Christmas Fairy

Evening!

Hope you're all enjoying the bank holiday weekend!  And the lovely weather that we always get here in the UK for bank holidays.  Although I'll take our rain showers any day rather than that big old hurricane causing chaos down the east coast of America! 

Here's my latest card - I made it using some lovely My Minds Eye papers that came free with a craft magazine this weekend.  Although I'm not entirely sure if the fairy really goes or she looks a little lost -  but she's stuck there now, I've tried to remove her but it's going to rip the paper underneath, and it took me ages to work out how to cut that square/diamond with my trimmer so the trees ended up the right way round.

Plus I also managed to stamp this image myself - not to shabby, even if I do say so myself - given I usually can't stamp for toffee! (Although there are a few bits I had to fill in with my fine-liner but we'll keep that secret!)

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

Bah! Humbug! - Here come the girls
Card Patterns - Sketch 130


Also check my new badge out on the top right!! I only went and won a challenge at Sew Many Challenges, for this card here.  I'm chuffed to pieces! Thanks for choosing me as a winner!

Thanks for looking and for all your helpful comments!

Julie x

Marianne Snowflakes and a Cat

Evening!

I've bought myself a set of Marianne Snowflake dies - they are lovely but are fiddly beyond belief to get the cut shape out of the die. I can only assume I'm doing something wrong as I'm currently having to poke them out (carefully) with my craft knife.  So if you have any tips for getting them out let me know.



Here is my latest card. I've been having a play with my embossing folders this time.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Dimension and Texture
Freshly Brewed - Emboss It
Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar (Buttons and Green)
Card Mad Fairy - Buttons
The Stamping Boutique - Monthly Competition

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Cute Giraffe

Hi,

I'm celebrating tonight as I've got no work now until the 12th September - AMAZING!!

Here's my card for this evening - how cute is this little giraffe?! This was a freebie from Limited Runs - he's called Ollie.

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

Stamp Something - Thank You
Easy Craft Projects - Photo Inspiration
One Stop Craft Challenge - Bold & Bright
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
AiFactory - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Show your Inner Animal

Thanks for looking!!

Julie x

Birds

Hi,

Here is my latest card.  The card has a cute little bee charm on it.  It is a bee - honest! - Sandra helped me decide here - so thanks for your help with that love!

I love this DP with birds on it - it's from Papermania - Birdsong.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sew Many Cards - Summertime
Catch the Bug - The Birds and the Bees


Thanks for looking.

Julie x

What is this??

Hi,

No card from me this evening - but I was wondering if you had a spare minute you could help settle a (small) argument.

I've added this charm to a card I've started but not quite finished:

Now I think it's a bee but my husband says it's a butterfly.  (Obviously I'm right!!)
If it helps to sway your decision at all - it came in a pack with some other charms one of which is a butterfly:

So what is it?

A: A bee - obviously!
B: Now I've seen the butterfly, I can see it's a bee
C: Nope, it's a butterfly
D: It's something else!

Thanks for your help!

Have a great evening!

Julie x

First Scrapbook Page

Morning!

I was looking through the challenges this week and one of them was for a scrap book page - so I though I'd give it a go.  It's not amazing but though I'd share it anyway.  

The picture is my little girl when she was about 12 hours old and tucked up at home in bed.  Not quite sure why we bundled her up so much - I think you go temporarily insane when you have your first child!  Almost three years later, with the addition of a now 15 month old  I can confirm that the insanity isn't temporary.

 

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Anyting But a Card

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Bling (bad photo - but the frame is all beautiful pink sequins)

Papertake Weekly - Bingo - Buttons, Ribbon, Free

For Fun - Scrap Page

Allsorts - You've Been Framed

The Stamping Boutique - Stripes and Dots

Thanks for looking.

Julie xx

A Christmas Card

Afternoon,

We had a fab time at the museum earlier - we dressed up as the three bears - it was very cute!

Here's my second card of today.

I love this little boy - it's a pollycraft digi.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cupcakecraft - Sketch
Winter Wonderland - Boys / Men

Thanks for looking.

