Spring has sprung

It's been a lovely long Easter weekend but now it's Tuesday and we're back to work - boo.  I'm off to Crewe today to visit a dairy college!  Should be interesting lol :)

At the weekend I asked Jen to choose a paper pad for me to make a card with.  She chose Emma's Garden by Jennifer Ellory.  This is full of fresh greens, pinks and yellows and I immediately thought of Springtime and flowers [Not much of a leap was it ;)]

I also wanted to incorporate a tag in some way.  I've seen a few tag cards and like the different styles I've seen.  I kept mine quite basic but I think it works well.  I covered the tag with one of the papers and tied a bright ribbon through the top.

I chose two papers for the background and used the same ones for the flower centres.  The large blooms are from a spots and stripes set.

I used the fern die again and added the cut pieces from my ribbon to add a bit of colour behind them.

Finally I cut a butterfly using the Papillion 2 die from Spellbinders using pink card.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Riding along....

Good morning all, well that's another week over with, they are really flashing past now. All gone well on the work front, so I think I'll go back again next week lol.

 

Right on with today's card. This is another of the Bestie digi images, as you can tell, once I like something, I do tend to use them a lot :o)) This one I decided to go with yellows and greens as I love the daisy paper, and I followed a sketch! I know, not like me at all lol.

 

 

I started with the image, and coloured her in with promarkers. I thought she needed a bit extra though, so gave her a bright pink bike! I cut the image out using

the largest of the Spellbinders Labels 28, but then I cut the sides off to make it more square.

 

I followed the sketch on the Papertake Weekly challenge this week. Just because I liked it and thought it would suit this image.

 

I chose the papers based on the daisy paper as I said before I really like it, I thinks it's very Spring like and makes me think of better weather.

 

I put the card together and used a couple of different ribbons, one in yellow and the thinner one for the bow is lime green.

 

I finished the card with a flower that I put together from bits from my stash and a die cut rolled flower. I thought it sort of looked liked a daffodil, which are more 'sunny' flowers lol.

 

Anyway that's all from me today, hope you all have a lovely long weekend.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon.

 

xxx

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/sketchie-free-for-all.html

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/simon-says-happy-mail.html

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-1st-may.html

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-43-lots-of-layers.html

April showers...

Good morning all, Jen back again today. Did you play along with the birthday blog hop yesterday? Good wasn't it? If not, don't worry it's not too late, pop over to the Anything Goes Challenge Blog and join in. When you've finished here obviously lol.

 

Anyway on to today, this is a card I have made using free papers from a craft mag. I think the colours are really nice, and perfect for Spring.

 

 

I started with the topper and cut this out using the largest of the Lacey Circle dies. Then I cut out again just the image part in the inner circle by hand, and stuck it over the top. Then I mounted this on to a paper doily.

 

I used a 6x6 plain white scalloped edge card blank and covered it with one of the co-ordinating papers, matted on to green core-dinations card. Next a cut strips from two of the other papers and matted these on a slightly lighter green card.

 

 

I arranged the card with the doily and topper and added in some green spotty ribbon across the centre and to make two little bows for the top corners. I really like this ribbon and that was my last piece ;-(. Oh well I'll just have to keep a look out for some more lol.

 

Next I cut out a sentiment that came with the papers and matted this on to the same green card.

Then I added this to the bottom of the card.

 

All it needed to finish the card was a few flat backed pearls in the bottom corners,

 

and then some smaller green ones around the image. Then a final dab over with some glossy accents to look like rain drops. A super quick card, all done and dusted.

 

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

 

xxx

 

I am entering this card in to the following challenge: http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/weather-with-you.html

 

Peaches and Cream....

That's what this card reminds me of! I know I'm a bit barmy but it does lol.

 

Anyway good morning all. Jen back again today. I've been meaning to ask for a while now, what do you think to the new look of the blog???? I love it, many thanks to Shabby Bloggs :o)) and did you see the badge on the left? I won my first challenge over at Passion for Promarkers challenge blog for my Rose Red card :o)) yippee.

 

Right on to today's card. This is Easter Dress from Saturated Canary, I know I'm a bit addicted lol, but her images are great.  

 

 

I started with the image and coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I added bits of glitter here and there with a silver glitter roller pen. Then I drew an oval shape around her and cut her out by hand. I inked around the edge with Dried Marigold Distress Ink and layered this on to a piece of Coredinations card in a matching peach colour.

 

 

Next I found a couple of pieces of patterned paper and cut them to fit an 8x8 scalloped card blank. Where they joined I added a piece of spotty ribbon.

 

I placed the topper to the left side and then made a rosette for the right. I have had this die for about a year, my lovely sis Jude gave it to me and I haven't used it until now!!! Once it was assembled I gave it a quick rub over with the Dried Marigold ink too. I had a small piece of the spotty ribbon left so I cut it in half and added it to the back. Then I put a ready made birthday sentiment on the front.

 

 

Next I cut a couple of butterflies from an old book page and layered them together with a few pearls for the head and body, and to make a little trail behind it. 

 

I finished the card with a little bow in the top right corner and another pearl.

 

What do you think? Hope you like it.

 

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon.

 

 

xxx

 

 

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

 

Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge - 10th April - Design Team Member - Jill's Challenge - 'Bow's and Butterflies' : http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-10th-april.html

 

One Stop Craft Challenge- Challenge 223 - Birthdays: http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-223-birthdays.html

 

Turtle Love.....

Good morning everyone, hope you are all well today. Jen back again today, I made Jude blog two days on the trot so thought I had better do something today lol.

 

Today's card is yet another Saturated Canary image! this time it's Turtle Love :o))

She just had to be done in greens for me lol. I might try colouring her again in a different colour way, but for now green was the way to go.

 

 

 I started with the image and coloured that in using Promarkers and Flexmarkers. Then I cut around it leaving a barrow border and matted this with some green Core-dinations card.

 

I found a pretty green patterned paper in my stash so used a piece of that to cover the 6x6 scalloped card blank. Then I found some co-ordinating card to go with it. I layered the topper with a paper doily and added some washi tape down the side and across the bottom.

 

I finished the card with some flowers, the centre one is rolled and the other two are fabric petals from my stash which I layered together and added small flat backed pearls to the centre.

 

Anyway, hope you like it, that's all from me today.

 

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

 

 

xxx

 

On your birthday.....

Good morning all, hope you are all well and having a good week. I'm feeling a little under the weather just now :-( a niggly cold and a really sore throat - boo hoo ;-) we could really do with some sunshine soon.

Just a quick post today to share a little card I've just finished. This one is back in my comfort zone. Cute and pretty lol.

 

I started with the image which I stamped with Memento London Fog ink and coloured in with Promarkers. I then cut it out leaving a small border. I backed it with the largest size of the opulent oval dies cut in to some green checked Me to You paper. I cut a frame using the largest two dies in the set in white card and stuck it over the top.

 

I used a white 6x6 card blank and layered it with more Me to You papers and some yellow card. I used a lace border die down the right side and added some green spotty ribbon down the left. I also added more of the ribbon in the top right corner and tied a little bow.

Once I had placed the topper I then added some different flowers and leaves in complimentary colours. Some I rolled from die cuts and the others were ready made. I finished the card with some pearls and a couple of little sentiments.

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

 

 

xxx