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

The Pretty Little Flower Girl card

I made this card for a friends 60th birthday, I made it into an easel card as I hadn't made one in ages,

I have used a gorgeous girl stamp but I cannot remember where she is from, coloured in with spectrum noir pens.
The papers are from a dovecrafts back to basics pack,
I have used Marianne and Sizzix die's for the circles and swirls, a Martha Stuart punch for the flowers and cut the leaves on my craft robo., I finished it off with a bit of card candi and some bling in the centre of the flowers.

I would like to enter her into the following challenges,

Emerald Faeries challenge Blog - Flourishes ans Swirls 
Made Especially for You - Easel Card
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

Butterflies and Bunting

My daughter asked me to make something to brighten up her bedroom walls, she wanted butterflies and I made her the bunting to match,

I used my craftrobo to cut everything out using designs from silhouette America,  The papers used are  Papermania boysenberry capsule collection. I then just added some bling to make the butterflies and flowers sparkle in the sunlight.and some ribbon to hang the bunting.

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Puddles of Love Card

I just love this Gorjuss Girl stamp, and I recently found the perfect paper pack to make a card with it,

To create this card I used,
Gorjuss Girl Puddles of Love stamp, coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens.
Design paper from Helz Cuppleditch The London Line
The background doily was cut on my craft robo,
Martha Stuart flower and leaf punches, and the ribbon and bling are from stash,

I would like to enter her into the following challenges,

House of Gilli - Red White and Blue
Make it Monday -  Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenges - Red White and Blue
2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping  Jo xx

A little Teddy Bo Card

I wanted a really cute girly image to use for my Niece's 3rd birthday card,  this Teddy Bo stamp was just perfect for the occasion.

To create this card I have used,

Teddy Bo stamp (free with a magazine) cooloured in with spectrum noir pens,
Design paper from Helz Cuppleditch The London Line
Martha Stuart flower and Leaf Punches,
A sizzix Flourish and
Marianne Creatables Butterflies and bling from stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Bearly Mine Challenges - Flowers
Tiddly Inks challenges - Pretty in Pink
Lexi's Creations - Happy birthday

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Orange Fairy card

I made this card because I wanted to use the new paper pad I had just brought, I really like the colour combination its nice and bright.

To create the card I have used a gorgeous fairy on tiptoe stamp from Lili of the valley coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
First edition summer breeze paper pad for the background paper,
Martha Stuart leaf and flower punch
Stampin Up Modern window punch and the background paper and bling are from stash,

I added a Thank You sentiment at a later date and gave it to the girls in work to say thank you for my birthday present.

I would like to enter it in into the following challenges,


Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girls Girls Girls
Stamp and Create.com - Bold and Bright
Emergency Crafters - Butterflies, Birds and things with wings
Southern Girl Challenges - Things with wings

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Skate board Dude Card

This card is one that I made for one of my son's friends, 

I have used the skate boarding image by saturated canary coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
The papers were a freebie from a magazine I think they were call come fly with me,
the buttons were from stash and the sentiment is from hero arts,

I would like to enter him into the following challenges,

Lexi's Creations - for the man/ boy in our lives
Make it Monday - Anything  Goes
The Crazy Challenge - Childhood memories ( falling off a scateboard)
Here come the boys - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi


Thanks for popping by jo

The Daisy Card

This is a card I made whilst up in the loft one day, It is in my box waiting to have a recipient,

 

To create this card I have used the gorgeous Daisy from sugar nellie coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
I think the backing paper is from a dovecrafts pack but am not sure,
The leaves, corner and roses were cut on my craft robo,
The flourish is a sizzix die and I added a bit of bling from my stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Amusing Challenges - Flowers
One Stitch at a time  - Use your favourites, mine are the stamp, craft robo and swirl die
2 sisters challenge blog - make it girly
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Flower Power
Crafty Catz weekly challenge - Happy Birthday
Charisma Card Challenges - Pink and girly

Thanks for popping by Jo xxx

The Birthday Wishes Card

I recently purchased some girly kanban stamps and made this quick card using one of the images,

I have used the Kanban Image, coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
The paper is from DCWV nanna's kitchen ( I think)
the corners were cut on my craft robo and the flowers ribbon and bling came from stash.

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Enjoy the journey Card

Male cards are always hard to create, you cannot embellish them with with pretty ribbons and flowers, but I have discovered Tim Holtz stamps and it makes it a little bit easier, I got my inspiration for this card from here,

I have used,
an old map as backing paper,
Tim Holtz the Journey Stamps,
Gold mirror card,
and buttons from stash 

thanks for popping by Jo xx

The I really Needed it But Don't Use it Challenge Card

You know when you see something and your REALLY need it, you then get it and it sits unloved in a drawer unused, well this is what happened with the Tim Holtz tattered flowers die and Nestabilities labels 17.
So with this in mind I would like to enter this card into Flyin Frisians challenge over on the MSE card making board.

