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