Winter Wonderland - Swirls and Pearls

I think Swirls and Pearls is one of my fave themes so thank you Winter Wonderland and they also have a fab sponsor who is Simon Says Stamp and they will give the winner a $15 voucher to use on their site.

OK so here is what i used and did for my card.

8x8 card base - Joanna Sheen

Pearl paper from crafters companion which I cut on the GC using a large scalloped square die from spellbinders.

Patterned card from kanban cats kit which I cut on the e-craft using the fundamentals SD card , the cat topper is also from the kanban cats kit.

Swirls are from the Tim Holtz grunge board range which I sprayed with gold glitter spray from crafters companion.

Pearls are a mix from 1craft1 and also Joanna Sheen.

Just Inspirational Challenge - week 13

OK so this is the pic for week 13 over at Just Inspirational Challenge

So the reason for my card and what I took from the picture to make it , well of course all the lovely colours and that they also made a circle in the middle made think to add that to .

So the items I uses are
8 x8 card base which I cover with Kraft core'dations - from crafters companion
the dotty paper is from my minds eye which I cut on the e-craft I also used that to cut the mat for the image which Inked with Tim Holtz distress ink sorry can't remember the name of it. I then coloured the image with Promarkers. and to finish some card candi from Joanna Sheen . Naughty me forgot to say the image is from Little Claire's.

 Oh yes there is also a fab sponsor for the week who is

Stichy Bears Designs who will give the winner $10.00 to spend on their site.

Try It on Tuesday - in the mail

OK its a wild card week at http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ - sorry that I have nt linked properly but my net is been really naughty so I hope I can still be allowed to play.

Also sorry for the Xmas card but I could nt resit it as thought it fitted the theme well in the post and I am also trying to get 2 Xmas cards done a week as even though last year I was well prepared I still was rushing round last min getting them done.

Items used

core'dations - for the mats

e-craft to cut the mats

hat topper - my stash

cat topper - from a old Xmas card.

Less Is More - Cut it out

Yet again Mandi and Chrissie had me thinking how I am going to do this and keep it simple , this time they wanted a cut out or aperture on card , so I did one of each I think lol.
Hope they both OK. Please let me know what you think good or bad well not to bad lol.

Card 1

Cut outs where done on the e-craft , then I placed some scrap core'dations behind it added a few buttons from my stash and some ribbon from 1craft1.

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Card 2

This is the aperture one which I used the e-craft again for , cat stamp from Joann Sheen , black ink mento. The paw stamp is from Anita's and also inked with mento

gems - from my stash.

Totally Gorjuss - Welcome

So its all about the welcome over at Totally Gorjuss and what better Welcome than a new baby so that's what I went for plus it was another reason to get a new stamp out and play with that , so hope my image will fit the bill OK as it dose nt have the word welcome on it.
So time to say about the sponsor for the week who is knew to the sponsor at totally gorjuss who is heather's Hobbie Haven who will give the winner $10 to spend on her site.

So this is what was used to make my card.

Dotty paper from my stash - cut on the e-craft

core'dations for the pink mats

the oval mat is a spellbinder die which I cut on the cuttlebug.

Image and message - Lili of the valley and coloured with PM's

Winter Wonderland _ Easel Card

This time over at Winter Wonderland they wanted to do one of my fave style of cards a easel , not sure why I stopped on the them so think they will have to start be done more often again.
So on the sponsor of the week who is Lili of the valley who will give the winner £10 to spend on their web site.

Ok I know we don't have to do Xmas cards at the moment , but I was having a tidy up and found my snowman stamps and thought yes they have to be used before they got put away again. So that's the reason for Xmas card from me.

Ok so the bits I used

Card - crafters companion for the base part

Then core'dations for the side panels which I cut on the e-craft , I also used core'dations for the snowflakes which was done with a MS punch.

yet again I used the e-craft for the mat for the image which I inked round the edge .

Card candi - Joanna Sheen

Snowman Image - Crafters companion - coloured with PM's

Just Inpsirational Challenge - week 12

OK so its week 12 over at Just Inspirational Challenge and they have this picture for us this time to get us thinking .

Cute isn't it

So of course I had to go with a baby card using one of my fave stamps and I also went for the blue and yellow from the picture.

And of course there is fab sponsor who is Ellephantastic

So on to my card and what I used to make it.

Items used

backing paper - my stash

Ribbon - fantastic ribbon

yellow core'dations which I cut on the with a circle cutter

the mate for the stamp was cut on the e-craft

stamp - Humphrey - crafters companion which I coloured with Promarkers

Card Candi - Joanna Sheen.

Try It On Tuesday - Anything goes - Fairies

This time its a anything goes theme with the added part of fairies on project at try it on Tuesday, so for me it had to be the flowers fairies on my card.

items used are all from the flower fairy kit on crafters companion

rub on's and decoupage.

E-craft bags and card

I so lovely my e-craft , its had another good play yesterday and this time it helped me do these lovely bags and card , of course I used some of my lovely core'dations another fave item of mine and some lovely flowers from wild orchids .

Oh I also used my cuttlebug and GC for some of die shapes and bits and bobs.

My time to craft challenge - fave embellishment

This time over at My time to craft challenge is to use our fave embellishment , which I have to say was a hard choice as I have a few but at the moment it seems to be flowers so that's what I went for especially as I thought it went well with my topper , have keep the card very simple as its for my grandma's birthday in April , yep I know its early but wanted to make sure it got done.
OK so I ll stop natter and show my card.

Teapot shapes cut on the e-craft on core'dations card stock from crafters companion

numbers also done on the e-craft - card from my stash

flowers - wild orchids which I coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks.

Less Is More - Tweet tweet

This time at Less Is More Mandi and Chrissie wanted us do the birdie with having birds on cards , wish I had nt written that now as got the song in my head lol.
At 1st I thought I did nt have many bird stamps but then I remembered I got one a little back and also had one given to me so hay presto 2 cards - smiles here as one has got my male cards topped up a little bit .

OK so here is card 1

well only 2 things used on this card the stamp from la Blanche which I highlighted with some PM's

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card 2

and yet again just a 2 items the stamp which is from penny black and yet again I used PM's to colour.

Totally Gorjuss - Be a star

So they wanted us to be a star over at Totally Gorjuss which meant having a star on cards and thankfully for me I got a lovely e-craft so cutting out the stars was no prob for me this time - huge smiles. So love my machine it gets used every day .
I could nt see a sponsor for this week , so if there is one let me know as don't want to get into trouble for not mentioning them.

AS you might of guessed from my comments above the e-craft was used for the star shapes .

core'dations card - crafters companion

red base card - the papermill

image - LOTV - coloured with PM's

Message - from my stash.

Winter Wonderland - birthday wishes

This time at Winter Wonderland they wanted us to a card with a birthday theme to it and I so need some more male cards so thought why not make a start with this challenge .
They have a new sponsor for us this week who is Emerald Faire Garden who will give the winner 3 digi images .

Items used

core'dations for the mats which where all cut on the e-craft

message - my stash

topper - docrafts decoupage.

Just Inspirational Challenge - week 11

Really love these pictures we have had as they are just so pretty and they make it alot easier to get the mojo to flow. So here is the picture that Just Inspirational Challenge has given us.

Oh and they also have a lovely sponsor for the week

Floppy Latte Designs

                                          And here is my card

Items used

core'dations , I embossed the dark blue on the GC which I sanded

large scalloped square dies.

topper - from a old card

gems - my stash

ribbon - 1craft1.

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The reason I chose this from the picture was the butterfly and the blue from one of the butterflies and flowers.

Crafty Creations Challenge - something new

This time over at Crafty Creations Challenge they wanted us to use something new on our project and the sponsor for this week is Sew many cards who will give the winner 3 images.

so the new item I used on my card was a spellbinder flower pot die , not sure if I like it or not lol.

Items used

flower pot die

message - my stash

flower - wild orchids

buttons - fantastic ribbons

core'dations card which I sanded

Just Inspirational Challenge - Week 10

Blimey is it really week 10 at Just Inspirational Challenge that time has sure gone quick OK so on the picture to give our mojo's some thought .

oh heckers I nearly forgot to mention the sponsor who is

Whoopsie Daisy

OK so on to my card and the reason for what I did for the challenge I went with the black and purple colours from the picture and the fairy and it also spoke flowers to me not sure why .

Items used

purple card - the paper

black card - kanban

mat for fairy and flowers - core'dations

e-craft for the flower shapes

oval die - spellbinder - cuttlebug

gems - my stash.

Flower fairy decoupage - crafters companion

Finally Finished

At long last after many hours of cutting out and glueing I have finallu finished off a order of 10 decoupage cards so here are the last 4 - huge smiles here .

Have used deocupage all from Joanna sheen

core'dations card stock and also some card from the papermill.

Did nt want to use to much on them as feel the images do all the work.

Less Is More - Predominantly purple

Well its my 1st time back at Less Is More have so missed you all , really enjoyed looking at your work yesterday esp Mandi and Chrissie and I have to thank them for choosing one the colours I love so did 2 cards , just hope they are OK as it was a bit hard to get back into the swing of not putting to much on card.

card 1

items used

bits of card and paper - from my stash

stickers - Anita's

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Card 2

Stamp - cardmaking & paper craft magazine freebie which I coloured with Promarkers and of course a few gems from my stash.

OH A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL xx

Winter Wonderland - lets go shopping

All these 1st on the blogs sure is fun to get back into blogging after the Xmas break.
So here I am playing with the theme of lets go shopping over at Winter Wonderland and they have supper sponsor crafters companion who will give the winner a £10 voucher.

Quiet pleased with myself as have tried really hard to use my scarps and bits and bobs up on this card as its a misson of mine for 2012 to do it more often as did nt stick to it to well for 2011.

OK so on to what I used

core'dations - for the base

patterned paper - Anna griffin from scrap box

topper a old birthday card

gems - my stash.

Totally Gorjuss - Jan sketch

Well its the 1st sketch of the year over at Totally Gorjuss and they also have a fab sponsor Joanna Sheen who will give the winner £10 voucher .

OK so here is the sketch we had to play with

And this my take on it

items used

8 x8 card base - Joanna Sheen

core'dations - which I embossed and sanded - crafters companion

Pearl paper - crafters companion

spotty card and topper oh also the mirri card and message  - kanban - woodland kit

gems - my stash

1 out of 10 for a order

This is number one out of 10 cards a friend of my mum's has asked me to do and she wants them all to be decoupage I must be mad to say yes to all this cutting out lol.
Well at least its extra pennies for my holiday fund.

And the goodies I have used

Paper - from a old goodie bag - docrafts

purple card - crafters companion

border die - cuttlebug

Gems - 1crafts1

Decoupage - Joanna Sheen

Crafters Companion Montly Blog - love is in the air

So for the 1st challenge of the year over at CC Monthly Challenge they wanted us to have to love in the air as the theme , and straight away I thought Humphrey as been wanting to use the every day kit for ages , and this image spoke to me for been just right for the theme .
And the fabby Sara is going to give the winner £30 voucher to use on her site , cool eh .

Items used

paper and card - my stash

Dollie - Joanna Sheen

E-craft - for the hearts and the message on the heart which reads love is in the air

Decoupage - Crafters Companion.

Crafty Creations Challenges - Heat it up

For the start of the year over at Crafty Creations Challenges they wanted us to heat it up with some heat embossing , something I always seem to mess up so it took 2 cards for me to do this theme lol.
And the sponsor for the week is Patties creations

Items used

stamp - cardmaking and papercraft magazine freebie

gold embossing powder - my stash

gem -1crafts1

coredations card for the butterfly which was cut on the cuttlebug.

ink - Tim holtz.

Joanna Sheen challenge blog - celebrations

Well its the start of the month and I am taking part for the 1st time at Joanna Sheen challenge blog and they have the theme celebrations so that could mean baby , wedding anything really that you celebrate.
And as I need to get a few cards done for family , thought I would get on and do mum and dad's anniversary card and this image just spoke to me for it.
Suppose I best also say that the winner will get a £30 voucher from Joanna to use on her site - huge smiles.

Items used

core dations card

ribbon - my stash

decoupage - Giordano - Joanna sheen

silver card - the papermill.

Try it on Tuesday - all your own work - 1st card of 2012

Well here i am into another year 2012 and my 1st card and I am entering it into try it on Tuesday and they wanted us to do a card all our own work so no backing papers , sticker ect .
So thought would use bits and bobs up and some of my machines.
Oh and as its card week it means the sponsor for the week is one stop cards who will give the winner a £10 voucher to use on their site.

Items used

scrap bits of card - my stash

embossing folder - dotty - cuttlebug

shapes and letter - ecraft - crafters companion