I have used,
Tim Holtz tattered flowers die,
Nestabilities 17,
Flourish die from sizzix
Stampin Up modern Label Punch,
Bling from stash and home made bakers twine, 

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,
Prairie Fairy Friday - anything with flowers,
Fussy and Fancy Challenges - Punches and Dies
Sassy Studio Designs - Flowers and Flourishes

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Just testing

I.m just seeing if i can update from my tablet

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

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The Born to Ride Card

This is the card I made for one of Andy's friends who has just turned 50, The brief was he likes bikes, so I went with this great digital image,

This is a fantastic image from Karens Doodles called "Born to Ride" ,  I do love him, he has been coloured in with spectrum noir pens and I have added glossy accents to any thing that looked like it should be chrome, I matt and layered him on to an old map and just added a bit of ribbon and some buttons to finish him off.

I would like to enter him into the following challenges,

Cards for Men - The Great Outdoors, 
Critter Sketch Challenge Blog - Stars (on the ribbon)
Karen's Doodles - Make if for a Male
Make My Monday - Wheels
Crafty Emmas  - No Girls Allowed

Thanks for Popping by Jo xx

The Pink and Lemon Card

My lovely children (well my husband really) brought me some of the gorgeous first edition papers for Mothers Day, I had them early and decided to make My Mum's Mothers day card with some of them,

To create the card I have used,
The sweet blossom image from Wee Stamps coloured in with Spectrum Nior pens,
The papers are from first edition spring drop,
the roses were created using my craft robo,
the butterflies are a martha stuart punch,  the corners are a marianne die, and the flourish is from sizzix,
the sentiment was a freebie from Nettie and the leaves are a xcut punch,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes 
DRS Designs - Butterflies
Paperplay Challenges - Spring Colours
Crafts and Me Challenges - Spring Colours,
Fab and Funky Challenges - Mother

Thanks for popping by Jo x

The Eat More Cake Card.

I just love the bugaboo images and have made quite a few cards with them lately, This one was for my sister in law.

I have used,
Bugaboo Stella digital stamp and sentiment, Stella is coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
Basic Grey papers ( but I cannot remember the name of the pack)
Green card stock and string are from stash,
Martha Stuart button punch,
Glossy accents on her glasses and balloon and
Craftwork Cards card candy, 

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,
Birthday Sundaes - birthday wording
The Poodles Parlour - birthday
Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog - Happy birthday sentiment
Creative card crew - humour

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Creative Bunting

I wanted something to bring some colour to the plain white wall above my desk in my loft space, So when xcut brought out their bunting dies I created this bunting to coordinate with the summer wreath I made earlier in the year.

The papers are Ohh la la from My minds Eye I think, and I have also used
Xcut Bunting Dies, scalloped and plain,
Martha Stuart flower and butterfly  punch,
daisy Punch, and Heart Punch,
Xcut Bunting Dies,
X cut leaf punch,
The Letters and the fern leaves were cut on the craft robo and the bling is from stash,

and here it is with the summer wreath I made in the same paper, it certainly brings some colour to the plain white wall,

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Flying Above It All Card

I made this card for my friend Karen, and I wanted something a bit zingy for her,

To create the card I used,
Gorjuss Girls Flying above it all stamp, coloured in with specrtum noir pens,
Nellies Multi Flower die,
The flowers and leaves were cut on the craft robo,
the paper is a making memories pack I think,
modern label punch by stamping up and the bling is from my stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Just some Lines - Girly Girl
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Bright and Bold
Crafty Catz weekly Challenge - Something beginning with B mine is Bird and Bling
Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Winged Things

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The 10th Birthday Card

Our son turned 10 last week, and I can tell you the time has just flown by so fast, it does not seem that long ago he was a baby, and now he is in double figures, (that's what he keeps telling me ) this is the card I made for his big day.

It was created using,
A Saturated Canary digital image, coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
DCWV retro paper stack
The stars were cut on my craft robo
The happy birthday sentiment was a digital freebie but I cannot remember where from, it is cut using a 1.5 inch circular punch,

I would like to enter in into the following challenges,
CES Challenges - spots and dots
Crazy 4 challenges - stripes and polka dots
Card Makin Mamas - Happy Birthday
Wags n Whiskers Stamps - Masculine Birthday
Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Birthday,

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

A Little Bit of Hooky

I have recently discovered the joy of  Crochet, and I have to say I love it, I find is so relaxing to do, and it is something I can finally do unlike knitting, ( which is sad I come from a family of  very good knitters I think the gene missed me).
With this week being half term I had some time on my hands and wanted to finally discover how to do Granny Squares, I found this great tutorial and set out to make a huge granny square blanket,just  like the one I had when I was younger.

