Happy Bird-day!!

Evening!

It's my very lovely Mother-in-Laws birthday tomorrow and here's the card I made for her. Tonight I've heard some wonderful news that some friends have had a baby boy so once I've posted this I'm off to my craft centre (read dining room table) to make a lovely new baby card tonight.  

How cute is that bird paper - I'm pretty sure it's a single sheet from Echo Park. The cute charm is from the Ribbon Girl website!

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

Craft Your Passion - Things with Wings
Cupcake Craft - Birds of a Feather
Sassy Cheryl's - Summer
Woopsi Daisy - Things with Wings
My Grafico - Bright Summer Colours
Creative Craft Challenge - Tweet Tweets

Thanks for looking!!

Julie

Morning!!

Actually I'm still in bed and this is a post I scheduled last night as it's my turn to have a lie in this morning.

I haven't posted for ages - partly due to the fact I've been away on holiday with my family which was wonderful, and partly due to a tea cosy and the WI taking over my life.  It was our County Fair this week and I entered a crocheted tea cosy.  I was up until 2am one morning hand stitching about a billion sequins on it!!!!  I didn't win anything but got some good feedback.

I've actually had chance to sit and make some cards today and realised I've really missed it.  Tonight I've been trying out some decopatch and decorated a photo frame, unfortunately I think I may have found a reason to buy even more beautiful paper.

Anyway today is Saturday and it's time for another challenge at Craft Your Days Away.

Today the challenge was set by me and I chose a bingo challenge. I feel ever so important as I get to choose a top three!! Here's the grid, it's a fairly easy one, I hope!! :

This challenge we have a fabulous sponsor:

So here's my card - hope you like it.  I though it was about time I used one of a my faviourite Heather Ellis Images.  The sentiment is a freebie from Birds Card - there are tons of freebies on this site - it's amazing!

I've gone for a line down the centre: Pearls, Ribbon/Lace and Glitter.

Once again though my rubbish photography has let me down as the Designer Paper is covered in glitter and is so lovely and sparkly, as well as a just a bit more glitter round the sentiments and some on the bird just to top it off.

Really hope you can stop by and join in with us this fortnight.

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

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Aud's Sentiments - For a Child's Birthday
Southern Girls - Things with wings (The little bird, plus butterflies on the DP)
Little Miss Muffet - Rainbows, Clouds or Wings (The little bird, plus butterflies on the DP)
Bizzy Becs - Colour

Thanks for looking:

Julie

Sunflowers

Hi,

I'm just stealing a bit of time this afternoon while the children finish their nap - hopefully I'll be able to get this posted before they wake.

I've also been catching up on all the blogs I follow - I seem to have had no time at all recently so have been making up for it this afternoon.

This card is to go into the stash of cards we are putting together for our Woman's Institute members birthdays.

This little cutie is a from Pollycraft, the DP is Dovecraft (Tea Party I think!) and the big sunflower is from some blog candy I won ages ago!  Although just looking at it - I've no idea why I've coloured her shoes blue - I suspect she's been taking fashion tips from my three year old - some of her clothing combinations are a little strange!

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

Lollypop Crafts - Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryls - May Flowers (hope this counts as I have NO idea when sunflowers come out!)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - In the Garden
Paper Sundaes - Ribbons and Pearls
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Mothers Day / Feminine + Ribbon
Little Miss Muffet - May Flowers
Southern Girls - Get Your Girly On

Thanks for looking - hope you've all got something lovely planned for the bank holiday!

Julie xx

Craft Your Days Away - For Children

Happy Saturday!

Hope you've all got something nice planned for the weekend. Today will see me buying some gold wool to crochet a tea cosy - how random!  I've never made one in my life but in a months-ish time it'll be entered to the a competition at the Staffordshire County Show - so no pressure!  How hard can it be?! (Although, I think I may be bitten off more than I can chew here!)

A fabulous new challenge launches today at Craft Your Days Away.

This new challenge is For Children, which is fabulous, even better is our amazing sponsor Bugaboo who are providing a great prize of 7 images (how will you choose?)

So here's my card:

I used an image from Bugaboo called Kidz Boy Balloon, my papers are Gracie Taylor - Playtime, for the denim paper and Papermania - Happy Birthday to You for the lighter paper.  The cupcake is cut with a Marianne Die and I used the world's supply of Glossy Accents on the balloons!

