Judi's Craft Corner

Kissing under the Mistletoe

2011-11-28T19:31:00.000Z

Evening peeps

I thought that today I would finally show you a card I made last week, but just hadn't got around to uploading. The image is from LOTV, and has been coloured with Copics as usual. The paper is from a Bearly Mine digi set, to which I've added a border of dark green card cut with a couple of my new Spellbinder edgeabilities dies, and then topped with some ribbon that I picked up on the local market. The holly leaves and berries are die cut, but I can't remember which company the die is from. Poinsettias are made using my Marianne dies, and I've added stamens which were punched out of coffee filter papers, and then coloured with Distress Ink. A good old sprinkle of Glamour Dust and that about sums this one up. As always I hope you like it.

Judi x

Ho! Ho! Ho!

2011-11-20T21:18:00.001Z

Hi peeps

A few weeks ago I was given a metre of each of my 5 favourite Christmas ribbons by the team at Crafty Ribbons, on the condition that I made two items using the ribbon for them to display on their blog. When the ribbon arrived, I realised that two of them were a LOT wider than I'm used to working with, so struggled quite a bit deciding how best to use them, and this is one of the cards that I came up with. The Santa image is an old one from Magnolia. The 'Wish List' is from Whimsy, and I think the papers are some that I picked up last year from Papermania. I have once again used the MS icicle punch, poor thing's going to be worn out with all the use it's had this winter!

Hope you like it.

Judi x

Would you like to get the template to make this set for FREE???

2011-11-19T19:47:00.000Z

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Judi x

Tash is 40!!

2011-11-18T22:22:00.002Z

Hi there peeps

Today's card was made a few weeks ago for a really great friend's 40th. Obviously I didn't want to show it until after the big event, but while she's off in Canada celebrating I'm left here stuck in bed, so I thought now would be a good time to share it with you.

At the time I made it I was having to spend a LOT of time in bed, and it ended up being a bit of a rush job, so sadly it's not quite as decorative as I'd originally planned, but hopefully she liked it when she opened it on Tuesday.

The image is from LOTV, and as Tash loves her mini and is a 'pink and fluffy' type, I thought it would be just perfect for her. I made the flower absolutely ages ago when experimenting with different techniques one day, and finally this seemed the perfect opportunity to use it. I've also made a little tag which slips into the pocket on the bottom of the easel so that I could write my message on it.

Hope you like it.

Have a GREAT weekend.

Judi x

How about THIS for Blog Candy?

2011-11-14T11:09:00.000Z

Hi all

I guess many of you will have already seen this, but if not, pop over to the Craft Barn to see how you could be in with a chance to win it!

009 - Santa Stop Here!

2011-11-08T20:06:00.001Z

Hi everyone

Today's card is made using an image sent to me by a friend, so I'm afraid I don't know who it's from. Unfortunately, the glitter that I've used on him makes him look a bit weird, but it's fine in real life! The papers are from an old Dovecraft Christmas pack - just love that bright blue. I have of course used my MS icicle punch - BRILLIANT for Christmas cards. I used Nesties for the circles, and then ran the top one through a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The snowflake is a mixture of a couple of dies, sorry, I'm not sure which one comes from where. They've been covered with Glamour Dust, and then I've added a few white pearls. The sentiment is computer generated.

That's it for today peeps.

Hugs

Judi x

Snowmen in stockings???

2011-11-02T21:43:00.000Z

Hi peeps

OK, so he's not really in a stocking, but admit it ....... it made you look, right?

Anyway, some of my longer term followers may remember me making a couple of stocking shaped cards last year - they were a big hit with family and friends, so when I came across the template the other day I figured I'd give it another outing. The snowman is one of my older ones, from Whiff of Joy, I think, although I've just had a peek at their website, and can't find him, so maybe he's been discontinued?? As usual he's been coloured with Copics and given the Glamour Dust treatment. The patterned paper is another digi from Shery K, and because it was a bit 'in your face', I decided to use plain green card for the stocking top, toe, and heel, but hey, it's for Christmas, and Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a little sparkle, so when I'd finished I doodled little patterns all over the green bits with my glue pen, and then sprinkled them with Glamour Dust - MUCH better!! Once again I've given the MS icicle punch an outing, and I made some more poinsettias using my Marianne Creatable dies - love 'em. I then covered the flowers with glossy accents and sprinkled them with Twinklets Diamond Dust - think I might have gone a bit overboard!!! The sentiment is a stamp from the latest Whimsy release, and that's it.

Hope you have a moment to let me know what you think.

Judi x

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

2011-10-27T20:37:00.000+01:00

Hi again peeps

Thanks for dropping by. Today's card features a Santa stamp from Whiff of Joy, he's coloured as always with my Copics, and I'm rather pleased with how well the red came out, as like a lot of people, I do struggle with blending the reds. The papers are digis from Shery K Designs, they seen to have a good selection and great prices. I've once again used the Naughty or Nice stamp from Whimsy which I absolutely love, and the Merry Christmas is from an old HOTP set. Snowflakes cut with various dies, and then topped with a button and bakers twine complete this one. Hope you like it.

Judi x

007 - Tilda's Christmas

2011-10-25T19:31:00.001+01:00

Evening all

Today I thought I'd give a couple of my new Christmas Maggie stamps an outing. I love the image of the open door, and really enjoyed colouring it with my Copics. The background papers are a download from Nitwits. 'Santa's List' is a Whimsy stamp, which I edged with Walnut Stain distress ink, and then lightly went over the edges with 'Old Paper'. The icicle edge is cut with one of my favourite Martha Steward punches, and I've used that pen that gives the puffy snow effect (whose name I still can't remember, lol) around and over the front door. A little bit of ribbon from my stash, and the 25th December stamp from LOTV, and that completes today's effort. Oh, and quite a bit of Glamour Dust which I've added all over the place, lol.

Thanks for looking

Judi x

Christnas Post

2011-10-21T19:30:00.000+01:00

Hi there everyone

Well, you wouldn't believe the problems I had uploading this card to show you! Some of my regular followers may remember that a while ago I had to upload a card side ways on, as for some reason Google kept turning it around? Anyway, the same thing happened with this one, and where previously I had resolved the problem by uploading from Picasa, even Picasa wouldn't play ball this time, and every time I tried, it froze my computer! I tried several times, and oh boy was I getting cross!!! I eventually decided to remove Picasa from my computer altogether, so if anyone else has experienced this problem I would love to hear about it, and if they've been able to resolve it.

Anyway, now that I've finally got it uploaded so that you can see it without getting a crick in your neck, I guess I'd better tell you a bit about how I made it. The image is of course from LOTV, and was coloured with Copics. The background paper is from the Papermania 'Home for Christmas' pad again, and because it's really busy I decided to keep the rest of the card fairly simple, just added a little bit of embossed red card, some lace and a bit of ribbon. The sentiment is a rubber stamp from 'Cats Life Press'. For the ground I used some of that stuff that comes in a pen and you heat it up to make it puffy like real snow - sorry, I'm having a blond moment and can't remember what it's called, lol, while it was still wet I sprinkled it with Glamour Dust, and was quite pleased with the finished result. I hope you like it too.

Have a great weekend, and I hope to be back with another card soon.

Judi x

Festive Frosty

2011-10-10T19:40:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone

Today I have another Christmas card to show you. I've used Molly Bloom's 'Festive Frosty with Tree' stamp, I coloured him with my Copics in as near to the colours shown on the packaging as I could, and am thrilled with the way he's turned out. The papers are from Papermania's 'Home for Christmas' pack, which I've matted on to bright red card stock. The icicles border is an MS punch. The star 'buttons' are a Sizzix die - I cut 5 for each star, glued them together to approximate the thickness of chipboard, and then punched holes in them to make them look like buttons. I then edged them with a white pen, and am again quite pleased with the effect. The ticket is I believe a digital freebie from Bitavin's Blog, although I think I must have downloaded it some time ago, as I can't find it on the blog now. I do hope you like it as much as I do.

Hugs

Judi x

Ain't Love Grand?

2011-10-07T19:46:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Well, I'm home again, after all those lovely weeks in Spain, and would you believe I was lucky enough to have those few days of sunshine when we got back too! Now it's back in at the deep end, and I've somehow got to find a way of getting through the dark winter months, so it's back to my card making and paper crafts.

Today's card is one that a friend asked me to make for her parent's 65th wedding anniversary - Imagine ... 65 years together, how incredible is that? Anyway, the image is a digi from the lovely Mo Manning. I've wanted to use this one for ages and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. The papers are some old ones, donated to me by my lovely friend Tash, so I'm afraid I don't know who they're by, but I do love the pink, cream and brown together. I cut a heart shape out of corrugated cardboard, then covered it in white crackle paint, and edged it with Walnut Stain distress ink, and added a touch of pink distress ink over the white just to soften it a bit. Each of the layers was stitched in place, and then I added some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, printed the sentiment and cut it out with a nestie, then added a couple of bits of ribbon, a pin, and a heart charm from my stash, and that's about it. I do hope you like it.

Hugs

Judi x

Molly's winter coat

2011-09-08T13:06:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Just a quick post before I go off to Spain for another 3 weeks - it's a hard life, but someone's gotta do it, lol.

My card today features Molly Bloom, I'm seriously in love with these stamps, and was lucky enough to meet Claire - the inventor of Molly, and her daughter (Molly) at a demo day in SirStampalot, where I bought this stamp together with several others, all equally gorgeous. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to do papercrafting since I got back from my last holiday, but was quite pleased with this one, which features a new border die, which was a birthday present from my darling daughter. The 'Happy Christmas' ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. I made the poinsettia with my Marianne design dies, and used the Doo Hickey swirl underneath to act like a stem. Behind Molly I've used a piece of paper that I stamped and embossed using my Whimsy music stamp and Wow embossing powders - love 'em! I'm afraid I can't remember the make of the papers but again, I picked them up on my visit to SirStampalot with my lovely friend Tash. I cut the card candy from red card, and then covered it with glossy accents over which I sprinkled fine red glitter, I'm really pleased with the way that they turned out.

Hope you like it, and I'll hopefully be visiting you all again in about 4 or 5 weeks.

Judi x

The Slippery Slope!

