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

Winter Wonderland

It's time for a new release at Ladybug Crafts Ink

"Silly Snowman"

There are 10 digi images altogether and they are available

for only £1.75

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is 

"Winter Wonderland"

For my DT card I have used "Snowy Friends".

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

CAS60, Dies,

Crafters Companion Sept, Embossing,

NAA12, Embossing,

OCS, Christmas,

SAF175, Frame it.

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

 



Tie A Ribbon

There's a new challenge theme at Southern Girls and its Lou's team in the spotlight this fortnight This is the debut for the new members to the team. We have another great theme for this fortnight,

 

"Tie a ribbon round it"

 

As usual Lou and Trace have come up with some great sponsors, check out the challenge blog for full details!

I've made my DT card using an image from one of the sponsors, Bugaboo, the super cute image is 

"Little Penguin Winter Skate" 
 

 

 

As I used the png version of the image I was able to layer two sizes of the image together before colouring using Copics.

 

I used a piece of acetate to resemble ice and drizzled some threads of "Stickles" to act as skate marks.
 

 

 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
 Anything Goes 77, Animals,
Papertake Weekly, All creatures great and small,
TTT87, Wings,
Forever Friends,Right Hand Vertical line,
MIM, Anything goes,
Robyns Fetish 128, Circles.
 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

Still Time For Some Hopping Fabulous Candy!

Just a few quick reminders in case you're doing a bit of blog hopping this evening whilst watching X Factor! There's still a few hours left for you to enter
 The Ladybug's First Blogaversary Blog Hop! !!!!!
There's loads of prizes and candy on offer, just to tempt you,here's my candy! 

So,what do you think,tempting?

So,take a quick squiz at my card for this evening and head off and take a look at what else is on offer!

I used the lovely Stamp of the month image  "Nikki and Buttercup building a snowman" to make a quick Christmas card.

I'm Using my card for the following challenges:-
Penny Black and More Nov,Creatures Great and Small,
Catered Crop FTR25, Winter scene,birds,layers, Christmas,
Lets Ink It Up 17,stamp and fave technique,(Copics)
Bird Is The Word,Adore, Sketch (I'm hoping I'm allowed this one as I think Nikki is Adoring playing in the snow with Buttercup!,
Challenge Up Your Life 56,Friendship,
Floweret 8,Christmas,
Jellypark,Non traditional colours,Christmas.
What are you waiting for,off you go and get hopping!
Thanks For stopping by,
Julie.x

 

It's Time For A Ladybug Party!

It's time to join the Ladybugs in a celebration today as we are officially One Year Old!!! Yayy!!!
Kerry also has a new Digi Release,Double Yayyyy!!!!
And Just for the fun of it,we are celebrating with a blog hop and along the way,you just might get the chance to win some candy, how many Yays are we up to ????

The name of the new digi release is called "Love and Marriage" so if you want to join us in the challenge this week, the theme for this week or Anything goes or Love and Marriage.

You should have found your way here from Kerry's Blog,if not and you want to join in with the hop and the chance of winning some prizes, you need to make you way back to the beginning where you will find all the details and rules of the hop. I was so pleased when I received my digis to play with,the first image is just perfect for me to make a special Christmas card for my lovely niece and her new husband,the added bonus is that she looks just like the beautiful image. The digi when printed has 3 little hearts just above the couple's heads,I replaced them with a die cut mistletoe and 3 flat backed self adhesive pearls. I kept my layout really simple,just embossed my background,layered up my card stock and added a little printed ribbon greeting(bought from M&S on a roll!) I forgot to mention that I used my nestie circles to do the "out of the box" cut of the image,this took a little time but it was so worth it! I Love this card!

The Image is called "The Kiss" isn't it just perfect for the Newly Wed Love Birds!

The other image I was given to play with was this gorgeous cake,or "The Cake" if you want it's official title lol!. Soooo easy to colour up,I admit the layout is simple again, but I was running short on time. This image would be just perfect for anyone making their own Wedding invitations it's a bit classy don't you think! Sorry the colours look a bit off,I edited the photo on picassa as it was a little dark,unfortunately the purple die cut now looks blue :( 

Now here's the chance of winning some candy,some of my favourite braids,buttons,bling,blooms and brads along with some hand made papers and other bits I like to use, I might add a few extras gems just for the fun of it too :)
All you need to do is leave a little comment mentioning the celebrations and check back in a weeks time to see if you've won, you don't even have to be a follower but I would love it if you were!  The next stop on the Hop is Tams! Have fun!

I'm using my cards for the following challenges:-
BBB13,CAS,
Crafty Boots,Young at heart,
DDCC,Anything goes Digi,
Heart Song 23,Anything goes,
MIM62,Anything goes,
CIPaints,Anything goes,
Dream Valley 19,Anything goes,
I Did It Creations 80,Christmas,
OSAAT87,Digi,
Sentimental Sundays,Wedding,
Little Claires 14,Christmas,
Crafty Catz 107,Anything goes.
  You can find the NEW DIGI RELEASE! Love and Marriage here...there are 6 Digi images to choose from. They'll be on sale immediately for £1.75 each or £9 for the entire set. What a bargain!!!
I Hope you join in with the fun,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x