70 Today!

A quick post to share the card I made for my cousin, I used the strangest Copic colour combo to colour the wings:-

R85, YR16 and Y21. I love the look it's given!

Some stamping, paper piercing, embossing,

And a whole lot of die cutting complete my card.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Dragonfly Dreams, Wings,
TCC, Crop/cut it,
CMCB14, Stamped image,
CAM149, Wings,
CC64, Happy birthday,
Scrap it June, Wings.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

To Ewe Both

Just a quick post with a little card to share with ewe! Another of the fun Eunice and Ramsey images,

"Ewe and Me"

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

Craftitude, Use a die,

Crafty Catz 232, Embossing,

Fun With Shapes,161, Animals,

Doodle P46, Digi

Ruby's Rainbow 79, Animals,

OBAG, Anniversary,(old dp and embossing folder).

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Time To "Kraft" With The Ladybugs.

Good morning, and a chilly one it is too!

It's time for a new challenge at

"Totally Ladybug Tuesday"

and the theme chosen by Sally is

"Get Krafty"

I fussy cut the gorgeous Kera and added her to my card using foam dots.

The scrummie papers are Nitwits at LOTV,

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

GnS58, Autumn colours,
DDD, Girly,
Craftitude, Twine,
PC79, Birthday,
WnW116, Autumn shades,
PTT146, Twine,
MIM166, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

There's Snow On The Hills.

It's flippin hot ! In my crafty cabin it's reading 30 deg and what am I doing? Playing at making snow lol!

After yesterday's playing with masking fluid, I thought I'd try another LIM card, this time using the masking fluid for the reason I bought it, creating snow! 

I didn't go as heavy with the colour as perhaps I should have so the snow flurries aren't quite as pronounced as perhaps they should be but I can see me using this technique lots for this Christmas. 

Looking at the photo, maybe the stickles are still a little damp.

I'm going to have a look through my stamps to see what else I could use to create a snowy scene!

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

CASOS12, Christmas in July,

CWWC48, Christmas in July,

TCC178, Shaped,

CHNC133, Trees,

LIM128, One layer, shaped.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A Couple Of Firsts!

 Evening, it's me again. Wasn't sure if I was going to share this or not but it contains a couple of firsts for me so if I didn't share it, you wouldn't know if  I ever get any better with practice lol!

It's the first time that I've used white embossing powder, or sea foam white to be prezact  lol! , I've been meaning to open the pot for ages but kept forgetting, then yesterday I saw the lovely Eileen's card  boy oh boy is this lady talented! Anyway, when I saw the LIM theme this week, I came up with this idea. The other first for me was using masking fluid, I stamped, embossed and coloured my butterfly, painted masking fluid over it so that my colouring would be safe when I sponged distress inks over the area. I then used the negative of my die cut to ink the centre of my flower. I can tell you it's fun removing the dried fluid to reveal the butterfly again, if you've never used it before,  check this out, this lady is the queen of masking fluid!

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

LIM128, One layer shaped card.

I do wish that I'd thought to add some shadowing around the wings to help "pop" the butterfly from the flower, oh well, maybe next time!

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

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

Quarter Way Reminder.

One week has gone since the release of 

"Baby Billie" 

Last week I coloured Billie Blue for a boy so this week I thought I'd colour her pink.

The challenge is on for 4 weeks so why not join in and make "a baby card "

As a special treat, Kerry is giving away spot prizes to lucky commentors, the lucky ladies that I have chosen from my 

Challenge post are

"Debby"

and

"Claire"

Please, contact me with your email address so that I can send you "Baby Billie's Hungry"!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
CardMania, Flowers,
CCCB10, For a child,
ES39, Baby,
GIC4, Die Cuts,
KD171, ribbon and a button,
MIM140, Anything goes,
CC145, Baby.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Q.O.B. LOL!

 Hi all, what a dreadful day it is where I am, horrible,drizzly,dark and miserable! I'm hoping that wherever you are, you have blue skies and sunshine!

Send some my way :)

 

I'm rather pleased with my offering today, a little bit of a summery feel to it.

 

 



 I've not done any bunting for a few posts and as I've recently been awarded the title of

 "Queen Of Bunting"

 by the lovely Kerry, it gave me the kick up the pants that I needed!

 

 

 

I must confess that I just love the look of the hand cut bunting, the last time I added it to a card I used a stamp and I just wasn't so pleased with the look.

 

 



 

I think that hand cut is much easier on the eye. My favourite bit of the card though has to be my patchwork flower,made using some of my favourite paper remnants, I just love it, look out for more of these, they could take over from the bunting lol!  Check out the nailhead peeping out from behind my flower.

