Use Your Dies

The New Southern Girl's challenge starts today and the theme this time it 

"Use a die cut"

For my card I used "Need for speed", an image from one of the sponsors this time, please check out the challenge blog for full details of the challenge rules and all of the sponsors this time.

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

WWC111, Masculine,

TT335, Dimention,

IWD, Happy Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Get The Glitter Out!

It's time for a new Facebook Challenge with Lavinia Stamps and the theme this time is

"Glitter It"

Not the easiest of subjects to photograph but the oh so easy to participate in, who doesn't like a bit of glitter!

I'm just going to share one of my DT projects today but will share others later in the month.

I used the oh so gorgeous "Background Script" to stamp my card base, then used "Creeping Vine" around the top of my focal area, masked an area to form a path using "Stone Texture" stamped my "Witches cat" and gave him some "Lavender" to sit amongst .

You have almost a month to participate in the challenge and there's an amazing voucher prize of £40 for the lucky winner!

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

Mod Squad, Background,

CCC110, Die cut,

SUYP 5, Cat,

TT288, Furry Friends.

 Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Lavinia Expects Some Snow!

It's time for the new challenge at Lavinia today, and the theme this time is 

Let It Snow!

I got out my masking fluid, flicked it over my card and waited for it to dry. I then stamped my Spring trees, dobbing some masking fluid over the edges of branches to look like snow was settling.(Dobbing really is a technical term ;)) After the fluid had dried, I inked my background before rubbing off the now rubbery fluid, leaving the white of the cardstock showing through. The sentiment is from seasonal words set. 

The masking fluid came out again for my second card.I stamped my background using various trees and added snowflakes to my card base before adding my fussy cut cat to my window frame.

A sprinkling of glitter was added to both cards!

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

CSD, Winter,

CCC101, Cold Outside,

CM, Embossing,

HJCC, Embossing.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Brusho Love

We've been having some internet issues lately so there's been very little blogging opportunity for me. 

I made this one a few weeks back and I have to say I rather love it. I had the idea in my head and just went for it. Initially the heart focal was going to be just the lined paper that I had been ripped out of a little scrap book to make space for thickness of the papers and photos. I die cut lots of hearts, folded them in half  and glued them all together using only a thin line of glue down the centres. I inked the edges and placed them but wasn't happy with the look so I  decided to spray them with water and sprinkle with red brushos. Then the magic happened purely by accident, I got out my heat gun to dry them quickly and the heart really puffed up giving the perfect look. I faked the stitching down the centre by piercing with my pattern makers tool and adding the inky stitches.

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

Little Red Wagon 316, Technique,

TCA4, Die cuts,

CCC100, Sprinkle.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Mixing It Up! With A DT Call

Good evening crafters, I'm here this evening to share with you the latest challenge at Southern Girls.

 The theme is 

Pattern Paper Mix-Up.

Now if you know me, you'll know I don't tend to use a lot of patterned paper, I'm more of a CAS kind of girl but I have to say, I rather like it.

The image that I used is 

"Little Christmas Girl" 

It's by one of today's sponsors All Dressed Up, please check the challenge blog for full details of all of the sponsors this time.

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

A Snowflake Promise, Winter/ Christmas,

Inky Chicks 59, Silent Night,

Papertake, Let it Snow,

Unicorn 3, Christmas.

Here's Some Information For You!

Do you fancy joining the Southern Girls?

We are having a little Dt call at the mo!

If you want to find out more, make your way 

Here

 for full details.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Tic Tac Toe!

It's time for the new challenge with the Southern Girls.

The theme this time is

Tic Tac Toe

 and for my card I followed the centre vertical line for my project, I wasn't able to use an image from the sponsor this time due to time commitments so instead I used die cuts on my card.

Please check out the challenge blog for full details of all of the sponsors this time.

I'm a bit disappointed that my focal die cut doesn't show up so well in my photo, the busy papers disappear slightly into the background a bit although in real life the Kraft layer of "birthday" sets it off much clearer. Maybe I should have played with the lighting to help it show up better.