2011-08-10T20:12:00.002+01:00

Hi peeps

I managed to get this one finished before my hols, but have scheduled it so that hopefully you'll get to see it while I'm away - no more thinking about Christmas for me for 3 weeks!!

I've used another LOTV image which I coloured with Copics and glittered up with lots of Glamour Dust. The background papers are Bearly Mine Designs and I've used the MS icicle punch for the border. The 'Wish List' is from Whimsy, although this isn't actually a stamped image - it was cut from the packaging which I bought the stamp in - waste not, want not! The sentiment tickets are also from Whimsy. A bit of machine stitching, and some homemade candy, and that's it.

Hope you like it enough to leave a comment, and I'll look forward to catching up with you all when I get back from Spain.

Hugs

Judi x

Christmas Dinner or Dog's Dinner?

2011-08-04T20:12:00.004+01:00

Hi everyone

Thanks for calling by.

Today's card is made with one of the new LOTV Christmas stamps, I just couldn't resist this release and bought six of them, so expect to see them popping up now and again, although I'm off on my hols again on Monday, so you won't be hearing from me for 3 weeks (BIG smiley face!)

Anyway, back to the card - the papers are digis, from Bearly Mine Designs (I think!). The little red snowflake border was an MS punch, the musical paper is stamped with a Whimsy stamp (a pressie from my friend Tasha), and then embossed with WOW embossing powders - I love these for fine detail work. The poinsettias are cut with a Marianne Design die, to which I added punched stamens cut from coffee filter papers and then dyed with distress inks. A little bit of stitching, a sentiment stamped with an old HOTP stamp, a bit of ribbon from my stash, lots of Stickles, and that's about it.

Hope you have time to leave a comment as I love hearing what you think.

Hugs

Judi x

Happy Birthday Liz

2011-07-26T20:13:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Today's card is for a friend of my daughter. She apparently likes a drink (or three), so I thought this image sent to me by a friend would be perfect. The background papers were also a gift, so I'm afraid I don't know who they're by, but I love the pink and brown mix. The image was coloured with Copics, and on checking with my hubby if he thought it was OK, he said he thought I should make her stocking tops a bit darker than the rest of the stocking!! Wonder how he knew that, lol! I lightly distressed the background with 'pumice' distress ink, but made a bit of a boo boo, and got a bit of a dark splodge just under where the girl is sitting, so had to cut into another image, and 'pinch' one of the olives, which I then coloured and stuck over the splodge, hopefully no one will notice, except you guys. The lace is from the load I brought back from Spain (must get some more next time I go), flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts, a bit of Tim Holtz film, and a computer generated sentiment finishes it off.

Hope you have time to leave a comment, as I love to hear from you.

Hugs

Judi xx

Not quite a Red Admiral!

2011-07-20T19:05:00.000+01:00

Evening all

Today's card is for my neighbour who kindly helps us out with watering the garden and feeding the fish when we're on our hols. It's her birthday tomorrow, and I just wanted to make her a card to help show how much we value her. I don't know her VERY well, so it's a bit pot luck as to whether she'll like it, but I do, so I guess I'll have to be happy with that, lol. The black and white spotty paper is from an old Papermania pad (I think), the red and black card is from my basic card stock, and I cut the red circle with a Marianne Design die. The image is Ching Chou Kuik, and I've coloured it with distress inks. I don't think Sue is into 'pretty, pretty' if you know what I mean, so I didn't want to go over the top with flowers, and decided that the black feather with just one small flower was about right. The sentiment was stamped with one of my staples, again from Papermania. A little red homemade card candy for the corners, and that's the lot.

Thanks for looking.

Judi x

Happy Birthday Sis!

2011-07-15T08:14:00.000+01:00

Hi Peeps

Today's card is one that I've made well ahead of time for my sister's birthday in August as I shall be in sunny Spain at the time (HUGE grin!).

My sister is REALLY into gardening, which sounds a bit weird when you think that she lives on a narrow boat, but some time ago she managed to pursuade the guy who owns the marina where they moor to allow her to look after a little bit of rough ground at the side of the canal. You should see it now - beautiful flower beds, lawn, greenhouse and shed!! It's a real improvement on what it used to be I can tell you. Anyway, bearing this in mind I once again decided to make her a garden based card, and this is the result. The image is a freebie that I downloaded at some point from Deedledeedoodles. It's very simple, but I rather liked it. It was coloured with Copics, and I edged it with distress ink. The papers are digis, but off the top of my head I can't remember who by, so if you want to know drop me an email, and I'll find out for you. I made a little ball of garden string to add a bit of texture to the card, and then some ribbon from my stash, and homemade flowers just about complete this one. As always, I'd love to hear what you think.

Judi x

Kenny K

2011-07-07T20:48:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Sorry I'm not posting so many cards at the mo, I've been busy with other projects. However, I bought this stamp at the weekend, and just couldn't wait to get it inked up, and here is the result.

I coloured the image with Copics (managed to run out THREE of my pens, so have had to order refills - not a cheap fix, but at least they do last ages). I'm afraid I don't have a clue whose make the papers are that I've used, as they were a gift from my lovely pal, Tasha a while back. The card is Coredinations which I embossed with a new mask that I got at the weekend, unfortunately it wasn't until I went to sand it down that I realised it hadn't taken the embossing as well as I'd hoped, so you can barely see the design, obviously should have used another shim! The ribbon was originally white seam binding, but I dyed it with Distress Inks, as while back and it just happened to match this project perfectly. A Doo Hickey swirl is just tucked in there, and I used a few diamond shaped eyelets in the corners, which were originally gold, but I changed the colour with my black Copic pen. That's about it for this one.

Hugs, and thanks for looking.

Judi x

A woman's work is never done!

2011-06-27T19:40:00.004+01:00

Hi again

Today I have another LOTV card to show you. This little lady has been sitting in my stash for a while now, but having spent a lot of time in bed of late I've only just got around to giving her an airing. The colours were inspired by the Echo Park pack that I used on my last card - just ADORE bright pink - you should see my nails, lol. Anyway, having coloured my image, I decided it was a bit busy to use patterned papers too, so decided to go with white, but embossed it to add a bit of interest. Once again I've used the technique from my last card on the clouds, and am really happy with it. The flowers are home made by yours truly, and the little dots that I've put in the lower left corner, are just pink and green circles which I punched out and then added some glossy accents to. They make a change from pearls or card candy, and are very effective with the glossy finish. When I was almost finished, I decided that the white background was a bit too plain, so zigzagged it with thread to match the pink card, and was very happy with the outcome. Please feel free to leave a comment letting me know what you think. I always LOVE hearing from you, and DO appreciate the time it takes.

Hugs

Judi x

Peddle for all you're worth!

2011-06-25T18:40:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Hope your weekend has got off to a good start?

Today I would like to share a card I made earlier in the week but have only just got around to photographing. The paper is a pack from Echo Park called Summer Days. It's just great for bright and cheerful kids cards, hence the image I chose to use which is of course from LOTV. I used Copics for the colouring, and was really rather pleased with how the sky turned out, although it does look a tad brighter here than in real life. I tried out the technique after having watched a video on someone's blog, I'm really sorry I can't remember whose, but if you recognise it as your style, and you did the video, let me know and I'll be more than happy to credit you. as I'm very impressed with how simple it was to follow. A bit of stitching, and a sentiment, and that about completes this one. As always, I hope you like it.

Hugs

Judi x

We all use flowers!

2011-06-11T20:22:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Hope you've enjoyed the weekend so far?

Today I would like to share a card that I made with a flower stamp that I bought a while back in a set from JustRite, called 'Plant a little love'. We all seem to use flowers on our cards, but few of us actually use flower stamps, so I thought I'd try and use both. I love the way that some hydrangeas turn blue, so figured these papers from the Wild Rose Studio set 'Lilac Mist' would be perfect. The flower was coloured with Copics, and then I used the same colours to tint the flowers which I made using coffee filter papers. I used an MS punch for the border, and a nestabilities tag die for the sentiment. Ribbon and charm from my stash.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

I'm BACK!

2011-06-07T19:34:00.008+01:00

Hi peeps,

I'm back from my hols, and having been home for a week can hardly remember what it was like to spend every day soaking up the sun, and reading, punctuated with the occasional swim!!

Since I got back I've been suffering with the migraines again, which is a bit annoying although it would have been worse if I'd had them while I was away, although I was daft enough to spend a bit too much time pottering in the garden one afternoon, and although it was a bit cloudy, still managed to give myself sunstroke!!

Anyway, I'm now back in the old routine, and this is my first card. I ordered this stamp from Sweet Pea in the US before I went away, and was chuffed to find it here waiting for me upon my return, so at the first opportunity got it inked up. The card turned out TOTALLY different to what I initially visualised, as I'd planned on using pink papers, but once I'd coloured her in, I felt that she looked a bit insipid against the pink, but really jumped out at me from the khaki coloured papers, which I think came from a Paper Cellar pack?? I was really pleased to grab some of this gorgeous lace VERY cheaply from a Spanish market that I visited - I went looking for flip flops and handbags, and came away with lace, lol. The pearl swirl I made myself, as I was too tight to buy some, lol, but having seen how much work goes into it, I can see why they tend to be a bit pricey. Still I enjoyed fiddling around with it, so may well do some more.

Hope you like it, and if you have time to leave a comment, it would as always, be MUCH appreciated.

Hugs

Judi x

Teddy Bea makes music!

2011-05-19T19:48:00.003+01:00

Hi peeps

Today's card was made in a bit of rush, as I've been getting ready for my hols this week - we're off to our place in Spain for a few days. Anyway, I suddenly realised that I needed to make a card for a lady who teaches music before I leave, so having done a quick search for a suitable image I came across this FABULOUS Teddy Bea, and just knew that it would be perfect. I coloured Bea with my Copics, stitched all the papers together (Nitwits again), added a ticket sentiment, and a small musical instrument charm, together with a bit of ribbon from my stash, and that's about it. Oh, nearly forgot to mention the star, which I cut with a new die, purchased via Ebay only yesterday teatime, and it arrived this morning, how's that for service!!!!

