Scrapbook Sister's Card Challenge!

Yes,it's Wednesday again and time for a new challenge at Scrapbook Sisters. I can't believe how quickly the weeks fly by. There were some great entries for last weeks challenge,well done to everyone that entered,I for one certainly found it a challenging theme, lol! This weeks theme is a nice easy one,"Flower Power" everyone can do this one,right?

Here is my DT card,hopefully to inspire you,I think That maybe I took the theme a little further than was needed but hey,with these scrummy papers,Petal Pushers-Doodles by Bo Bunny it just had to be done. If you read my previous post you'll know the card caused me a few problems but the main one was that I wanted to get a number on it too.My lovely image is Coffee time by Sugar Nellie,this girl is a bit wacky but she dressed to match the papers lol!

I used some lovely black flat backed gems both on the frame flower and along the edge to help stop the easel slipping I added a Sizzix Die cut flower and used my cuttlebug to emboss the pink frame,also cut using a Sizzix Die.

I hope my lovely friend Emma who the card was for,wasn't too shocked by this colourful creation and that she had a great birthday yesterday.

I do hope that you feel inspired to enter this week's challenge,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Friday Focus

Or should I say Friday Out Of Focus! cos that's what I've just noticed now that I've uploaded my photos,it is late in the day though,so go and have a sip of something naughty and you might not even notice lol!
I thought I'd check out some colouring demos today and this is the result,that Suzanne Dean sure is a talented lady! If I was half as good as her I'd be happy! My Gorjuss girl is Poppy fields by Sugar Nellie which I coloured using Copics. I wanted to follow a sketch for this card but hadn't an oval nestie so instead used my corner punch to round off the corners of my trimmed image.I'm still keeping to my quest to use only remnants and not to cut into any new sheets of papers or bazzil so the flowery blue paper is from the remains of pack Pink Parfait by Forever Friends.

I found some long forgotten velum that visited my Martha Stewart edge punch,I also cut some flowers from it and layered them onto the same flower cut in white. I added some self adhesive pearls to the centres of the flowers and shaped them.I treated myself to one of those Inkssentials thingys that you use with Distress inks the other day and thought today would be a good time to christen it,don't know how I've managed without one up till now,I think it's going to get lots of use.

I told you it was late in the day,I've talked about these flowers before I got here!so just in case you'd like a closer look,here they are!

I'm using this card for a few challenges:-

Crafty Catz Challenge 51,Stitching,

Sugar Bowl,Challenge 44,Lilian's sketch,

Paper Romance 17,handmade flower,

ABC Challenge,D is for distressing,

Scrappy Frogs,Flower power,

Tuesday Morning Sketches 60,Handmade flowers,
DCD66, Use velum,

Allsorts 70,Use 3 punches
I hope you have a lovely weekend and if you find yourself wanting a new challenge,check out Scrapbook Sister's Over the edge card challenge this week,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Bits And Pieces.

Don't you find that as a crafter you collect bits and pieces of this and save off cuts and remnants of that! This card is made up using some of this in my quest to get organised. I even left a margin of white card base around the design so as not to cut into yet another piece of yellow card stock!Even my Sugar Nellie girl is one that I'd stamped a while ago having coloured only her skin and hair so I set about with the Copics to finish her off to match the Basic Grey June Bug remnants.

I made the flourishes by threading beads onto craft wire and placed my flower over the fixing spot. The beads are a casualty getting dressed in a hurry and catching a bracelet on a button lol! I have rather a big collection of these cheap buys from Primark,I can't resist them and have them in loads of colours,so after scrambling around the floor to collect what seems like hundreds of beads I put them in with my stash.I then added a line of Stickles around the edges just for some extra sparkle!

I'm going to use this card for the following challenges:-

Paper Sundaes 36,Fabulous fall,

Charisma Cardz Challenge 38,Anything goes,

The Corrosive Challenge 82,Clean up the dust,

Ai Factory Challenge 49,Anything goes,
Delightful Challenge,Make it sparkle,
Southern Girls challenge 2,Recycle Jewelery,
Bellichallenge 100,Embellishments beginning with B,(beads and button),
Sisterhood Of Crafters,Birthdays,
Thanks for stopping by,remember to check out this week's Over The Edge challenge at Scrapbook Sisters,
Julie.x

Scrapbook Sister's Challenge Goes Over The Edge!

This weeks 3rd Card Challenge at Scrapbook Sister's is "Over The Edge" I love making this sort of card but wanted to do something a bit different from my usual design.I removed just over half of the front section of the card which fits into a C6 envelope. I covered the inside to match the front and die cut 2x Sizzix flourishes which i glued together to make a stronger stem to attach the Sizzix die cut flower to,a double layer again so that the back looks equally as attractive as the front.


I punched a yellow circle and shaped it attaching it to the centre of the flower using a foam pad for dimension,I then added stickles. My Sugar Nellie Gorjuss girl "Sent With Love" was coloured using Copics and cut out before shaping and mounting onto the front of the card using another foam pad.I made a tiny tag using the stamped sentiment. There you have it,Over The Edge.
I hope that you feel inspired to enter this weeks challenge,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

My First Easel Card

What a lovely sunny morning for my day off ,I spent the afternoon ironing yesterday so that I could craft guilt free today and this is what I've made so far. I have never made an easel card before but wanted to make something different for an 18th birthday.
I used Dreamy by Sugar Nellie,I cut the image keeping her feet out of the circle,I'm sure most of you know how this is doesn't but if not,check this out for the link. I mounted this onto a glittery paper scalloped circle,I haven't used this for ages but found this and the paper I used for my butterflies in the back of a drawer. Don't forget there's a Scalloped Circle challenge on over at Scrapbook Sister's this week! Now,looking at this photo the papers look turquoise but they are more of a minty green,I think the sunshine was playing tricks through the blinds lol!


