Reasonable Ruby's!

Evening all, now before I show you a card, you need to read this!

Please grab the poster and add it to your side bar, I have to say that the image that I've got to use is fantastical, I can't wait to show you!

Anyway, on to today's card, made some time ago but up until now I haven't been able to share as the recipient has only just received it. The image reminds me lots of her daughter and as the little girl's favourite colour is pink, I thought it would be a good choice, least I hope so as I know the recipient does't share her daughter's taste in colour!.

My gorgeous "Shopping Ruby" is still available whilst stocks last, in the 70% off stamp sale at LCI, it's not every day you get to buy a ruby for only £1.95.  

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

TG190, Wings,

CR 50, Anything goes with ribbon,

PCJ, Not square,

TPDC, Colour recipe,

CFAS55, Girly,

RR57, Wings,

MIM146, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Sorry, Just Had To Be Done!

I'm sure you know what it's like, you really need to tidy and get your bench in order but then you find the perfect remnant, along with another and before you know it,it's joined by the perfect stamp and sentiment.

It just had to be done, I knew that the scalloped punch remnants would make perfect waves!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

LIM125, Jen's Birthday,(Apparently she likes fish)

AC, Water fun,

CWWC47, KIS,

PBAM June, CAS,

BT, Water.

Anyway, the bench is a little tidier and luckily I found a card that I'd made for a friend's birthday this week but forgotten I'd done it. I really need to get my act together ! 

That's it from me for today,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Simply Bright With Washi tape.

I'm feeling the love where washi tape is concerned, my stash is gradually increasing and it makes me happy,

who wouldn't feel happy when they see these gorgeous bright colours!

Anyway, it's Jen's birthday at "Less is More" and the theme is to make a card to suit Jen's style.

I love Jen's style and I'm hoping that maybe a little can be seen in my card.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

LIM 125, Birthday,

MTTC227, Spots and stripes,

TCT12, Birthday,

CWLC46, Favourite things,

MIM145, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Standard Postage.

Just sharing the card I told you about the other day,

quickly made using bits left on my desk  and just colouring the image to fit in.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
II113, Anything goes,
TLL, Spots,
BMC91, Flowers,
FTTC225 Scallops,
CSF79, Birthday,
MIM145, Anything goes.


Thanks for stopping by
 Julie.x

Flowers And A Ribbon.

It's time for a new Ladybug Challenge!

This fortnight it's  Diane's time to host the challenge and her theme is

"Flowers and a Ribbon"

For my DT project I made a "Milk carton" style gift box, in fact it was more like a juice carton in size as I used an entire 12"x 12" sheet of bazzil, scoring it easily using my Fiskars cutter.

I just love how special the front panel looks with the gorgeous digi image "Bouquet Delights" an easy image to colour, I just added tiny coloured pearls and a ribbon along with a thin die cut circle to frame it's beauty.

I'm using this gift box for the following challenges:-

LTS8, No Cards,

MIM145, Anything goes,

MMM, Purples plus 1 neutral,

PP12, Anything goes,

QC12, More than 1 fold.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Accidents Happen.

I was planning on today's card being a one layer card with just some decoupaged butterflies, however, accidents happen and when I went to stamp the butterflies with the script background by Kanban, I couldn't tell where the mask finished and the sponging began so impatiently I ran  a pen around the edges not realising that the ink had bled through to the card. I couldn't waste it so die cut the frame and removed the back of the card, to bring it together I pierced around the edges.

Hope this still qualifies for a "Less is more" entry!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

GNS37, 3 of something,

OG159, Wings,

PBAM, CAS,

LIM124, Hexagons,

CCC June, Wings.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

My Favourite Of The Moment.

The "Three vases" image has to be my favourite of the minute, it's a quick and easy one to colour and yesterday it saved my bacon as it helped me make a twenty minute card that even with the tiny pearl centres I was able to send as a standard first class mail instead of the large letter price that frankly I begrudge paying for!

Anyway, I'm getting distracted, today I used the image for my LIM entry placing it behind my Spellbinders Hexagon cut frame, adding only a couple of pieces of snipped washi tape and the tiniest of buttons..

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

LIM124, Hexagons,

CC23, Digi,

MHP, CAS,

MIM144b, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Working My Way Through The Off Cuts.

Thank heavens for my Cricut as it saved the day with simply the press of a button. It made my FIL's card a fairly quick make.

I cut out the letters by using the "centre point" button so that I could fit the letters to fit exactly across the middle of my card, discarding the actual letters but keeping the remnants to replace later. 

I then used a pencil to mark where the spaces left by the letters were and glued off cuts and washi tape over the area. The front was then placed using foam pads also adding foam pads to the remnants before fitting the back into their places. This was easily done by putting the cut letter back into their space, replacing the remnants and then removing the cut letters again. It sounds more complicated than it actually was, honest :).

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

KBD1, Father's day,

PD24, Male,

QKR43, Dad,

SCT39, Male,

MCC, Male,

CBD, Male,

CFAS54, Male,

CB171, Fathers day,

CIO, Male/metal,

CYP166, Father's day,

CC, Father's day,

FCC164, Fathers day,

MIM144b, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Upper Cut And Punch It Out With Southern Girls.

Evening, I had a really bad start to the day when I realised that I'd got my dates wrong and I'd missed my DT, team Lou challenge at Southern Girls , I'd planned to spend time with the lovely Chris from team Trace today anyway and borrow a few of her dies especially for this fortnight's challenge what a good job I had because all of that chatting,cutting and laughing was just what I needed to lift the spirits and when I returned home it didn't take too long to come up with tonight's card. 

"Thanks Chris"

The image I have used, "Kitty with a bow" is by Inky Impressions,one of this fortnight's Sponsors, the dies I borrowed from Chris are by another of the sponsors, "Marianne Designs" but do check out the challenge blog for full details of the challenge, sponsors and rules.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

CCC23, Digi,

HAF173, Banner,

DBD, Happy Birthday,

FNF175, Birthday,

WS60, Shaped card,

DOC53, Girl,

CVC4, Die cuts,

MDD, Dies,

MIM144b, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

PS. Chris, check out the gorgeous bird houses ;)

Flowers To Match.

As soon as I saw the Forever Friends Kraft Notes paper pad I knew it was perfect for my lovely nieces birthday card.



You know me and patchwork, I love it so the cute little patchwork butterfly cried out to be cut out, I just added little hemp antennae dotting the ends with stickles.

It doesn't show in the photo but the flowers on the paper are also a patchwork style so out came my flower punch and some paper offcuts and patchwork flowers were created to embellish the card.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
CC186, Lace and buttons,
BMC90, Anything goes,
DOCB53, For a girl,
TEFC44, Dies and punches,
ECUK, Buttons and bows,
WS60, Shaped cards,
R&R8, Ribbon and lace,
FnF175, Birthday,
HOAC, Bingo (Top left to bottom right)
MIM144e, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x





Lavender Tag.

Seems like I'm always saying "Just a quick post", but I'm saying it again tonight.

Just a quick post to share a tag I made for a special lady!

I'm using this tag for the following challenges:-

LS4, Lavender,

NAA10, Fantasy,
BZC, Wings,
FSC49, Tag,
SS261, Purple,
MIM144b, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Fifteen!

Morning, and a very blowy one it is too! 

Made this one last weekend,a variation on the normal, this time I cut a star shaped aperture and popped it up on foam pads. Before placing it on the front of my card, I drew the star onto the front of my blank, and glued various remnants just over it then popped the raised layer over it. Make sense?

I used foam dots to pop up the doubled,die cut numbers too.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

HCC17, Metal,(nail heads and paperclip)

PCJ, Masculine,

CC225, male,

LR188, Metal,
Polkadoodles, Birthday,Scraps,

CRC, Scraps.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Butterflies And Bunting.

A quick post sharing the card I made for my lovely Ladybug Teamie,

Tams.

I hope that she has a great birthday!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

CRC47, Circles,

CWD3, For the girls,

FBW243, Open,

IIC111, Birthday,

PPC130, Birthday,

WS60, Shaped cards,

DBD, Colours,

BMC, Dies or punches,

AI44, Shaped cards,

SC21, Creatures great and small.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Baby Bunting

There's more to look at than to read about today.

Just sharing the card I made for the apple of Kerry's eye.

Obviously, bunting is compulsory

as was "Baby Billie's Hungry"

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

CCC225, For a boy,

CM18, Lots of layers,

HH, Bunting,

RR55, Baby,

BMC89, Dies and punches,

CDD7, Ribbon/twine,

MIM143, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Opposite's Attract At TLT

It's time for a new Ladybug challenge, have to say, I was a bit stroppy about this theme lol, don't know why but when I knew that the theme was to 

"Choose Opposite Colours" 

from the colour wheel,

I couldn't decide which to use and the idea of only using those colours, well, it threw me into a tizzy.

Anyway, after a bit of straight talking by the lovely Lisa I eventually got my act together and decided on

Red and Green.

I used "Three Vases" LCI digi from the range 

"Floral Delights Too" 

I teamed these with my rather scrummie new papers along with my first washi tape. 

I do rather like making patchwork papers, 

just love the look it gives.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Card and scrap 56, flowers,

MIM143, Anything goes,

TCT12, Birthday,

C4E21, Anything goes,

CWWC45, Punches or die cuts,

Hobbycutz 7, Flowers,

OG158, Birthday,

SSS137, Sketch,

SSS185, Sketch.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Fit For A Gardener.

Another card for my friend, this one for a man that likes gardening. "Wellies Delight"  by LCI fits the bill perfectly, it's a shame I used it for my Father-in-law's card last year, it's a perfect Father's day image. I just added a little stamping with a fern image around the digi.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

BS44, Male birthday,

CC77, Stripes,

IMF105, Anything goes,

CME17, Boys aloud,

PCJ, Masculine.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x