Happy 80th Birthday

Hello and welcome to my blog today.

I hope you are staying safe and well during these scary times.  I am find it difficult to have any kind of routine, which is down to my illness as well as the pandemic. Some days it is difficult to find the motivation to do anything!  Anyway, enough of my complaining!

This card I made for a friend who turned 80 yesterday. I used Tattered Lace Picture Decoupage usb and dies to create the card. The cardstock was from Lynda Chapman and the sentiment cut with dies from Crafters Companion. I layered the decoupage with varying depths of foam pads.

I would like to enter my card into the current challenge at CD Sunday Plus.

Stay safe everyone and please leave me a comment so I know you've been.

Jo x

Wishing You Well

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Happy VE day. I hope you have an enjoyable day today and have some activities planned. A bit of a challenge I know while trying to stay safe, but we seem to be good at rising to challenges.

The card I am sharing today is one I made for my uncle so he knows we're thinking of him:

I made the card using elements from the Sweet Design British Wildlife kit from Create and Craft which I've noticed is on a show today.  I just added a 7 x 5 card blank and some gold mirri card to complete my card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Happy Birthday Captain Tom

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I saw a request early in April asking if cardmakers would send a birthday card to Captain Tom. This is the card I sent him:

The decoupaged image and backing paper were downloaded from Tattered Lace. The die used to cut the decoupage came free with April's Tattered Lace magazine.

The Happy Birthday edge was cut using a Crafters Companion die.  The numbers were cut using a die from The Works and his name using Memory Box alphabet die.

I would like to enter my card into the cuurent challenge at CD Sunday Plus which is anything goes.

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

Miss You

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I've been making cards to send to friends and family just to say hello during this difficult period. This is a card I send to my sister using decoupage and downloads from Tattered Lace:

I'm really pleased with how this came out, and even remembered to make a stand which I sent with the card.

I'd like to enter this in the current  challenge at CD Sunday Plus which is anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Say it with flowers

Hello and thank you for visiting my blog.  My card today uses dies and a digital download from Carnation Crafts.  I love their dies and am building up quite a collection!

I used one of the dies in the set to create my csrd blank. The flowers are decoupaged as is the sentiment.  I die-cut the smaller lettering using dies from Hunkydory.

I'm really pleased with how this has turned out. It took quite a while to make, but I think it was worth it.

I'd like to enter my card into the current challenge over at CD Sunday Plus which is Anything Goes.

Jo x

Thinking Of You

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My card for today is a sympathy card I recently created using the Paper Embroidery technique.  The pattern was a download purchased from Stitchingcards.com:

This is the insert I used.  This was from a My Craft Studio cd-rom, Simply Sentiments, edited to add the verse:

I would like to enter my card into the latest challenge at CD Sunday Plus Challenge - Challenge 24, Anything Goes.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

A Card For A Friend

Hello and welcome to my blog, thank you for visiting.

I'm busy creating items to sell on my stall at an upcoming Christmas Fayre.  Everything I sell is to raise funds for my Lourdes group so I hope there's a good turnout on the day!

My card today is one I made for a friend to let her know I was thinking of her:

I used a 6 x 6 card blank to which I added Lynda Chapman's Kraft Card.  I die cut the lace layer, and the mat the flowers are sat on, from Co'oredinations card using Tattered Lace dies.  The decoupaged flowers are also from Tattered Lace using a charisma image.  These dies and images are all from the recent Here and There collection. The sentiment was die cut using Tattered Lace sentiment dies.

I'd like to enter my card into the current challenge at CD Sunday Plus - Challenge 23 which is anything goes.

Please leave me a comment, I'd love to know what you think.

Jo x

Happy Anniversary

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My friends' parents' are celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary this week and I was asked to make a card for them.  I know both my friend and her mum particularly like stitched cards so that is what I chose to make:

I stitched the roses using a diamond sparkly thread.  I created the aperture card with hammered card on the outside, the silver mirror, then white adorable scorable glitter card.

I added an insert which was printed from My Craft Studio Click Print Go Simply Sentiments:

I'd like to enter my card into the current challenge at CD Sunday Plus - Challenge 22

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

Debbi Moore at CD Sunday Plus Challenge

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A new challenge has started over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge and another sleepless night for me was filled perfectly making a card for the challenge.  This time the theme is anything goes with the request to use a Debbi Moore cd-rom.