 

 

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

 

Penny's 98, Girls,

PSC53A, Birthday,

Anything Goes 78, Make your own embellishments,

Emerald fairies 34, Anything goes,

Bearly Mine 57, Anything goes,

Through The CraftRoom Door40, Anything goes,

Fashionista 8, Anything goes,

Lollipop 92, Happy Birthday,

MIM111, Anything goes,

CCH130, Make your own flowers.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Here I Go Again!

More Photo's than chat today I'm afraid.

 

Some die cuts, a ribbler,

 

 

 

Lots of foam pads, and a bench covered in tiny backing squares!

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

DVC42, Pink,
TCPD190, Floral,

A Gem Of A Challenge 56, Girls,

C4C156, Leaves,

JUG156, Numbers,

Totally Gorjuss 151, Punch and die.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

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Simply Quick Anniversary Card

I can't believe how quick the weekend has flown by, is it just me or do you too find that the older you get, the faster the days fly past? I find it hard to believe that a year ago yesterday my lovely friend was married, in fact I only just remembered in time so had to make a super quick anniversary card.

I know I used the same shape for the card in my last post but I just love this set of Xcut dies, they make a lovely small card blank. I'm sure you can see what else was involved here,just a bit of embossing, inking, punching and a little scrim. I thought that a sentiment on the front just wasn't needed so just stamped Happy Anniversary on the inside instead.

 

 



 

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

C4E3, Anything goes,

DVC41, Celebration,

NMWC2, Diecuts and punches,

Squirrel And Fox 26, Anything goes,

Di's Digis, 2 or more die cuts/punches.

 Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

 

Leaf It Out !

It's time for a new challenge with Scrapbook Sisters and the theme for this week is" Leaves" for my DT card I used the rather lovely Ivy digi by Gayle Bond,it did have some lovely swirly tendrils on the digi but it didn't fit in with my design so  once I'd used the Copics to colour them,I cut round the leaves only.  

My card is just a tiny gift card which I cut using my Nestability Squares,yes I did get the shape right lol I wanted a scalloped rectangle so to achieve this I  cut the square then moved the die along one scallop and ran it through the cuttlebug again,easy!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:
Celebrate The Occasion32,Use ribbon,
MIM56,Anything goes,
The Ribbon Girl 11,Colour challenge,green&brown.
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Totally Ladybug Tuesday

 Morning all! wasn't the "Ladybug" blog hop fun last week,I had so many lovely comments,the new Wrinkley's look like they are going to be extremely popular and there really were some amazing entries to the challenge.
This week it's Michele's challenge at LCI and the theme is "Flowers", 

For my DT  card I used Wine stool  Nicky, I cut her out placing a strip of acetate behind the legs of the stool to help protect  them from bending. I had a bit of trouble getting a clear photo with all the glitter and sparkle,the eye shadow stickles caused me the most trouble.

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

Craft Your Passion 75,F words,

MIM54,Anything goes,

CCH84,Birthdays,

Magical Monday,Shaped card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



On A Cold And Frosty Morning!

Before I start with my second post of the day I have an apology to make, I'm busy trying to get some of my course work done over the summer break which means I'm not blog hopping as much as I'd like to,I think it's taking it's toll and I'm feeling more than a little sad to see that this afternoon I have lost a follower!!!!  I hope that this isn't the first of many,the sooner I get my work done,the sooner I can get back to what I like to do best,visiting my lovely crafty blogging buddies so please,hang around till I'm done :)
 
On to my card:-
Thankfully we shouldn't be seeing any thing resembling this beautiful picture in my neck of the woods for at least a couple of months but hopefully it might inspire you and get those creative juices flowing as the challenge for this fortnight at Southern Girls is to use this Photo as  Inspiration .

The Australian and New Zealand sponsor is Scrapboxx and the international sponsor for this challenge who are one of my favourites is"Meljen" the Design team were given a choice of images,something I found a little tricky so I ended up using two! I coloured them using Copics,cut the images out and added stickles.

I used Nestability scalloped circles to cut the card and the layers using the Let It Snow paperpack by Dovecraft. 

I drip of glossy accents was added to the berries.

Foam pads were used between the layers and to place the images onto the card.

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

DDCC38,Anything goes,digi,

Lexis 45,Shaped card,

MIM47,Anything goes,

Pollycraft 103,Christmas in July,

Creative Inspirations 64,Christmas in July,

2 Sisters 49,Anything goes,

Fun With Shapes And More 88,Christmas,

PTT26,Anything goes,

Crafty Creations 129,Christmas,

Allsorts 113,Free and easy .

