Pollyanna Pickering Launch

 Good Morning

Today on Highlight Crafts TV, Lynda, Ian and Anna-Louise Pickering will be launching a fabulous new collection using the artwork of the amazing Pollyanna Pickering.  You can watch the show on Highlight Crafts TV from 10am today.

It was such a pleasure creating samples for the shows.  The artwork is stunning and I spent so much time just looking at the beautiful artwork, what a talent!

Here are some of my creations:

All of these were created using files from Through The Year With Pollyanna Pickering, downloaded onto Lynda Chapman's card.  

Such a beautiful collection and you really can get 'lost in the doing'

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 178 - Hosted by Pamela

Hello

Yay!  Today is the first of March.  I always feel happier when January and February are behind us as I find them very difficult months for a number of reasons.

Today our new challenge starts over at CD Sunday Plus and this is my card for the new challenge:

 I used the Wine Buffs cd-rom to make this fun card, and printed the main image and backing paper from the cd,  I die cut the circle mat using Carnation Crafts Teardrop and Sweep dies, and used a Sue Wilson die set for the sentiment.  I then fussy cut some of the bottles and added them to the card with foam tape.

I hope to see you joining us over on the challenge blog.

Jo xx

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

The current challenge over at House-mouse & Friends is Anything Goes or used patterned paper.  Here is my card:

I used this lovely cheery image from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers, which I teamed with the matching backing paper.  I added some yellow and white mats to add to the cheeriness!  I then die cut the flower, stamped the sentiment in brown to represent the centre of the sunflower, and added the flower to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 177 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good morning

The weather is very cold and wet here in Manchester at the moment and I am staying nice and cosy indoors!

Our next challenge starts today over at CD Sunday Plus and we hope you'll be able to join us.

Here is my card for this challenge:

For my card I used the Age of Elegance cd-rom by Joanna Sheen, Carnation Crafts large number dies, CCW dies (hexagons) and a Crafters' Companion embossing folder.

I also decorated the inside of the card.

The card was for my friend's mum's birthday.  It was such fun to make and I'm pleased to say she loved the card.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Happy Valentines Day

I hope you have a lovely day whatever your plans.

This is the card I have made for my husband.  We've been together 40 years this month and he really is my soul mate.  Sadly, my health continues to worsen and it is difficult to make any plans, but he's always there to support me and pick me up when I'm down.  I'm very lucky.

For my card I used an image from Joanna Sheen's Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom, which I turned into decoupage.  I added some 'fluffy stuff' to the bunnies tale.  I then used an assortment of dies to cut out the various card, and stamped the sentiments.

I'd like to enter my card in the House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Thanks for visiting.  Have a lovely day.

Jo x

Pop Out Cards

 Hello

Today I'm sharing some pop-out cards I made for the Crafty Witches shows.  These were fun to make and come with matching envelopes.  There are 8 cards with envelopes in the set and can by found here.  There is also a video available showing you how to make them should you get stuck.

These are nice and easy to cut out and can of course be embellished further if you wish.

Best Buddies

Today I'm sharing with you some more of my designs from the Crafty Witches Digital Book of Spells, and these are from the 'Best Buddies' collection.   More gorgeous artwork from The Crafty Witches for us to craft with.

All the elements to make this card are included in the collection, easily cut out with a ruler and craft knife, or paper trimmer, then I just added varying heights of craft foam to complete the card.  So cute!

I decided to make a slimline card as I hadn't made one in a while.  Again, all elements are included, easy to cut out and then layered onto the card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 176 - Hosted by Me

Hello and welcome.

Today is my birthday.  My daughter's are coming round today for Sunday dinner, and I'm hoping after dinner we'll get to play some games!

Today is also the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this is the birthday card I made for my fellow teamie, Jocelyn.

 

I am determined this year to use items from my stash that I've not used or hardly used.  The Carnation Crafts Dies and Vignettes I used on my card I haven't used before, I used Tonic dies for all the mats and layers, which I haven't used before and my favourite Creative Expressions embossing folder.  A pearl was added to each corner to complete the card.

I hope you'll be able to join us, full details of how to enter can be found on the Challenge Blog.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

So Hoppy

 Hello

Today I'm sharing with you some more of my designs from the Crafty Witches Digital Book of Spells, and these are from the 'So Hoppy' collection.   Just such incredibly cute artwork!

This is a very simple rocker card, made using a Topper and some backing paper, all cut using circle dies.

This is an 8 x 8 card, made using elements from this gorgeous collection, and die cut using circle dies.

This is such a lovely collection to craft with.

Jo xx

Floral Fiesta

 Hello

Today I'm sharing my samples from the beautiful Floral Fiesta, which is from the Digital Book of Spells, Volume 1 Spring 2025 edtion

All the elements for these cards are on the design sheet, and print out beautifully.  They were easy to cut out (I just used a craft knife and metal ruler) and I then added differing depths of 3d foam to add dimension.

I hope you like them.

Jo xx

A Song of Spring

 Hello

Here are some more of my cards made with the fabulous Book of Spells from the Crafty Witches.  These are from 'A Song of Spring' Collection:

For this card, I printed off a topper, backing paper and solid paper.  I embossed some white paper using one of my very neglected embossing folders, and the used square dies to cut out all the layers, which were then glued onto the base card.

All the toppers for this card and the one above were printed on one sheet - and I still have some to use!  Such economical crafting!  I printed a sheet of patterned paper and one of solid and used some more of the embossed paper left from the card above.  The layers were all die cut and then glued, flat, onto the base card.  I stamped a sentiment which was then added to the centre, and some tiny pearls added to each corner.

There are also beautiful matching inserts included in the Book of Spells and I added these to each of my cards to complete them.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

Exciting News!

 Hello

I'm thrilled to say that I am now on the design team for the Crafty Witches.  I've been a follower of Lynda Chapman for many years and she first got me into digital crafting and I've never looked back!  The first of my creations were on Highlight Crafts last Saturday, and I was thrilled to see them on screen.

These are a couple of my creations from the Cutest Cuddles Toppers which are in the Digital Book of Spells 2025 Spring Edition.  There is so much beautiful content in this collection and it really sparks your creativity.

I LOVE giraffes, and this is such a beautiful image.  I enlarged the topper and printed it twice.  I then used 3d glue to create the decoupage and raised the mummy giraffe higher than the baby.  These were then matted onto layers cut with Teardrop and Sweep dies from Carnation Crafts and I stamped a sentiment to complete the card.

I had such fun creating this one!  Again, I enlarged the topper and printed it out twice.  I glued one topper to the back of the frame for extra stability. I then cut out and added a layer of ultra-thick embossing powder to each of the Orca's.  I added the baby with one layer of 3mm foam pads and the mum with 2 layers.  I made the shells using paper clay so the picture didn't end up too heavy.  These were added using silicone glue.  The driftwood was collected from a beach on Anglesey. 

I used a deep box frame from Hobbycraft.

I'll be back tomorrow with some more of my creations!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x