Killer Heels.

This is my friend's favourite image, whenever she asks me to make her some cards, she usually requests at least one of the "Killer Heels Digis".

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

SFTW, Monochrome,

ITP21, Anything goes pink,

ATSAM, Make your mark,

FNF173, Girly,

Nutcrackers 44, Monochrome,

TTT102, Add a number,
MIM142, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Happy Birthday!

It's a lovely friend of mine's birthday today, I thought I'd share the card I made for her using a recent magazine giveaway stamp.

I know, I apologise, another card with bunting LOL! 

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

CCC 12, Happy Birthday,

DRSD 64, Paper flowers,

MCC, Not Square,

PPC120, Not square,

2TC46, Banners and pearls.

Happy Birthday Karen!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A New Release

Billie Bear is back again featuring in the new release.

Kerry has done a brilliant job with this release, I happened to mention in passing that lots of my friends had taken up knitting, even I have picked up my needles after many years,

Kerry came back with the most perfect image,

"Knitting Billie" 

Here I used it for my children to give to my mum, 

I punched some hearts to echo the one on the image and coloured them to match before making them in to bunting.  I added die cut letters, stickles and doodling around the hearts and to frame the image. 

I'm really loving using my Polychromo pencils they added depth after colouring with Copics, they even helped add a woolly effect to the knitting.

The theme for this challenge is 

"Anything goes"

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

Bunny Zoe's, Girly,

CYP155, Make it cute,

Lexi 86, Special female,

MIM133, Anything goes,

Markerpop 19, Glitter,

MCS92, Strings,

Whoopsi Daisy, Digi.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the new images!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Seventeen.

These Teenage boys can be tricky to make cards for but with a bit of piercing, inky stitching, die cuts and perfect papers for the job I found this an easy make.

I even used some of the printed tape on the inside for the sentiment.

The piercing gives the illusion of dimension but in reality the card is flat apart from the thinnest of foam pads behind the star which means that there is no need for additional postage charges.

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

C4E15, Anything goes,

EE, Birthdays,

HCTB47, No stamps,

KKKK134, Birthday.

Hope you've had a great weekend,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Simply Happy Birthday

Sometimes a quick card is all you have time to make, seems to be the story of my life at the mo.

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

Papercraft Star 134, Happy birthday,

Sisterhood Of Crafters, Happy Birthday,

CCC30, Happy Birthday,

MIM129, Anything goes,

LIM108, Paper piercing.

A quick post for a quick card!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Still Time To Hop.

I'm a little behind with a reminder but just wanted you to know that there is just under a week left for you to join in the hop to be in with the chance of winning one or even all six of the gorgeous new Killer Heels Digi images by LCI

Just make your way to

 Ladybug Crafts Ink and start at the beginning! 

The image I have used today is

"Masquerade Killer Heels"

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

Crafty Sentiments, Anything goes,

Papertake Weekly, Anything goes,

TTCRD, Anything goes,

Bunny Zoe's, Anything goes,

MIM126, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A Couple Of Christmas Quickies

It's no secret that I'm more disorganised than usual this year so when I find a quick design I make cards in multiples.

 

 

The image is a Nitwits from a magazine giveaway a while back. I discovered a quick way to cut out the stamped layers meaning that you only cut out the three edges  and by starting at the bottom section of the tree and working my way up  each time you cover up the rough cut edge with the next section! Ok, you probably know that but for me it was a revelation and I was a bit excited by it.

 

 

I even used my green ink pad and green twine for the first time.

 

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

CIP, Merry Christmas,

DVC47, Christmas,

GL, Christmas,

JS, Christmas,

QC26, Christmas,

TPP126, CAS.

 

Just realised I need to make 2 more cards! oops, looks like am early start for me then.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Time Out!

 

I'm sooooo tired, still haven't finished making all of my Christmas cards yet but at least I've got the postal ones made,written and sent  on their way. My daughter's convinced me to sit and watch a Christmas favourite of ours,"Miracle on  34th Street" so I'm watching with one eye and writing a post with the other lol!

If you've never seen the film, you really ought to, it's a real, feel good film!

