CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 134 - Hosted by Meg

 Good morning and welcome to my blog.

I hope that you are getting some sunshine in between all the rain!  Doesn't it make you feel so much better when the sun is shining?

I am still slowly sorting through all my craft supplies!  I'm determined to get it all done!  My current project is sorting through and labelling all my dies.  It's quite some task!

I've recently introduced a close friend to crafting and am sorting out some craft supplies that I can pass on.  It gives me so much pleasure that these items will be used.  I'm also regularly sending crafty items to a Children's hospice, and of course, I continue to fundraise for Guide Dogs in memory of my parents.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus.  The advantage of sorting out is that you find stuff you forgot you had and are able to put them to good use.

My card for today was made for my teamie, Carol's birthday.

I used charisma and dies from the Portmanteau collection from Tattered Lace, which is my favourite collection.  The oval frame was die cut using Teardrop and Sweep dies from Carnation Crafts - which have been my only crafty purchase in a long time - I love them!

The banner the sentiment is sat on is a Spellbinders die, and the sentiment was cut using Hunkydory dies.  Pearls from my stash were added to complete the card.

I do hope you'll join in our challenge.  Full details of the rules and how to enter can be found on our challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 133 - Hosted by Pamela

 Good morning and welcome to my blog

We actually have sunshine here in Manchester!  Doesn't a bit of sun make you feel so much better.  Bailey is finding it a bit warm at the moment and is booked in for 'a short back and sides' next week.  In the meantime, he has his own little den in a shady spot in the garden and is enjoying lots of iced water!

I hope you're getting to enjoy some nice weather wherever you are.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus.  Full details of our challenge and how to enter can be found by clicking the link.

For my card today I have used artwork from Paper Boutique USB IX, Bumblebee Dance collection:

This is one of my favourite and most used collections from Paper Boutique.  I love the delicate colours and beautiful images in this collection.

I used dies from Paper Boutique to cut the mats and frames on my card and added a co-ordinating strip to finish off.

A co-ordinating insert from the collection was then added to the card.

I hope you'll join in our challenge and also visit my teamies who have made some lovely cards to inspire you.  Look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 132 - Hosted by Carol

Good morning and welcome to my blog

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus

For my card this time I've used 'Geraldine the Giraffe' artwork by the fabulous Bree Merryn, from a My Craft Studio cd-rom:

I turned the image into decoupage and the added it to one of the lovely background papers, matted onto co-ordinating cardstock.

I hope you'll join us for this challenge. 

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 131 - Hosted by Aimslee

Good morning and welcome to my blog

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus and the lovely Aimslee is hosting this challenge.

Here is my card which I made for a good friends' birthday:

All the elements for the front of the card are from Hunkydory.  The image, frame and sentiment were from a Hunkydory magazine.

This is the inside of the card:

The insert was printed from Spring Whispers collection, Paper Pantry Volume VII

I do hope you'll be able to join us.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #130 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good morning and welcome to my blog.

The clocks have now gone forward and the mornings will be much lighter now.  I'm an early riser so glad of this.  We've had a bit of sun in between the rain here in Manchester, I always feel so much better when the sun is shining!

I've almost completed my major ribbon sort out!  Phew!  Next job is to sort through and catalogue all my dies.  Another big job but will be well worth the effort.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus.  I make and send quite a few Easter cards and today I am sharing one of them:

 My card was made using elements from the Spring Whispers collection, Paper Pantry Volume VII usb from Creative Crafting World.  It's a beautiful collection.

I used card from PaperMill for my mats and layers and textured gold card from Create & Craft for the die-cuts.  The flowers I made from a lightweight paper, finished with a bow.

Please visit the challenge blog to see the beautiful creations from my fellow teamies and for full details of how to enter our challenge.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo xx

St Patrick's Day Gonk

 Hello again

As well as being a card maker, I'm also a keen crocheter. I've crocheted a Gonk to fundraise for Guide Dogs.

If you would like a chance to win, please visit my Just Giving page. For every £1 donated, you'll get a chance in the draw. The money goes directly to Guide Dogs so all donations help straight away.