Obviously you won't be seeing me on blogger for a couple of weeks, but I hope you won't forget me during that time.

Hugs to all

Judi x

Molly's Growing up!!

2011-05-16T18:43:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps

Today is my youngest granddaughter's 5th birthday. I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by, and as her mum doesn't plan on having any more it looks like I'll have to wait to become a Great Grandma before I get a regular cuddle of a baby now, boo hoo!

Anyway, the reason I thought I'd share these pics is that I wanted to show how much the little Bildmalarna girl on the gift box that I made looks like our Molly (bottom pic). I also thought I'd show her with her card - you'll notice how she's so used to posing for Nana and her camera, lol. The other pic I thought you might like to see is her wonderful new Hannah Montana shoes - I'd have killed for those when I was a kid!!!

Hope your week has started off well - mine has!

Hugs

Judi x

Another 'MAN' card!

2011-05-13T20:52:00.001+01:00

Hi again

The other day I bought a set of the new Papermania Nostalgia car stamps. If you're a member of the Docraft forum you may have seen the thread about them, and be aware that there was a problem with the mini cooper in the set. Anyway, my main reason for buying them was the vintage car, so having discovered that I had one of the faulty sets I took it back and swapped it for a set by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions which included this image, which I actually like even better. I've come to the conclusion that one of the reasons I usually struggle with men's cards is that I try to put too much on them, so this time I decided right at the start to keep it simple and this one came together really quickly - result! I stamped the image with a dark brown ink and decided that it looked a bit stark on basic white, so stamped a part of a scroll stamp around the edges, and then smudged it with my finger to create a more 'vintage' frame. The cogs are a BIGZ die which I love for men's cards. I crackle glazed one of them to add a bit of texture, and added some eyelets with the aid of my crop-a-dile to the other one. I really like this tool as it makes it just so easy to fix eyelets in place - so much so, that I added some more to the corners of the brown card which I embossed in the Big Shot (sorry can't remember whose embossing folder it is). The birthday sentiment was in my stash, and I added the 'wishes' whose letters were stamped individually, and then given the same 'smudge' treatment as the frame. I think that about sums it up.

As always, I hope you like it, and thanks for visiting.

Judi x

Wish I looked like this!

2011-05-11T19:30:00.003+01:00

Hi there

Today's card features one of my favourite stamps - it's by Hannah Lynn for Crafts And Me, and is called Vanessa. The background papers are from a new set I bought when Nitwits had their sale on last weekend, it's called 'Promises'. I finally got around to using some of my Tim Holtz film tape, and the flowers are all home made, as is the pearl swirl. The sentiment is a stamp, but I'm afraid I can't remember who it's by. There are a couple of Spellbinder swirls in there which you can just see poking out from behind the flowers, and I chalked them to all a bit more texture. The papers have all been stitched into place, and I've added a fair amount of stickles to the flowers, and around the sentiment, although it doesn't show up much there.

I hope you like it.

Judi x

Time for a bit of SUNSHINE!

2011-05-08T20:00:00.006+01:00

Hi again friends

I thought maybe you would be getting bored with me making Christmas cards now, (I was, lol), so I figured it was time to bring a bit of sunshine into my cardmaking. The image is an Elizabeth Bell (I think), I haven't used it for ages, so I thought I'd give her an outing. The card and gingham papers were dug out of my bits and pieces folder - I thought it was about time I used up a few odds and ends!! The image was stamped and then masked so that I could add the background (a Magnolia Stamp). I then coloured it with distress inks, and am particularly pleased with the way the sky turned out. A bit of lace, some ribbon, and some homemade flowers, together with a sentiment stamp from Lynn at Crafts 4 you, and that's all there is to it.

I hope you've enjoyed my little bit of sunshine.

Hugs

Judi x

It's getting nearer!!!

2011-05-01T19:20:00.003+01:00

Hi there everyone

You might note from the title that I'm still aiming to be more prepared for Christmas this year, lol. This time I've used a snowman from Funkykits (I think). I've kept this card quite simple as the image is pretty large. Once again the Copics have come out to colour him in, and I've finally used some Kraft card that I bought ages ago, and then forgot about!!! I punched around the edge of my white paper with a Martha Stewart punch, then thought it still looked a bit plain, so ran it through my Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder to give it a bit more texture. I then added a bit of corrugated card that came as packing with a craft order one day (got to recycle!). Once again, I designed the ticket sentiment on my computer and then cut it out with my trusty ticket die from Whimsy. The snowflake is a large Marianne die, and the small snowflake is the much used Martha Stewart punch. A good sprinkle of Glamour Dust, and that's about all there is to it.

Please feel free to leave me a comment if you have time.

Judi x

PS After posting, I had to chuckle - I'm busy making Christmas cards, but have just changed my blog background to a summer theme - how contrary am I? lol

WARM Christmas Wishes!!

2011-04-24T20:46:00.001+01:00

Hi ya

Well, I hope you're all enjoying the warm Easter weekend, hasn't it been lovely?

Anyway, I warned you the other day that I'm in Christmas mode (I KNOW I'm weird, lol), so here's my latest attempt.

The image is a digi from The Greeting Farm, I think it's called Autumn Anya, but I figured being all wrapped up in her scarf it would do for Christmas too. The patterned paper is also a digi, and is from a set by Donna at Bearly Mine Designs, called Christmas Fun. I made some plain paper in a dark shade of purple to blend with the DP and the Copic colours that I used to colour my image. I've also used a Fiskars snowflake border punch, a Doo Hickey die for the swirl and a heart shaped doily from my stash. The DP is stitched in place with zigzag stitching, and I designed the ticket stamp on the computer, then cut it out with my lovely die from Whimsy - love these, they release SO easily.

Hope you like it.

Hugs

Judi xx

Christmas IS coming!!

2011-04-21T19:24:00.001+01:00

Ha! Ha! Bet that title got ya going, especially as the weather is so GORGEOUS here in the UK at the moment. My hubby thinks I'm barmy making Christmas cards when spring/summer is just on it's way, but I did PROMISE myself I'd get ahead this year, and up until now have only made one card - which is just not good enough, lol.

Anyway, today's card features a little lovely from LOTV. I coloured her pre-Christmas 2010, but just never got around to making her into a card, so when I came across her the other day, it was just the spur I needed to get stuck in. The papers are actually from a freebie pad that I got with a magazine a couple of years ago. I've then backed them with plain red, and white card - whoops! Don't know how I've suddenly gone all italics, lol. The doily is my new one from Cheery Lynn, I think you'll be seeing a lot of it!! There's a bit of white border cut with a Doo Hickey die. Snowflakes are Marianne D and Martha Stewart. Ribbon from stash, and that's about it really.

Hope I've maybe inspired one or two of you to start a bit of forward thinking??

Hugs

Judi xx

Daydreaming!

2011-04-14T19:08:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps

It seems ages since I had something new to show you, but to be honest in between whiles I had to make one of the dreaded 'man' cards, and as it wasn't really anything exciting I decided not to bother putting it on the blog. I've also been suffering from a lot of migraine headaches lately, so what with that and my back, my crafting time has been even more curtailed! Still, never mind, off to see the doc tomorrow as I think the headaches could be caused by the drugs I take for my back - let's hope he can help!

Anyway, onto the card. I'm rather pleased with this one, as I LOVE this bright pink colour - anyone who knows me will tell you I wear it all the time, lol. The gorgeous image is by Elizabeth Bell and is one of the recently released 'Little Peekers' range - I got mine from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie - brilliant service!! The papers are Dovecrafts - Back to Basics 2 - a lovely selection of stripes and spots in all sorts of gorgeous bright and pale colours - REALLY good value for money! The doily is a die cut which I made with my new die from Cheery Lynn. I have to say that for a VERY intricate design, this die cuts BEAUTIFULLY! I'd highly recommend it. The image is coloured with Copics, and cut out with Nesties, as are the hearts tucked behind it. The flower is homemade, and the leaves were done with an MS punch. I boobed, and glued the image a little higher than I'd planned, thus throwing the balance of the whole card out of kilter, but after a bit of faffing around, I added the three black candies (home made of course, lol), and the little strip of black underneath it, just draws the eye back where I wanted it to be.

I do hope you like it, and as always would love it if you have time to leave a comment for me, as when I'm stuck in bed, and log in, to find you girls have been thinking of me, it really makes my day!

Hugs

Judi x

My latest Tilda card

2011-04-01T20:24:00.001+01:00

Evening all

Today's card is made using the latest additions to my Magnolia stamp collection - 'Tilda with flower pot', and 'stone path'. Having done a bit of masking on my last card I bought both of these stamps with that in mind, and am really pleased with the way this card turned out. The DP is from a set by Wild Rose Studio called 'Lilac Mist', which matched well with some plain card in my stash. The little border peeping out is a Doo Hickey die, the lace is from Hobbycraft. Sentiment is from Whimsy and the little dragonfly (bottom left) is also a Doo Hickey die cut which I cut out twice, once in mauve and once in white, I then glued them together to add a bit of dimension and finished off with a couple of pearls. Unfortunately, I found a little glue splodge on the outer matt (plain mauve), so a little bit of doodling with the Quickie Glue pen, and a sprinkle of Glamour Dust, and voila, no more splodge!!

Hope you like it.

Have a great weekend.

Judi x

My first Rocka card!

2011-03-30T19:08:00.003+01:00

Hi peeps

Today I'd like to show you my very first Rocka card, it's made using a Teddy Bea digital image. I just fancied doing something a little different, and this is what I came up with. I masked Teddy Bea, and then stamped a Magnolia fence behind her. I'm afraid I don't know who the papers are by, as they were in the great big pile that my friend Tash passed onto me, when she realised she had way too much stash, but there were two that seemed to go together, one stripes and one flowers, so I cut out the flowers to make the perfect matching embellishments for the stripey paper. I added a few pale blue pearls to add a bit of extra dimension, and that's about all there is to it.

As always I'd be grateful for your comments.

Hugs to all

Judi x

Something for the Gents!

