Fed Up With Bunting?

I hope not! with a couple of hours to go before the start of the party I suddenly realised I hadn't made a card. Although the card was for my cousin I have absolutely no idea what he is into these days, many moons ago it would have been Rod Stewart and G.F.C. but these days I haven't the foggiest idea so I resorted to bunting. I cut the triangles,inked and pen stitched the edges and used a sizzix die to cut the numbers, I still can't make up my mind if they should have been smaller but with a bit of gentle coaxing between my fingers the papers took on a material type feel and was easily manipulated to fit the space. I was going to completely cover the front of the card with the polka dot paper but for some reason I used my trusty fiskars cutter to cut square from the middle which I think looks much better.


I used the green checked paper on the inside of the card but felt something more was needed so cut some tiny bunting which I stamped using the tiny alphabet stamps.



I forgot that I hadn't photographed the card when I wrote it so excuse my scrawl.
The papers are by My Minds Eye and are part of a 6x6 paper pack.
I am using this card for a couple of challenges:-
My Time To Craft Challenge 100,Check it out,
The Crazy Challenge,Male card,
I hope you like today's bunting,will show you something different next time hopefully.
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie x

Celebration!

I was asked by a friend to make a card for her mum's 70th birthday incorporating a couple of photos of the lady herself. Here's what I came up with. The lovely papers were a pad of My Minds eye Quite Contrary Summer papers that came free on a magazine the other week,rather usable they are too!,I made a string of bunting as in this post and stamped the letters on using one of the 99p ish alphabets available at Scrapbook Sisters . I can't see them on line but I'm sure if you rang them they'd be able to point you in the right direction,they're lovely like that! The flowers were from my stash.

My friend was delighted with the card I'll show you the mini album that I also made for her at a later date.
I'm using this card for the following challenges:

Caardvarks July Challenge,Birthday cards
CWC013, Inspired by Summer,
I'm now off to tackle the ironing pile,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Teacher's Gifts

We wandered around the shops,wondering what to get for thank you present for the teachers, twice around the shopping centre making suggestions to a disinterested little face,suggestions made by me,nose turned up by daughter.
"What do you want to get then?" I ask,
"What I really would like"she says,"Is if you could make some of those lovely note books that you made as party gifts for my friends".
So back round the shops we go,looking for suitable note pads to cover. I couldn't believe it,could have had 3 made in the time we'd wasted wandering around.

So here are 2 of the 6 that I made,I won't bore you with showing the others but thought I'd show you these in case you get stuck for an idea of a cheapy little gift. I just replaced and decorated the front cover of a writing pad,easy as that,one happy daughter and a fraction of the price that I expected to pay. Even found a couple of challenges that I can use them for. I'm going to use the first Notebook for them both:-

Crafty Pad Challenge 80 , Photo Inspiration
Paper Playtime Challenge 8,Flower Power,
Crafty Catz Challenge 41, Anything but a card.

I don't tend to use much in the way of peeloffs these days so thought I'd use up some on the second notebook. I added some white gel pen stitching and some dew drops as centres which I coloured using Copics.
Nothing outstanding,but a way to use up some of the scraps of papers that are mounting up in the drawer.
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Sunday Quickie

Quick card,quick post,have spent far longer than I ever ment to today making a mini book and a 70th birthday card for a friend to give her mum. I almost wasn't going to post a card today but the snippets of paper on the floor and table inspired me to make another Sunday quickie. I roughly cut off cut strips of paper into triangles then inked around the edges with a charcoal chalk eye. before when I've made bunting I have mucked around sticking it onto ribbon but a quickie was in order so this time I just placed a tiny drop of glue onto the top right corner of a triangle and placed the next flag on top.


To be honest this was just so easy as the shape of the drape just seemed to happen. I then stuck a tiny off cut of ribbon to each end of the bunting and then gently shaped each flag over the edge of my scoring bone. I then trickled a tiny thread of glue around the top of the bunting and glued it in place. I rubbed a pink chalk eye around the edges of the card and stamped my greeting using brown Stazon. The recipient of this card will appreciate the no fuss design.
Sweet Stamping challenge,Spring chick photo inspiration,
Thanks for stopping by,Julie

100th Post !!!!

I can't believe that I'm making my 100th post tonight,how time flies when you're having fun,it's a good job that these days I'm quicker at it though as I do seem to be following an awful lot of blogs now. I spend many hours blog hopping. I also seem to have a few regular visitors to my blog now too,isn't it great to think people on the other side of the world are interested in what you've made,I just love it.


Tonight I'm showing the last 2 of the Gorjuss girl thank you cards for my daughter's teachers,I've enjoyed using different colours for them than I usually use and no that isn't because I've used up all the ink of my favourite Copics though I do seem to be buying a couple of refills each month at the mo. The first card I am using for the following challenge:-
SSS64, great sketch,
Charisma Cardz,Pink,



I love this blue card,I rarely choose blue but I definitely will now,It's just so cool and pretty looking. I've had these papers in the drawer for so long, they are like washable wallpaper and are called Sky Floral Quilt, Scrapbook Walls,very apt! They were leftovers from one of my Scrapbooking classes.I'm using it for the following challenges:-
TESC120,Sketch,
GC62,Spicy Supply Challenge-Markers,
That's it,the last of the thank you cards,now I have to get cracking on the 5 birthday cards and the mini book that I need for next week! maybe a couple will need to be "Quickies!"
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Four Down,Two To Go!

What a lovely evening I've had,I went to my usual fortnightly scrapbooking class and ended up not only completing a layout but also had a little play with the lovely Karen's Copics,yes I know I've said it before but I LOVE COPICS!!! I'm just a little bit obsessed with them,the more I play with them,the more I want to play,there are just so many things that you discover just by playing!! (Sorry,I know I go on,they just get me that way)
Any way,I'm not here to sell Copics,though I think I could but to show you another of the thank you cards. I'm not fed up with colouring this Gorjuss image yet,hope you're not fed up with keep seeing my creations using them,I've only 2 more to show you after today and I promise to leave it a while before I use it again on here.

I've used this card for a couple of challenges:-
CPS 175,sketch challenge,
Speedy The Cat's challenge 11,Punch it,

For Fun Challenges,colour your image,
Thanks for dropping by,
Julie.x

3 Cards,One Post.

Well,it's that time of year,the approaching of the end of the school year,my youngest is about to end her time in primary school and step out into the new grown up world of Grammar School. Usually I encourage my children to make their own thank you cards but this year I've been asked to make them for her and somehow I heard myself say yes.
Sorry if this gets a little boring as I've 6 cards to make and have been requested to make 5 cards using the same Gorjuss girl stamp and only 1 using an alternative.



Here's the first I love this flocked paper which was part of a paper pack by Laura Ashley that I received for mothers day, I've coloured my image using copics and added a few flat back gems by Papermania. I've used this card for the following challenge,
Crazy 4 Challenges,Red, Black and White,
Cute card Thursday challenge 120,School's out for summer.

The giraffe on the second card is an image by Pink Gem Designs and was chosen by my daughter because her teacher collects giraffes, I've just checked and although this image is no longer available as a stamp it is now available as a Digi Image.I have used this card for

Stamp Something's recipe challenge,1 design paper,1 ribbon,1 image.

Polka Doodles challenge week 27 Summer,

By The Cute and Girly, July,Summer.

I'm now off to complete the ther 3 cards,thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x