Thank you.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 129 - Hosted by Margaret

 Good morning and welcome to my blog

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus

I make so secret of the face that me and February don't get along!! However, this year my February had the best start when my youngest daughter passed her driving test.  Due to the knock-on effects of covid, she had to wait over 6 months to take her practical driving test.  I'm super proud to say she passed first time!  She now drives down a busy motorway to and from work every day, has driven to Lancaster to see her uni friends, given me lifts places.....there's no stopping her now!!

This is the card I made for her:

The pattern was a download from stitchingcards.com, stitched in metallic thread.  The sentiments were cut using Crafters' Companion dies and I added gems to represent traffic lights for a bit of fun.

I printed the insert from a My Craft Studio Click Print Go Simply Sentiments cd-rom.  I've always called her my Super Stat so this was a perfect insert.

I hope to see your creations over on the challenge blog.  Full details of Challenge Rules and how to enter can be found on the blog.  You can also see the fabulous creations my lovely teamies have made.  I hope to see you there!

Jo xx

Happy 60th Birthday

 Hello

A friend of mine turns 60 this week. He has a cat so I decided to use this super cute image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse triple cd-rom:

I turned the image into decoupage and then matted it onto grey adorable scorable. I cut some brown adorable scorable along the edges with a paw print punch and die-cut the sentiment from matching card, matted and layered onto the card using foam pads.

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

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge- Anything Goes with option of 4-legged friend

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Signs of Spring

 Hello again

Get me....2 posts in a day!!

A friend has her 65th birthday this week, and as she is a big animal lover I knew I couldn't go wrong with a Happy Hoppers image.  I made it to fit in with the new challenge over at House-Mouse & Friends which is 'Anything Goes With The Option Of Wet/Dry Embossing.

I'm a big lover of bees (I have one tattto'ed on my arm!), and just couldn't resist this delightful image.  The image is decoupaged and then I used my new Carnation Crafts dies to cut out the hexagons.  I then ran the yellow layer through again using my favourite Spellbinders double-sided embossing folder.  I then used some of the smaller Carnation dies to cut out the mats and layers for the sentiments.  The sentiment dies are from Hunkydory and the number dies are from Crafters' Companion.  Finally, I added some pearls from Hunkydory.  The base card is an 8 x 8 from Creative Crafting World.

I saw my first bumble bee of the year yesterday.  It was a huge 'fluffy' bee, sat on my garden wall having a rest.  Spring is definitely on it's way and I'm sat on my settee in the sunshine typing this post, with Bailey sunbathing next to me!

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

Try It On Tuesday - Spring

Snippets Playground - Snippets used for Sentiment mats and layers

Thanks for stopping by!

Jo x

Inspired to Dance

 Good Morning

There is a new challenge over at Inspiration Station and I was in desperate need of some inspiration for a birthday card for a friend.  This is the photo to inspire us:

It made me immediately think of dancing and as a result I made this card:

The friend I've made the card for is a huge fan of Strictly and dances herself, so I thought this was a great image to use.  The pattern is from Stitchingcards.com, stitched using metallic threads and then matted onto some pearlescent purple card from my stash.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 128 - Hosted by Me

 Good morning and welcome to my blog

I'm very relieved that we are now in March.  February for us, was an extremely sad and difficult month.  

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus, we do hope you will join us.  Full details of how to enter can be found on the challenge blog.

Here is my card:

I revisited my rather neglected Popcorn Kids cd-rom by Crafter's Companion to produce this lovely decoupaged image.

The backing paper is by Docrafts from Forever Friends collection.

Sentiment die by Crafter's Companion

I'm progressing slowly but surely with my craft room sort-out!  I'm currently trying to sort my ribbons and wish I didn't have so many!!  I'll be so glad when it's all done, and I can find everything and just go in there and craft away!

I look forward to seeing you on the challenge blog.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #127 - Hosted by Meg

 Good morning and welcome to my blog

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge Plus

Today I am sharing another Calendar I created, this time using my Faye Whittaker cd-rom by Joanna Sheen. 

I decoupaged the image and layered it onto some co-ordinating card.  I embossed another piece of the card using a Crafters Companion embossing folder.

This Calendar I made for a close friends mum, who has been a fan of Faye Whittaker's for a long time.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx