CRAFTWORK CARDS CHALLENGE

Hi everyone, Happy New Year to you all!

Over on the Craftwork Cards blog I host a monthly challenge "12 CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS".  Each month a different theme is set for you to create a Christmas Card using Craftwork Cards products.

The winner this month will receive 6 months FREE Privilege Club Membership plus one free  privilege kit for the month that they start their membership.   Wow that's a fantastic prize. (The only thing we ask is that you use predominately Craftwork Cards products, work with the current theme and become a follower of the Craftwork Cards blog). 

This month's theme is

LET IT SNOW

We would love to see all your snowy cards and here is mine...

Go on over to the Craftwork Cards Blog HERE, to find out more.

Bye for now

Jo x

BAUBLES

2nd post today, I don't know what's got into me!!!

I decided to make a couple of new baubles for the old Christmas Tree this year and here's what I made...

This is made using a polystyrene ball from a craft shop.  The papers are Craftwork Cards Candy Cane Glitter Pad.  I've punched out little daisy shapes and just pushed them in with a pearl headed pin, no glue and it looks lovely shining on my tree.

The next one is made using scraps of paper left over from another project...

The papers are also by Craftwork Cards here.  I've torn and randomly stuck them over the ball.  I've then given it a little varnish and sprayed with some Crafters Companion gold spray.  I'm really pleased with how they have turned out.

I'm going to enter them into the   ABC Challenges - Deck the Halls

See you Soon

Jo xx

LET IT SNOW

Hi again everyone,  well two posts in two days, this is a miracle for me, but I wanted to show you a card I've just finished. (My apologies for the shocking photo, it is now 4.20pm and no daylight left in the UK).

The papers are from Craftwork Cards Twinkle Paper Pack, it's beautiful white pearl paper with silver foiled snowflakes (the photo doesn't do it justice!).  The snowflakes are also from Craftwork Cards made from Kraft card also with foiled snowflakes.  I've also added Candi and some Stickles Glitter Glue.

I'm going to enter this card into the Freshly Made Sketches challenge..

Hope you like it.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Christmas Wreath

Hi everyone, long time no blogging.  There are no excuses or reasons as to why I've been missing in action, there has just been no blogging done at all, and I'm very sorry.  I have however, been busy with a few bits and pieces and here is a card I made recently I'd like to show you...

It's an easel card I made recently for the Craftwork Cards blog.  It's made using strips of paper from the Candy Cane Glitter pad.  The robin is also from Craftwork Cards.  I've chalked his tummy and added a lovely gold glitter outline.  I have to say I'm thrilled with how this card turned out and hopefully will be making more.

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Crafting for All Seasons - Green, Red, Glitter & Sparkle
Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Anything Goes
DYSU - Christmas

Check back soon for some more Christmassy posts.

Jo xx

NEW LADYBUGS DIGI RELEASE, GUEST DESIGNER AND CHALLENGE

Hi Everyone, hope you are all well.

This is a very very exciting day for me as I was recently asked to be a Guest Designer for Ladybug Crafts Ink.   It is also exciting because they have a new set of Digi's released today.

I was honoured and thrilled to be asked, I love all the images they have and these are just fantastic.

The card I've made is using an image called 'Home Tweet Home' and I just love love love it!!!  

There is also a challenge to coincide with the new release and that is to use EMBOSSING AND FLOWERS.  Here is my card....

I've coloured the image with Copics and highlighted the leaves and bird houses with Glossy Accents.  The background is from Craftwork Cards Embossed Kraft Cardstock and the flower is made from CWC Card Candi...

I really hope you like it.  Hop on over to the Ladybug Challenge Blog HERE to see what the other Design Team have made and enter their challenge.

Bye for now

Jo xx

ALFIE BEAR

Hi again,

Wow I can't believe it - no posts for over 6 weeks and now two posts in the same day!!!

I saw this over at Freshly Made Sketches

and just had to enter.  You could choose any of their past sketches so I chose this one

So here is my card...

The image is an Alfie Bear stamp from Craftwork Cards which has been coloured with Copics.  The papers are MME - on the Sunny Side (the weather here this afternoon is rubbish, dark and rainy so I wanted to so something nice and bright).  The Candi and Sentiment are also CWC.

