We're Back!!

Well the holiday is over and we're back to jolly old Blighty.

As we've been away we haven't yet ventured in to the craft room, so this is a quick card I made before we left.

This type of card is great for using up those scraps we can't bear to part with - just cut lots of different size circles.

Stamp a sentiment in one of the circles, then layer them at different heights.

And that's the simplest of cards.

TTFN Jude xx

Flower girl

Hurrah for Saturday!  It has been really busy at work this week and I am so looking forward to the weekend.

I made this little card based on a similar layout in a magazine - that one had 5 banners and an oval topper which I may try another time.

The image is another of the LOTV art pads on a scalloped circle.  I took coordinating papers and cut the banners, then mounted them on white card matted onto pale blue.

I used a Tonic punch to create the pattern strip but unfortunately it doesn't show up very well behind the topper.

I wrapped a strip of ribbon across the top and added a bow to the left.

 

I like the colours on this; red and blue work really nicely together.  Hope you like it too.

TTFN Jude xx

Mojo Monday 341

Morning everyone.  For those who were wondering, Isabelle's heart operation went like clockwork yesterday and she is hopefully coming home today.  We can all relax a bit now :)

Today's card offering is another Mojo Monday sketch from Julee Tilman…

Here's the sketch.............

..............and here is my version.

 I stuck to a dark colour scheme for this one, as I felt it could be quite masculine.

The image is from a Daisy and Dandelion ready stamped pad.  I just had to colour it in and cut it out lol ;)

I went with a very simple sentiment.

What do you think?  TTFN Jude xx

Daniel Craig

Oh dear, it's Wednesday, it's April, and you have me again - poor you lol!

My brother John has quite a few godchildren (7!) and today is the birthday of one of them.  Daniel Craig Whiteley is the eldest son of John's best friend, Craig, and he is 6 today.

John is always on the last hop when it comes to cards and presents and this year is no different.  This is a card I made John at the weekend, after I'd been to fetch Daniel's birthday presents for him!!

The little cowboy dude comes from a Lili of the Valley art pad again.  I love these images.

I layered papers on to a 6 x 6 blank and added the topper.

The sentiment is from another LOTV pad.

I'm hoping Daniel will like his card.

TTFN Jude xx

Other birthdays

I know I said no more birthday cards - but I meant no more of Jen's!  Other people have birthdays too lol.

This is a card I've made to send to a work colleague whose birthday is New Years Eve.

Yes it is another Hunkydory set but I did buy loads when I was first starting out, so I have quite a collection.  I might one day use them all up but it won't be anytime soon :)

I mounted a piece of cardstock on to some gold mirror card and added it to a 5 x 7 blank.  The card is pre printed so it didn't need too much embellishment. 

The circular topper is fixed with sticky pads in the centre of the card.  I added a purple striped ribbon to bring in a bit more interest. 

Two short pieces of ribbon are used as banners under the centrepiece.  A small sentiment from the set finishes it off.

That's all for today folks.  TTFN Jude xx

Christmas in purple and gold

Welcome to Wednesday peeps!

Yesterday Jen and Mum bought a couple of new stamping magazines for us to try out.  Jen is trying to bully encourage me into subscribing to them! They were quite nice as they both had Christmas stamps attached and some lovely ideas for very simple cards.  I thought I would try one of the ideas out.  What do you think?

I took a piece of dark purple centura pearl and embossed the pine tree branch across the centre three times, using Versamark and gold embossing powder.  I then cut the piece to fit a white DL card blank.

 Next I stamped the word circle and white embossed it. Once I had the circle I thought it needed something else so added a snowflake, again embossed with gold before cutting out with a circle die.   I never get tired of the alchemy of embossing; watching it change from a dull powder into a shiny image just by adding heat.

 A piece of purple gingham ribbon finishes it off nicely.  I might try some other stamps in a similar layout.  I can see this featuring in a few Christmas cards this year.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Round and round

Good morning all, hope you are well and looking forward to a nice weekend. We at last have a weekend where we aren't really busy lol. Although I am dog sitting while my daughter and family have gone away for a couple of days. So the two pups are more than enough to keep anyone busy lol.

 

Today's card just had to be round so that I could play with our new Grand Stately Circles dies :o)) I've wanted these for some time now and when I spotted an offer on them, well it would have been rude not to! right?

 

The second largest of the dies just so happens to fit rather nicely on an 8 inch round card blank :o)) So this time I started with the backing paper.

 

Then I cut the smallest of the circles in white Centura Pearl card. I then cut one of the Die D-Lites dies, this one is called Poppy Patch. I inked around the edges of the card and circles with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, then used this to colour the poppy heads.

 

I coloured the stems with Forest Green Cosmic Shimmer Drawing Ink and then heat embossed it all with clear embossing powder.

I layered the paper, card and topper up and then added a couple of ready made sentiments. 

 

I finished the card by sewing a piece of ribbon in to a rosette and adding a white ribbon bow to the top. Then I topped this with a flower made in the melt pot. 

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by again. See you soon.

xxx