Long Time No See

I can't believe that this is my first post of 2018!

I suppose it's a bit too late to say "Happy New Year" but I hope that the year is going well for you so far!

Any way, I was loading some photos onto my computer and realised that I hadn't shared this ScanNcut card that I made way back in September 2017 so, here it is, quite simple really just lots of the inbuilt shapes and a bit of distress inks to dirty up the football. 

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

Allsorts 456, Beginning with B, Ball,

Crafty Catz 405, Birthday,

CC133, Boys.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Fancy A Jaffa Cake? (Other cakes are available)

The new challenge starts at     

  Lavinia Stamps, the theme this time is

"Full Moon"

 hence the reason for the title of this post, I'm sure that many people can remember the advert where the lady teaches the children about the the phases of the moon with the aid of the fore mentioned sweet treat, saying with each bite:- "Full moon, half moon, total eclipse" as she polishes it off! If you've never seen it I apologise, it just tickles me.

For my first card I used the following images:-

The oh so lovely Mooch, 
The Moon, was masked as I added a little ink to the sky I adapted its size by stamping through an aperture. I stamped the slender mushrooms beneath the tree..

For my second card I used one of the new cutting files, Bliss, cutting it on my ScanNcut, the cutting files are something new to Lavinia, there are so many to choose from. I love being able to size them perfectly for my needs, I also used the ScanNcut to cut my octagonal card blank and the frame which I inked and stamped using my favourite Background script stamp
I used foam pads to lift the cut image from the stamped background.

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-
Kitty Bee 87, something new, (cutting file),
Purple Haze 117, Fantasy.
If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning a £40 voucher to spend at Lavinia, ink up you Lavinia stamps and join us in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Oops

Bad DT  alert, I only went and forgot to post my project for this fortnight's challenge at Southern Girls.

The theme for this time is 

The Kids Are Alright!

As usual there are some great sponsors this time, please check out the DT blog for full details.

Unfortunately I was short for time and had no computer ink so I made a card without an image using my ScanNcut.

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

CUYL43, Frame it.

MAW12, Happy Birthday,

TTPH103, Die or punch.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Anything Goes!

It's time again for a new theme at Southern Girls and this time the challenge is simply

Anything goes!

I fancied a change this time and decided on making a layout so although I didn't use an image, we still have some great sponsors this time so don't forget to check out the challenge blog for full details.

This isn't quite what I had planned but whilst checking through my supplies for suitable papers I found some corrugated card that I had saved from ages ago, I have seen some great work on Pinterest using it and had great fun distressing it, peeling back the paper layer to reveal the wavy lines beneath. I added some texture paste and distress inks to my card base too, quite liberating for a CAS girlie, I even sprinkled on some Brushos for good measure.

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

Sisterhood of Crafters, No DP,
Use Your Stuff 222, texture or modelling paste,
Unstampabelles57, Creative Upcycling,
We love to Create, Mixed Media.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Happy Washi Birthday

I thought it was about time I blogged a card so here goes,

a card made for my nephew, all of the layering and frame were cut on the ScanNcut along with the greeting. a bit of piercing to add interest and a layering of washi tape snips gathered together with a paperclip.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Creative Moments, anything goes,

CBD February, Anything goes,

Ruby's Rainbow 122, Anything goes,

Crafty Hazelnuts, Patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by,

have a lovely weekend,

Julie.x

Anything Goes With Southern Girls!

Good evening all, it seems like ages since I had the pleasure of  writing a "Team Lou" challenge post. 

So this is the second Southern Girls challenge for 2016 but the first for the new design team, I hope that you will take the time to stop by and welcome them, they truly are a 

very talented group of ladies!

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is

 "Anything Goes"

A nice easy one to ease you into a new year of crafting.

There are as usual some amazing sponsors for the challenge, my image is  Pirate adventure by Random Fan.

I coloured the image using Copics, my waves and name were created by my trusty ScanNcut.

be sure to stop by the challenge blog for full details of all of the sponsors.

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

The Male Room 27, Little boys,

Cardz 4 Guyz 103, Blue,

Crafter's Cafe 141, Male cards,

Crafty Enjoyments 3, CAS.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

All That Glitters

Happy 2016 bloggers!

December ran away with me, one day maybe I will be organised but 2015 seemed worse ever. Maybe it was the fact that as usual I left my cards till the last minute to make.

This is never a good idea as Christmas is also one of the busiest times of the year at work also, all I want to do when I get in at the end of the day is sit in the chair and stay there.

Then I had this bright idea that instead of buying presents for the little ones in the family, I would make them, why oh why did I decide to do that!

Don't get me wrong, I stretched myself thin but I wouldn't want it any other way the presents were all made,wrapped and delivered in time and I even managed to make the post!

If I remembered to take a photo I might even show you what I made another day.

Anyway, this design of card happened entirely by accident, I'd used my ScanNCut to cut the words, glued two together to give a little depth whilst still being thin enough for a standard postage stamp. To add some sparkle, I sprayed glue over the cut then sprinkled with glamour dust. When I picked up the word, the paper scrap looked so pretty, leaving the word plain which lead to the idea of  glittering directly onto the card blank. Unfortunately the camera doesn't pick up the shadowing that was left where I offset the word showing a thin unglittered area.

Not bad for some last minute makes.  

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

Avenue613, Anything goes, CAS,

CCC140, Square cards,

CHNC, Christmas,

CTC, Sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

I Fancy Mirrored Monotone.

