Exciting New Lavinia Challenge About To Start!

You may have noticed that there hasn't been a Lavinia challenge yet in 2016, this is because things are about to change!

Check the "Lavinia Stamps Facebook page" to find out a little bit about it and to be in with the chance of winning one of their starter kits worth over £49!

Here I made a simple one layer card with a bit of  masking, stamping and inking, a bit of piercing some glitter and a scattering of sequins completes my card.

I love the background script, it seems to work for everything and who doesn't love dandelion clocks? They take me back to my childhood!

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

A.T.S 121, Glitter, bling,

CAS on a Sunday 77, one layer,

MTTC316, One layer,

Stampin Royalty 318, Sparkle and shine.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Sparkle And Shine With Southern Girls

Why is it that when you want something to 

"Sparkle and Shine" 

The camera chooses to ignore it!

This card is for 

The Southern Girls challenge, 

the image is called  

Hummingbird by Fairy Tangles,

 one of the great sponsors this time, please check out the DT blog for full details of the sponsors this time.

You are just going to have to take it from me that apart from the scattering of sequins, there is also a sprinkling of glitter around the base layer and glamour dust sprinkled onto dotted perfect pearls.

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

AAA58, CAS Sequins,

Catch The Bug, Simple,

CUYL34, No DP.

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

Lavinia Expects Some Snow!

It's time for the new challenge at Lavinia today, and the theme this time is 

Let It Snow!

I got out my masking fluid, flicked it over my card and waited for it to dry. I then stamped my Spring trees, dobbing some masking fluid over the edges of branches to look like snow was settling.(Dobbing really is a technical term ;)) After the fluid had dried, I inked my background before rubbing off the now rubbery fluid, leaving the white of the cardstock showing through. The sentiment is from seasonal words set. 

The masking fluid came out again for my second card.I stamped my background using various trees and added snowflakes to my card base before adding my fussy cut cat to my window frame.

A sprinkling of glitter was added to both cards!

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

CSD, Winter,

CCC101, Cold Outside,

CM, Embossing,

HJCC, Embossing.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x