You can't see really clearly but I've gone over the sunflower with Glossy Accents.

Hope you like it.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Less is More - 85 Ovals

Hello everyone, I'm back.  Have you missed me?

I kind of took a bit of a blogging break over the summer hols.  We were away for three out of the six weeks, then having the kids at home, there just never seemed to be enough hours in the day.  

I'm also back at work doing 5 days a week (I was previously part time on 3 days), so life has just got a little busier, but hopefully things seem to be settling down I can get back to blogging.

And what a perfect way to start than by doing a card for the Less is More challenge.  I've really missed making cards for this challenge.  I've looked most weekends at the theme, just never got myself into gear.  The challenge this week is to use ovals.  I love making paper flowers at the moment so I decided upon this...

All the products used are from Craftwork Cards.  The papers are from the Naturally Gorgeous range.  The petals are made from the Perfect Petals 2 template using 3 different size ovals.

I raised the pink oval off the card and scored down the middle of the petals so they stood proud.

Hope you like it.  Bye for now.

Jo xx

Alfie and Pretty Little Prints

Hi Everyone

Hope you have had a good day now the sun is eventually shining!

Just wanted to show you a card I've made for my God-daughter Stephanie who will be one tomorrow.

It features Alfie Bear from Craftwork Cards, along with papers and Candi from their Pretty Little Prints range, there is also an embossed butterfly card background but unfortunately it hasn't shown up very well ...

I stamped and coloured Alfie with my Copics and added Glossy Accents to the flower...

Close up of Alfie (he's so cute)!

I decided to give Stephanie money for her birthday so inside I made a little pocket with the same embossed butterfly card and put some Frosted Lace Stickles glitter glue on the larger ones..

Hope you like it, I'm quite please with how it's turned out, especially as my mojo has been MIA for a week or so now.

I'm also entering this card into a couple of challenges:-

Oldie but a Goodie - Flower Power
Bizzy Becs - Flower Power

Bye for Now

Jo xx

Pretty Little Prints

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all ok, sorry for the lack of posts recently, time just seems to be flying by.

Over on the Craftwork Cards website they've got some fab new products, papers and Candi called Pretty Little Prints, also some brilliant new embossed cards and nestie frames, they are genius, you can do so much with them.

As I'm now a very proud member of the Design Team I was sent these lovely products to play with.  I've come up with three cards for now, but there are a few more in the pipeline so watch this space...

For this card I cut an aperture into a card blank and added the frame over the top with foam pads.  I then stamped, coloured and cut out Warren (I love that bunny!) and stuck him down by his tiny little feet.

For this one I used the largest frame.  I stuck a plain piece of card to the back to make a complete card and then added flowers from the Flower Fusion range.

Finally for this card I took a piece of the embossed card and on my computer I made a text box which I filled with colour and then ran the piece through my printer (as they call come white).  It prints onto really well.  I then used one of CC's templates for the diamond shaped petals which are from the new Pretty Little Prints range and added the sentiment, the Candi is also a new one.

I hope you like them.  Please go and pop over to the Craftwork Cards blog and see what the other DT members have been up to, they really are a very clever bunch!

See you soon.

Jo xx

Bluebells

If you are looking for an update on the Candlelighter's Ladies Night scroll down to previous post

Hi everyone again,

I wanted to show you a card I made this week for a friend who asked me to make an 80th Birthday card.  The lady loves Bluebells and her friends even call her Blue.  

I made a easel card with an image from Just Inklined and coloured it with copics.  The papers are Pink Petticoat.  The card blank and mats are from Craftwork Cards.

You can't tell clearly but each little bluebell has been covered in Glossy Accents.

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Shopping our Stash - May Flowers

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Have a fantastic Jubilee Weekend.

Jo x

Less Is More & Retro Sketches

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a lovely bank holiday.

Just a quick post today as I'm taking my children to a birthday party (lovely!!) I wanted to show you the card I made for Less is More and Retro Sketches.

