupage in my stash for a while and thought it time he saw the light of day!  The sparkly balloon backing paper was a freebie with a magazine some time ago.  I used red card from PaperMill for my mats and layers.  The dies are my Marianne Designs.  The red gingham paper is my CD element and this was printed from Seraphina Alphabet Collection cd-rom

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Up, Up and Away

There's a new challenge over at the CD Sunday Challenge and this time the theme is Up, Up and Away.  I needed to make a new baby card for a friend who is expecting a little girl in a few weeks time, so I turned to my favourite bunny to create my card:

The main image and all the backing papers are printed from Crafters' Companion Bebunni Baby cd-rom.  I used silver mirror card for my mats and added card candy from my stash.  The dotty ribbon is from Create and Craft.  The sentiment banner is a Sue Wilson die and the sentiment is a stamp.

I finished the card with a matching insert from the cd-rom.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Vintage Love

Hello and welcome to my blog today.

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

I hope it fits the bill.  I used an 8 x 8 square card for my base and black and red card from Lynda Chapman's World of Paper (Creative Crafting World) for my matting and layering and die-cuts.  The image and backing papers are printed from the Gruffies and Happy Hoppers cd-rom from Joanna Sheen.  The sentiment is a stamp from Crafters Companion.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

I would also like to enter my card into the House-Mouse and Friends Challenge - Anything Goes with optional theme of sweets or hearts.

Jo x

Have a Hoot

Hello

My card today uses lots of items from Creative Crafting World and follows a 'just for fun' recipe that is posted on their blog here.

The papers and topper are all from the Hint of a Hoot Paper Boutique collection.  I used one of the new beautiful square die sets to create the gorgeous frame and the blue square that the topper is sat on.  The daisy dies are also from the Paper Boutique range as is the sentiment.  I used a circle die from the circle doily dies collection to cut the white mat that the topper is sat on.  The beautiful sentiment is also from Paper Boutique.  The dies cut beautifully and I highly recommend them.

I would like to enter my card into the February challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge which is '2 or more layers.

Jo x