Let It Snow! Week 12

I do hope that this week's Card Challenge at Scrapbook Sister's doesn't sound like an invitation for the real McCoy as this week's theme is "Let It Snow"

Now,this wasn't my original card,the first was a shaker card using one of Gayle's Digi's but unfortunately I completely bodged it at the last minute, 3d glaze on my last piece of acetate resulting in a Snow storm in the dining room as I lost the plot and and emptied snowy white glitter everywhere in a strop! Not a good move,I'm sure I'll be finding traces of snow for the rest of the year!

I resorted to using Karen's set of Forever Friends stamps again,not that I minded as I love using the Copics to colour that fur, think this is my best so far! I've used the "Santa's On His Way" paper pack yet again,teaming it up with some layers of holographic Mirri card.

I did a bit of paper piecing using some remnants from the drawer,added some red Stickles to the berries and used a Fiskars snowflake punch and a Cuttlebug Die to cut and emboss the large snowflake.

The greeting was stamped using a silver ink pad and a stamp from my stash.

Another Christmas card knocked of the list. Why not make one for your box and enter this week's challenge at the same time!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Forever Friends Part 4

I've not been feeling too well for a couple of days so haven't done much in the way of crafting,Feeling much better today though thank goodness.
Just a quick post for today though as I've lots of ironing to catch up on. Thought I'd share another of the cards made using the Forever friends set of stamps,and Santa's on his way paper pack. There were still more of both of these items when I was in Scrapbook Sisters at the end of last week.

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

Dotties World,Anything goes Red,
Crafty Pad 98,Red and Green,
Scrappy Frogs,Merry Christmas,
C4C64,Circles,
SCFC30,Circles,
PRC25,Favourite things,(one of mine is definitely cup cakes)
I also made another similar card to this but as I haven't posted much for a few days,I'm going to save it for tomorrow. If you're interested, there's more cards using this lovely set of stamps on posts made last week.
Thanks for calling by,
Julie.x
P.S. If you fancy making a card,this week's theme at Scrapbook Sisters is "Christmas Tree"

Southern Girls Challenge 6

It's my last Challenge as Guest Designer :( and this weeks Southern Girls challenge is"Your Favourite Colour" Now,I don't really have a favourite colour as such but when I look back over my blog there seems to be a bit of a pattern with most of my cards,I love to use PINK! So when I saw this fabulous image by one of this weeks sponsors "Make it Crafty" I knew that Pink was definitely the way to go! The Mushroom House spoke to me,whispered in my ear ,"Make me into an Easel card" so that is exactly what I did! I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed making this card,I coloured the Digi image using Copics,added a generous sprinkling of glitter to the spots and edges then when it had dried added some more sparkle with a few dobs of stickles.

Then I went a little bit Cricut crazy,cutting grass in different lengths from thin white card stock , then,with the press of a button the grass then came out topped with flowers! I had so much fun with this! then I pressed another button and the grass came out taller! WOW! I'm definitely going to do this again! I coloured the grass and flowers using a selection of Copics.
I used my trusty Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for this,one day I shall buy a different cartridge but for the moment I am still enjoying playing with just this.

From another copy of this printed digi I coloured up just the steps from the house,these I used to create a path up to the house,the last I mounted onto foam pads acting as the stop for the easel. I created a flower also using the Cricut and a pearly button. I'm afraid I can't remember who the design paper at the base is by,these were leftovers from my Scrapbooking class.(This is a scheduled post as I'm at class at the moment!)

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

FBC23,Show off your style,

MTTC115,Window fun

PTT21,Easel Cards,

OSAAT39,Favourite colours,

CES12,Think pink,

Secret Crafter 109,Sparkle and shine,

FFF39,make your own flowers,

Fairytale Challenge,Anything goes,

Stamp Something Challenge,Digi Day,

CCT138,Anything goes.

