Book, Bath And Bed!

Ages ago I dropped the book I was reading in the bath, I'm sure I'm not the only person to have ever done this but you know what us crafters are like, we can't throw anything. Luckily the quick dunk it received didn't ruin it completely, it just fell into sections and only the cover and a few pages from the front and back had to be disposed of. I've used some pages before to make flowers from and cut the odd word from it to add to collaged cards.

Anyway, this week's theme at Less is More had me flicking through what was left and finding suitable words to punch hearts from. The fragile pages needed to be stuck to copy paper to be strong enough not to get stuck in the punch.

Here's what I came up with.

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

LIM178, Recycle.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

One Layer Neutral.

Just a quick post from me this evening. I've been having a play using a mask I bought a few weeks back. I then stamped my ????? I think it's more of a moth than a butterfly, added some colour with a Copic pen and then gave it a thick outline using W3 before following the line round again using my blender pen, this makes it look softer and gives the impression that it's lifting off  the page

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

LIM175, Colour challenge (The colour of my bedroom)

Allsorts 262, One layer,

SWTD, CAS,

CCC264, S (stencil)

CM44, Monochrome.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A Little Thank Ewe!

I'm not kidding either! 

The flower is from an ancient Quickutz set, it's a set that you can assemble to make a layered wedding cake with flowers for the top or a slice of cake. It was a set that I thought that I couldn't do without, however, I was so wrong! I think that this is only the second time it has ever been through my Cuttlebug! 

Eunice looks so cute here don't you think!

 I just added the "Thank" before printing it out, and flicked some grass using a gel pen.

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

LIM173, CAS, Die cut.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Birthday Bunting.

Ok you know how it is around here, minimum notice given to create a card! Here's what I came up with for yesterday's request for the party my son was going to last night. I have to admit though that this time he had mentioned in passing earlier in the week that he needed a card I'm getting forgetful in my old age lol!

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

LIM 170, 3 shades of one colour,

SACC55, Anything goes,

ABCC, K,Keep it simple.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Ink Up Your Lavinia Stamps!

A bit of masking, sponging and stamping yesterday to create this card using a selection of Lavinia stamps. If you get a move on and ink up your Lavinias, there is just about time to enter this months Spring Colours challenge, it's so worth the effort, the winner receives a £40 voucher!

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

LIM169, Sketch,

PCC8, No patterned paper,

Sweet Stampin, No DP,

Sweet Pea Stampers, Birthday.

Thanks for stopping b,

Julie.x

Dandelion Clocks.

I love this Lavinia image, it takes me back to my childhood,gently blowing away the seeds and making wishes.

A relatively quick make with a bit of shadow stamping.

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

LIM167, One layer shadowing,

CAS36, Far away.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Against The Clock

Most of my cards are from my bank of photos at the mo but today I grabbed a few minutes to make the card that's been running through my head since this week's LIM challenge theme was posted. I'm so relieved that the stamp I was after was found easily in my drawer and by the way, for anyone that I crafted with last weekend, I found my glasses yesterday, happy days!

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

LIM162, One layer spring,
KC12, Spring flowers,
TBC10, Spring flowers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

The Promise Of Sunshine

Such a bright and sunny ink sat on my desk today, just had to be used to brighten up the day!

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

C4C222, Glitter,

LIM158, One layer.

Before you go, please check out my

 previous post today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Quick And Colourful

A quick card made at the weekend using the scatterings on my desk.

 The negative cut from cutting a circle, making the perfect mask for this design. The pile of ink pads left out along with make-up sponges and my new Lavinia stamps still in the envelope. I love it when a quick card just works! Even the ribbon was there on my desk, can't wait till I feel up to spending time on a good old tidy up!

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

LIM, Rainbow,

MIM177, Anything goes,

CAGI, CAS,

DVC 74, No DP.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie B.x

And Another.

 I  wish I'd had this die sooner, I ended up making 30 cards in a few hours .

The hardest thing with this card was positioning the snowflake in the cutter so that I could use both halves.

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

LIM151, 140 WOW Christmas,
MTTC228, WOW,
Jellypark Friends, Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

A Quick Solution

Ok as usual I left it till the last minute to make my cards for posting. Luckily the most perfect die arrived in the post courtesy of a rather special courier service.(thank you Kerry.xxx)

A few minutes on "Word" and a sheet full of "Christmas" was printed out to be hand cut into tiny tags, ready to be doodle tied to the "Y".