CC120 Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Pick A Colour, Any Colour!

There's another colour challenge this month at Lavinia, 

this one's an easy one,

"Any Colour!"

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning the £40 Lavinia voucher prize, all you need to do is ink up your Lavinia stamps and enter, you don't even need to have a blog as email entries are accepted. 

I really love my latest Lavinia stamps, for my rabbit card, the green layer was created using the

oh so gorgeous "Ivy border"

 because my cardstock is textured,the detailing is subtle but take it from me, it's a stunner!

To add my greeting I thought it would be fun to make a sign post, to create this I inked just the stem of "Zen leaf" and hand trimmed my computer generated words, doodling around the edges and placing them using glue and foam dots.

I used the Zen butterfly for this card, inking my stamp with brown for a more subtle look, colouring with a selections of Copics and adding stickles to the wings and glossy accents to the body. the background is randomly stamped again with the script and very faintly with the Stone texture.

 I used Guilding flakes on doublesided tape around the edges of my image.

My final card shows off the Ivy Border more clearly, stamped onto a pink frame created with the ScanNcut.

I added colour and sequins to the butterfly on the 

"Flutterby Die".

I also decided to add some inky stitching to define my butterfly.

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

GCC16, Butterflies,

CAGI, Distress it,

GNS139, Add an animal,

TCCB, Number's up,

ITP70, Wings.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Pinned

Some time ago I saw these cute owl tags made using circle punches. Now I love making shaped cards to got out my grand Nestabilities  and made a similar design but larger as a shaped card instead.

I just added some wings and my greeting

 to complete the card.

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

Allsorts 311, No squares,
CCC May, Wings,
C4C, Wings,
Polkadoodles, Wings,
CRAFT311, Birthday,
In The Pink 69, Stitching.

Thanks for stopping by,
 Julie.x

New Beginnings!

It's all about new beginning for

 Southern Girls first challenge of 2015!

We are lucky enough to have some amazing sponsors again this year and for his challenge I have used 

Ollie Hatched by one of them, Lacy Sunshine!

Please check out the challenge blog for details of other sponsors for this challenge.

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

CIO, Pinks, (Stash item, wooden button)

CCC78, For a child,

PWC, All new,

TTT, Keep it simple.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Happy Boxing Day!

Morning all, and Happy Boxing day, I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday!

I thought it was about time I shared a card, not quite sure whats going on with me at the moment, I just seem to have lost my drive, I just don't seem to be able to craft, when I do get the time to do it, lots of cutting,shuffling and sticking goes on, closely followed by a bit of sulking and ultimately throwing my creations in the bin. 

This card was made back at the beginning of November.

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

DBD, Anything goes,

LRW269, Happy Birthday,

PPC 208, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Celebrate With The Southern Girls!!!

Can you believe that the Southern Girls are starting our

 100th Challenge!

So Team Trace and Team Lou have joined together to

celebrate the occasion!

Both teams are using the digi images of Lacy Sunshine, one of this challenges sponsors.

I am using Tilly Dinosaur.

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

CCC277, Embossing,

Double Click, Happy Birthday,

FabNfunky 239, Die Cuts,

CSD, Diecuts.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Die Cut And Monochrome

I thought I'd share a couple of cards made a couple of weeks ago using the lovely

 New dies from Lavinia. 

The first one I cut in two colours, alternating them as I layered them up. I also shaped the blooms adding tiny seed beads as stamens.

 I made the background for my second card by gluing together 3 cuts of the Lavinia butterfly die and using it to emboss my card using the tan mat through the 

grand calibur

I'm using my cards for the following challenges:-

Little Claires 51, Shaped card,

We Dodoobadoo 18, Enhance your diecuts.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Celtic Dreams

 Another quick post from me tonight sharing another card made with one of the gorgeous new dies by

 Lavinia Stamps.

This one is called Alura.

 I added a bit of stamping to my inked  background 

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

TTCRD, Anything goes,

CC126, Die cutting.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x