Good Morning, a bit of an early start for me today, I just couldn't sleep. I ended up getting up after laying there for ages, my mind working overtime on things that I need to achieve over he next few days both at home and at work.

 So I decided to get up, catch up on some comments and then suddenly remembered that I hadn't made this post.

As this week saw the last challenge of the year for Southern Girls, I thought I'd join team Trace in there challenge 

"A Bit Of What You Fancy"

even though it was really a bit of what my daughter fancied, being a name card for her friend's birthday.

So, if you fancy joining us this month, there are some great sponsors as always and we would love to see your creations!

I'm using this card for the Challenge:-

Keep On Crafting, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Rocking The Stripes.

I'm feeling mighty guilty, we had internet troubles last weekend and I forgot to check the date of team Lou's challenge, how bad am I, I'm almost a week late with giving it a mention and I completely missed adding my card.

So just to let you know, the theme for the Southern Girl's present challenge is 

"Stripes"

As usual there are some great sponsors this month, check out the challenge blog for full details.

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

CCC, No stamps,

SPC16, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Eight

I thought I'd share another card from a few weeks back designed and cut using the ScanNcut. I'd originally planned on making a football card as the recipient is a keen player, my ideas didn't work but as I'd got black and white cardstock on my bench I decided to just go with it. The embossing and inky stitching add a little interest.   

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

TTCRD, Anything goes,

TT262, For a child,

BZ.September, Teens and tweens,

CYP279, Anything goes,

RFC281, Cards with numbers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Just Fishing.

Thought I'd share the card I made for my fishing loving brother-in-law. I created the card blank using my ScanNcut, cutting another of the shape in silver card which I then inked, stenciled and scored to hopefully make it represent a rainbow trout.  

I attacked my feather duster and used some wire and a paperclip to make my "fly" using some recycled silver thread for the "line" and then inked over a googly eye to make it look a more realistic colour.

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

Bloggers, Fly (Play on words),

Allsorts, recycle,(silver thread saved from gift wrapping)

Frosted Designs, Metal,

SCT93, Special Occasion,

SPC12, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Flowers with Southern Girls.

It's time for a new challenge with the Southern Girls today and we have another nice easy one for you.

Flowers

I didn't have chance to use the sponsors image today but there are some great sponsors this time, please check out the challenge blog for full details.

I used my Scan and cut to make my card, shaping and welding together petal shapes to make the shape then cutting out individual petals and inky stitching each one by hand the leaf and stem image is a built in shape. I shaped each petal with a ball tool and used glue and foam pads to place each one. The centre of my daisy was cut from felt with a nestability circle. The sentiment was also created using the draw option before sizing the tag, angling and cutting it.

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

TIOT, Flowers,

IDCB48, Anything goes,

CGC3, Anything goes,

CWAA6, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Forty

I thought I'd share a card that I made a while back using the ScanNcut.

I love that you can use it to make shaped cards with very little hassle.

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

BZC, Shaped cards

CFTH73, Anything goes,

CYP275, Anything goes,

NJC 23, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Starring One Brother

Here's another card that I made a few weeks ago. Everything was cut on the ScanNcut.

The green DP looked a little flat so I distressed the edges and stenciled on the stars. Some inky stitching and a  hand cut sentiment tag complete my card.

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

Seize The Birthday, Anything goes,

Creative Moments 72, Monochrome,

Word Art, Family,

Naughty Or Nice 17, Stars.

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

Flowery Fifty!

Just a quick post to share a card I made using my

 MFT Die-namics Floral Fusions die. I placed the diecut between my aperture layers adding a scalloped frame created using nestabilities. 

Placing the numbers was slightly tricky as I didn't want the foam dots to show on the inside of the card. 50 was cut using the ScanNcut and glittered using Wink of  Stella.

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

HIMCR 201, Freestyle,

KBD, Stitching,

TCCB, Numbers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

It's Written In The Stars,30!

I am really embarrassed to say that the recipient of this card had to collect it from the post office today.

I am slightly miffed as he had to pay the postage for it despite the fact that I put a large second class stamp on it. I posted it last Monday in plenty of time for the birthday on Thursday. I can't believe that it took over a week for the Post Office to bother contacting him, I am disgusted!

I used a stencil for the stars on my frame created on the ScanNcut. It doesn't show but I layered two different Washi tapes directly on top of one another, the different shades of green blended through the translucent tape achieving a pretty good colour match to the background paper. 

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

Crafter's Cafe 118, For the boys,

Double Click, Father's Day or male,

Male Room 11, Washi tape,

Mod Squad, Masculine,

MMM, Kraft.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Come Hop With Me!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!!

 We are totally excited that you’ve joined us this weekend for this extra special blog hop. 
SpiegelMom Scraps and the Southern Girls Challenge Blog owners and Design Teams have united and are hoping to inspire YOU!

We would love it if you joined us today!

You should have arrived here from the 
lovely Dawn's blog 
where I am sure you have seen something
 amazingly gorgeous !

If you found me by accident and would like to join us in our hop you need to start from here, 
with the owner of Spiegel Mom Scraps,
 the very talented Jody.

I haven't made a layout for several years and have just realised how much I've missed it!

I really enjoyed playing around, adding texture, stamping with my lovely Lavinia stamps and sprinkling my brushos.

I did some clever cutting with my ScanNcut too

I hope you've enjoyed taking a look at my layout, 
the next stop on the hop is the talented Karen.
 I can't wait to see what beauty 
she has in store for us to see!
I'm using this layout for the following challenges:-
2CCC26, no cards,
Scrap it May, Stitching or sewing,
Sketchabilities 138, Sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x