I'm using this card for several challenges:-
Alphabet Challenge,U for unused stash,
Polka Doodles 37,Easel Card,
Crafty Catz 50,chocolate and green,
ASC 25,sparkley and glittery,
Paper Sundaes 35,Use 3 + embelishments,
Daring Cardmakers,There's something in the air,
Cute card Thursday 130,tweet of flutter,
and I think that's it!
Now I need to get cracking I'm at the Scrapbook Sister's Crop tomorrow so need to try for once to organise myself enough so that I don't end up taking the kitchen sink as I usually do.
Have a crafty weekend,thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Sort Out Sunday!

If you're expecting one of my usual "Sunday Quickies" I apologise,have had no time or room to create anything except a mess today! To tell you the truth,my stash has got so disorganised of late that I've been spending more time looking for things than I have actually making cards. I'm sure that most of you have been there right? Well I finally admitted defeat yesterday and decided enough is enough,I've started organising my stash,not how I want to at the moment but a make do,thin out of all those little off cuts,I've still got 12 drawers to go but I can't wait to get it finished. Does anyone know where I can get suspension files to fit 12x12 papers in the UK? Or if anyone knows of a better way of keeping papers organised and easily accessible I'd love to know.

Anyway on to today's card,made yesterday before I became uber stressed lol! The Sugar Bowl are having a Sweetie Search so I thought I'd give it a go,there was a sketch to follow and this is my interpretation of it,I added the little corner Scalloped circle quadrants as I felt my simple take of the sketch needed them. I hope that I fulfill the required needs to have several Sugar Nellie stamps as my collection at the moment consists of 5 Gorjuss girls and 2 Manga style Sugar Nellie girls.I do so love to colour all of these fab images and I'm sure my husband will be pleased to treat me to more once I've got my Stash tidy:)

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

Totally Gorjuss 47,flowers,

PRC15,clean and simple,

Lexis creations 22,Flower power,

That's me for today,I'm off to continue my sort out!

Thanks for dropping by,

Julie.x

P.S. There's still 2 days left to enter Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge!

Scrapbook Sisters Challenge Launch!

Exciting news!!! If you've ever read my"About Me" you'll know that I'm on the design team for Scrapbook Sisters,well today they are launching a weekly Card Challenge and I have been asked to be on the Design Team for this as well. The first challenge is Pink and Black and tonight I'm blogging my DT card for the first challenge.
Pink cards just have to be my bestest favourite to make and the lovely glittery spotty paper by Doodlebug is just so scrummie. I've teamed it up with the deeper pink paper,"Mondovi
Ikat" Paisley Road collection by Prima,it doesn't show in the photo but it has an almost material like print with watermark flowers on,and it's double sided with the other side being large bright zigzags of colour.

The image is Dreamy by Sugar Nellie,I stamped her using Momento Tuxedo Black coloured her using Copics and added Papermania self adhesive flat backed gems to her shoes.


I made the flower by twisting ribbon into shape following a twist similar to the parcel bows you can buy. I needed to use two different ribbons together to get my desired results,I then stitched through the layers adding one button on top of another,inspired by Nancy's Button Bouquets

I wanted my greeting to be stamped onto the pink so to make it stand out I glued it onto a small piece of the pink and black spotty ribbon so that only the edge showed. Apart from the buttons which are from my stash,everything I used for this card is available at Scrapbooksisters

And there it is,my pink and black card. I really hope that this inspires a few of you to come and join the challenge as the prize for the first winner looks to be amazing.(I almost wish I wasn't on the DT so I could stand a chance to win.lol!)

The first challenge is going to run till the 14th of September so come on,sort out your pink and black stash and enter Scrapbook Sister's First Card Challenge!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

happy crafting,

Julie.

Pretty in Pink

I love the layout of this card I made it following this weeks MTSC 77 Sketch,adapting it to suit my needs. If you haven't tried following a sketch before,I would certainly recommend you give it a go,it makes you try out different layouts and ways of putting cards together. There are loads of challenge blogs around giving you lots of sketches to choose from.


My lovely Sugar Nellie Coffee time stamp has only been inked up and used a couple of times so I thought I'd bring her out to make this card for my eldest Niece. I stamped her using Tuxedo black ink and coloured her using Copics. The flower paper is by Dovecraft and the flowers were made using a selection of flower punches adding self adhesive stones to the centres which I also coloured using Copics.
I'm also entering this card for the following challenges:-
A Spoonfull of Sugar challenge 107 to use flowers,
Tuesday Taggers challenge All that blooms,
I'm off tomorrow and am going to do one of my least favourite things,clothes shopping! I'll probably end up doing what I usually do and come home with only craft goodies! (Well I have to console myself somehow)
See you tomorrow,if I'm not too tired from the shopping,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x