The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog - Autumn Colours

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. It has been rather wet here and that has been messing up the traffic.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog and the theme is autumn colours. I did it again I ordered the image before I realised about the colours. The sponsor that my image came from is called Lacy Sunshine Stamps. The image I chose to use is called Peace on Earth - Angel Kiss and she is in the Christmas section of the store.

Don't I make things hard for myself choosing a Christmas image to use with autumn colours? Then I remembered the angel that used to go on top of our tree and she was dressed in golds, greens and browns. 

I cut all the mats and layers and I used dies to cut the mats for round the image. There is some brown glitter card in there I got this free at a craft show and I thought I won't use that. Well I was wrong it has nearly run out and I am thinking of buying some more. On the top layer I stamped  a small poinsettia stamp all over page with CS Perfect Medium then I heat embossed it with a clear powder. Finally I inked all over the page with three shades of Distress ink.

This is a beautiful image I coloured her with my Promarkers. 

I cut the sentiment with a Sue Wilson die in gold and brown this meant that it could have a drop shadow. This helped to give it definition against the background. 

I made a poinsettia using Sue Wilson dies again with brown, gold and green. 

If you click on the logo above you will be taken to the store. 

There you have my Christmas card made in autumn colours. I think you could make a Christmas card just about any colour you like. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Challenge 2 Think Pink

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I am back again this week this time with my inspiration card for the start of the new challenge on the Unicorn Challenge blog and the theme is Think Pink. This is just our second challenge we were overwhelmed by the response to our very first challenge.

Would you believe it I actually found this challenge quite hard. I went through my stash and I found this beautiful paper I think it came from magazine. There was so much going on with the paper it was hard to know quite how to deal with it. 

I decided to use a selection of Sue Wilson dies to build up round the sentiment in a space on the paper so that none of the lovely elements were hidden. 

 I did ink the paper to make it a little more pink than it started out originally. 

The final touch was to add some ribbon (it covered the yellow flower) and Candi from my stash of course they had to be pink.

I do hope that you are having a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - Challenge 25 and winner of the Blog Hop image

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you have had a great weekend and are raring to go for the week ahead.

Today see the start of a new challenge on the Not Just Cards Challenge Blog. The theme is always Anything Goes. This time we had images to work with mine came from Ikes Art.

The image is called Winter Robin. I started with a 7" x 7" kraft card blank I cut all the mats and layers. With the white layer I cut an aperture with an circle die and then I embossed it with the Snowflake Lattice folder by Sue Wilson. I used the Sue Wilson holly dies to cut the holly. I used two of the circle dies to create a frame for the aperture. I created the berries and the corner dots with CS Berry Red PVA. 

If you click on the logo you will get taken to the store there are lots of lovely images to chose from. 

I coloured the robin with Promarkers. I used a brush and some blue ink to colour round the image. Then I made dots with my Versa Mark pen and I heat embossed them with a white powder. 

The sentiment was cut with the Seasons Greetings die by Sue Wilson ( anyone would think I was a big fan). This was mounted on some glitter card. 

Now is the time to reveal the winner of my image from our September Blog Hop. Here is my card as a reminder. 

She is from Star Stampz and called My Sweet Sunflower. I had 39 comments so I put the numbers into a random number generator. Here is the result.

So comment 38 was the winner and that came from Zub Momi. The prize has been claimed and sent. 

I do hope that you have a good week. Why not join in with this months challenge. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - Lace and Pearls

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are all ready for your weekend. I am back again with another post today. There are a lot of challenges that start at the beginning of the month.

There is a new challenge starting on the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog and the theme is Lace and Pearls. We do have a sponsor Deedee's images and we all chose images to use. My choice gave me a little bother with the theme but I got there.

I used the Caroling Snowman he comes in a zip file and there was a precoloured image included. This did save me quite a bit of time. You have the option you can choose to colour one if you wish. It is good to have the choice. I had the Nordic paper in my stash as well as he lace. The die to cut the music is a Tattered Lace die. I added large pearls to three of the corners. 

I did put some CS White PVA dots on the snow flakes on the image and covered them with CS Diamond Sprinkles. 