2011-03-28T19:27:00.001+01:00

Evenin' all

Todays card uses a beautiful vintage car stamp from Wild Rose Studio. It's quite a large stamp, so I've used a 5 x 7 card for a change - oh boy, do I find it hard to get away from the squares, lol. Once again I decided to make my own background papers using distress inks, this time in green, although it looks more brown on my monitor. The stamps I used in the background are all about travel, although I can't remember at the moment, whose make they are. The 'Not over the hill' sentiment is a stamp from a Kanban set, and then other than that, with it being a card aimed at the male species, I decided to keep it simple - they just can't cope with anything else, lol.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

What a 'Tweetie'!

2011-03-23T19:26:00.002Z

Hi peeps

Todays card features two Whiff of Joy stamps. I haven't done any masking for absolutely AGES, but suddenly the fit took me, and you know how it is?? LOL. For the life of me I can't remember who the papers are by, could be Basic Grey, but I'm not really sure. The image is coloured with distress inks - my favourite medium of the moment. The flowers are handmade using a variety of punches and die cut flower shapes, and the leaves are an MS punch. That's about it really.

Please leave a comment if you have time, as I love hearing from you.

Hugs

Judi x

Pretty in purple

2011-03-13T19:46:00.001Z

Hi everyone

Today's card has actually taken me 4 days to get finished!! I know a lot of you ladies knock up a card in an hour or so, but I simply can't do that! I think it's because when my back pain is niggling I just can't concentrate properly, but having made this one from scratch - including the paper, I'm rather pleased with the finished article. As I said, I made the paper myself, using a versacolour ink pad in a shade that I love. I used it in a similar way to distress inks - splodged it on my heatproof mat, added a spritz of water, and then wiped my paper over it in various directions. I then stamped over it with a set of clock based stamps - sorry, I can't remember who they're by, and a music score stamp from Whimsy. The 'Wishes' stamp is also from Whimsy, and I cut it out using the matching die - I'm loving these! The flower is made with some matching purple card, and a layer cut from my dp. Ribbon is seam binding which I've dyed by spritzing with distress ink mixed with water, and the little tag was punched, and then I stamped the sentiment on, again using the matching ink pad. Ooops! Sorry, I forgot to mention that the image I've used is a Ching Chou Kuik from Crafts & Me, called Midnight Waiting, and I've again coloured it with Distress Inks - I'm really into these now.

Hope you like it, and have all had a wonderful weekend with hopefully a bit of crafting time.

Hugs

Judi x

Have you visited .....

2011-03-12T12:50:00.000Z

Hi there peeps

Have you visited Angelwood's Crafting Corner lately? If not, you might just want to pop over there NOW as Angela is offering not one, not two, but THREE lots of FABULOUS candy. Just take a peek at the pictures below, that is if you're still here, lol.

Meanwhile, hope you're having a great weekend.

Judi x

Molly's Card

2011-03-08T19:43:00.001Z

Hi peeps

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, we've been decorating .......... need I say more!!! Then of course I had to pay for my efforts and spent a few days nursing my back, so barely got to visit the craft room.

Anyway, today's card was made with no particular recipient in mind, but then when it was almost finished the little Bildmalarna girl reminded me so much of my youngest granddaughter that I decided to keep it for her birthday in May, and put her name on it accordingly.

I'm really loving making these shaped cards which are all cut using my Grand Caliber and XXL Go Create dies. I'm afraid I can't remember the name of the papers I've used, but the balloons were created using my new Whimsy dies, which I then stamped a sentiment on. I really LOVE the Whimsy dies, as they're so easy to release your paper / card from, unlike some that I own. The flowers were all handmade by yours truly, leaves are a Doo Hickey die, and the butterflies are all Martha Stewart punches.

Hope you like it, and as always, many thanks for taking the trouble to visit my blog, and for any comments you might care to leave.

Hugs

Judi x

Vintage Plonk??

2011-02-25T19:41:00.002Z

Evening all

Today I have something to show you which is most unlike me!! As you will know if you're a regular follower, I've been dabbling a bit with Distress Inks recently, and so I thought I'd try something a bit more suitable for a man's card and see what I could come up with. I'm amazed to say that I really like the finished product, which will encourage me to explore this medium a bit more. The stamps are from a Vintage set by Sam Poole which I believe are called 'Wine Label'. I made all of the papers on this card. I distressed the edges with walnut stain, then randomly stamped various images from the set over the bottom paper. The printed paper was done with a stamp from an old HOTP set. The bottle and glass were both coated with UTEE, then I put the bottle in the freezer for a few minutes, before cracking it to give it a really 'aged' effect. As always, I hope you like it, and look forward to hear your thoughts if you have time to leave a comment.

Hugs

Judi x

2011-02-20T21:51:00.003Z

Hi there peeps

This is the first card I've made in what seems like ages, that I didn't feel under pressure about - ie., it's not for any particular occasion, I made it just for the fun of it, and I'm REALLY pleased with how it turned out.

The image is called Vanessa and is from Crafts and Me. I cut out the base card using one of my XXL Go Create dies. Because you need to leave a little bit of the card uncut so that the card holds together it rather spoils the shape, so I then cut the shape one more time in white card, which I then coloured and stamped with Distress Inks to give me my background. After this I stamped it again with the edge of a stamp from Stempelglede , and glued it to the card base. I cut the same shape in a smaller size, and then coloured that with the same Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet), then stamped it with a text stamp from HOTP which I've had for ages. The torn newspaper effect paper is a stamp from Whimsy and you can get it from Quixotic Paperie. I distressed the edges of everything with Walnut Stain, then added a strip that I'd punched with my newest MS punch. There are a couple of hearts on there cut with Nesties, the large dragonflies are a Magnolia Doo Hickey die, and the small one is another MS punch. Flowers from WOC.

I hope you all like it as much as I do.

Hugs

Judi

Flapper Girl

2011-02-16T19:01:00.001Z

Hi again fellow craft addicts

Today's card features 'Flapper Girl Melody', a stamp which I bought from Crafts & Me at Stamperama. What a lovely image it is, and so nice to colour with the distress inks. I also got the papers from them at the show, they are by Memory Box, and are (I think), called Gossamer. I backed all the patterned papers with dark brown card stock, and then added the swirl (Doo Hickey die), a couple of ticket sentiments which I did on the computer, and the flower, folded down the corner, and backed it with a matching paper, and hey presto!

Feel free to leave your comments, good or bad.

Hugs

Judi x

A Special Day

2011-02-15T11:34:00.001Z

Hi peeps

I made this card having been inspired by some beautiful work done by Camilla one of my favourite crafters. I'd forgotten about this lovely stamp from Ching Chou Kuik which had been lurking in my drawer for some time, so got it out and gave it the distress ink treatment. I was a bit unsure about colouring the background, but I think it came out quite well in the end, and that's boosted my confidence a bit. Sorry I've forgotten who the papers are by. The stamp is from LOTV (I think), and the ribbon is seam binding which I've dyed with distress ink to match my colouring.

Hope you have time to leave me a comment as I love to hear your thoughts on my work.

Hugs

Judi x

2011-02-12T18:22:00.003Z

Hi again

Today I'm going to show you Paul's birthday card which I mentioned yesterday. I spent ages faffing with this. I seemed to have so many conflicting ideas, and I couldn't get anything to come together, so in the end I put it all away and started from scratch. I loved this paper which is one in a pile of freebies kindly given to me by my wonderful crafty friend Tasha last year. The image is from Digi Stamp Boutique, and really sums up my darling hubby!!! He likes a drop of beer, loves to read his paper, and really enjoys a snooze at ANY time, lol. As you can see, what I came up with in the end was SO simple, that I couldn't believe I'd fretted so much, but I guess it was a case of I tried too hard, because I wanted to make it special.

Hope you have time to stop and let me know what you think.

Judi x

Happy Anniversary

2011-02-11T18:11:00.002Z

Hi all,

Today I'd like to share a card that I made for my hubby. It was our 12th Anniversary last Thursday, not to mention Paul's 50th birthday - I married him on his birthday so that he couldn't forget our anniversary, lol. As you all know, men's cards are notoriously difficult to make, and I struggled with this one and his birthday card, but he seemed pleased, so that's the main thing.

Anyway, the image is a digi from Bizzy Becs, I loved it the minute I saw it, and it seemed to fit the bill here. Papers are Basic Grey (I think!!!) Image was coloured with copics, and the sentiment was computer generated. The hearts were cut with Nesties, and then I added a few little dots of the matching papers to add a bit of extra interest. Hope you like it.

Judi x

A Splash of colour

2011-02-08T09:52:00.001Z

Hi peeps

I had meant to post this card before going away for the weekend, but Blogger was messing around and uploaded it sideways again! Well, not being a person to be easily foiled, I've done some research and finally found out how to fix this problem, apparently it is quite common in pics taken with Canon cameras - typical!!

Anyway, I decided for a change to drag out some of my flower stamps, and particularly like this poppy from Justrite stamps. The background is again one that I've made myself, using a Clarity feather stamp - this one is REALLY versatile. I used an MS border punch and my new favourite Nestie set (a gift from my lovely hubby at Christmas). The sentiment was computer generated, and the lovely double sided satin ribbon came from my stash. Hope you like it.

Judi x

Tilda plays Cupid

2011-02-01T15:07:00.002Z

Hi again people

As you will see on my card today I've been practising my colouring with distress inks. I think I've found a better paint brush to use, and would you believe it's a really CHEAP one, I pinched it out of the grandkid's craft box, just to try, and it seems much better than the more expensive one that I used last time - this one cost 50 pence! I made the main background paper myself, again using distress inks - yep, I'm beginning to think I'm hooked!!! All I did was blend three different colours, just to take the whiteness out of the paper, and then I stamped over the top with an old wood mounted leaf stamp in a random design, and was very pleased with the finished article. I then added a small piece of paper from a Basic Grey kit, and a doily cut with a Marianne Creatable die, which I again distressed around the edges to take away the white. Tilda was stamped with Versafine, and then coloured with the distress inks. I can't believe how few colours you need for this technique, unlike with my Copics. The sentiment was computer generated, and then glued behind a cut out which I made using my new Cricut machine. A bit of stitching, a couple of die cut corners, and some home made card candy, and that completes this one.

Hope you have time to leave a comment, as I love to hear what you think.

