Wednesday, 30 September 2020

L.O.L. Doll Card

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made recently for my great niece who
loves to collect L.O.L. dolls.
I was pleased to find a free coloured image on the internet to use, which I die-cut with
the hexagon die, adding some Glamour Dust to give it some sparkle.
After matting and layering it with pink and black card, I glued it directly onto the 
embossed card base, doing the same for the number. 

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Hexagons and Scalloped Hexagons
Cuttlebug Alphabet and Numbers - Olivia
Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Lace
Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-
Little Red Wagon - Just KIDding

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Janice x






Monday, 28 September 2020

Wedding Anniversary Card

Today, I am sharing the anniversary card I made for three of my nephews and nieces who recently celebrated their wedding anniversaries.

I love using this edger die which makes for a very clean and simple card. I used my Scor-Buddy to add a few score lines, giving some texture to the card.

The products I have used are:-
Creative Expressions Paper Cuts Die - Champagne Celebration Edger
Stampin’ Up - Word Window punch
Scor-Buddy
Challenges entered:-
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenge - Die Cutting

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Janice x

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

My 'Inspiration Scribbler' Card for 'Scribbles Designs'

 Today, I am sharing my 'Inspiration Scribbler' project, made for the Monthly Scribbler's showcase of Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog where the theme this
month is 'Card for a Child'

All the details can be found HERE

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles
Lawn Fawn DSP - Sweater Weather
Promarkers
Hand made card candi

Challenges entered:-
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge - For a Child
A Place to Start - Create a Child's Card
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Include an Animal
Dies R Us - One for the Boys
AAA Birthday - Animals and Critters

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Janice x

A Quilted Box for my Caravanning Friends

 Today, I am sharing another quilted box I made recently, for my friends 
to use in their caravan.

The material is a Nutex fat quarter called Getaway Caravans which I 
found on eBay.

I know it's being well used and is full of different bits and bobs.

I really enjoy making these quilted boxes, especially when I can personalise
 them with special fabric.

This quilted box is part of the Beginners Sewing class with Claire
at Beautiful Things which is available as an online course.

You can see others that I have made HEREHEREHEREHEREHERE
HEREHERE, and HERE

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Janice x

Monday, 21 September 2020

Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made for my niece last month.
Using one of the images from the Hunkydory Little Book of Dresses,
 I mat and layered it onto pink and black card.
I then added the Presscut Happy Birthday sentiment and some gems to finish.

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Janice x

Friday, 18 September 2020

My Time to Craft #441 - Harry Potter inspired

 A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the

theme this fortnight is ‘Harry Potter inspired’

Here is my design team card...

Since I am not a Harry Potter fan, I didn’t have much of an idea as 
to what I could make, that was until I luckily found some free images on the 
internet to use, and chose this one.

It doesn’t show very well in the photo, but I embossed the black card base 
with the brick embossing folder, mat and layered the image, and glued it directly 
onto the card. I added the die-cut sentiment to finish.

All the details can be found HERE
The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares
Spellbinders M-Bossabilities - Bricks and Bark
Stitched Banner die - Brand unknown
Sentiment - PC generated

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Janice x


Tuesday, 15 September 2020

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #124 - 'Anything Goes'

A new challenge starts today at 'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog'
where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Here is my design team card made using one of the set of
Fantasy digi papers.
Details of the challenge can be found HERE
where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose
3 sets of Lozzy's papers.
Looking for latest Challenge Here Click Badge Below
For my card, I have used the 'Reverse Frame Technique' which I found
HERE on Natasha Foote's YouTube channel.
She shares some amazing cards and card making techniques.

I printed the digi paper onto white card, which I then cut to fit a 6" x 4" card base.

Next, lining up one of the larger Spellbinders dies in the centre of the printed card,
I ran it through my Cuttlebug to create the frame. Using 3D foam tape, I placed
this directly onto the card base.

With the die-cut piece of card, I used one of the smaller dies and ran it through
my Cuttlebug. Before placing inside the frame, I stamped the sentiment
and added a few gems.
 
The products I have used are:-
Lozzy's digi papers Fantasy
Spellbinders Labels Ten
Sentiment stamp - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-
The Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes
Cuttlebug Mania - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

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Janice x

Monday, 14 September 2020

Teenage Card

Today’s card is one my friend asked me to make for her teenage granddaughter. 
She’s very much into acting, singing and dancing.
I found this fun coloured image on the internet which I matt and layered
onto pink and black card and then placed onto the embossed card base,
 using 3D foam.

I used a set of black die-cut letters to add a shadow to her name.
Lastly, I added a few co-ordinating enamel dots.
The products I have used are:-
Christina Griffiths Card Making Magic Embossing Folder - Happy Birthday
Craft Stash Alphabet Die
Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers

Challenges entered:-
Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

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Janice x

Friday, 11 September 2020

40th Birthday Card

I was asked by my friend if I could make a 40th birthday card for 
her niece, and this is what I made.

I started by embossing the base card with the lovely ‘Tied Together‘
 embossing folder. I found the image on the internet which I thought was fun.
After matting and layering it onto green and silver mirror card, I raised it on 
3D foam pads over the punched strip of card with ribbon added.

The products I have used are:-
Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Tied Together
Martha Stewart border punch - Quilted
Stampin’ Up - Word Window punch
Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers
Challenges entered:-
Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Optional - Make it Funny


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Janice x

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

90th Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the card I made last month for my friend's Mum,
for her 90th birthday.

You can see the gifts I made for her HERE
I embossed a panel of cream card, which I glued directly to the card base.
I then added the sentiment, the mat and layered square,
the ninety and the gold gems.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares & Lacey Squares
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Number dies - Brand unknown
Crafter's Companion, Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Florabunda

Challenges entered:-
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Embossing/Wet or Dry
Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

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Janice x

Saturday, 5 September 2020

My Time to Craft #440 - Embossing

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft
where the theme this fortnight is ‘Embossing’

Here is my design team card...

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE


The products I have used are:-
Sunny Studio Embossing Folder - Quilted Hearts
Spellbinders Borderabilities - A2 Bracket Border One
Stitched Heart die - Brand unknown
Apple Blossom - Curved Sentiments
Challenges entered:-
Crafter’s Castle’s - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
And Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

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Janice x

Friday, 4 September 2020

Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge - Snowmen or Snow

A new challenge starts today at Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge Blog
where the theme this month is 'Snowmen and Snow’

Here is my design team card...
The challenges are held on the first Friday of each month.

All the details can be found HERE
Our sponsor for this month is Bugaboo Stamps

The winner will receive a $12 gift code to spend 

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Large Deckled Rectangles
Promarkers

Challenges entered:-
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Christmas 
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas - S is for Snowy, T is for Tinsel
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes/Optional - Use a Die Cut or Punch
Passion for Promarkers - Christmas in September 
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Use Two things Beginning with So
(Snowmen and Snowflakes)

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice. 

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

90th Birthday Gifts

Today, I am sharing some gifts I made for my friend’s Mum’s 90th birthday.
I have known Joan since I was 5 years old, and was so pleased to be invited to
her birthday tea party last month. 

Unfortunately, the original plans had to be changed due to the virus, 
but thankfully, she was still able to celebrate with six family and friends 
at a time, on a rota basis over the weekend.

The fabric used is from a set of fat quarters from Aldi’s. 

The box and tissue holder are designs from Sew Totally Trisha.
Her free tutorials can found on YouTube here...

The Hand Sanitizer Pod is designed by Spencer Ogg
and can be found HERE

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Janice x