Ruby

Good morning all, hope you are well. Today's card uses the rubber stamp Ruby from Whimsey Stamps. 

I coloured her with Copics and then cut her out with a scalloped square die. 

The papers are a mixture from the stash and the card is Coredinations. 

I used the Sue Wilson bow die to make the bow but gave it a bit of bling with the sparkly slider, 

I used a mixture of flowers, quite a lot for me actually but I do like them. 

Then I finished it off with the little sentiment die. 

I think this one will be going to a friend for her birthday next month. Hope you like it. Take care and I'll see you soon. 

xxx

Fancy Christmas

Good morning crafty friends.  Today marks the second anniversary of this little blog.  We've created lots of lovely cards along the way (and some not so lovely!!).  The very first card Jen posted was a Christmas card so I thought it fitting that I post another today.

A few weeks ago I coloured this wonderful SC image and have had her sat in my drawer ever since.  She isn't a Christmas image but the colours I chose are very traditional so  I thought I'd give it a try.  I am very happy with the result.

The background is a piece of adorable scorable from Hunkydory.  The colours fit perfectly with the image once I matted her with black and white card.

The bow is a Sue Wilson design for Creative Expressions.  I think it adds a lovely flourish.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Christmas stocking

Good morning folks. Today's card is made using a new Sizzix die, the Tim Holtz Christmas stocking and candy cane. 

I decided to go the whole traditional Christmas route and used a simple red and white colour scheme. 

Once I had cut the stocking and extra bits for the heal, toes, and top, I gave these bits a good coating of Cosmic Shimmer glue and then poured Rock Candy Distress Glitter over the top. They are really lovely and sparkly in real like. 

I used card and papers from the stash and a simple ready made sentiment. 

Then I used some Marianne Pom Pom trim and a length of red fiber across the top with 3 little bells. 

The stocking still looked a little plain for me so I punched out some tiny trees and stuck them down the front and then used a little bit more of the red trim to trim the stocking. 

What do you think? Christmassy enough for you????? lol. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

You rock

Hello again friends.

I have another card using an SC image for you today.  This is Alternative Beauty.

I kept the card very simple and just added a word die from my new set.  This is from My Favourite Things Blueprints #11.

She's a bit different  but I really like the colouring on this.  Hope you do too.

TTFN Jude xx

Classic Christmas Card

Good morning all and Happy Monday. Can you believe that this is our 750th post on this little blog? and we will hit the two year milestone this week too. That's an awful lot of waffling from us. but here's to the next 750!.

Anyway, It's not that long to go now to Christmas so I am trying to crack on with the Christmas cards. So my apologies if you are fed up of them already lol. 

Today I have done a simple but classic style for a card, all in cream and copper colours. 

The tree is a Creative Expressions stamp and the sentiment is from a Crafters Companion stamp set. I stamped them both with a copper coloured pigment ink and then heat embossed with copper embossing powder. You don't have to use a coloured ink if you are using a coloured embossing powder but I just like how rich the colour comes out. 

I stamped them both on cream linen effect card and then used a copper satin paper for the background. 

Then I found a piece of golden brown ribbon in the scraps box and used this to tie a bow. 

Then I finished it with one simple gold pearl on the tree. 

Hope you like it. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Tea and a Book

Morning everyone

Today's card is made with another Saturated Canary digi.  I am seriously obsessed with Krista's drawings and have quite a sizeable collection.  This one is Tea and a Book.

I used one paper from the stash and a new sentiment die cut from adhesive backed card.

The flowers are made using 2 punches, with teal cosmic shimmer for the centres and a heart die cut to form leaves.

I'm very happy with the shading I've achieved on this card.  Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Christmas Ornament Luka

Good morning folks, and welcome to November. 

Well after days of sorting out the craft room and rearranging things, I finally found some time to actually make something!!!

The image is a rubber stamp from La La Land Crafts called Christmas Ornament Luka. I stamped it on to some light blue and pink coloured cardstock and then coloured the image with Copics.

The paper is from the stash and I backed it with very dark brown card and mounted it all on to a cream A5 card blank.

Then I used a couple of Cheery Lyn dies for the mistletoe and Merry Christmas banner. I added some glossy accents to the mistletoe and snowflake to give them some shine. 

Then I added a few gems to finish it off. 

Hope you like it. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx