Mum and Dad's Anniversary Card

This was one of the first cards I made when I started card making in January,

As my stash levels were very low then it was created by using random scraps of paper and  the Bigshot Grandad and Angie gave me, the letters are coloured in using chalk and all the embellishments are cut on the bigshot as well,

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Christmas Glitter Card

I have made this card for the Gemma's current MSE challenge which is Glitter and Bling,

It was created using
Stamped image (not sure what she is called) coloured in with aquamarkers,
DCWV  christmas design paper,
card from the papermill,
hobbycraft snowflake punch ,
Nestabilities label 8,
glitter brought from West point craft show,
Frosted Lace Stickles, sentiment and green beads from stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,
The Crafty Pad - Christmas
One Stitch at a Time - Celebrations
Allsorts Challenge Blog - spot and stripes
Marks Finest Papers - Die Cut or Punch
Tuesday throwdown - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Birthday Card

I made this card for one of the ladies on MSE.

It was created using,
A Sugar Nellie Stamp,  ( but I cannot remember its name) coloured in with Prismacolour pencils,
Laura Ashley papers,
Blue card from the papermill shop
ribbon and bling from stash

I would like to enter it into the following challenge.

I Did It All Creations - anything goes
The Paper Players - Recipe Challenge - one design paper, something punched and a sentiment.
2 sisters challenge blog - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender Challenges - Birthdays

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Tilda Gatefold Card

I made this card for one of my friends little girls, and I had not tried a gate fold card before, I'm pleased with how it turned out and most importantly so was my friends little girl.

It was created using
tilda with basket coloured in with papermania watercolour pens,
card from the Papermill,
2 different  daisy punches to create the flowers,
My |Minds Eye dp ( free from a magazine earlier in the year)
brads and bling from stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

The corrosive challenge blog - no white paper
craftalicious challenges - anything goes
I did it creations - girl of my dreams
Charisma Card Challenges - more than one fold
The ABC Challenge - F is for flowers

Thanks for popping by Jo x

More Milestone Birthday Cards

It seems an age since I last posted on here, life is a bit busy at the moment and I'm not really having time to craft or blog so here is a quick post,  These are another couple of milestone birthday card I have made the are basically the same with just a change in paper and colouring,

For both of them I used,

DCWV retro paper stack ( well they were for children of the 70's)
Its a Man's world Couch Potato stamp,
Craft Robo to cut the large 40's out
papermill brown card
gold peel offs,
and the images were coloured in with aquamarkers and papaermania watercolour markers

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Creative Stitches Show Exeter,

Last Saturday Sarah and I ventured north and attended the Creative Stitches and Papercraft show at Exeter's Westpoint arena, it was not as large as the ones at the NEC or Ally Pally, but it did have a lot of craft stalls and it was lovely to see things in person instead of just on a web page, I even met the lady who designed the Hougie Board. I did however get some new stash.

I ended up with ,
4 sugar nellie stamps,
3 sets of ollyfants stamps,
toolbag,
new sizzix clear mats and flourish dies,
2 laura ashley paper pads
one LLB paper pad,
some beautiful glitter and the pots,
a bow maker
2 sets of nesting shapes templates
A messy mat and some tiny scissors


We then ventured down to Trago Mills where I got,

Some more glue,
gilttery paper ribbons,
2 docrafts christmas paper packs
an embossing folder,
ribbon,
a metal ruler and craft knife and My Craft Room lines and waves embossing mat,
we had a good day shopping, just have to find the time to play with the new stash now

Thanks for popping by Jo x