 





 

I needed a simple design for a card and came up with this one using my lovely Fishtail Flags which I nested in order to cut a narrow window in the larger flag, slightly shaping and placing over a stamped sentiment. A bit of paper piercing a gorgeous die cut snowflake topped with a Swarovski Hot Fix Flat Back White Pearl completes the card. Not quite a five minute card but once you've got all the die cutting done, assembling doesn't take too long.  

In a recent post I showed a variation of a design and the same goes here, the usual last minute request for a birthday card came whilst I was making the Christmas cards so I tweaked the design slightly, used up a leftover patchwork flower and paper pierced around the edges.

 

 

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

ABCCC, Favourite die cut,

PPC107, Christmas,

CTO93, Christmas anything goes,

CMC10, Snowflakes,

HOCC27, Christmas,

Lexi 80, Snow,

MIM, Anything goes.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 



It's All About The Size!

 

Evening all, I've been having some troubles uploading my photos but I'm hoping that with some help and advice from some friends that I've found a way round it so, here goes!

 Another Patchwork creation that I made the other week, only another two to go, lol!

 

 

 

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

CFE8, Anything goes,

TCC163, Anything goes,

JSCB, Anything but Christmas,

TCP, No Squares,

S&F31, Anything goes,

TG159, No Squares.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

 

Patchwork Part 2

 

Here comes another, lol! I just love this patchwork look at the mo, I haven't the patience for the real, work of art stitching kind, just the snippets of paper kind, I hope you approve as I think there could be a few more making their way to my posts. I should have taken a side view here as the scalloped circle frame is popped up on 3D pads. I should have thought it through a bit better, all those individual papers to create the patchwork scalloped frame, worth it I think but when I was tidying up after I had one of those lightbulb moments, now I can't wait to try it out as I'm sure it'll be quicker than the method I used.

 

 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
AGCB80, Stitches,
CRC, Punches and diecuts,
OBAGC, Anything but Christmas,(Old Punch)
Papertake Weekly, Flower Power,
TTCD44, Anything goes,
CC79, More than one punch or diecut,
TA40, Anything goes,
MIM 115, Anything goes,
TPE 174, Diecuts and punches.
 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Dont forget!



A Different Shape

Evening, sometimes you just have to go with it, I'd shared that I was having a bit of a creative blip, I now know why,

I was putting myself under too much pressure, leaving the cards that I needed too late so that I HAD to create instead of giving myself time to get creative.

That was how I felt when I made this card, Under Pressure, especially as it was for a lovely friend who often orders cards from me.

I'm not entirely pleased with this but I have to tell you, that I have now got several cards ready to share and let's just warn you in advance that there's a lot of Patchwork involved!

Anyway, this little card has an embossed background which I highlighted by running round the edges of the circles with a clear glitter "Gelly Roll Pen", it doesn't show too well but it's sparklicious!  Hand cut bunting ,some new dies and some Prima flowers from a long neglected hoard and some large flat backed pearls.

 



 

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

ATC26, Anything goes +sentiment,

Fairytale 54, Embossing,

Fussy and Fancy 75, Pearls and flowers,

SCT26, Use stash,

CYPC135, Hexagons.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

Please scroll down for my earlier post!

Challenge 8 at Scrapbook Sisters

The theme for this week's card challenge at Scrapbook Sisters is "Tic Tock"

So I thought,tic tock,clock,time... follow my train of thought?
What a good excuse to ink up MFT's Time for the Bubbly. This is the first time I've felt brave enough to colour this image,I've played at colouring it in the past but that was before I had copics I have paper pieced the image before but to be honest,it took me so long I vowed I'd never do it again. I did resort to using mirri card for the mirror but surely that's the best way to go.


I shaped the bottles and glass and mounted them using foam pads as well as the main image then added 3 flat backed gems to the corner of the card.

I used some 3d glaze on the bubbles and a touch of stickles.I've not tired of using the cricut yet so used it to cut the large scalloped border in both pink and white, adding a strip of white ribbon to the top.

Now it's your turn,there's lots of ways to interpret the theme,just let your imagination go wild!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x