Hugs

Judi x

Distressed Tilda - Card No. 100

2011-01-28T15:07:00.002Z

Hi there peeps

Today I have my second Christmas card of the year for you, and this time it's a Tilda card. In making this one, I've done something really unusual .......... I've used Distress Inks instead of Copics to colour with!! Shocked or what, lol? I greatly admire the Scandinavian style of colouring, and tried to emulate this, but it's going to take a LOT of practice before I'm truly happy with it. The papers are an old set from Dovecraft (I think). The tag tucked behind Tilda is a Magnolia Doo Hickey die, which I've stamped with a Whimsy Winter Letter Seal. The little 25th December button is a stamp that I think I bought from LOTV, but can't find them on their website, so I might be mistaken about that. A bit of corrugated card which I've slapped some white paint on and then distressed, a snowflake, and that's about it.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

Oooh-er!!

2011-01-23T14:17:00.002Z

Hi there peeps

I know it's been a long time since I posted so maybe Blogger is sulking, 'cos although the pic of this card is actually the right way up in my file, each time I've uploaded it to post, blogger has turned it side ways, so sorry if you get a crick in your neck looking at it, LOL!!

Anyway, today is my darling daughter's 32nd birthday, where, oh where do the years go!! As you will gather from the front of the card, she is a complete shoe-aholic, and so when I saw these FAB digi images at Digi Doodle Shop, I just had to get them! I coloured them in the wackiest colours I could think of, (Copics of course), and then coated parts of them with Glossy Accents. I was really pleased with the finished effect, and more to the point, so was she when she opened it this morning. I will try an turn the pic round, but this will have to do for now.

Hope you like it, and are all having a great weekend.

Hugs

Judi x

Shaped Card Information

2011-01-07T11:21:00.000Z

Hi there

Edna asked after my last post about the shape of the card. It was cut with a Go Kreate Card Making die which my hubby tells me he bought from Click on Crafts. It's a special die with little slots that you line up with the edge of your folded card, and with a couple of runs through my Big Shot it cuts through the double layer leaving two little tabs which stop the card from falling apart - hopefully this makes sense? When he bought it, you could buy these dies individually and mine was the 6" one, but you can still buy the set of two sizes (6 x 6 and 5 x 5) here.
As I didn't have any other Go Kreate dies at the time, (a matter which I've since rectified, lol), I simply drew around the inner side of the die, and cut round it to give me my second layer. Hope this answers your questions Edna.

Hugs

Judi x

First Christmas card of 2011

2011-01-06T19:05:00.001Z

Hi again

Today's card is my first Christmas card for 2011 - yes, I know, I've started early, but having got SO behind in 2010 I thought I'd start the way I mean to go on, and make a few Christmas cards each month - bet it doesn't last, lol.

The gold backing paper was a gift absolutely ages ago, so I have no idea where it came from. The music paper however, is a different story - my LOVELY friend Tash, kindly gave me this fabulous stamp from Whimsy as part of my Christmas present - I think it's one of those that I'm going to use LOADS!! (Thanks again, Tash). I embossed it with WOW embossing powder - the first time I've used this stuff, and it's BRILLIANT! Note to self: get some more in different colours. The little gold seal was made with a Papermania seal set that I bought in the sales LAST year, but didn't get around to using in 2010, as it was one of those things that needs a bit of practice to get the hang of, and I just didn't seem to have the time. However, I'm really pleased with it now that I've mastered it, so expect to see it cropping up a lot on Christmas cards for this year. Just as an aside, can anyone tell me, do I have to use the wax sticks from the set, or would any other candle wax work just as well???? The image is of course LOTV. The flowers are die cut with Marianne Creatables poinsettia dies. The leaves are an MS punch, and the tiny gold spirally bits are wire - I bought a couple of bags (one gold, one silver) from a cheapy shop just before Christmas, just liked the look of them, but didn't realise they were actually very fine wire - thought they were a sort of tinsel, but when stretched out they're great for adding a little something extra to a card - not bad at 50p for a huge bag full! All the white papers were distressed lightly, and then I added Stickles in gold around the edge of the gold paper to add a bit more dimension. Oh, nearly forgot to say - the card was cut with a new Go Kreate die which once again my LOVELY hubby bought me for Christmas - I love it!!

Do let me know what you think, if you have time.

Hugs

Judi x

Baby Girl Card

2011-01-05T09:41:00.002Z

Hi there peeps

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, like everyone else I was busy over Christmas and then spent several days re-organising my craft room. I really had had enough of not being able to find things, especially my stamps!! I already had some of those plastic trolleys, but they just weren't enough, so I bought 3 more to add to my collection, and then persuaded my darling hubby to let me put up a long shelf and a pole to store some of my many MS punches - I still have 3 drawers full - not ALL MS!!

As you can see (photo below), it now looks VERY tidy, and apart from my work table, it still looks the same a week later!! It really does work, although I still have to organise and catalogue my acrylic stamps, wood mounted stamps, and unmounted stamps!! The CD cases on the shelf contain all my EZ mounted stamps which I've catalogued and numbered, so that I can lay my hands on the stamp in seconds - BRILLIANT, right?

Anyway, the card today was made for my daughter's best friend, whose baby is due any day. I absolutely adore the image which is a digi from Digi Doodle Shop (they have a 50% off sale at the moment, so get on over and take a look). The gingham paper is a digi freebie, courtesy of Bev at All The Things I Love (scroll down the side bar on the right for the link). The other papers are from a discontinued digi set. Border is a NEW MS punch which my hubby bought me for Christmas - now on my new pole. The leaves are Marianne Creatables (again from Hubby - bless him!), and the flowers are other punches, sorry, I can't remember which ones. Sentiment was computer generated.

I hope you like it, and that it's not too late to wish you all a VERY happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

Hugs

Judi x

A SEMI retirement card!!

2010-12-20T19:30:00.001Z

Well, hopefully you're all nearly ready for Christmas now, as it's almost upon us.

Today I have a non-Christmas card to show you. A friend asked if I could make a card for a lady who is going into semi-retirement, after years as a high flying business woman, and this is what I came up with. The stamp was a FREEBIE from the wonderful Mo Manning, which I've been itching to use for ages, but just haven't gotten around to it, so this seemed the perfect opportunity. The papers are I think from Basic Grey. The ticket was computer generated, and then cut out with my new ticket die from Whimsy - it's BRILLIANT! The flowers and candy dots are home made, oh, and I nearly forgot the little bit of border just poking through under the ticket, which was cut with an MS punch.

If you can spare a minute at the busiest time of year to leave a comment I would love to hear what you think of my creation.

Hugs

Judi xx

Tilda gets her Christmas Tree

2010-12-19T19:23:00.001Z

Hi again peeps

This time I would like to show you a card I've made for my middle Granddaughter. She loves Tilda, so it simply had to be something with her on. I bought the background stamp last winter with a view to using my Tilda and Edwin skating stamps, but thought it made quite a nice background for 'Tilda with Christmas Fir'. A few snowflakes, and a computer generated sentiment complete this one, oh, and of course LOTS of Glamour Dust!

Hope you have time to let me know what you think.

Judi x

Mimo in the snow

2010-12-18T14:22:00.000Z

Afternoon all

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days, like the rest of you I've been busy with all the pre-Christmas preparations. Anyway, today I would like to share a card that I've made using a couple of stamps from Bildmalarna. I stamped Mimo, then masked her to put in the fence - first time I've done this in a while. The image is of course coloured with my copics. I then added a piece of dark blue shimmery paper to give the feeling of a night sky. I then ripped a piece of white paper and glittered it with Glamour dust to give the background snow. The paper is from the Christmas Dreams digital set at Bearly Mine. Snowflakes - large die from Marianne Designs - Small - MS punch. The sentiment is a new one from Whimsy, and the ribbon from my stash.

Hope you like it.

Warm hugs to you all.

Judi x

Howdy Pardner!

2010-12-09T13:24:00.000Z

Hi peeps

Sorry for the lack of posting recently, like everyone, I've been busy with Christmas preparations, that is when I've not been stuck in bed - grrrr!! I do try to keep smiling, but boy does it get difficult sometimes!

Anyway, this card is for my nextdoor neighbour's birthday. He used to play guitar as a youngster, so when my friend sent me some images a while back I figured this might be just the job for yet another tricky man's card. I don't think the lighting does this card justice, but it's tricky getting it right on winter days. The papers I've used are Basic Grey, and I believe the image is is a digi from Digi Doodle Shop.

Hope you like it.

Judi x

What a Cutie!!

2010-11-26T20:33:00.000Z

Hi again

For today's card I've used an image from Belles & Whistles called 'Little Eden', which I was lucky enough to win in a blog hop a while back. The paper is if I remember correctly from Papermania, although once again I can't remember the name of the set - honestly, this gettin' old business is no joke!!

I've kept it pretty simple with just a little matting, and layering, with everything stitched in place - I've really gotten into using the machine on my cards lately. The butterfly is an MS punch, I cut two and layered them, then gave them the Glamour Dust treatment. The sentiment is computer generated, and the ribbon is from my stash.

That's all for now folks, so I'll wish you a great weekend, and hope we can all manage to keep warm!!

Hugs

Judi x

Baby Girl - Pink Christmas

2010-11-24T18:46:00.000Z

Hi there

Today's card uses yet another image from the delightful Mo Manning. As I made it a few days ago, and have an AWFUL memory due to old age setting in (lol), I can't remember who the papers are from, but I do know they're digitals. The poinsettia was cut using Marianne Design small poinsettia dies, I then cut some leaves with the lovely MS leaf punch, and put a snowflake, again made with one of Mariannes dies underneath. All was then thoroughly tarted up with Glamour Dust. A bit of stitching, a computer generated sentiment, and that about sums it up.

Hugs

Judi

Sexy Santa!

2010-11-20T20:18:00.000Z

Hi everyone, hope your weekend has got off to a good start.

Today I've got another one of Kenny K's fab images that I've made into a Christmas card for the boys. It's all pretty self explanatory, other than to say that I'm quite chuffed with myself for making the ticket sentiment. The words for it were borrowed from 'One Happy Little Crafters' blog, Lisa very kindly is offering this and some other ticket sentiments as a FREE download, but unfortunately I couldn't get mine to print properly, so decided to try and create one the same - the good thing about this is that I can now print it in any colour I like, and having worked out how to achieve the ticket, I can add any words I want, so many thanks for getting me started Lisa.

