Simon Says Stamp - Furry Friends

This is my entry into Simon Says Stamp latest challenge which this time is Furry Friends:

This card I made for my husbands birthday.

I used a bronze pearlescent card from PaperMill to create the base card, and added to this the brick wall cut from Kraft card using Crafters' Companion Create-a-card die.  I cut the grass twice from  different coloured cards using a Crafters' Companion Icicles die.  The sentiment was also a Crafters' Companion die, cut from gold linen effect card from Create and Craft.

I used Sheena Douglass Man's Best Friend stamp set to stamp both the dog and the legs onto Neenah card.  I coloured these using alcohol markers and then fussy cut the images.  These were added to the card using foam pads to add dimension.  I coloured the dog to look like our Cocker Spaniel.

I would also like to enter my card in:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Say It With Flowers

Hello and a warm welcome to my blog.

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday and this time Pamela has chosen the theme of 'Say It With Flowers'.  Here is my card:

This is an A5 card.  I chose an image and backing papers from Les Belle Fleurs cd-rom from Creative Crafting World.  I printed the beautiful pansy image onto photo paper and used super smooth paper for the backing papers.  Gold linen card was used for all my matting.  The paper with purple flowers on was made using distress ink and a stencil.  The little pansy I hand-made using dies from Brittania (I'm quite into making my own flowers at the moment!)  I then added some twine to which I attached the little die that the hand-made pansy is sat on.

I love pansies.  I think they're such happy flowers and always make me smile.

I was delighted to have a card placed second in a recent challenge at CD Sunday (their recent sketch challenge.  I'm really pleased you liked my card.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - 2nd Entry

I've really enjoyed the theme of the current challenge at CD Sunday which is 'Anything Asian'.  This is my second card for this challenge:

This time I used Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures cd.  I love this image of the mandarin ducks.

I printed the image onto glossy photo paper and the co-ordinating backing paper onto super smooth paper.  I used a pearlescent gemstone cardstock from Create and Craft which I embossed using a folder from Crafters' Companion.  The die the image is sat on is also Crafters' Companion.

I added 2 different ribbons, picking out colours from the image, and created a water lily using a Marianne Die.  I added some glitter to this, but you can't really see it in the photo.  I cut the sentiment from matt silver cardstock using a Crafters' Companion die.  Finally I added some gems from Joanna Sheen.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Inky Chicks Challenge - Baby Cards

This is my entry into the current challenge at Inky Chicks:

I used Centura Pearl Card and embossed the base layer with a starry embossing folder.  I used Sue Wilson's New Arrivals - Stuffed Animals collection to create the animals and the 'Pitter Patter' sentiment.  The name was created using Cheery Lynn alphabet dies.

Thanks for visiting my Blog.

Jo x

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

I've made my first Christmas card for this year!!  I used the fabulous Audrey Tarrant Once Upon A Christmas cd from Creative Crafting World to create the following card:

I love the artwork on this cd-rom.  I used gold card for all my matting and layering, all the other elements on the card are printed from the cd-rom.

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - Anything Asian

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge and this time the theme is 'Anything Asian' which gives us fantastic scope.  Here is my card:

I immediately thought of the fabulous Kimono range from Crafters' Companion for my card.  This has to be one of my all-time favourite ranges.

I started by embossing some core-dinations cardstock using one of the embossing folders from the Kimono range.  I printed out the topper and butterflies onto some super smooth paper and added these using foam pads for extra dimension.  I die cut the sentiment twice from co-ordinating card and off-set them slightly for a shadow effect.  The beautiful peacock die is also from the Kimono range.  I die-cut it from white card and then added two different embossing powders, picking out colours from the topper.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the lovely inspiration from the design team.

Jo x

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