Well it will come as no surprise to those of you that know me that I have quite a few Debbi Moore cd's, all very much neglected!  This time I used Art Deco Decoupage delights to create a Golden Wedding Anniversary card.

I used gold card for all my mats and printed the decoupaged image and sentiment onto glossy photo paper.  The backing paper and insert were printed onto Crafters' Companions' super smooth paper.  The die cut sentiment is by Sue Wilson (I love the font!).  Gold gems were added to each corner to complete the card.

I'm still crafting in my front room waiting for my new craft room to be available.  It's looking like this isn't going to be until next year so I'm very limited what I can get to to use at the moment.  There is so much stuff in my current craft room I can barely get through the door - disgraceful I know.  I keep telling myself not to buy more but I've no self discipline.  I think I'm in for some lovely surprises when I do finally move everything as I've very little idea what I've actually got.  I'm determined to sort through everything properly before I move it and only keep what I think there's a chance I will at come point use.  I still make cards for charity, and I'm hoping to do this on a larger scale when my new craft room is up and running.  Best laid plans!

Thanks for visiting my blog and please leave me a comment so I know you've been.

Jo xx

Just For You

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Now I know my card has reached the recipient, I would like to enter it into the current challenge at CD Sunday Plus Challenge 21 which has a theme of 'Anything Goes' as long as something from a craft CD, USB or a Digital image has or have been used somewhere in the making of your project.

All the dies used are from Tattered Lace.  The frame and floral dies are from the Here and There collection and the dies are from a Sentiment collection that I've had for ages.  I used Lynda Chapman's 6 x 6 card blank, Lynda Chapman's Kraft Card and the red card is Core'dinations which I bought from Crafters' Companion.

I made this card for a fellow crafter, Carol, who has recently had eye surgery.  I've been online friends with Carol for a long time and thoroughly enjoyed making this card for her.  I'm delighted to say that she was both surprised and pleased to receive it.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I'd be delighted if you'd leave me a comment, they really do make my day!

Jo x

A Bree Merryn Birthday Card

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My eldest daughter has recently celebrated her 26th birthday! I don't know where the time has gone!  She loves wildlife, so I turned to one of my Bree Merryn CD-rom's from My Craft Studio to make her birthday card:

I folded an A4 sheet of card lengthways and slotted my sentiment through a slit in the top. The sentiment is a Crafters Companion die cut from Lynda Chapman's chocolate brown card and layered onto her craft card.

The images were printed onto watercolour card and I created decoupage layers for each image.  These were then added using foam pads, with the central image raised higher than the  other two.

I'd like to enter my card into the current challenge at Cd Sunday Plus Challenge - Anything Goes.

And also the current challenge at Crafty Sentiment Designs which is Birthdays.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

A Bouquet Sent With Love

Hello and Welcome

The card I would like to share with you today is one I have made for a friend who is currently in hospital undergoing chemotherapy.  As flowers are no longer allowed in hospitals, I thought this was the next best thing:

I used Lynda Chapman's white card to create the card base, gingham card from Create & Craft and Charisma images from Tattered Lace for the flowers.  I then die cut the vase and flowers using the accompanying Tattered Lace dies, all from the Katy Jackson Graceful Garden Collection.

Although the Tattered Lace decoupage designs do take me longer to put together, I have to say they are well worth the effort, and I love the charisma images and I am not the best at colouring!

I would like to enter my card into the latest challenge over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge Blog - Challenge 20, Anything Goes.

Yesterday, hubby and I took our youngest daughter Emma to Lancaster University ready for her to start a 4 year course in Maths.  I cried all the way home!  I am so proud of her and all her achievements and now hope she settles in well and enjoys the course.  I am missing her like crazy!

Finally, can I please ask for your advise?  I am soon to be getting a new craft room.  I am moving from our smallest bedroom to a  much bigger room.  I have loads of ribbons, both on reels and loose, which I seldom use because they are not in any kind or order.  Please could you tell/show me how you store yours?  I am determined to have them more accessible in the future so that I will finally get to use some of them.  Thanks in anticipation.

Jo x