As always, hope you like it.

Hugs

Judi x

Baby boy's Christmas

2010-11-18T19:12:00.000Z

Hi again

Today's card uses another Mo image, this time it's 'I even like the box'. I'm really quite pleased with the way this one turned out. Hope you like it too.

Hugs

Judi x

Football Mad!

2010-11-17T17:32:00.002Z

Hi everyone

Today I'd like to show you a card that I made for a 30th birthday. The guy it's for is football mad, so I thought this image from Mo Manning would be perfect.

As always, I'd love to hear what you think.

Judi x

Tasha's Birthday Card

2010-11-15T16:57:00.001Z

Hi there peeps

Today I would like to share a card that I made for my friend's birthday. The image is one from Mo Manning, and reminded me of my friend the minute that I saw it, and would you believe that they're both called TASHA!!! My friend of course isn't only 2 years old, and thank goodness I've never seen her have a tantrum, but I bet when she does, she looks just like this, lol. To add insult to injury the papers that I've used on the card are some of an enormous pile that Tash gave me earlier this year because she didn't like them any more!! Talk about getting your own back, lol.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the white border, Nesties for all the shapes, and with a couple of homemade flowers and a bit of stitching that's about it.

Hope you like it

Judi

Tinkerbell Bag Card

2010-11-14T15:47:00.000Z

Afternoon all,

Hope you’ve had a good weekend so far.

Today I would like to show you another card that I’ve made using my home made bag template. A friend requested this card for a 30 year old girl /woman who apparently loves Tinkerbell. I had to check in the end whether she actually meant Tinkerbell the fairy, or whether there was some new trend out there that had passed me by, lol.

Anyway, I started off with a piece of plain black card, and decided to add some texture with a bit of clear embossing. I then used an MS punch for the purple border, and topped it with some shiny black card that I ran through my crimper. The image of Tinkerbell was downloaded from the internet and coloured with Copics, (hope I haven’t broken any laws, it was a colouring page, so fingers crossed it’s OK??) I then added a couple of handmade flowers, some leaves cut wit a Leon Em punch, and a couple of tags with computer generated sentiments.

Hope you can spare the time to leave a comment, as it’s always good to hear from you.

Hugs

Judi xx

Card No. 095

2010-11-11T15:09:00.001Z

Hi everyone

Sorry I haven't posted in the last few days, I've been confined to bed in absolute flippin' agony with my back, but I'm feeling a bit better today, so was able to finish off this card. The image is one from the latest Magnolia release. The papers are Bo Bunny - I just LOVE these colours! I added a border cut with a Magnolia Doo Hickey die, and then the other white piece was embossed with my Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. I also used an MS border punch for the icicle edges, and smaller snowflake, and Marianne Design dies for the tree, and larger snowflake. I didn't have a pearl or brad in the right colour for the centre of the snowflake, so coloured one with my Copics. The ticket is one of a digi set that I purchased, but I'm afraid I can't remember at the moment who it came from.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

Kelly’s Wedding Card

2010-11-02T19:09:00.003Z

Hi again

Now that the big event is over I can finally show you the card that I made for my daughter's wedding. For those of you that checked out the pictures in my earlier post you may have guessed that the characters are coloured to represent the children, ie two blondes and a brunette, and of course my daughter is blonde and her husband (oooh, it's nice to call him that after all these years), is also dark. When Magnolia released their Wedding Collection earlier this year I was chuffed to bits, as the grandkids love Tilda and I knew that they would like it if I made a wedding card using her. I made the flowers myself, and the sentiments were computer generated.

As always, I hope you like it

Hugs

Judi xx

Kelly's Wedding

2010-10-31T16:30:00.002Z

My HANDSOME Husband!

Hi there peeps

Well, yesterday was the day we'd all been working towards - my one and only daughter finally tied the knot, after about 15 years with her partner, and having already produced their little family of 3 beautiful daughters. In my day, we did it the other way round, lol.

Anyway, as some of you have asked to see pictures, I thought I'd upload a few. Please note, there are none of me, as those that were taken I HATED!!! Hopefully the professional photographer might have one that doesn't make me look humungous!!

Gemma - Granddaughter No. 2 - Aged 8

No 1 Granddaughter - Abi - Aged 9 (nearly 10)

Molly - The youngest - Aged 4

And FINALLY ........... well I don't want to bore you ...

The NEW Mr & Mrs Humphries & girls

OK folks - Paul was cross because I didn't like any pics of me, but my sister came to the rescue with one that's not TOO bad, so here I am ....

You will all be pleased to hear that the day went well, and the ceremony was very relaxed and a lot of fun.

Hugs

Judi xx

Card No - 094

2010-10-29T19:49:00.005+01:00

Hi again

Today's card is one of Kenny K's saucy little numbers - don't you just love these for Christmas cards for the guys? I didn't really know how I wanted to present this image when I started out, and certainly didn't visualise putting a flower on the card, as obviously it's aimed at a man, but I think it works - let me know what you think.

Sorry this is brief, but it's my daughter's wedding tomorrow, and I've still loads to do!

Have a great weekend.

Judi x

60 Today!

2010-10-28T19:31:00.000+01:00

Hi there peeps

I don’t think I’ve shown you this card before as I made it just before I went to Spain in September, for my friend to give her husband on his 60th birthday. It’s an 8 x 8 card – not done many of these, but as it was a decoupage image I needed something bigger than my usual 6 x 6. Other than a bit of matting and layering, I made a little pair of metal rimmed glasses to make it look like Dave (her husband), and some flower soft to give a bit of texture to the 'bowling green', and that's about it. Ooops! Nearly forgot as I made it such a long time ago - the background red paper was originally plain, but I splodged some glue on it, and had to try and cover it up, so after a bit of cussing I thought I'd try a stamping something small all over the visible areas with Versamark and it worked - phew! What a relief, lol. I then covered up another little glue mark by adding some peel offs all the way around the edge, and voila, one card rescued. Note to self: Don't be over enthusiastic with the glue, lol.

Hope you like it.

Judi x

Happy Birthday Katie!

2010-10-26T16:02:00.002+01:00

Hi peeps

Today I'd like to share a card I made on behalf of my daughter for her best friend's 30th birthday. She's quite a hip chick, so I figured she might like this fab image from Kenny K.

Oh, Lord, I've forgotten who the paper is by now, sorry! The stars were cut using Nesties, the sentiments were computer generated. I used two Nestie die cuts offset to back the image, a bit of ribbon from my stash, and that's it.

Please feel free to let me know what you think.

Judi xx

A step away from the norm!

2010-10-24T19:20:00.001+01:00

Hi again

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I actually found two unfinished products when sorting out my stash the other day. In this instance, it was the swirly background paper that I could decide how to use. I’d made it having watched a demo on TV by Sheena Douglas, and though while pleased with the effects I’d created found it way too ‘busy’ for me, and couldn’t decide how best to use it. So having fetched it out again, and determined that I must use it to get it out of the way, I decided to use some of my much neglected flower images from Justrite Stamps. First of all I stamped up the flowers, and then I stamped the border separately, having mounted the stamp on a clear block instead of the wooden one that I normally use with it. I embossed it in gold, and then added a succession of circles cut with Nesties. I cut the centre strip with a Magnolia Doo Hickey die, and added a strip of gold mirri which I’d put through my corrugating tool. It all still looked a bit dark, so then I hit on the idea of cutting down the patterned paper and adding some plain white and gold mats behind it, and eureka, it suddenly ‘worked’. I then stamped up the sentiment, and added a purple flower and a couple of leaves to finish it off.

Do feel free to let me know what you think, your opinions are always appreciated.

Hugs

Judi x

LOTV Lady rescues old card!!

2010-10-23T17:55:00.001+01:00

Hi there peeps

Today I would like to show you something that I made from a card I started over a year ago, lol. I’d previously added the white swirls to the pinky mauve paper, but then the image that I wanted to use didn’t seem to work with it, and so it got shoved away in one of the many of the bags and boxes of stuff in the craft room, never to see the light of day until I had a sort out earlier this week. When I came across it, (together with another piece, which I’ll show you tomorrow), I decided that I should either use it, or throw it out, and this is how it ended up.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

Card No. 093 – Santa & Puppy

2010-10-16T19:15:00.003+01:00

Hi there peeps

Hope you’re enjoying the weekend.

I’ve had to spend a fair bit of time in bed this week, but over a couple of afternoons, finally managed to complete this card. Once again, I’ve used mirri card, which is such a pig to photograph, so I hope you’ll ignore that aspect – the card actually looks much better in the flesh, so to speak.

Anyway, the image is by Giordano and is called ‘Our Family’. I actually found it really difficult to find papers that went with Santa’s vivid red suit, so in the end resorted to using plain card in red and white. I gave the white card some texture by running it through the Bigshot with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The snowflakes are cut with Nesties dies, and the small MS snowflake punch, which I then topped with the red ribbon. A very simple card, but it took me ages!!!

Hope you like it, and thanks for visiting, your support really is appreciated, and when I’m lying in bed feeling fed up, your comments really give me a boost.

Hugs
Judi x

Card No. 092

2010-10-14T20:30:00.001+01:00

Evening all

Today I’d like to show you a card featuring a stamp by Pure Innocence called ‘Flurry of Love’. The paper I’ve used is from Crafts Too, to which I added a white border finished one side with an MS snowflake border punch, and the wavy side was done with shaped scissors. The snowflake is a mix of a Spellbinders die cut, and an MS small snowflake punch. Not much else to tell you about it, other than I actually quite like this one myself, lol.

Hugs

Judi x

Giving Card Making the Boot!

2010-10-13T20:06:00.002+01:00

Ha! Bet that got ya goin? lol.

Gone totally away from my comfort zone with this one. A friend asked me to make a 30th birthday card for someone totally into fashion, shoes, bags etc. you know the sort, so I decided to make a template for something different (well for me), and this is what I came up with.