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

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School's Out! (Almost)

Happy Wednesday, don't the weeks fly by,I know I say the same every week but I really can't believe that it's time for a new challenge at Scrapbook Sisters. The theme for this week is "Just for teacher" I'm sure there will be a few of you busily making cards for your children to give,if so,this is the challenge for you! I remember making loads last year when my daughter finished Junior school!

I so loved making this card and feel a little sorry that it hasn't got a home to go to,oh well, any excuse to make a card.

I love these Woodware stamps,wonder if Karen's missing them,she gave them to me to play with a while back! The fab papers including the "sums" is from a selection of 12x12 papers,Learning Curve  by Bo Bunny.

The Star was cut on the Cricut and I stapled some ribbon which I had rubbed over with a brown chalk eye. If you look closely you can see that the stripey paper was put through the ribbler. 

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

Bearly Mine 14,Anything goes,

Oldie But Goodie 22,Anything goes,

Papertake Weekly,Anything goes,

Stamps R Us, There was a little girl,

Allsorts 110,Free and Easy,

Catch The Bug July,Anything goes,

Scrapin Chicks,Favourite song,(School's Out For Summer!)

CIC31,Die's,Punches and Die Cuts.

That's It from me for today except to say don't forget to enter this fortnight's Giveaway when you call by Scrapbook Sister's also,if you live in the UK or have a BFPO address Scrapbook Sister's are offering Free Delivery on all orders over £5.00 during July,how great is that!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x 

Summer Fun

It sure has been hot the last couple of days and Scrapbook Sisters seem to have chosen a most apt challenge this week to go with the weather,"Summer Fun" not that I find the heat much fun.I'm even allergic to Sunshine lol! it's no joke when you've a family that likes sunshine holidays, I'm the one wearing factor 50,sat in the shade returning from tropical holidays without a hint of a tan line.

For my DT card I thought my Gorguss Girl would love a bit of fun in the sun so I put her in her brightest sunny dress and fashioned her a sunshine with the help of my Nestabilities.

 Loving the Lime Twist,Out of the blue 6x6 paper pack by My mind's Eye Papers, just perfect for a touch of summer. That girlie looks like she should have worn a higher factor sun lotion though ,I went a bit heavy with the E21 me thinks !

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

Bearly Mine 13,Summer,

Craft Room Challenge,Summer Birthdays,

MTTCC146,Summer,

CCH73,Beautiful women,

CraftyPad 127,Bold and bright,

Our Creative Corner,Your Style.

So how are you going to have fun this summer,if it's card making ,why not enter this week's challenge!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



Still All White :)

Hi there,I'm off in a minute,hopefully to learn how to post a better photo, you know me,I'm hopeless at technical stuff so it may not go in but all being well................
Anyway,I completely messed up my previous entry to the Less is More challenge 14 by linking it to too many other challenges so as I enjoyed making my last white on white card, I thought I'd give it another go.
The beautiful butterfly die cut was a RAK from my lovely Scrapbooking friend Kim. Thanks Kim!
Thanks for stopping by to read this quick post,I'll let you know how I got on later,
Enjoy your day,
Julie.x

When Is A Tag Not A Tag?

When it's a card!

Nice to see you this evening,I've been playing and boy have I had some fun. I only tend to get my Cricut out on a Friday, it's my day off and as the weekend is nearly upon us it means a more laid back evening, so I've taken over the dining room,spread out my stash and got creating.

I'm more than a little happy with the result,I've been wondering what to do for my BIL's card for weeks then suddenly a spark of inspiration after visiting the lovely Linda,my blogging buddy who has a bit of a thing for tags. I cut the tags and the stars and scallops using Plantin's School Book Cartridge.The DP is Prima Marketing Cavalier Collection"Riviera"

I was desperate for some string,somewhere in one of my drawers is a length of rope from when I shortened the new overhead airer where I have put it I have no idea,I'm sure DH won't notice that I've removed a little more :)This was just perfect as it divides into strings

I hand cut and stamped some bunting ,adding some fake stitches and went mad distressing all of the edges. The scalloped edge was double cut to layer up after I'd run the cream through the cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then just added a selection of ribbons and rope and gathered them with a big button. Boy does this card make me happy.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Card Makin Mamas 15,Happy Birthday,

Crafty Catz 70.One for the boys,

Prairie Fairy 46,In the fine print,

Phindy's Place 43,Monochrome,

Tellens Place,Birthdays,

Pixie Dust 62,Don't be square,

TTT,Show us what you got,

FabNFunky 60,Make your own,

Stampavie 129,Monochrome,

Challenge Up Your Life 37,Monochrome.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x