Julie x

Sir Mike

Hi,

We're off to the museum this morning for a children's fairy tale event.  Hopefully we'll all have a fab time and I won't be too stressed out trying to stop two small people from running around!

Here's the card I made for my Brother-In-Law for his birthday.  He loves nights and medieval stuff (even at 33!) - although I should have found a castle background to put this on - not sure why I didn't think of this at the time!  I also should have made the image bigger - but I used my last page of card to print it out on and being last minute I didn't have time to go and get some that I could use pro-markers on without them bleeding everywhere.

The knight is a Jelly Park image - he's so sweet - he did originally have a feather on top of his helmet - however it had a little accident when I was cutting it out!  Oops!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

My Grafico - Monthly Challenge
Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - None Stamped Sentiment (his name is in wire covered chippie letters)
A Spoonful of Sugar - Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

A touch of purple

Morning,

I've been a busy bee (for me anyway) this week 3 posts in 3 days!! Check me out!

Here's a card I was just having a play with the other night. I also managed to get a decent self stamped sentiment.

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

My Grafico - Monthly Challenge
Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Black and White with a Pop (hope I've got the right idea!)
Paper Sundaes - Just Saying Hi

Thanks for looking - hope you all have a fab weekend!

Julie xx

Christmas Presents

Afternoon!

Here's my latest card -I've just been having a little play while my two little ones are asleep.

The image is a magazine freebie - I can't take any credit for this I'm afraid.  I've just counted up my Christmas cards and I've made 13 already! That's fairly organised for me.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:


Tuesday Throwdown - None Stamped Sentiment
Winter Wonderland - Have lights on it. (There are some on the image on the if you look carefully Honest!!! I was sad that I had nothing with lights on - so was chuffed when I found this topper.)
Saturday Challenge - Christmas Is Coming

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Butterfly

Hi,

I've been a bit rubbish last week, but here's my latest card!  How lovely is this butterfly - it's from K & Co, which I won in some blog candy from Audrey a while back.  I had a poke around with some little clear gems to make the trail.

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

My Grafico - Monthly Challenge
Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Bizzy Bec's - Use butterflies and the colour blue
Paper Sundaes - Saying Hi
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Use Hot Colours
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Bling

Also Hi to Cheryl, my new folllower!

Thanks for Looking

Julie x

Mr Snowman

Morning!

Just a very quick post from me this morning as I really should be getting ready for work! Here's another Christmas card from me.

I love this little snowman he's so cute!

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Favourite Season - CHRISTMAS - I love it!!!!!!
For Fun - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas In August

Do It with Digis - Christmas in August
My Grafico - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Hangin' Out..

Hi,

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! 

Here's my latest card - I've seen images where people get part of it to hanging out of the die cut and always wondered how they did it. I saw on Barbara's blog here a tutorial on how to do so I gave it a go. So thanks for that Barbara! x

It's a fairly conservative effort for a first go - but I was pretty chuffed with myself!

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Sketch
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
For Fun - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - No Flowers
Little Miss Muffet - Outside the Die Cut
Craft Your Days Away - Birthdays
Stamping for the Weekend - Spots and Dots
My Grafico - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Happy Friday...

Hoo-ray it's the weekend! Hopefully the weather will stay nice as we've had a lovely afternoon in the park today. Although my fitness levels leave something to be desired as I'm shattered from chasing my (almost) 3 year old round!

Here's my first card for August - a birthday card for my Aunty Anne - and I'm feeling quite proud of myself as her birthday isn't until Thursday which is exceedingly organised for me.

I've followed this weeks PollyCraft Sketch - the DP is Pink Petticoat ( a magazine freebie stack) and the image is a Heather Ellis Digi - not sure if you realised I like these stamps as I've only used them one or two (hundred million) times.

Here's my challenge list for this card:

Allsorts - Free and Easy
Creative Inspirations - Summertime
Bunny Zoe - Fun in the Sun
Sundays with Chrissy - Keep It Simple Stamper
Pollycraft - Sketch
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Summertime
For Fun Challenges - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - August Digi Day

And a big hello to my new follower Shannin!

Thanks for looking!

Julie x