Less is More challenge this week is a colour challenge and Mandi and Chrissie have picked YELLOW, I have to say I'm not a big yellow card maker, but I am quite pleased with how it's turned out.  Also when I say this weeks Retro Sketch challenge I put the two together and hey presto.

Here is my card...












































The papers are from two K & Co pads I've had ages.  I stamped and Paula Pascual flower onto some Craftwork Cards embossed card and then paper pieced the petals. I then added glossy accents to the petals and the Candi to give it a nice shine. I did want more petals to hang over the edge, but didn't quite work out.

Anyway I hope you like it, Mandi and Chrissie, I think you've converted me to a yellow crafter.


Bye for now


Jo xx

Back to Normality

Hi everyone, and a particular warm welcome to my new followers, I've now hit 40 yipeee and also to my new DT members for Craftwork Cards, hope we have a great time together, I'm really looking forward.

Anyway, some of you may or may not be aware that I was one of the lucky ten who have been picked to become new members of the Craftwork Cards Design Team, to say I was giddy yesterday when I received the e mail is a bit of an understatement, my lovely eight year old daughter, Evie, wondered what was wrong with me and kept giving me her best eye roll (she's good at those)!

Now I've calmed down a little I realised I've got quite a few cards to make over the next coming days, one of which is my friends son's birthday.  Lewis will be 6 tomorrow (nothing like leaving it to the last minute)!  Here is what I've made...

The image and papers are from The Clip Art Fairy and its called On the Bench.  I'd like to say that I coloured him myself, but I can't, it's pre-coloured (I just don't have the time today).  I did the sentiment in Word and added some Candi.  Hope you like him, I'm entering him into these challenges...

Sketch n Stash 86

Cards for Men - Texture

Simon Says Stamp - Birthdays

Cute Card Thursday - One for the Boys

Here come the Boys - Hobbies

Bye for now

Jo xx

Card for Nancy

Hi all

Hope you are having a good day.  My friend's little girl, Nancy, will be one this Thursday, so as I've an hour or two free this afternoon, I thought I would make her card...

A little easle card.  Quite quick and easy.  A while back I got a Craftwork Cards Warren Goodie Bag, so I've used the contents from that, added a touch of glitter to the flowers and butterflies and there you have it.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - Bingo - Die/Free/Glitter

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Feathers and Fur

Heidis Hobbystuggu - March Challenge - Animals

Simply Create Too - It's Spring

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Mother's Day or Spring (I've gone for Spring)

Think that's all for now, got another couple of birthday cards to make, so best crack on!

Bye for Now

Jo xx

Less Is More - Mask It

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good weekend.

I can't believe I've got my Less is More card made on the same day as the challenge was posted (that's rare for me as it takes me a few days to get thinking).  Anyway after a slight panic over the one layer themed card of last week, I've actually gone and made another one layer card.  I was so thrilled with my little technique I've decided to do something along the same lines - but different!!

And, brace yourselves, here is briefly how I made it...

I found the template I wanted to use.  I drew round the small triangle 5 times.

I cut them out and used them as a template to place them onto my card.

I then used 5 separate sheets of A4 paper and traced the triangles through it, remembering to place the sheets at the same position each time.

I cut out each triangle and spray fixed a sheet to the front of my card.  I used different Pink Petticoat design, picking a different design for each sheet.  I'm really pleased with how it has turned out.  No printer jams or crinkled paper, the only slight downside is the use of printed ink on the A4 mask, but I can always punch out some flowers.

Hope you like it.

Jo x

Mums The Word

Hi everyone

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend, wasn't the weather gorgeous, got the grass cut, the car cleaned and the washing out.  It was a very busy weekend.  My husband and myself along with some friends were at a Ball on Saturday night helping to raise money for a little girl with pancreatic cancer and Sheffield Childrens Hospital where she is being treated.  I will try and get a photo of us in all our finery on tomorrow.

Anyway, for now I've got a Mother's Day card to show you, (it's a good job my MiL doesn't see my blog)...

The papers and card are all from Crafwork Cards which I have had for ages.  Hope she likes it.  I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

Oldie but a Goodie - Mums the Word (Papers are my Oldie)

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

PaperCrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Hope to be back later in the week.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Less is More - Don't Scrap It

Hi everyone and happy March!
The weather in West Yorkshrie is glorious today and long may it continue (even pegged the washing out)!

I'm really late with my card for the Less is More challenge this week - Don't Scrap It.  I've had this card idea in my head for a while but never got round to doing it, so here it is...

I saw something recently on Pinterest, but she had just used white dots so I got my inspiration from that.  I keep all my scraps of card in a concertina folder under the desk, the scraps of paper I keep in folders depending on where its from i.e Craftwork Cards, Pink Petticoat etc.  I have loads of scraps of white card as I'm sure you all do, but these were from some Order of Service I made for a friends wedding.  After the Service had finished, I walked round church collecting all the ones that had been left behind (well I'd used really good card and I wasn't going without them!).  The coloured flowers are from scraps of CC's Ice Cream Parlour papers.  I'm sorry if some of them look abit wonky - I did try my best.

I must also apologise as I haven't been a very good blogger this week and I've not left many comments, I do hope to rectify that tonight!

Bye for now.

Jo xx

A New Baby

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good weekend, but my don't they go fast?

My cousin Jason and his girlfriend Heidi have just had a baby boy, so I've made a card for him...

The image is from Digistamp Boutique called Louie and Teddy and the backing paper is are from Craftwork Cards.  I've coloured him with my Copics.

As you can see on the card, they have named the baby Aston Jay (I'm reserving judgement on this one), but I'm told he's gorgeous as all new babies are.

I'm entering this card into:-

Tuesday Morning Sketches - 129

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Buttons, Bows, Bling

Will be back next week with some more cards to show you.

Bye for now.

Jo x

My first Christmas Card of 2012!!!!

Hi everyone hope you all well.  Want to say a big hello to my two lovely new followers Johanna and Jorgelina.  I really do hope you like what you see on here and I hope I don't disappoint.

Anyway I can't believe I've made a Christmas card in January (well finished a half made one).  I had the pleasure of meeting Ruth from Crimbo Crackers a few days ago, she was seeing Lisa from My Makes and Me (Lisa and I live quite close so we met for a cuppa) as she had won her blog Candy.  Anyway, Ruth told me about her Crimbo Cracker challenge blog, so I thought I'd give it a go.  Like I said this card was already half made before Christmas but was then just left on a pile...

I've had the stamp ages and can't remember where I got it from, but I stamped it with black Stazon and the attached some double sided sticky paper and sprinkled really fine glitter over the top.  (it does have a real shimmer - honest!) The embossed card and sentiment are both Craftwork Cards.   Hope you like it.  I am going to be more organised and make Christmas cards throughout the year so I will have a head start.

Crimbo Crackers Challenge - Black and White

See you soon

Jo xx

Purple - Take Two

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good Monday.

I've manged to make another card for the Less is More challenge - Predominantly Purple.


I stamped the flower (can't remember where it came from) in Memento Grape Jelly and the coloured it with Copics, I put glossy accents on the centre of each flower.  I then cut it into squares and made it into a tile.

  

I'm sorry about the quality of the photo.  I didn't get chance to take it till I got home from work and by then it was only artificial light (must save for decent camera!!).
Bye for now.
Jo x

Purple Flowers

Hi everyone
Hope you all having a good weekend, I've had a good weekend but boy they go quick!

January in our family is a very busy one for birthdays, with approx 12 to sort out, and with my new year's resolution being to make all the cards I send, it's quite a busy month.  So I thought I would try and match them to challenges as I find that easier for inspiration.

This card up is either going to be for my mum in law or sister in law, not decided yet.  I used the challenges over at Less is More and Freshly Made Sketches.  Mandi and Chrissie at Less is More have gone for a purple theme and I love purple.

And here is my card...

It hasn't quite turned out as I wanted, but I'm not sure why.  The papers are from Craftwork Cards.  I made the flowers cutting three scalloped circles and cutting into them, sticking them together and shaping them.  The centres are made with Card Candi...

I used three, and snipped into the top two and stuck them onto a base one, giving them more a flower centre look rather than just a piece of Candi.  Anyway, hope you like it.  I'm going to try something different later when the kids have gone to bed.
See you soon.
Jo x