This is it so far and I'm so pleased with how it's coming out at the moment it is about the size of a large cushion, Once it is finished it is going to live in my loft on the back of my chair in case I get cold,

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Husband's Card

This is the card I made my husband for his 40th birthday, It is an image I love and is nothing like hubby honestly.

Supplies are,
Gus digital stamp and sentiment from Bugaboo Stamps, coloured in with spectrum noir pens,
The Paper is from DCWV retro stack,
the 40 sentiment is a freebie from Netty and the buttons and husband stamp are from stash,

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,
Flying's MSE Challenge - make a card for a male
Creative Card Crew - Masculine,, 
Bunny Zoe's Craft - Celebrations
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - Masculine
Hotshot Crafts - for the boys

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Another 40th Birthday Card

This is another 40th birthday card that I have made, this one is for my friend Lea, 

 

Supplies are, 

Greeting Farm Anya Stamp, coloured in with Prismacolour pencils

Latte paper matt stack from DCWV

Scalloped and plain oval nestabilities, 

Triple heart punch

Pins are normal sewing pins,

swirl embossing folder,

Sentiment a freebie from the fabulous Netty

and ribbon and bling are from stash.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges, 

Craft us Crazy - Anything Goes

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes, 

Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Design - Lets Get Girly 

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Distressed Card

I have recently purchased some Tim Holtz stamps, They are ideal for men's cards and I just love the old styling of them, This is the first card I have made with them,

I have used kraft card and a mixture of different Tim Holtz stamps to make the background ,
I stamped the car on a different bit of card and stuck it on foam squares to give it a bit of definition,
then just added  some Tim Holtz tickets a button and a sentiment to finish it off.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges,

Craft your Passion Blog - Anything Goes and no patterned paper,
Crafty Cardmakers - Monochrome
Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Make it a Guy Thing 
Challenge Up Your Life - Tone on Tone Monochrome
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Vintage

Thanks for popping by Jo x

The Anniversary Card

My Mum and Dad's wedding anniversary has just passed and this is the card I made for them,

I have used a fantastic image from Bugaboo Stamps coloured in with Spectrum Noir Pens,
The paper is from a paper mania pack, which has been matted onto plain red card,
I have used a tiny heart punch for the gold hearts and the ribbon is from stash,
and the sentiment is set on a stampin up modern word window punch,

I would like to enter it into  the following challenges,

Ali B's Card Challenge MSE,
Fresh Brewed Blog - Love,
DYSU Challenge |Blog - Anything Goes,
Rainbow Lady Challenge Blog- wear something red


Thanks for popping by Jo xx

Making Your Own Masks Tutorial

I have recently got bitten by the making tags bug and wanted to use a mask, after watching a Tim Holtz video on how to use his masks to enhance your tags, the only problem it was  after 8 at night and no craft shop is open so I could go and buy some !!!!

So I put on my thinking cap and thought  Acetate would do it, I know I have some somewhere but where, after searching I could not find it. So I started to look  around my crafting space and  I came across Laminating Pouches!!!!!!
now they are clear, cheap and easy to get hold of, but would they work.

First I chose a die and then cut the laminating sheet  to size and  ran it through my Big shot.

I then took it out and removed all the bits in between the  cutout,

and placed it over my tag to use as a mask,

and voila my finished creation.

I also used my craft robo to cut out some shapes as well,

I hope this is of some use to someone,

Thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Sort of Steampunk Card

I recently brought some Tim Holtz stamps as I love the vintage distressed look and wanted to have a go at making some tags, This is what I came up with, not exactly distressed or steam punk but my interpretation of it.

I have made the tag using various tim holtz stamps and any inks that I had handy and an ink duster to create the background, 
The clock and gears were cut out on the craft robo,
The paper was from the scrap box which I ripped to give a vintage look and ink dusted the edges,
and to finish off  I embossed half the card using a crafts too dots folder, and added some eyelets using a cropadile.

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Mum's Birthday Card

My Mum celebrated her birthday in December This is the card I made for her,

I have used a Gorjuss Girl stamp the owl, I have coloured it in with Spectrum noir pens,
The crochet flower I made myself,
The swirl is a sizzix die, and the leaves are an x cut punch,
and the papers are from papermania, I then just added some bling and a button from stash,

I would like to enter her into the following challenges,

Simon Says Stamp - spots or stripes
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Birds of a feather
The Ribbon Reel Challenge  - Pink Poker Dots
Truly Madly Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Gingerloft challenge - Anything Goes
Totally Papercraft - Spots and stripes
Party Time Tuesdays - Feathered Friends

Thanks for popping by Jo xx