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

LIM 151, Week 140, wow Christmas,
CHNC156, Last minute cards,
MTTC228, WOW Christmas,
CCC,CAS.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Sunday Quickie.

It's been a while since I posted a "Sunday Quickie"

So here it is, exactly what it says on the packet lol, a quick card, made on a Sunday!

Sometimes it pays being a messy crafter, there was already a remnant of  narrow card and a folded card just waiting to be used. I just used my "Tattered Lace" snowflake, using the negative cut, placing the white waste into the middle by using a quickie glue pen into the remnants within the die and then putting the die back into the cut and using a pin to push them out so that the stuck perfectly into place. 

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

CC November, Christmas,

LIM 146, DP CAS,

LC39, Christmas,

T4S24, Die.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Simply A Tree.

A quick post sharing a simple paperpieced Christmas tree, made using a Nitwits stamp and some off cuts.

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

LIM 142,Trees,

CSAYL38, Candy,(candy canes in the stamp)

Polkadoodles 42, Christmas,

WNW115, Paperpiecing,

CRAFT229, Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

White Christmas

Just a quickie post for a quickie card made with this week's "Less Is More" challenge in mind

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

LIM140, WOW,

MSCC120, Stitching,

PC15, Dies or Punches,

Craftitude 50, Things beginning with S,

KIS24, WOW.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

What A Lovely Weekend.

I've had a lovely weekend, on Saturday I went to 
"Begonia Crafts"
 first ever crop. It was great to catch up with some old friends, make some new ones and spend the day crafting. Then yesterday we celebrated our 29th Wedding Anniversary, I say celebrate, well, we don't actually bother too much, but we acknowledged the day, maybe we will do the celebrating bit next year lol! 

Anyway, I made a few Christmas cards, this one using a Nitwits magazine giveaway stamp from last year.

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

Less Is More 139, Sketch,

Cut It Up28, In circles,

Totally Papercrafts 186, Stitching,

Crafters Companion, Embossing.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Washi Tape Quickie.

Just a quick post from me today, I seem to be suffering from eye strain, I'm thinking maybe I need to get my eye's checked again, oh the joys of getting older :(

Luckily I had some felt roses which I made a while back.

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

LIM138, Felt,

IMF121, Anything goes,

TCC29, Flowers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Lavinia Flower Power.

Morning!

Where did August go? 

I can't believe that it's time for my second Lavinia challenge as one of the Design team, this month there's two more lovely ladies joining the design team so be sure to give them a visit.

The challenge for this month is 

"Add a flower"

Now that's easy enough, all you need is to follow the theme and use one of the gorgeous Lavinia images. 

There's a bit of a story behind my image choice,

many moons ago, my very first job was a florist where we often sold Nigela, more commonly known as 

Love-in-the-mist,

one of the girls I worked with gave it the nick name,

 Snog-in-the-fog,

 It's stuck in my head and always makes me giggle so when I saw the set of two stamps I just had to have them!

Here I placed masking tape over washi tape and stamped my image, I've made sure that the tape is well secured on the inside as I know that there's a possibility that the tape could lift easily but I just wanted to try it out, I'm loving the look!

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

LIM135, Stamp,

ACR, CAS,

HC21, Stamp,

WS62,CAS.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Killer Heels.

As usual, a quick post with my LIM entry for this week,

I was a bit excited when I saw the picture prompt as this is one of my most favourite digi images, in fact I also used it a couple of weeks ago for another LIM entry.

 I just added a punched edge along with ribbon and a tag and the most gorgeous Black Diamond Swarovski Crystals.

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

LIM 130, Photo inspiration,
GNS43, CAS,
CMM72, Monochrome,
CAS251, Sketch,
PCJ, Punches and die cuts.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Slightly In The Shadows

I wanted to make a good luck card  for a teacher who has taught at the local school for many years, 

As she grows sunflowers I "grew" my own from a scalloped circle, the flowers centre was cut, embossed over part of a snowflake embossing folder and shaped it well adding it using silicone glue, lol, it's so domed that it cast a shadow on the lower part of the bloom. I used washi tape for the stem, adding some to card scraps from which I then cut leaves. 

I wanted each of my children to be able to write their own personal message so on the inside of the card I made pockets to slide tags into. 

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

CIO ,with washi tape,

CVCC5, Summer,

AI51, Embossing,

LIM129, Hand made flowers,

TSATF48, Spooled.

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