I used C’ordinations card stock, which I then put through an embossing folder, it didn’t quite fit, which left me with a plain toe cap which I rather liked. I then cut a piece of lilac glitter card and trimmed it using the MS doily punch, to this I added a strip of the plain card, and then a peel off strip to add a bit of extra interest. I also added peel off strips to the toe cap. I cut two flowers with a punch, and then put them through another embossing folder, after which I sanded all the embossed areas to bring out the pattern. The swirl flower stem is cut using a Marianne Creatables die. Sentiment was computer generated and then cut out with a Nestie tag die, I added a bit of ribbon from my stash, and that’s about it.

As always, I hope you like it.

Judi xx

Card No. 091 – Frosty & Friend

2010-10-12T19:44:00.002+01:00

Hi there peeps

Sorry it’s been such a long time since I’ve posted anything, but I’ve been really busy with preparations for my daughter’s wedding, and what with doing all the various stationery, not to mention altering the bridesmaid’s dresses, and shortening my own dress, I’ve had very little time for making cards. As a friend suggested a broom shoved you know where, might have been a valuable asset recently, lol.

Anyway, I made this card using a stamp from Dimension 4th. The circle patterned paper is from Crafts Too, the written paper is something that I made ages ago when doing a scrapbook of my daughter’s younger years – I knew I’d use it one day, lol. I’ve also used a Martha Stewart border snowflake punch, and my new Magnolia die for the doily trim. I covered the snowman with Glamour dust, and added some Flower soft to give a snowy ground for him to stand on. Colouring done with Copics – of course!!

Hope you like it.

Hugs to all

Judi x

Under the Mistletoe - Card No. 090

2010-09-21T12:12:00.003+01:00

Hi there
I’m off on my hols again tomorrow, so thought I’d pop this one on the blog before I go. I thought the image was from Funky Kits, but I’m not so sure now, as I’ve just checked out their website and can’t find it – maybe it’s been discontinued, as I’ve had it a while. The papers are Nitwits and are from the 'Snow Folk Too' collection.
Sorry it’s just a quickie, but I must get off and do the packing now!!
Hugs
Judi x

Pink Snowlady – Card No. 089

2010-09-15T19:19:00.003+01:00

Evening peeps
As you’ve probably gathered I’m really into making Christmas cards at the moment. I had planned to get ahead of myself this year, and keep making them after I’d finished Christmas 2009’s lot, but of course, the novelty wore off, and now I feel like I’m running behind, lol.

Today’s card is made using a High Hopes stamp - Snowlady Surprise. I’ve coloured her with Copics and then added a good sprinkle of Glamour dust to the trim on her coat. The paper I’ve used is another one in the download I bought from Bearly Mine. The scallops at the bottom of the card are made by cutting out small circle nesties, and then glueing the top of them behind the border strip. The poinsettia is a die cut using a Marianne Creatable die, and it’s backed with an acetate snowflake covered in Twinklets, then I added an MS snowflake in white, and another one cut from acetate and sprinkled with glamour dust. I love seeing how many combinations of snowflakes I can make.

Please leave a comment if you have time, as I love hearing what you think.

Hugs

Judi x

Molly starts BIG school!

2010-09-13T21:41:00.002+01:00

Hi there
Today my youngest granddaughter, Molly, started ‘BIG school’, and here’s the card that I made to mark the occasion. She’s only going in the mornings to start off with, and when I spoke to her first thing she was SO excited, so I’m pleased to report that she went in as if she’d been going every day, and was happy as could be when she called me after lunch to tell me all about it. Let’s hope it stays that way!!!
Anyway, the image I’ve used is from LOTV, it looks just like Molly which is what prompted me to use it. I made the clock background paper with a couple of stamps from Clarity, and used a couple of other stamps for the little extra bits – stripes from HOTP, and the other one is an Anna Griffin, I think. The sentiment was computer generated, and the small hearts were the punched out bits from a MS border punch.
Hope you like it.
Judi x

60th Birthday

2010-09-12T19:29:00.004+01:00

Hi there,

I forgot to say on my last post, that you lot all had me well and truly fooled – I thought it was only me that struggled to get a card to come together, and that you all put yours together in moments – seems from all your comments that I was wrong, so at least when I struggle with the next one, I’ll be able to tell myself that I’m not alone, lol.

Anyway, today’s card is one I’ve made for a very good friend’s 60th birthday later this month, we’ll be back in Spain, so I thought I’d better get it ready beforehand.
The image, ‘Happy Birthday’, and ‘not over the hill….’ sentiment, are from a new set of Kanban stamps which arrived in the post yesterday. The papers are Basic Grey, but I can’t remember which set, and it’s all just simply matted onto black cardstock.

As always, I hope you approve, and thanks for taking the time to visit.

Hugs

Judi.

Card No. 88 – Molly’s Christmas Card

2010-09-11T16:47:00.003+01:00

Afternoon Peeps
Was busy yesterday playing with a more ‘fun’ style Christmas stocking for the kids, and came up with this one. The Santa image is from Whiff of Joy. Papers are Papermania ‘Deck the Halls’. The ribbon is from my stash, and the sentiment ‘Molly’ was computer generated. I then added loads of Stickles, as Molly (my youngest granddaughter) does love her sparklies, as she calls them.

Hope you’re having a great weekend.

Hugs

Judi xxx

Card No. 087

2010-09-09T14:30:00.001+01:00

Hi there

Today I’m playing with my new computer, (the old one packed up on us, and I just couldn’t manage without my internet fix while hubby tries to sort out the problems). Anyway, I have found a feature that is supposed to let me upload my pictures directly to my blog, so we shall see if it works!!!

I made this card a couple of days ago using a new Nellie Snellen stamp, and some Christmas backing papers that I downloaded from Bearly Mine. I used an MS punch for the icicle strip which I then glittered up with Glamour Dust. I punched some snowflakes using the large and small MS punches, and then added another snowflake which I die cut from acrylic and then added Twinklets to. To finish off I added a couple of brads from The Hobby House, and stamped ‘Merry Christmas’.

As always, I hope you like it.

Hugs

Judi x

What a difference a day makes!!

2010-09-05T16:47:00.000+01:00

Hi there peeps

I started making this card yesterday, and wouldn't have given it's chances of survival to my blog tuppence, as it was another one of 'those', that just wouldn't come together. What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours ........ sorry, I'll stop singing now, lol. Anyway, I went back to it this afternoon, and it was like a light went on, and suddenly I could see exactly how to put it together, and am quite pleased with it. Does that ever happen to you guys, or is it just me?

The papers are once again from the Aimee Asher download. The snowflakes are two different size MS punches, which I distressed with 'Antique Linen', and then glittered up with Glamour Dust. I then added the small roses, and added a little stickles to continue the sparkle. The sentiment was stamped and then cut out with my recent acquisition - another set of Nesties tags. The very sparkly ribbon and lace are from my stash.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

Hugs

Judi xxx

Card No. 085

2010-09-04T20:34:00.002+01:00

Evenin' all!

Sorry going back a good few years there to the day's of Dixon of Dock Green, if anyone remembers it? Showing my age now, lol.

I really struggled with this card, I bought the papers as a download from Aimee Asher, and really like the set individually, but found putting them together something else!!!!!!!! Anyway, I eventually settled for this combination set off with gold mirri card, which as usual hasn't photographed well. The image is from Whiff of Joy, the holly was hand drawn and cut, then edged with a white pen and some glitter. I wasn't happy with the circular background that my lady is set against, as it was too plain, so added some stamped snowflakes, which I think improves it a bit. Don't be afraid to let me know what you think, even if you think it's rubbish!!

Have a great weekend - what's left of it.

Judi xx

Happy Birthday - Lillie Rose

2010-08-30T19:38:00.001+01:00

This card was made for Lillie Rose's 1st Birthday. I've used an image called 'Little Eden' from Belles 'n' Whistles which I was lucky enough to win in a blog hop! I kept the card fairly simple as obviously Lillie Rose won't be that bothered, lol, but hopefully her parents will like it. The papers are from a download - sorry, I can't for the life of me remember who's they are. Everything was stitched into place, and with a few pearls, courtesy of my lovely birthday package from Tasha, I was finished.

Hope you like it?

Judi xx

THE WEDDING of MY YEAR!!!

2010-08-30T16:35:00.002+01:00

Hi there peeps

As you may have heard, my daughter is getting married at the end of October, and I got the job of making invites etc. This weekend I've been busy getting all the place names done, and I put one of the invites in the background for those of you who wanted to see them. The place names are made in the diamond 'springy' style - phew! They sure were more hard work than I'd expected, but when I saw them all laid out like this, I figured it was worth it. Would love to know what you think, oh, and in case you can't really see it clearly, the dark colour is 'Cadbury' purple mirri card.

Hugs

Judi x

Another stocking!

2010-08-29T19:26:00.000+01:00

I didn't really have a plan when I started this stocking, but was aiming at something a bit more sophisticated, rather than the cutesy style that I normally go for. The papers are from an Aimee Asher download. Poinsettia cut with Marianne Creatables dies. Snowflakes and borders - MS punches. Merry Christmas stamp - Magnolia. Ribbon and lace from stash.

Again, I'd love to know what you think.

Hugs

Judi x

Put the flags out!

2010-08-28T14:26:00.000+01:00

Hello again!

Today I'd like to share a card made for a friend's birthday, he's another man who loves to BBQ, so I thought this dear little teddy from LOTV might suit. Once again I've used these vibrant papers and thought that the bunting conjured up the feel of hot summer days - not that we get many here, but he lives in Spain, so I think it's appropriate!!

It took me ages to figure out the best way to do the flags, but I was pleased with the finished effect.

Let me know what you think if you have time.

Wishing you a happy weekend,

Hugs

Judi xx

My First Christmas Stocking!

2010-08-23T17:52:00.001+01:00

Hi there

I've been itching to make one of these 'stocking' cards for ages, but have been so busy with preparing invitations for my daughter's wedding, and organising birthday cards, that it's taken a while to get around to it.

I couldn't find a template, so once again drew one up myself, only to find that Marianne put one on her blog today! Oh, well, it's done it now, and I was only 0.5 cms out in either direction, lol.

Tilda, as always is coloured with Copics, and I've inked the edges of the various papers with Vintage Paper distress ink, and then added a bit of sparkle with Stickles. The papers I've used are from a lovely new Paper Mania pad called Silent Night, which was part of my birthday present from the lovely Tasha. The gold poinsettia and swirl, are made of mirri card, and are both cut with Marianne Creatables dies Love the poinsettia one, I think it's gonna get a whole lot of use in the next couple of months, lol.

Hope you like it, as I must confess to being pretty chuffed with the finished article.

Hugs

Judi x

Porky's Birthday!

2010-08-22T19:30:00.001+01:00

Evening all,

Well, I hope you've all had a great weekend inspite of the weather!!!

I've had to spend a bit of time in bed, but when I was able to get up I got on and made this card for my Brother in Law's birthday. His nickname is 'Porky', hence the wording on the card. He used to do a lot of BBQ's so I thought that this lovely stamp with the cook serving up 'PORK' sausages might be a suitable image to use. Bearing in mind that the weather is supposed to be bright, and hot when you BBQ, I felt these 'hot' coloured papers would fit the bill. The stamp is called 'Grillin' Joseph' from High Hopes stamps and was a gift from a lovely lady by the name of Elaine - thanks Elaine. The papers are a download, but I can't for the life of me remember from where - this gettin' old business really is no fun ya know!! The ticket sentiment is from Stamping All Day.

Hope you like it.

Judi x

BLOG AWARD!!

2010-08-21T14:16:00.002+01:00

Hi there peeps

Janette from http://little-boscraftyplace.blogspot.com/ has kindly awarded me the lovely new award below - thanks Janette!

Apparently, I now have to pass it on to seven other bloggers that I think worthy of it, which will be VERY difficult, as I follow MANY blogs, and love them all, but I guess I have to chose, so here goes:

Sharon - http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com

Tasha - http://tashascardheaven.blogspot.co

Coops - http://coopsclutteredcorner.blogspot.com

Dena -http://denasstampingcorner.blogspot.com

Fiona - http://lildaff.blogspot.com

Kim - http://kimpiggott.blogspot.com

April - http://aprilsroses.blogspot.com

These are just some of those crafters that I admire, so even if your blog isn't listed, please don't assume I don't like your work.

Hugs to all

Judi

Baby Girl

2010-08-17T18:01:00.000+01:00

Hi there folks

Having had to rush and make a card for a new baby girl on Friday evening as I didn't have a spare in my box, I thought I'd better rectify the problem, so here is the second attempt.

The image is from LOTV. Papers were a download from a company that have now ceased trading. The flowers were handmade using a mixture of punches, and my new Marianne Creatable die, that I bought at Stamperama at the weekend. The sentiment was computer generated, and then cut out with a nestie - how on earth did we make our cards before Spellbinders, lol? The heart is a copy from a baby boy card that I made recently, and is put together using various parts of a Martha Stewart punched shape.

Would love to hear your comments if you have time, they always are VERY much appreciated.

Hugs to all

Judi x

Let there be light! - Card No. 080

2010-08-11T15:11:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps

Today I would like to share a card that I've made using one of this year's new LOTV Christmas stamps, these are just SO cute! The papers I've used are a digital download from Aimee Asher called 'Vicorian Christmas'. I've tried out Kim Piggott's technique of inking and distressing the edges, then going over the ink with Stickles. I'm quite pleased with it, but on reflection, wish I'd used a slightly lighter ink!!! Maybe next time, lol. The greeting was computer generated and the snowflake is made up using the large and small Martha Stewart punches, and an acrylic snowflake cut with Nesties, and then covered with Twinklets.

Hope you like it?

Judi x

A girl can never have enough .......

2010-07-31T20:20:00.001+01:00

Evening everyone

I hope your weekend has got off to a good start? Mine has, I was actually able to get out of bed for longer than half a hour today, and spent my time making something COMPLETELY different, well different for me, that is.

A friend recently asked me to make several birthday cards for 30 year old girls who all like the usual things - clothes, shoes, bags etc., and having used my 'Shopping Willow' stamp from Whiff of Joy, about a zillion times lately, I decided to have a go at making a handbag card which I've never attempted before. I didn't have a template, but had seen something similar in this months Papercraft Inspirations magazine, so drew up my own and made a start. I kept it pretty simple as I was out of my comfort zone, and for the first time in I can't remember how long, I haven't actually used a nestie!!!! I was quite pleased with the way it came out, (it actually looks a lot better in the flesh so to speak), and it's given my mojo a bit of a boost too.

Hope you like it.

Judi xx

I'm Back!!!

2010-07-29T15:59:00.000+01:00

Hi there folks,

I'm finally back after spending a WONDERFUL 3 weeks at our house in Spain.

Unfortunately, the holiday didn't start out the best, as we stopped at a service area just outside Malaga, and had a con trick played on us which resulted in my husband's wallet being stolen! As luck would have it there was only 20 Euros inside, and as we realised within seconds what had happened we were able to stop the credit and bank cards, so that's all the nasty blighters got.

Just so you don't fall for the same trick, this is what happened, we had all the car doors open while sorting ourselves out for the journey, Paul had just been to the shop to buy water, and had left his wallet on top of the luggage in the boot of the car. A guy speaking German came up to us, and said he had a problem with his car and could we help. Paul, being the nice guy that he is (he also speaks a little German), went to follow the guy, but I had a bad vibe about it, and sure enough, as I turned around to face our car again, another guy was walking past it, he called out something in Spanish (I think), but I didn't understand, so just shrugged my shoulders, at this point, the 'German' guy told Paul it didn't matter, and disappeared. Yep! You guessed it ............ the 'Spanish' guy had pinched Paul's wallet!! So BE AWARE! I'm sad to say that this will be the last time a stranger will ever be given a moment's attention from us, as we were both very upset by the trick which had been played on us, and will now be on our guard at all times.

Anyway, the card I have to show you today, was started before I went on my hols, but I didn't have time to finish it until today. The background papers were made using a couple of masks that I bought at the Newbury Stamp show, and Cosmic Shimmer Mist, (sorry, I can't remember the colour). I then backed each piece of paper with gold mirri card. The image and sentiment are from Whiff of Joy, and the ribbon is from my stash. I also made some card candy to match, by spraying a little bit of card with the Cosmic Shimmer, and then cutting out and embossing as normal. I did think about adding some flowers, but felt this one didn't really need them. Hope you agree??

As always thanks for looking, and any comments you might wish to make.

Hugs

Judi

21st Birthday Card

2010-07-01T17:45:00.000+01:00

Evening peeps

I'm a bit disappointed with the photo of this card, as it's made the image look a bit washed out - it does actually match the very hot pink of the trim on the card. The patterned papers are from Papermania, and the complementary pink is actually a glittered paper, but again, it doesn't translate well in the pic. The flowers are hand made, and the ribbon is from my stash. Sentiment is computer generated.

Hope you like it, and the bad picture doesn't put you off leaving a comment.

Thanks for looking

Judi xxx

Gemma - 8 Today!

2010-06-29T19:13:00.002+01:00

Hi there

Today is my middle Granddaughter's birthday, so I thought I'd show you the card I made her. This Tilda always reminds me of Gemma, so I thought it would be just right for her card. I've also used another Magnolia stamp for the background. I decided to try a totally different style of card to make it something special for her, and this is what I came up with. Sorry it's not the greatest photo, easel cards are SO hard to photograph.

Hope you approve.

Judi x

Big Sister!

2010-06-25T20:34:00.001+01:00

Hi there,

Today, inspite of the beautiful weather I was feeling inspired, so I made this card ready for my sister's birthday in August. She's not really a 'cutesy' type of girl, which as you all know is my favourite style, but LOVES gardening, so I thought she might appreciate this digital image from Digi Doodle Shop. They have some FAB images there, and designed two VERY special stamps of disabled children in wheelchairs especially for me!! Once again, many thanks for that Judy!

Anyway, back to my card. The paper is from Nitwits, Noah's Too collection. I wanted to keep it fairly simple in order to preserve the country feel, but of course had to add some flowers, which come from my stash for a change!! The leaves are an MS punch. The swirly corner is a Cuttlebug die, and the candy is, as usual, home made. I then added a bit of matching ribbon, and the charm which is a little touch that I hope she'll like. Oh, and don't worry - she NEVER looks at my blog!!

Have a great weekend, and don't forget to let me know what you think of my little creation if you have time.

Hugs

Judi x

Miss Anya does summer!

2010-06-24T19:32:00.001+01:00

Hi again

I was asked on Monday if I would make a card for one of my daughter's work colleagues - her birthday is on Friday, ANOTHER ONE, at the last minute! The only info I had was that she likes turquoise, and is quite 'girly'. So with the lovely weather we've been having I decided to make a sunny, summery card and this is what I came up with. Sorry I'm in a bit of a rush tonight, so I won't bore you with the details, but if there's anything you want to know, feel free to email me.

Hugs

Judi x

If the shoe fits ..........

2010-06-23T19:31:00.000+01:00

Evening all,

Hope you're all well, and been enjoying this fabulous weather?

Today I would like to share a card I made at the weekend. My daughter suddenly piped up on Saturday that she needed a card URGENTLY!!! I hate it when people do this, as working under pressure is definitely NOT my thing!!! However, for some reason, this one came together really easily, and my hubby said it was one of my best!! The stamp is one of the City Girls, from Whiff of Joy. I'm afraid I don't know where the paper came from, but I just love those colours. The sentiment was computer generated, and goes on to say inside 'buy it in every colour'! A sentiment a lot of us would agree with, I'm sure?

Hope you like it, and if you have time to leave a comment it would be much appreciated, as they always are.

Hugs

Judi x

LOTV Baby

2010-06-19T13:14:00.000+01:00

Hello again

Hope you're having a great weekend, what ever you're doing?

I made this card yesterday using one of the latest LOTV images, isn't he just adorable? I decided to keep it simple, and lots of flowers didn't seem quite right on a boy card either. The checked paper I've used is from the 'Sweet Nothings' pack by Papermania. The hearts border is cut with an MS punch, as is the larger heart, which I backed with plain white paper. The sentiment was computer generated, and then cut out with a Nestie, and there you have it.

Thanks for looking

Judi x