The Black and White Card

Again it has been a while since I blogged and its a bit late to blog the Christmas cards that I made so I'm blogging a card I made for my Great Aunt, I used this beautiful Inkylicious stamp to create a classic card.

 

Supplies used are;

Inkylicious stamp with the mouth and eye coloured in with spectrum noir pens, 

Marianne Creatable rose dies, 

Sixxix flourish die, 

the tab and corners were cut on my craft robo and the pearls are from my stash.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

Hiding in my Craft Room - Freestyle

ATC'S and cards with attitude - Anything Goes

Card Crafters Circle - Anything Goes

Forever night Creepy - Anything Goes/ How dark can you go

Pause Dream Enjoy - Anything Goes

Charisma Cards - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Whiff of Joy Christmas card

Again life seems to have got in the way of crafting and updating my blog, I can't believe nearly a month has passed since I last posted. Although I have has a few crafty purchases including a surprise pack of stamps from Whiff Of joy, and this stamp was among them,

I have used the Whiff of Joy image coloured in with spectrum noir pens.
The flourish and holly was cut on my craft robo,
The Ticket was a freebie from the internet, and I think the papers were from a  Dovecrafts paper pack,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Use something 6 months old (the craft robo)
The Kraftyhands challenge Blog - Christmas
Jingle Bells - Christmas Feast (the berries)
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Purple Picnic Basket

I wanted something to go with a card I made my friend for her birthday and found  this  tutorial for a picnic basket, I filled it with her favourite chocolates, which she loved.

Supplies Used are,

hougie board,and purple card to make the basket
Papermania capsule collection papers,
Marianne Creatables roses die,
martha stuart leaf punch, and brads from stash,

Thanks for popping by Jo x

The Purple Daisy Card

This was a card I made for a work colleague who's birthday was in May, Her favourite colour is Purple.

 Supplies are,

"Daisy" stamp by sugar Nellie, coloured in with Spectrum noir Pens,
Papers by Lucy Cornwell,
Martha Stuart flower and leaf punch,
X Cut Floral punch,
Sizzix Flourish Die,
Stamping Up modern window punch,
Card Candi and bling from stash.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Challenges 4 everybody - anything goes,
The Crafty Pad - Floral 
A gem of a Challenge - for the girls
Stampin for the Weekend - Feeling Floral
Make it Monday - Anything Goes


Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The "50 Shades" Card

It seems like an age since I last posted on my blog, but sometimes real life gets in the way,  at the moment all my friends seem to be reading the 50 Shades of Grey books, when I saw this image from Saturated canary I knew I just had to get it and make it into a card  for my friend Lea's birthday.

Supplies are 

Grey Tie Digital image from Saturated canary coloured in with Spectrum Noir Pens, 

First edition Boho Chic paper pad, 

Marianne Creatable Butterfly,

the swirls were cut on my craft robo,

the grey tie  was a scrap of ribbon and the bling is from my stash

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Happy Birthday

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Paper makeup Stamps - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Lovely Lady Card

I saw this image on one of the cards that Sarah made, and just loved it,

To Create this card I have used Flap Happy digital stamp coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
 Papers from DCWV Linen closet, the blue card is from the scraps box,  A Marianne creatable dies for the  butterflies, flowers and sentiment backing, a Martha stuart leaf punch, the bling, ribbon and brads are from stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Craft Room Challenges - Fashion (the flapper hat)
Critter Sketch Challenge Blog - Use a  Digi
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Die cuts and Punches
One stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes.

Thanks for popping by Jo xx
 

The Thank You Teacher Card

These are the cards I made for the children to give to their teachers at the end of term to say Thank You. I made eight of these cards and  kept to the same design for all of them just using different coloured backing paper.

Supplies used are,

The apple and thank you teacher text were cut on my craft robo,
Stampin Up square lattice embossing folder,
Martha stuart  embossed button punch
and embroidery thread from stash.



Thanks for popping by Jo xx