Everyone's Favourite.

Morning, happy Wednesday!!!!
Can you guess from my start that it's a lovely sunny morning :~D
It's everyone's favourite challenge this week at Scrapbook Sister. The theme is "Anything Goes"

In need of a card for a teenage boy I thought I'd use an old favourite design of mine and make a Tag card for my DT sample.

I used Plantin's Schoolbook to cut the tags and numbers and nesting dies for the "stamp" stapling my greeting to it before placing it using foam pads.

I used lots of ink distressing, some paper string which I unravelled and stapled across the DP and using hemp to tie on a recycled button.

I used  a brown Sharpie to change the colour of my brads and a selection of strings hemp and ribbon to thread through the tag,joining with some tied buttons. I also used a date stamp to add the boys birthday to the inside DP.

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-
Simply Sunday, Favourite project,
Craft Your Passion 105, Shaped cards,
MIM84, Anything goes,
Love To Create 10, Birthday,
PCI22, Natural products,
CCC8, Kraft,
SOS 47, Masculine,
Corrosive Challenge 146, Metal.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Just Gorjuss!

I used to colour up this Gorjuss girl all of the time, I'm feeling guilty that she's been neglected but I bet I'm not the only one to get carried away using new images over old.

The bit I love about this image is colouring those stripy stockings, aren't they the best to play with!

I used some scrummy Pink Polka Dot Bias Binding from LCI (don't forget to check out their 1/2 price Cling stamp sale) , added some rik rak on top and some punched flowers with large pearl centres.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Sugar Bowl sketch 81, Stripes,
Love to Create 10, Birthday,
MIM84, Anything goes,
Squirrel and Fox 15, Things with wings,
C4C131, Blue & White +1,
Allsorts 149, bottom left to top right,
TPC111, Bottom line,
Opus Gluei 128, use something you used to use.

Thanks for stopping by,
please scroll down for my earlier post today.
Julie.x

Shape Up

Morning Crafters, have you eaten all your chocolate yet? I haven't but maybe that's because I didn't get any!
It's Totally Ladybug Tuesday and Sally came up with a brilliant theme for our, post Easter Challenge. She wants us all to "Shape Up" or rather,use shapes in our creations this fortnight.

I thought I'd do a side stepped card setting a little grassy scene for Magnum and his mower to sort out.

I used the Cricut and Plantin's Schoolbook to create the grass, layering it up and adding it to the steps along with my Copic Coloured image. Look at that cheeky Lily, relaxing whilst Magnum does all the hard work!

I used a selection of papers and die cuts along with some buttons tied with hemp to create my required shapes.

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

Crafty Pad 165, Dies,

Lawnscaping 31,Colouring,

Love To Create 10, Birthday,

Make It Monday 84, Anything goes,

Paper Pretties, Lots of Layers,

PCD4, Fancy folds,

Catch The Bug, April Anything goes.

Don't forget to check out the sale and bag yourself some bargains.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A Sunday Quickie

Evening all, I used to regularly post a "Sunday Quickie"  don't know why they stopped but here's a quick card I made this afternoon.

A couple of die cuts, a bit of embossing, the quickest of colouring and a stamped and layered sentiment. Even cutting round Magnum and Lily took only a few minutes. I shaped the image slightly and popped it on my card with a squib of pinflair gel.

If you fancy a Magnum of your own (hic) you can find this image available in Digi form

 and in various poses in stamp form with a Brucey Bonus that  there's an Easter sale on at the moment!!!!.

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

OSAAT108, Use a digi,

Pan Pastel13, Sweet Treats,

Crafty Pad 165, Dielicious,

CIC49,Green,

Crafty Catz 127,CAS,

CCEE1214, Embossing,

DYSU66, Friendly Critters (sometimes lol!)

DRSD19, Food for thought,

Forever Friends April, Embossing.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Sweet Treats!

I'm always saying this but I don't know where the time goes, the first week of my Easter break has already past and although I planned to get some major crafting in, it just hasn't happened.  The children have been busy all week and I suppose that lots of my time has gone by playing Taxi, how lovely it is that they're making the most of their break, going out instead of staying home like they usually do, my babies are growing up fast!

Kerry, had a little brain wave yesterday and decided to give us all a calorie free Easter gift from Ladybug Crafts Ink, how great is that! There are so many beautiful cling stamps to choose from and whilst you're there, why not take a look at the stunning range of digis too, you don't even have to wait very long for delivery where they are concerned either.

Here's a card I made using one of the new Teenager Digis,  First car Josh. it all started with me playing with my xcut stamp dies, I was trying to see if I could use them to cut a shaped card like I do with my nestabilities. Yay!!! it does, I just folded my card and cut close to the edge but then cut another full stamp in my DP. Now, it was my sons 16th birthday on Thursday, you might remember that I used Xbox Josh for his card made a while back. I know that this is way in advance but to be honest I was just playing with an idea, I coloured Josh up, added a reg  to the number plate,I used one of those date stamps,was a good job that I used my copic to ink the stamp as the first time I placed it I did it upside down. LOL! used the blender to remove it before going in again. The postage mark is part of a Forever Friends set I bought the other year.

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

Allsorts 149, Bingo diagonal line from top left,

With Attitude 10, Anything goes,

Bloggers Challenge, To die for,

Cardmadfairies 30, Die cuts/Digis,

JKOC1, Anything goes,

Cards for Men 7, Great outdoors,

MIM 83, Anything goes,

Karen's Doodles 101,Male.

Happy Easter!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Scrapbook Sisters' Challenge

Wednesday already, I don't know where the time goes though I must admit that I spent most of Monday in bed ill. The sleep must have done me good though as I'm feeling much better now.
On to today's challenge and my DT card for Scrapbook Sister's where the new Challenge is Man's Birthday.
  

I  made a frame card,used Echo Park papers around the edge and scraps to hand cut the bunting. I coloured up missed a bit Magnum, teaming him with Garden Bench Delights and used the Cricut and Plantins Schoolbook cartridge to cut the grass.

The sentiment was computer generated and placed between the blades of grass and DAD was cut using Quickutz Moxi Alphabet.

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

GGWSC, Birthday,

Cards for men 7, Great outdoors,

Karen's Doodles 101, Male,

Crafter's Companion 23, 4 legged friends,

Emerald Fairies 21,Banner,

MIM 83, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

On Your Bike.

 Hi everyone, how's your weekend been? did you get caught with any April Fools? It's been a lovely bright day today, but a bit on the chilly side.

I've had a lucky couple of weeks for a change, what with my candy win I told you about and a couple of challenge wins. I was in the top 3 at "Card Crafter's Circle" and I chose this gorgeous Antique Bicycle Digi Milk Coffee Stamps isn't it cute, makes me want to eat chocolate flake lol!

I thought I'd make a vintage, country style looking card, I am really pleased with how it came out. I went a bit mad with my inky stitching and was a bit like a wild woman zig zagging without much care but I ended up with exactly the look I was after and even decorated the inside straight away in a similar style. Sadly I have now used most of my lovely This&That papers by Echo Park I was able to place my square nestability between previous cuts to form my patchwork squares. inking the edges with T.H. distress inks to add to the vintage feel. A length of my candy win lace and a recycled blouse button and my cards complete,except for the sentiment and stamped butterfly.

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-
Stampalot April, Birthday,
Speedy Fox 101, Square,
SCH5, Vintage,shabby chic Birthday,
Cardmadfairys 30, Die cuts,
Truly Scrumptious 77,Use lace.
Thanks for stopping by, have a good week,
Julie.x