So why not pop over and see the rest of my teamies creations and then play along with us - I can't wait to see what you create!

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

Ladybug Crafts Inc - Birthday Cards

Passion for Promarkers - Cut it Out

Stampin' for the Weekend - Sparkle and Shine

Thanks for looking, hope you all have great weekend!

Julie x

Birthday Boy!

Evening!

Hope you're all good - I love Wednesday's as it's the end of my working week - WOOP WOOP!   I'm especially excited about a trip to The Range this week as I've been led to believe that they have a good craft section!!

Here's a card I made at the weekend for my friend's super-cute little boy Jake - he is one!

This bugaboo image is so cute - I'm going to use this for my little boy's birthday at the beginning of May!

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

Everybody Art Challenge - Card for a Man
The Stamping Boutique - Anything Goes
Saturday Challenge - A Mans Card
Our Creative Corner - Boys and Their Toys
Sketch and Stash - Sketch (New Digi and Seam Binding / Old Papers)

Thanks for looking!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Julie x

Guest Designer - Lexi's Creations

Evening!

A week or so ago I won a guest spot for Lexi's Creations .

Their new challenge is: Use Your Punches and Die Cuts.  I don't have many punches so die cuts it was! (Note to self: Get hold of Husband's Shiny Credit Card to fix this crafting emergency soon!)

Here's my card; the image was very kindly provided by the sponsor of this challenge Fairy Dust Crafts and is called Auri.  

I love this ruffled ribbon - I must get some more (in a range of colours just to be on the safe side) as it looks great!

Why not stop by the Lexi's Creations Blog and play along with us!  Thanks for letting me play along with you!

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

Auds Sentiments - Spring / Summer Colours

Little Claires - Doing the Rounds

Bizzy Becs - Add Some Texture

Thanks for looking!

Julie

(Edited to add challenge links - as I forgot - DUH!)

New Baby Girl

Evening!!

Is anyone else cold??  I'm frozen!

I just wanted to share with you all my first commission ... actually, calling it a commission sounds far to exciting. I was showing off the gift box I made the other week to people at work and one of my colleagues asked if I could make a card for her friend who is having a baby girl. So here it is:

The image is a new digi I bought especially for this card from the DigiStamp Boutique.  I also made a quick and simple tag to match it using the same image and pink scalloped circle as on the card with a quick eyelet and a spare piece of ribbon.

I've gone for some simple paper piecing - my new favourite technique!

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

Pollycraft Monday - Favourite Things (Paper Piecing - my new favourite!)
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - New Beginnings
Do You Stack Up - Ribbons
Saturday Challenge - Ribbons
Sketch N Stash - Free Choice Sketch  (Number 75! + New Digi) -


edited to add:  oops I forgot to add the picture of the sketch I used!! My Bad - sorry!

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Love You!

Afternoon!

Hope your having a good weekend.  Today is the anniversary of my husband and I getting together.  We been together for 12 years now! So I've made him a card,  it was also a chance to use my new circle nesties!

I made the word love out some red wire I had hanging around.

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

Sew Many Cards -  Circles
Pollycraft Monday - Warm it up
Lollipop Crafts - Wing It
Cupcake Craft - All you need is Love
The Pixie Cottage - Love and Kisses
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Allsorts - One or more hearts
Aud Sentiments - Use the Word Love
Di's Digital Designs - Valentines
Digi Stamp Boutique - Customer Competition

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

Time to buy a hat ...

Hi,

Hope you all having a nice weekend!

Some of our friends are getting married in April and although we've known for ages, our invitation came this week - so I made an acceptance card for them.  I sat down just to make a small note card - but I ended up making this!

I picked up some Bazzill jewel templates for half prince in the sales so the bird is made using them.

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

Tuesday Throwdown - Neutral Colours
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch
Do You Stack Up - Patterned Paper
Paper Sundaes - Favourite Challenge - A card with no people (April 2010)
Simply Create Too - Love is in the Air
Southern Girls - White on White

Thanks for looking!

Julie xx

Birthday Cake..

Hi!

Just a quick post from me to share my latest card.  I've used some of my fancy new Marianne dies that I've bought in the last week or two.  I don't have an embossing mat for my Bigshot so I've just been using an embossing tool with the paper still in the die to help create the texture.

