Jodie with Baubles

The countdown to Christmas has begun with only 78 crafting days to go.  The shops have started to stock their shelves and I even saw Santa and a snowman walking through the city centre the other lunch time "ho, ho, ho'ing".  I think it's bit early for that don't you, they'll lose their voices by the time the big day gets here!

Anyway back to my card and I've decided to go for an aperture card as I haven't done one of these for ages and I found a stack of Christmas vellums that I wanted to use too.  It was simple to make and I think it sets off this gorgeous image from Pink Gem Designs beautifully.  Why not pop over and have a look at all of their designs?  Just think of all those special Christmas cards you've got to make!

You may have noticed that there isn't a sentiment on my card but I will be adding a personalised one before sending it, maybe by just adding a tag to the present.

Materials used:

Digi - Jodie with baubles

Coloured with promarkers

Accented with glossy accents
Nestability - scallop oval small
Printed vellum
Krylon gold leaf pen
Card candi - Carnaby Street

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty - die cuts
Deep Ocean - more than 2 colours
Crafty Bloggers Network - anything goes

Crafty Boots - world cardmaking day
Created With Love - christmas
Cutie Pie - use a digi - WINNER
Catch The Bug - anything goes

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Jodie in Dungarees

Well I'm well and truly back to earth with a bump after my holiday, it seems like a distant memory and the heat has disappeared out of my bones completely.

I had my finger nails and toe nails decorated for my holiday (see piccy below), but yesterday I went and had them redone so haven't even got them to remind me anymore! Sniff, sniff........  That wasn't me crying, that was my nose running because of the cold, tee hee.

Anyway back to the cards, that'll banish the holiday blues!  My card today is a reminder for the challenge that's currently running over at A Gem of a Challenge and our theme is "for the girls".  This should be a breeze for everyone as they are so easy to make.  So why not pop over and have a look at my teamies cards and give it a go yourselves?

Materials used:

Digi - Jodie in dungarees

Coloured with promarkers

Accented with glossy accents

Hand drawn swing for her to sit on

Background brayered with:

Adirondack ink - sunshine yellow, lettuce and stonewashed

Stamp - cherry blossom

Stamp - garden set

Stamp - birds in flight

Sentiment - Janes Script

Liquid pearls - lavender lace

Embroidery thread for the swing

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - no dp

Sweet Stamps - brayered backgrounds

Joanna Sheen - down in the garden

That Craft Place - make you own background

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Milly Flower Power

Thank crunchie it's Friday :-)

The day started well with a trip to have my nails done, but then I remembered that I hadn't done a post for my DT card for Fussy and Fancy - oops!!!  Oh well better late than never eh?

Our theme for the next fortnight is to make an easel card, so why not see if you can make one in a really different shape and enter it into our challenge.  You never know you may be our next guest designer or one of our top 5.

Here's my card for inspiration but my teamies have worked wonders with this one so why not pop over there and have a look at what they've done too.

Materials used:

Stamp - Milly flower power

Coloured with promarkers

Accented with glamour dust - crystal & gold

Backing paper - First Edition - spring drop

Distress ink - spun sugar

Ribbon & pearls

Flowers

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes & blog hop

Wild Orchid Challenge - anything goes

Really Reasonable Ribbons - pretty in pink

Whimsy Stamps - anything goes

Emerald Faerie - flowers

Charisma Cardz - bling

In The Pink - pink plus one

Sassy Studio - think pink

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Daisy Jodie

I'm back all nice and refreshed after my hols in sunny Cyprus although the temperatures in the UK was a bit of a shock to the system after having 36 degrees for the last 10 days!  Needless to say the central heating went straight on and the PJ's came out at the same time that the bikini and shorts went away.

Anyway back to business and my card today is a reminder for the challenge that is currently running over at A Gem of a Challenge where the theme is "Lemon, Lilac, 2 Butterflies and a Bow" and I've chosen a lovely digi image from Pink Gem Designs.

Materials used:

Digi - Daisy Jodie

Coloured with promarkers

Accented with glossy accents

Nestability - scallop oval small

Distress ink - milled lavender

Clarity card

Versamark

Stamp - small butterfly

Speedball brayer

Splodge Away blending mat

Adirondack ink - sunshine yellow

Corners - Persian motifs

Shrink plastic

(free from Papercraft Essentials)

Card candi - Carnaby Street

Ribbon

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen - oh so sweet

Stampin' for the Weekend - feeling floral

Charisma Cardz - things with wings

Digi Doodle - anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons - things with wings

Fab 'n' Funky - things with wings

Whimsy Stamps - anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge - anything goes

Loves Rubberstamps - make own background

Sassy Cheryls - die cuts

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Baby Boy Teddy

I'm here with a reminder of the challenge currently running over at A Gem of a Challenge with a theme of "A Boy Thing".  You can use a boy image, theme your card around a boy or make something other than a card for a boy - wow what a choice!!

I've gone for a baby boy card as I needed to replenish my stocks as everyone seems to be having boys this year.  What's happened to all the baby girls??

Materials used:

Digi - baby boy teddy

Coloured with promarkers

Accented with glossy accents

Adirondack ink - sunshine yellow

Splodge-A-Mask - circles

Paper - Sweet Wishes

(free from Papercraft Essentials)

Tiles (computer generated)

Ribbon

Buttons and thread from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Creative Challenge - all about the boys
Sassy Cheryl's - got the blues
Paper Makeup - button up
Hooked On Crafts - cards for men
Oh La La - teddy bear antics
Pink elephant - patterned paper
Cupcake Craft - colour inspiration

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Cupcake

Another week at work finished and now it's time to craft!

We've got a new challenge for you over at Fussy and Fancy today with a theme of "Fabric of our Lives".  I've used a piece of fabric that has a cupcake appliqued onto it with oddments of various other materials and then added my own embossed frame.

I sent this card to my crafting buddy Anne recently for her birthday as she makes the most gorgeous cakes and brings them around for our craft days - yum, yum!!

Materials used:

Core'dinations card

Embossing folder - spots and dots

Pearls coloured with promarkers

Tag & sentiment - tickets

Ribbon

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Joanna Sheen - going dotty
Inky Impressions - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - no flowers

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx