Thank You Bettina!

Hi everyone,I've been missing in action for a few days but hopefully I'll be back on form this week. We've been away for a few days and just before I went I happened to mention in passing to one of my fellow Southern Girls Teamies that I didn't own any Hanglar & Stangler stamps, my oh my,within a few minutes she had put one in the post to me and the first thing I saw on my return was an envelope on the mat,all the way from Sweden!  So Thank you Bettina,you're a real sweetie!
So a new stamp,what else could I do but make a card,the first creation in my Crafty Cabin or "Paper Palace" as suggested by Dorcas,still can't decide what to call it,"Shed" does seem to trip off the tongue a little too easily lol!
The hearts were freebies ages ago from Meljen.

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

Make it Monday 52,Anything goes,

MCS23,Sew much fun,

OLLCC87,No design papers,

PIO35,Girls wanna have fun,

Gem of a Challenge 28,Sketch,

Hangler & Stangler 32,Cream and Lilac.



 Bettina has to be the sweetest girlie ever,and so very talented too,give her a visit and tell her I sent you!

Thanks for Stopping by,

Julie.x

Guess The Decade

It's time for a new challenge at Southern Girls and this one's a little bit different,the theme is "Decade" now me being a bit thick I had to ask what it meant but it's easy as pie,you just make a card reflecting the decade. I was born in the mid 60's so chose that era for my DT card, I'm hoping my card says,MOD's,Mary Quant,Two tone???? hope so anyway. My lovely image 60's Ivy is from  from Tickled Pink who along with Kenny K are this fortnight's sponsors, wouldn't mind winning myself!

Make sure you call by to see the amazing examples from the rest of the Southern Girlies,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Need A New Recipe?

There's a recipe for you to follow at Scrapbook Sisters this week,you need to include a "Flower,some Ribbon and Gems"on your card,easy don't you thing,they're part of my staple diet lol!

I'm hoping that my flower resembles a Gerbra,I used some neglected Quickutz dies and then scored lines into each petal to achieve the look,then sprinkled a black punched circle with some pink and yellow flock then added another circle of black fabric which I slightly trimmed then stuck over the first circle, in real life it resembles the pollen on the gerbra on my friends invitations. I haven't got an acceptance stamp so just stamped thank you instead.

Can't wait to see everyones creations this week,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Now For Something Different.

Just the quickest of posts to share a different kind of card for me.

Using Kenny K's Foxy Megan,

And Creative Imaginations Papers by Marah Johnson

A bit of stamping and distressing,brads and some string and a completely different kind of card from me.

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

4 Crafty Chicks,Metal,

Stampin B's 124,Distressing,

Tuesday Taggers,Anything goes,

Heidis,H,Cards for men.

Thanks for Stopping by,

Julie.x



A Blast From The Past

The Challenge 112 at MAWTT is "Flash back week" they want to see a creation from the past and the reason that you're proud of it. My card was made for my friend who keeps chickens and has a cat and a dog,I took it into Scrapbook Sisters way back in 2008,just to share it as I was rather pleased. It was my first ever project to go onto a blog and I can remember being excited that people from anywhere in the world would see it. Karen and Julie asked me on that day to become part of their Design Team, the rest as they say,is history.

The card was a pop up and was made using lots of quickutz dies,at the time,my latest gadget.

and that's it,doesn't seem much now but at the time my design was copied by several of the shop customers and it gave me quite a thrill when I was at the crop to see some ladies recreating my design.

I must say from that moment,I dreamt of having my own blog.
I'd also like to enter MIM50,Anything goes,
 I must say thanks to Karen and Julie at Scrapbook Sisters for allowing me to copy my cards from their blog.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a trip down memory lane,
Julie.x

Feeling Blue?

There's a new challenge at Scrapbook Sisters today and the theme for this week is "Blue". For my DT card I used some stamps that came free with a recent magazine and the spotty blue paper is from my scrap drawer. I used a fine liner to doodle some stitches then some glossy accents and liquid pearls to top the cakes, the addition of a few gems complete the card.

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

Hooked on Crafts 5,Sweet treats,

CYDA26,Birthday,

Deep Ocean 6,Light blue,  

                           Thanks for stopping by,

                                                                 Julie.x

Just A Quick Hi

 Oh my goodness,I should not be making cards,I've so much to do but I couldn't let today go by without a quick reminder that there's still 2 weeks left for you to enter the "Favourite Stamp" Challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink. I used my rather cuddly Magnum stamp and coloured him using Copics.

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

Paperplaytime 53,Anything goes,

Victorine Originals 14, Birthday,

MIM50,Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x