I love this paper and the little cake - it's so cute!

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

Cupcake Craft - Something New
Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Challenge
Saturday Challenge - Let Them Eat Cake
Crafty Cardmakers - No Floral Embellishments
Ladybug Challenge - Show Us Your New Stash
Simply Create Too - Layers, Layers and More Layers
Bee Crafty - Celebrations + Balloons

I'd also like to say hello to my new followers: Katrina and Victoria!  I can't seem to see a link to either of your blogs (probably because I'm doing something wrong) - so if you can leave me a comment with your blog address and I'll be over a good old nosy on your blog!

Thanks for Looking!

Julie x

First Card of the new year!

Evening!

So here's my first card for this year.   I'm trying to use up some of my stash as I accidently bought loads of stuff in the sizzix and docrafts sale - oops!  I can't wait for the postie to arrive this week so I can look at it all.  I suspect the only problem will be not knowing where to start!

The friends sentiment was a pain though - it's from a sizzlits strip - but it doesn't cut cleanly or completely.  Although I suspect this is user error - the card may have been a bit thick!

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

Winter Wonderland - Red and White
Pollycraft - Punch It
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle - Anything Goes
If The Shoe Fits - Use your Stash

Hello to my new follower - Sylvie!

Thanks for Looking

Julie x

Grandad

Evening

I'm so full!! I've just got back from my work's Christmas Dinner and it was yummy. I decided to be a bit crazy and not have turkey - but went for Moroccan Lamb instead and a nice chocolate cheesecake for pudding!!

Here's the card I made for my lovely Grandad - he's very old now and not entirely with it - but I'm hoping it cheers him up a bit!

I've used some more of my lovely Dovecraft Paper.

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

Sassy Cheryl's - Snowman with a Die cut
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch / Someone Special
Catch the Bug - Baby It's Cold Outside
Craft Your Days Away - Snowmen
Little Claire's - Family Christmas

Thanks for Looking!

Julie xx

Brrrrrrr!!!

Afternoon!

Is anyone else cold?  I'm sat snuggled on my sofa, covered by a blanket with my fire on full blast willing time to stop then I don't have to go out in the cold to the supermarket!

I hope all your Christmas preparations are going well.  I'm feeling fairly pleased with myself as I've only got 13 cards left to make - mainly for my best friends and family!  However I've run out of gems and pearls so it means a trip to the craft shop at the weekend.  That's never going to end well for the bank balance!

Here's my latest card, I've done a few in this format for speed - just varying the paper and the colour of the snowman's scarf and hat.

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

Pollycraft - Christmas Fun
Tuesdsay Throwdown - Celebrate the season
Freshly Brewed - Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp - Photo Inspiration
One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it Snow
Aud Sentiments - Winter Holiday Sentiments
Crafty Calender - Cold and Frosty
Bizzy Becs - Christmas
Sunday's With Crissy - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Julie x

White Christmas

Evening!

After all the pink of yesterdays Christmas card - tonight I've gone for some white.

After counting up how many cards I still need to make (43!), I dug out some Christmas chippies to speed things up a bit and then added some more felt snowflakes!

I really quite like this layout - so I'll probably make a few more like this!

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

Bunny Zoe - Anything Christmas with Pearls
Simply Create - Love You Bear-ly Much
Woopsie Daisy - Anything Goes for Christmas
Card Patterns - Sketch
Pollycraft Monday - Christmas Fun

Thanks for Looking!

Julie

Baby boy

Crikey - it's been a whole month since I last posted a card.

I've been busy at work, getting outrageously drunk in London to help my beautiful friend celebrate her 30th birthday, as well all the other boring life stuff that gets in the way of doing more interesting things!

I'm massively behind on my Christmas cards so it's going to be a quick post from me today as the children are napping and my challenge is to start (and finish!) a card over the next hour to get me back on track.

Here's a card I made yesterday - a girl who runs one of the toddler groups we go to is due to start maternity leave next week so I've made her a card to say congratulations / good luck as we probably won't see her again until July!

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

DYSU - A splash of blue
One Stop Craft Challenge - Colour Challenge: Blue
Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!  I can't wait to catch up on all your beautiful blogs soon!

Julie x