This is my second post for today so please scroll down for my for previous post.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Scrapbook Sisters Challenge 11

Wow what a fantastic number of entries there were over at Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge last week,some amazing cards too! The challenge this week is "The Christmas Tree",another lovely one to help us all tick another card off the "need to make" list.
The Christmas tree stamp was a present from my lovely Sister - In-Law, I love it, though I'm afraid I have no idea who the stamp is by. I stamped it using Momento Bamboo Leaves,green ink pad,it was so easy to colour,just a few flicks of green with the Copics, and some Stickles over the coloured yellow star. I decided to paper piece the pot. I also stamped the tree onto the backing paper then with some clever placing of the scalloped circle the image on the die cut circle met up with that on the paper.

The red scalloped strip was cut using Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.The greeting is from Woodware's "Christmas Sentiments" I so love the little Papermania Dew drops,they are easy to colour and match to your project. The papers are from the scrummie A5 paper pack, Forever Friend's "Santa's On His Way".
That's it from me for now,I really hope that you take part in Scrapbook Sister's Week 11 Card Challenge,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x
P.S. If anyone can help me with the origins of the stamp I'd be grateful.x

Forever Friends Part 3

This is the third of the cards that I have made using the Papermania Forever friends stamps and "Santa's on His Way" A5 Paper pack. Now I look at this card I just know that it would have worked better as a square card,might doctor it with my trimmer at a later date. The image had stamped ribbons but there was no way I was going to cut around them so I chopped them off and replaced them with the real thing. I love this little Robin,I perched him on top of my greeting,again I chopped off the fiddly feet (did you hear him scream) and drew them on using my Copic fineliner. I added some red stickles to the berries and just brushed a tiny bit onto the edges of my stamped greeting with is also part of the same set.


If you'd like to see Forever Friends part 1&2,please scroll down to the previous 2 posts.
I'm going to use this card for the following challenges:-
Lexi 27,Traditional Christmas colours,
Woodware USA1,Red,Green &brown,
I Did It Creations 29,Traditional Christmas Colours,
2 Sisters 13,Christmas,
CYDA8,Christmas trees.
Please call by tomorrow I have 2 posts lined up that I can't wait to share!
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Forever FriendsPart 2.

If you called by earlier,you may have seen the first Forever Friends post,if not you can find it here. This card makes me happy,I stamped my image and cut it out using the Nestie trick but this time,I also left the snow at the bottom of the card. I love how it looks like there's a big moon behind the image.

This time I paper pieced the scarf using Santa's on his Way Paper pack for this and the background. The stamped image is coloured using Copics and I used a little stickles on the snow.

I'm using this for the following challenges:-

Wee Memories 31,Patterned paper,

2 Sisters 13,Christmas,

C4C63,Christmas,
Speedy The Cat 29,Snowflake,
Sweet Stampin,Snowflakes,

MSC31,Teddy bears.

Thank you for stopping by to see my second creation using this set of stamps,

Hope you've enjoyed your weekend,

Julie.x

On The Road!

My eldest daughter passed her driving test yesterday,she's over the moon and can't wait till the weekend to go out on the road without the "L plates" I'm really pleased for her though as you can imagine,more than a bit nervous at the thought of her driving on her own.

Here's the card that I made for her using a Bugaboo Friday Freebie. I coloured it with Copics,cut it out and mounted it onto foam pads. The grass was cut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge,by selecting the fit to length button and setting the dial to 6" I was able to cut the grass to fit my 14 cm card, I only needed to trim 1 blade of grass off. I coloured some peel off line border to serve as the stems of the Prima flowers and attached these to the grass before gluing this to the sponged road and placing the car.

The centres of the flowers were made using a circle punch and the L plates are some table confetti I've had in my stash for years.

The greeting is an old Midnight Media foam stamp with a little doodling around it.

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

Catch The Bug,Anything goes,

Cute Card Thursday 138,Anything goes,

Karber 13,Digi with an animal,

Lexis Creations 26,Anything goes,

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog,Everything goes,

CCEE1045,Shop bought flowers,

That's it for me today,can't wait for my daughter to come home to give her the card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x