Fancy A Sticky Beak?

Just thought I'd share a few photos of my lovley crafty cabin,though I need some help finding a name for it,any ideas? These are from last weekend but since these were taken we've put up the blinds, insulated and layed the floor and done the trip to Ikea.

I hope no-one expects me to do house work from now on.

Oh these photos are also from before we painted.

I'm such a lucky girly!  There might not be much in the way of blogging done over the next couple of weeks whilst I track down the stash I have stored all around the house.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Birthday Owl

It's my eldest baby's 19th Birthday today! here's just a quick post to share the card I made for her. I've told you before that she's owl mad,in fact this is the 3rd Owl card I've shared with you that I've made.

I  found another free colouring page (sorry I never thought to save the link) I used this as the template to collage with a selection of papers . There's over 50 tiny circles punched and distressed to make the chest of the owl,took ages but I enjoyed doing it.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Little Red Wagon 93,Bird,
CMM26,Birthday,
CIC33,Things with wings,
Fabulous Friday, Animal,
Fuzzy Wuzzy 12,Animal,shaped,
Delightful Challenges,Things with wings,
Digi Doodle 71,Shaped card,
Divas By Design 8,Birthday,
Tuesday Throwdown 61,Birthday.

I thought I'd share a photo of the cake my other 2 children made for their big sister,they were so proud of their efforts and my eldest was delighted.

Have a great weekend,thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Not Quite Black And White.

Evening all,back for my second post of the day,please scroll down for my earlier post.The challenge at Southern Girls for this fortnight is Black and White with a Splash of Colour and how I love this card!

For my DT card I used a digi by Pink Cat Studio,one of this challenge sponsors,check out the challenge blog for details of the other sponsors. I coloured the image using Copics,added glossy accents to the eye and rolled a flower from purple felt. It doesn't show up too well in the photo but I also added an embossed edge to the inside edge of the card

I then added doodling around the image using a black fine liner before matting it on to black. I also added white doodling around the black punched flower before adding the 2 buttons to the centre and a fine black line around the edges and sentiment.

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

A Spoonful of Sugar 162,Birthday,

Creative Card Crew,Best foot forward,

CCH79,Embossing,

KBCute 24,Anything digi,

MIM49,Anything goes,

Magical Mondays,Animals,

Birthday Sundaes 21,Use a sentiment,

CYDA26,Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Stars In Your Eyes

It's time for a new challenge at Scrapbook Sisters,hopefully you're going to like the theme for this week, "Stars"  The image is a Mo Manning stamped image coloured using Copics. The scrummie papers are by Fancy Pants and part of the "Rough and tumble" collection.They were part of a class kit a couple of weeks ago. I cut some stars using a Sizzix die embossed them and distressed them using chalk eyes.

 A while back I kept the ribbon that was wrapped around a new M&S shirt, there was writing stitched in to the black tape using cream and gold thread. I turned it over and added it in loops at the edge of the paper. I love the look,makes me think of piano keys.

Then all that was needed was some doodled stitches and a sentiment.

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

Anything Goes Challenge 47,Birthday,

Stamping Boutique 12,Young male birthday,

Tuesday Throwdown 61,Birthday,

CCH79,Embossing,

Cupcake 154,Stitching,

MIM49, Anything goes,

Pollycraft 105,Recycle,

Cardmakin Mamas 26, Birthday cards,

Pattie's Creations 27,Stitching.

That's it from me till tomorrow,thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



Just A Little One!

Before I start today's post I'd like to say a huge "WELCOME" to the new followers I've gained over the last couple of weeks, thank you, it's lovely to have you stop by!
Now on to possibly the quickest post ever to share a tiny easel (7cm sq.)I made as an example for a friend who has never seen one. Please excuse the photo,I've had so many attempts at taking it but even with the daylight bulbs I just can't seem to get the light right.

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

Moving Along With The Times 110,Not Square,

Crafts And Me 46,Anything goes,

Lexis 45,Shaped.

Thanks for Stopping by,

Julie.x

Silhouette

Oh my goodness,it's Wednesday!!!! don't the days fly by! So  Wednesday means a new challenge at Scrapbook Sisters and something a bit different for you this week, one to get you thinking and rooting through your stamp collections,maybe a bit of double cutting...... Ok I'm wandering a bit,think the heat's getting to me lol! So anyway,back on track,this week's challenge is "Silhouette"

For my DT card I used one of the lovely Gayle Bond Dancer Digis, I coloured it up using Copics,trimmed the edge from a card and replaced it with die cut edge with added gems. I can't remember who the papers are by. It took me a while to come up with a sentiment choosing to borrow from the famous quote using "Edwardian Script" font at 36 to computer generate it, I'm going to add the occasion sentiment when I decide on the recipient. 

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

I did it Creations 66, Let's dance,

Creative Card Crew,Best foot forward,

Come And Get It Challenges, Anything goes,

Sparkles Forum,One for the girls,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Totally Ladybug Tuesday.

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink and the challenge this time,chosen by Kerry is to "Use your favourite stamp!"  not too tricky as I have to admit since becoming a Ladybug I have fallen a little bit in love with Jack,he is just so lovely to colour.  My problem was which of my Jacks to use????? I decided to go with my lovely "Dear Santa" stamp,you can never be too soon with adding to the Christmas card box can you lol!

Excuse the fact that there are 3 photos, each looking very similar but I found it hard to get a photo that explained exactly what it was that I'd done, I hope that you get the gist.

I used one of the square card blanks with the 3 scalloped sides,folded the front in half and added my lovely Jack to the middle of the front folded edge. I added gems to the punched snowflakes and brushed the edges of the papers from the  Dovecraft "Let It Snow" paperpack with a chalk eye.  I also cut around the image using offcuts from the papers as wallpaper.

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

Stampfun 58,Christmas,

Woodware USA37,Anything goes,

Come And Get It,Anything goes,

Sweet Stampin,Christmas in July,

Crafty Catz 93,Christmas,

Fun With Shapes 88,Christmas,

Fussy And Fancy 42,Christmas.

If you fancy a Jack of your own or any other Ladybug Stamp,don't forget to check out the AMAZING SALE.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x