If you click on the logo above you will be taken to the store.

Now I have a little confession. I didn't read the brief for the challenge properly and this is the first card that I made. I was rather pleased with it so I will be sending it to someone this Christmas. 

Just a reminder of the card for the challenge. It just goes to show that Lace and Pearls can be a versatile theme. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Q for Quick and Simple

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

It is Friday the weekend is nearly here. I finish work at lunchtime so that is when my weekend starts. I do hope that you have a wonderful day full of craftiness or other treats.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Alphabet Challenge blog and this time the letter is Q which stands for Quick and Simple. I think this makes it this a brilliant challenge to join in with.

I went through my stash and I found two Kanban sheets of gilded Christmas tree images one in silver and one in gold. I also found some pattered paper to match.

I folded a piece of A4 paper in half to make an A5 card. I made a gold mat and then cut the patterned paper to size. The border across came on the sheet and I put it on a gold mat. The Christmas tree and the sentiment were on the sheet the tree was mounted  with foam tape. I added gold glue dots to the corners. This was such a quick make I made a whole set I think this was all done in just over an hour. That is quick for me. 

The tags were super easy. I cut two of the the Sue Wilson Pierced Tags and I put a small Christmas tree from the sheets on each. This is also a quick blog post to keep in with the theme.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Crafts Galore Encore - Gift Bag

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Yes I am back again today! It is the first of the month and there is a new challenge on the Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog. This time we have a wonderful sponsor Bugaboo Digi stamps and there are prizes. The design team were all able to choose an image each to work with so if you go to the blog you can see their wonderful inspiration pieces.

I chose the Halloween Silhouette Scene. I am really enjoying using silhouettes in my card making at the moment. I decided to make a gift bag as this is the time of year for collecting sweets.  I made the bag first from black card using my Hougie board to do all the measuring and scoring.  

For the image I printed it onto  white  160 gsm card stock and I cut it out. Then I used two shades of Distress Ink to ink over the image. I used my Versa Mark pen to draw round the edge of the image and to highlight the eyes and windows then I heat embossed it with a glow in the dark embossing powder. If does work,  this really does glow in the dark. I added an extra little die cut cat in the corner. I used a spellbinder die to make a frame for the image I think it looks a little Gothic. 

If you click on this logo you will be taken to the Bugaboo store there are lots of images to choose from. 

Not long and it will be the weekend. I have been rather busy with Design Team bits and pieces and at the start of the month there will be quite a few posts from me. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

A Christmas Twisted Easel Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

We have arrived in the middle of the week so we are getting closer to the weekend. I can't believe that it will be October tomorrow. Doesn't the time dash by?

This card was the result of me playing with some stamps and it not working out quite how I thought it would.

I actually started out with a completely different idea when I started this card. I took two 6" x 6" kraft card blanks, I cut one in half to make the topper and the other I scored one side on the diagonal to create the twisted easel. I cut two black mats and two white stamping card mats.  On the white mats I stamped a few of the the snowflake stamps that I have with Perfect Medium and then heat embossing them with a clear sparkly powder. Then I used three shades of distress ink to ink over the page. This is as far as my plan went and I left it for a day. The dies I wanted to use with it originally didn't work with the background I had created but it was too pretty not to use. If I am struggling with a project I will put it to one side and come back to it the next day with fresh eyes.  

So I came back to the card the next day and I decided that I would use my Sue Wilson dies again but this time the whole deer family not just mum and baby. I cut three of the Winter trees in white and embossed them I did add some glitter as well. Then I cut all of the deer I  embossed them and I added some black card to the back to hide the filigree detail. I am enjoying silhouettes a lot this year. 

The Merry Christmas was cut with A Signature die by Joanna Sheen. Once it was cut I covered it with Perfect Medium and I heat embossed it with the clear sparkly powder. I haven't done this to a die before but I think I will be doing it again. The stopper was made with the tag from the Sue Wilson die set Snowflake border, corner, tag. 

I was pleased with the way this card turned out. I think it looks very icy. I don't often make easel cards since I found my uncle displaying one on its side. I will have to make sure that this one goes to a crafter so that they know what to do with it. 

I hope that you enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie